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NerdofallTrades

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Apr 16, 2021
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Hey guys, I'm starting a mid-2009 mbp project with the 2.53 processor. It's a free hand-me-down from my girlfriend who got a new BMP for her birthday a couple weeks ago. It's my "side computer" as my gaming machine is a pretty beefy PC and this one is just sort of a toy/project/way to play some pretty old, classic games like Fallout 3 and New Vegas.

Doing like Oceanfrog did on theirs with the upgraded SSD and ram. It's currently running Yosemite, and at minimum I wanted to upgrade it to El Capitan and dual boot to Win 10.

My question- since this isn't a "work" computer, but rather kind of a frankenstein plaything, what mac OS do you folks think would be the best with ssd/8gb ram/dual boot, to be fun to use without reaching a point of diminishing returns (an OS too demanding for the little old Intel duo)?
 
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