Apple Confirms OS X Mountain Lion Will Be Released Today

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 third quarter, Apple also announced that OS X Mountain Lion will be released today, July 25th. OS X Mountain Lion will be available from the Mac App Store for $19.99 (US). It requires Lion or Snow Leopard (OS X v10.6.8 or later), 2GB of memory and 8GB of available space.

"We're thrilled with record sales of 17 million iPads in the June quarter," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "We've also just updated the entire MacBook line, will release Mountain Lion tomorrow and will be launching iOS 6 this Fall. We are also really looking forward to the amazing new products we've got in the pipeline."

Basic System Requirements for OS X Mountain Lion 10.8

Apple inc. is all set to release Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 in the wild. Here we present the minimum hardware requirements for Mountain Lion. First of all, 64-Bit Intel Core 2 Duo processor or better required. You also need to have a good quality Internet connection and 20$ in Mac App Store account. System must be able to boot into OS X 64-bit kernel. If you don’t know that your Mac supports 64 bit or not, check our guide How to Check and See If Your Mac Runs 64-Bit.

Following is the list of hardware that will support Mountain Lion 10.8 Check if yours is in the list or not.

Macs that will support OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

• MacBook Pro – 13″ from mid 2009 or later, 15″ from late 2007 and newer, 17″ from late 2007 and newer
• MacBook Air – late 2008 and newer
• iMac – models from mid 2007 and newer
• MacBook – 13″ aluminum from 2008, 13″ from 2009 and newer
• Mac Mini – early 2009 and newer
• Mac Pro – early 2008 models and newer