The computers and requirements listed above are nearly identical to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion's requirements as stated by Apple in a support document. In fact, Mountain Lion stipulates that the base.
Mac OS X 10.7, codenamed Lion was released on 20 July 2011. I've just upgraded my MacBook Air to Lion. Quite a lot of awesomeness bundled together. Useful Features of Lion Here's some I love about Lion and am using all the time: New cool stuff everywhere: There's just great little touches everywhere. Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7. Adobe Creative Suite 3, 4, 5, CS5.5, and CS6 applications support Mac OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8) when installed on Intel-based systems. 1 GB of RAM 2 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space.
Checking the model numer A1181, EMC 2200 it sounds like you have a white MacBook (Late 2007). Apple news mac os catalina.
Processor
2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Given that, your MacBook supports up to Mac OS X 10.7.5, Lion.
General requirements
Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2GB of memory
OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
7GB of available space
Note it requires you have OS X v10.6.6 already installed.
Checking OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion requirements,
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
That's not supported.
Apple Lion Os Download
So you will want to get, install and update Snow Leopard then upgrade to Lion.