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There's a reason: Lion didn't have drivers for the hardware in question. OS X has all drivers, like for graphics etc. built in. That's why you're limited to versions after you Mac was made.



Sorry, I didn't explain myself well enough. What if I want to download a specific image on a different Mac to the one I want to install the OS on?


Oh sorry. Hmm that's troublesome. I wonder how far back this goes. Apparently just setting your clock back bypasses the check!




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