For those planning to upgrade to the next generation of MBPs, what will you do with your old one?
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For those upgrading, what will you do with your old MBP?
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Already sold it, in anticipation of the new model. it is a slight hassle but I have a mac mini and iPad I can use instead while waiting for the new macs to come out.
I will likely keep mine (mid-2012 13”) and buy my daughter’s too which is the same model which she has probably used for a total of 50 hours max. Just can’t see turning it into Apple for scrap and absolutely nothing wrong with it. Except for iPhones, she fell back to Window PC because of work compatibility.
Not sure what I will do with it - use it for parts or whatever. I still have CDs. LOL!
Who knows - maybe sell it if someone wants it more than me (and give my daughter any excess).
Not sure what I will do with it - use it for parts or whatever. I still have CDs. LOL!
Who knows - maybe sell it if someone wants it more than me (and give my daughter any excess).
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So far we've traded in both of our iMacs from 2012 and 2017, plus our 15" 2016 MBP with Touchbar. We're down to just 2 macs in the house rn and it's weird. lol However, I'm planning to get a very upgraded 14" to replace the 13" M1 MBP I'm currently using. I need more hd and ram and ports... so I sure hope all the rumors are true.
Try and sell my late 2013 rMPB for parts. Not sure how that'll go, thinking £150 or so. The screen is scuffed to hell but looks fine when it's on. It's insanely scratched on the bottom case, the screen guard rubber on the sides is peeling away, the screen wouldn't close fully for a while and doesn't fully open, and the backlit keyboard hasn't worked for years.
Having said that I'm using it now and it still handles Logic pretty well.
Having said that I'm using it now and it still handles Logic pretty well.
I had a couple of MBA which I sold as the new ones arrived, and have lived with the 2012 since. Now that it can't update OS, it's starting to become a liability.
It will sit on a shelf with the Ti 667 DVI (a wonderful creation), Intel core 2007, Intel core 2 2009 (significantly better laptop + still runs music software), old mac mini - still fine but no support - perhaps this could be resurrected as a network device (running freeBSD?). idk, the reality is most of this hardware is fine, but no OS updates, that's the real issue for me now.
I actually really like my mba 2012, new battery, new drive (self serviced), it was the perfect laptop.
Although, hm, sidecar is a pretty cool feature these days... but I am truly glad I did not get done over with a butterfly keyboard. I can recall the 2006/7 models also had a nice keyboard, but I also had keyboard failure. These were super hot running laptops.
But all in all, amazing how computers are now such commodity items (old joker writing this, you guessed it).
It will sit on a shelf with the Ti 667 DVI (a wonderful creation), Intel core 2007, Intel core 2 2009 (significantly better laptop + still runs music software), old mac mini - still fine but no support - perhaps this could be resurrected as a network device (running freeBSD?). idk, the reality is most of this hardware is fine, but no OS updates, that's the real issue for me now.
I actually really like my mba 2012, new battery, new drive (self serviced), it was the perfect laptop.
Although, hm, sidecar is a pretty cool feature these days... but I am truly glad I did not get done over with a butterfly keyboard. I can recall the 2006/7 models also had a nice keyboard, but I also had keyboard failure. These were super hot running laptops.
But all in all, amazing how computers are now such commodity items (old joker writing this, you guessed it).
I actually wanted to give it to my mother actually…
But in the last weeks I guess my battery starts swelling if it’s running for more than an hour… (is looks like everything goes back to normal after it’s cooled down again… but I can’t hand it to my mother before that is fixed…
So I gonna check with apple to see if they can replace (just) the battery… I guess it would be worth it if it costs “only” the “regular” battery replacement fee…but if they want more money I either try a trade in or recycle it…
I fear the future of my old MacBook doesn’t look promising… and I didn’t even use it that much… 😢
But in the last weeks I guess my battery starts swelling if it’s running for more than an hour… (is looks like everything goes back to normal after it’s cooled down again… but I can’t hand it to my mother before that is fixed…
So I gonna check with apple to see if they can replace (just) the battery… I guess it would be worth it if it costs “only” the “regular” battery replacement fee…but if they want more money I either try a trade in or recycle it…
I fear the future of my old MacBook doesn’t look promising… and I didn’t even use it that much… 😢
I'll likely donate it to a local school. I used to hold onto old machines for tinkering purposes but lately I've been on a 'have less stuff laying around' kick. 
Basically I need a new Mac to browse Facebook faster. So I sold my old 2019 mac months ago. Right now using my phone but can’t wait to see how Facebook does on the new mini led macs. I wonder though if 16gb ram is enough? I want to future proof it.
Will continue using my mid 2012 MacBook Pro. I have a huge emotional connection to this thing. Bought it in Year 11, used for my final two years of high school, 2.5 years of uni, 1.5 years of work, then back to uni for 3 years with it in addition to a heck of lot of home usage!
I am going to format my 2018 13 inch macbook pro and trade it into the apple store..before I was being offered 560 for it now its down to 540 Im worried what its going to be tomorrow after the presentation..I saw it going on swappa for around 750 but the same ones being offered there are still there to this day so why would anyone want to spend 700+ bucks on a 3 yr old laptop makes NO sense..so will just trade it into the apple store, get the gift card and use it towards the new laptop(Wont be shipping it in Ive read the horror stories)
In good condition, you can almost make more than trade-in value by selling private party, but there is the simplicity of the trade-in sales model that just makes it easy and often not worth the additional hassle of selling yourself.
I'm selling it to an online shop who specializes in refurbished products, Apple Trade-in value is hilariously low. I also don't want to deal with hundreds of messages begging me to lower the asking price LOL
But before I pull the trigger I have to see when are the new ones shipping.
But before I pull the trigger I have to see when are the new ones shipping.
Well first of all I need to get the battery replaced on it. I will keep it as a personal laptop because the new one will be work oriented and will primarily stay plugged into the dock/monitors or out on the road. The old one will live at home as a generic workstation and will likely be booted into linux most of the time. I will likely make a linux partition on the old machine and on the new one once Asahi is stable enough.
Whenever I upgrade laptops I always keep the old one around untouched as a backup in case something goes wrong with the new one (such as software incompatibility. With this new machine I will be making the jump from 10.14 to macOS 12 so some old software might not work). I don't plan on restoring from backup, I will set it up as a brand new machine instead and install all of my software from scratch as I need it along with manually transferring select files from my old machine (such as config files, etc.).
Whenever I upgrade laptops I always keep the old one around untouched as a backup in case something goes wrong with the new one (such as software incompatibility. With this new machine I will be making the jump from 10.14 to macOS 12 so some old software might not work). I don't plan on restoring from backup, I will set it up as a brand new machine instead and install all of my software from scratch as I need it along with manually transferring select files from my old machine (such as config files, etc.).