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lambertjohn

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Got an old 15" 2010 MBP with a 2.8 i7, 8gb ram and 256gb ssd. Still a great old workhorse of a computer running Sierra with no issues. Ten years this thing has been chugging along which says a lot about Apple's product quality -- at least the quality of their products ten years ago. But that's an argument for another time. Anyway, I'm wondering if I will slow the computer down or run into any software compatibility issues if I upgrade it to High Sierra? So, stick with Sierra or upgrade to High Sierra? Any opinions would be appreciated.

Thx,
 
Clone the boot drive, upgrade, and see. Sierra is basically El Capitan with Siri. I don't understand it's reason for existing. If HS is slow for you, I'd go back El Cap and ignore Sierra completely...unless you for some reason need Siri on your Mac. El Capitan will probably be quicker and use less RAM than any OS after it.
 
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I just picked up a 2010 15" with SSD and 8GB RAM to replace my late 2008 13 MacBook Unibody. In perfect shape and so far so good. I also got the parts to repair the oddball graphics switching issue should it become a problem. I will say that I need to rip it apart tonight and replace the thermal paste as this thing gets super hot.
 
Clone the boot drive, upgrade, and see. Sierra is basically El Capitan with Siri. I don't understand it's reason for existing. If HS is slow for you, I'd go back El Cap and ignore Sierra completely...unless you for some reason need Siri on your Mac. El Capitan will probably be quicker and use less RAM than any OS after it.

are you sure I can revert back to Sierra , I heard on MacOS once you upgrade you can't go back
 
are you sure I can revert back to Sierra , I heard on MacOS once you upgrade you can't go back
You can always reformat the disk and install an older operating system, but you can't downgrade what's already installed.
 
Everyone's different, but I would think High Sierra would be the sweet point for that computer.
 
You can always reformat the disk and install an older operating system, but you can't downgrade what's already installed.

You can't install an older one than the one that originally shipped with your Mac, thats what I was told.
 
You can't install an older one than the one that originally shipped with your Mac, thats what I was told.
It's actually that you can't install a version older than what originally shipped with that model of Mac. In the case of a 2010 MacBook Pro as being discussed in this thread, that's 10.6.3 (Snow Leopard.) Going back to Sierra would be no problem here.
 
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