Hi, there's a local craigslist listing for $100. From what I can gather, the model may be MA472LL/A. Here is the info from the seller:
-black Macbook
-2 GHZ Intel Core duo
-upgraded to 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM by user
-upgraded to 250GB HD by user
-keyboard/mousepad panel replaced by Apple
-running Snow Leopard
My uses are iTunes, web browsing, Word documents, PDF documents, and videos (usually SD but occasionally 720p h.264). Could this computer handle these tasks easily or would it be slow and jittery? The animations when minimizing a window, etc. Would that sort of thing be slow or relatively smooth? I don't do any gaming or video encoding, any generally only have 2 or 3 of those programs open at a time.
Of course I know it's not going to be like a new one but just wondering if anyone has a similar one and can tell me what it's like for those tasks. I looked on Youtube for videos of a similar computer but they all have SSD upgrades. Would anyone be so kind as to shoot a quick youtube video showing what it's like performing those tasks?
And is it worth it for $100? My computer budget is usually 350-550 every 3 years so I don't have a lot of money to throw around but basically I'm asking, is this about the going rate for such a computer, or what? Thanks for any help!
-black Macbook
-2 GHZ Intel Core duo
-upgraded to 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM by user
-upgraded to 250GB HD by user
-keyboard/mousepad panel replaced by Apple
-running Snow Leopard
My uses are iTunes, web browsing, Word documents, PDF documents, and videos (usually SD but occasionally 720p h.264). Could this computer handle these tasks easily or would it be slow and jittery? The animations when minimizing a window, etc. Would that sort of thing be slow or relatively smooth? I don't do any gaming or video encoding, any generally only have 2 or 3 of those programs open at a time.
Of course I know it's not going to be like a new one but just wondering if anyone has a similar one and can tell me what it's like for those tasks. I looked on Youtube for videos of a similar computer but they all have SSD upgrades. Would anyone be so kind as to shoot a quick youtube video showing what it's like performing those tasks?
And is it worth it for $100? My computer budget is usually 350-550 every 3 years so I don't have a lot of money to throw around but basically I'm asking, is this about the going rate for such a computer, or what? Thanks for any help!
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. i won't recommend using the macbook on your lap, because the plastic on the bottom get's pretty hot to the touch (on the left). The ram says it's a mid 2007 model like mine (667mhz bus). snow leopard isn't gettings updates anymore; upgrade to lion as fast as possible