I think either Snow Leopard or Lion were the last versions that would run on Core 2 Duo kit — newer OS versions require a 64-bit processor? (It's been some years ...)
Meanwhile, about your machine: here's what the data sheet on everymac.com says:
"This system can run the last version of OS X 10.7 "Lion" if upgraded to at least 2 GB of RAM. It is not supported booting into 64-bit mode when running Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard." It does not support "OpenCL" either. Please also note that OS X Lion is not capable of running Mac OS X apps originally written for the PowerPC processor as it does not support the "Rosetta" environment."
It has two RAM slots, and only officially supports up to 3Gb, although some reports of dual 2Gb SIMMs permitting it to access 4Gb of RAM have been made. I've had good results with RAM upgrade kits from Other World Computing: here's their page for your machine, looks like a 4Gb kit would cost you $32.99 plus shipping and VAT (probably around £30 in total).
I used to have a bootable USB stick with Lion on it, from Apple (for a Macbook) but I'm not sure where it is — serious spelunking in the crap pile beside my desk would be required, and I'm about to go to bed. If you can't find it for yourself prod me on Wednesday. Meanwhile Apple still host a web page offering to sell a download license for a copy of OSX 10.7 Lion for $19.99 on Apple.com. And there's always bittorrent.
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Date: 2018-10-29 10:57 pm (UTC)Here's how to create a bootable installation media for macOS from a downloadable installer.
Meanwhile, about your machine: here's what the data sheet on everymac.com says:
"This system can run the last version of OS X 10.7 "Lion" if upgraded to at least 2 GB of RAM. It is not supported booting into 64-bit mode when running Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard." It does not support "OpenCL" either. Please also note that OS X Lion is not capable of running Mac OS X apps originally written for the PowerPC processor as it does not support the "Rosetta" environment."
It has two RAM slots, and only officially supports up to 3Gb, although some reports of dual 2Gb SIMMs permitting it to access 4Gb of RAM have been made. I've had good results with RAM upgrade kits from Other World Computing: here's their page for your machine, looks like a 4Gb kit would cost you $32.99 plus shipping and VAT (probably around £30 in total).
I used to have a bootable USB stick with Lion on it, from Apple (for a Macbook) but I'm not sure where it is — serious spelunking in the crap pile beside my desk would be required, and I'm about to go to bed. If you can't find it for yourself prod me on Wednesday. Meanwhile Apple still host a web page offering to sell a download license for a copy of OSX 10.7 Lion for $19.99 on Apple.com. And there's always bittorrent.