What Mac Mini can Run Mountain Lion?

OS X Mountain Lion Compatible Macs & Incompatible Macs

MacBook Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer MacBook Air Late 2008 or newer MacBook Pro Mid/Late 2007 or newer Mac mini Early 2009 or newer

Is my Mac Compatible with Mountain Lion?

To install Mountain Lion, you need one of these Macs: iMac Mid 20072020 MacBook Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer ... Mac mini Early 2009 or newer

What Macs can Run Lion?

iMac Mid 20072020
MacBook Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer
MacBook Pro Mid/Late 2007 or newer
MacBook Air Late 2008 or newer
Mac mini Early 2009 or newer
Mac Pro Early 2008 or newer
Xserve Early 2009

Can I Install Mountain Lion on a New Mac?

Downloading the installer onto other Macs: Once youve purchased Mountain Lion , you can download the installer onto any 10.8capable Mac authorized to use your Mac App Store account—just like applications purchased from the store, a single purchase of Mountain Lion lets you install it on all your personal Macs.

Does Apple Still Support Mountain Lion?

Mac OS X Lion is available for older Apple systems that are not compatible with newer software. The update will manage to give these older devices one more major update for free, before their software update cycle comes to an end.

Mac OS X 10.8

OS X 10.8, also known as "Mountain Lion", is a Macintosh operating system developed by Apple Inc. Its goal was to start incorporating features found in iOS to the Macintosh user interface. It was released on July 25, 2012 from the Mac App Store for $19.99.