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addictive said:
I have the Aluminium Macbook (not MBP) from 2008. It has been brilliant for me. I have upgraded the RAM to 8GB and installed a Crucial 256 SSD.
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How did you upgrade the RAM to 8GB? I have a late 2008 MB (not MBP), and I was under the impression that the max RAM that could be installed was 4GB.
 
maclaw21 said:
How did you upgrade the RAM to 8GB? I have a late 2008 MB (not MBP), and I was under the impression that the max RAM that could be installed was 4GB.
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Apple officially supports a maximum of 4 GB of RAM. Originally, this model was only unofficially capable of stably supporting 6 GB of RAM, but as confirmed by site sponsor OWC, it is capable of supporting 8 GB of RAM if updated to Boot ROM Version MB51.007D.B03 and running MacOS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" or higher.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/app...-2.0-aluminum-13-late-2008-unibody-specs.html
 
late 2008 15in macbook PRO. Updated Ram to 8 Gig and installed an SSD.

Runs like a charm on the latest OSX. On my third external power supply and third battery but no issues other than those,
 
I purchased my mid-2009 MBP in Feb of 2010 (brand new). It is still as fast, stable and quiet as the day I got it. Planning to put SSD and 8GB RAMs this summer. Hopefully it lasts another 5 years! I also have late-2012 iMac, which I purchased in Jan of 2013. I am planning to use this until I see a compelling reason to upgrade to a newer iMac (mostly because I love Mountain Lion...)
 
mid-2012 retina MBP.

got a screen replaced half a year ago due to dead pixels, still covered under warranty. Otherwise running great.
 
addictive said:
I have the Aluminium Macbook (not MBP) from 2008. It has been brilliant for me. I have upgraded the RAM to 8GB and installed a Crucial 256 SSD. Whenever I use the Mac's of family members I am reminded how slow a spinning HDD is and how glad I am to be using the SSD.

However, I'm on my third battery for this Macbook and despite the third one being relatively new I get around 90 minutes of battery life not the alleged five hours so I must have done something wrong somewhere along the line.

I can't remember the last time I used the optical drive. Probably 2012, ha ha.
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I just purchased this model from Craigslist to replace my ailing 2007 white Macbook which is on its last legs. It's a much faster machine than I expected. It's got 4GB RAM and a 500GB WD Black hard drive. I'll probably replace the HD with a SSD at some point.

Do you notice a performance difference between 4GB and 8GB of RAM?

The battery has about 500 cycles on it with 80% health. How many cycles did you get out of your batteries?

I'll probably remove the optical drive to use with my other machines.
 
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Nine years

This morning I'm with a friend's MacBookPro1,2 that was previously mine. Around nine years old.

I'm with the Mac, but the Mac is without a battery. For a while it was nerve-racking. Soon enough, we simply re-learnt respect for cables.
 
MacInTO said:
I just purchased this model from Craigslist to replace my ailing 2007 white Macbook which is on its last legs. It's a much faster machine than I expected. It's got 4GB RAM and a 500GB WD Black hard drive. I'll probably replace the HD with a SSD at some point.

Do you notice a performance difference between 4GB and 8GB of RAM?

The battery has about 500 cycles on it with 80% health. How many cycles did you get out of your batteries?

I'll probably remove the optical drive to use with my other machines.
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Is this going to be your primary machine? The single biggest performance upgrade you can do is to install a SSD into this machine. I do tech support for my Mum, Dad and Sister all who I made transition to :apple: and I get frustrated having to do things with a spinning HDD on their machines. I have a 256SSD from Crucial but I've had it for years. If I was buying now I would install at least a 512GB SSD.

I would also upgrade your RAM to 8GB as the Aluminium Macbook from 2008 can take 8GB RAM.

I am on my third battery now. I have purchased two official Apple batteries for this model and the most recent was purchased less than a year ago. I am currently on 291 cycles but I only get about 90 minutes maybe a little more before I need to recharge. I hear some people get 5 hours out of batteries for this Macbook model but even if I got three hours it would be a game changer.

Given how little time my battery lasts I feel I really have more of a desktop since I really need to be able to plug in and recharge very often.

