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For starter my complete specs are below… AND I bought this machine new and it is pristine and quite awesome but I recently decided to repurpose it and found it is running a 32-bit version of OS X 10.7.5. The 64-bit ones say they are not compatible with this machine and dont want to install but it meets all the requirements to do so… Primary goal is to run Plex on it either in a VM instance or in mac OS. Everything new is 64-bit only so you name it, I’ve had no luck with it. So I am wondering if the community here can tell me if this was like a fake 64 bit core 2 duo released to placate the people who were itching for the Core 2 duo? From what i can tell it wont run a 64-bit os despite the C2d. Thoughts? By the way - one more unicorn fact - It has 3 gigs of ram… Hows that? MacBook Pro “Core 2 Duo” 2.33 17" (T7600) Intro October 24, 2006 Disc.June 5, 2007 OrderMA611LL/A ModelA1212 (EMC None) FamilyCore 2 Duo/Late 2006 ID MacBookPro2,1 RAM 3 GB, VRAM 256 MB, Storage160 GB HDD, Optical 8X DL “SuperDrive” Complete MacBook Pro “Core 2 Duo” 2.33 17" Specs
Sadly, your system is strictly 32bit as the BIOS (EFI) is only 32-bit and is not capable of booting into 64-bit mode. The highest it can go is Lion OS-X 10.7.5. I don’t know of any way to get this system to run 64bit without running into EFI issues.
