Mountain Lion preview! Will your Mac run it?

Apple surprised me when it announced Mountain Lion. I'm just getting used to Lion and now something new in the future.

The first question many of you will want to know is whether your Mac will run Mountain Lion. Here is a preliminary list of what Macs will run the Developer Preview:

Apple hasn't made an official announcement about which Macs will be able to run the new OS. However, the following models are supported by the initial developer preview version:

• iMac: 2007 and later
• Mac mini: 2009 and later
• Mac Pro: 2008 and later
• MacBook: Late 2008 and later
• MacBook Air: Late 2008 and later
• MacBook Pro: 2007 and later
• Xserve: 2009

You may notice that some models supported by Lion aren't in that list--just because your Mac can run Lion doesn't mean it will be able to run Mountain Lion. Specifically, the following models can run Lion, but aren't compatible with the initial developer preview of Mountain Lion:

• 2006 iMacs
• Mid 2007 Mac mini
• 2006 and 2007 Mac Pro
• 2008 (original) MacBook Air
• Early 2008 and earlier MacBook
• 2006 (15-inch and 17-inch) MacBook Pro
• 2006 and 2008 Xserve

For more information go here in PCWorld.com and here in PCMag.com