I'm thinking of upgrading to a new computer this week because I'm sick of the poor battery life and I don't use the optical drive. I would love a machine with a Retina display too.
 
OMG!

are you in the market for a new BEST friend?!?

:)


yjchua95 said:
Well, as a software engineer and cinematographer, my list is pretty long.

Portables:
Early-2011 15" cMBP (2.3 i7/16/512GB 840 Pro/1GB 6750M/AG screen)
Early-2013 15" rMBP (2.4 i7/8/256/1GB 650M) - work supplied
Late-2013 13" rMBP (2.4/4/128) - won from a raffle
Late-2013 13" rMBP (2.8 i7/16/512)
Late-2013 15" rMBP (2.6/16/1TB/750M)
Early-2015 13" rMBP (3.1 i7/16/512)
Early-2015 12" rMB (1.3/8/512 - shipping soon)

Desktops:
Late-2012 Mac Mini (2.6 i7/16/512GB 840 Pro)
Late-2013 iMac 21.5" (3.1 i7/16/256)
Late-2013 iMac 27" (3.5 i7/32/512/4GB 780M)
Late-2014 retina iMac 27" (4.0 i7/32/512/4GB M295X)
Late-2014 Mac Mini (3.0 i7/16/512)
Two late-2013 nMPs (12-core/64/1TB/D700 for both)

I bought all of them at around the same time when my mostly-2009 Macs (several portables and desktops as well, along with two cMPs) started to show their age, and started replacing them over a 2-year period starting from 2013. I don't intend to replace any of them until around 5-6 years down the road.

For just regular purposes (and even some medium-serious work), the 2009 Macs (which I donated to an orphanage) would still do, and in fact, the last time I popped by there to provide software and hardware upgrades for my previous Macs, they were all still running well.
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I actually asked about "battery health" .. the new MBPs are supposed to run 1000 cycles .. and I've done 180 of them or so .. and have 96% battery health/capacity left ..
 
Late 2011 13" Base MBP, I installed a 240GB SSD as soon as I got it. I've only had the laptop around 2-3 years though, bought it second hand. Will upgrad whenever the 13" Skylake is released, although it does everything I ask it fine, my mum needs a new laptop so I'm donating this one to her.
 
addictive said:
Is this going to be your primary machine? The single biggest performance upgrade you can do is to install a SSD into this machine. I do tech support for my Mum, Dad and Sister all who I made transition to :apple: and I get frustrated having to do things with a spinning HDD on their machines. I have a 256SSD from Crucial but I've had it for years. If I was buying now I would install at least a 512GB SSD.

I would also upgrade your RAM to 8GB as the Aluminium Macbook from 2008 can take 8GB RAM.

I am on my third battery now. I have purchased two official Apple batteries for this model and the most recent was purchased less than a year ago. I am currently on 291 cycles but I only get about 90 minutes maybe a little more before I need to recharge. I hear some people get 5 hours out of batteries for this Macbook model but even if I got three hours it would be a game changer.

Given how little time my battery lasts I feel I really have more of a desktop since I really need to be able to plug in and recharge very often.

I'm thinking of upgrading to a new computer this week because I'm sick of the poor battery life and I don't use the optical drive. I would love a machine with a Retina display too.
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Thanks for the reply.

I have a 2012 15" rMBP (i7 2.7/16/750) as my main machine.

The 13" MB will be my media server (music, movies). Last night I put the SSD I had in my white MacBook into it and it doesn't run much faster than the Seagate HD (500Gb/7200RPM) that was in it previously. The SSD is a vintage 256GB Patriot PS-100 (250Mb read/150Mb write speeds), so pretty slow compared with newer SSDs. I'll probably upgrade to a faster SSD at some point. If I can find some inexpensive RAM, I'll probably upgrade this also.

As for the battery, I'm not to concerned about it, but I might try taking this with me when I travel because of the size. I noticed Apple doesn't sell the batteries for this. Are the after market batteries giving you the battery life issues?
 
2008 Macbook and 2009 MacBook Pro.

Macbook is running fine with Snow Leopard but the battery is busted (Can't find a replacement)

Macbook Pro 2009 is dying. Battery is busted, fans don't work properly, Trackpad is broken, it's slow as a snail in a coma.
 
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