hey guys, new mac user here and wanted to ask a few things regarding this specific Mac I just inherited.
So my sister pretty much gave me what appears to be a bone stock 2008 unibody Macbook. All she ever used it for was the internet and watching YouTube so she never really used it past that. The battery can't hold a charge so I'm going to pretyt much buy a new one most ikely later this week.
But anyway, I've done some research and it seems like the two key upgrades to this model is Ram and an SSD drive. Are there any other upgrades besides these two I should look into? Are there preferred brands of RAM and SSD that same users recommend? If so, can someone be nice enough to post some links to them? I want to upgrade this thing quickly because the load times are a bit annoying right now. I'll be buying Mountain Lion for it(according tot he list it is going to be supported) when it becomes available whenever it does because right now I'm stuck with OSX 10.4 I believe.
As for what I'm going to do with it, to be honest I don't know yet. I was thinking of doing some light live streaming with it, but will this thing be strong enough to handle streaming? I'm most likely looking at doing at most 5 hours a week right now.
thanks for any replies in advance and cheers!
So my sister pretty much gave me what appears to be a bone stock 2008 unibody Macbook. All she ever used it for was the internet and watching YouTube so she never really used it past that. The battery can't hold a charge so I'm going to pretyt much buy a new one most ikely later this week.
But anyway, I've done some research and it seems like the two key upgrades to this model is Ram and an SSD drive. Are there any other upgrades besides these two I should look into? Are there preferred brands of RAM and SSD that same users recommend? If so, can someone be nice enough to post some links to them? I want to upgrade this thing quickly because the load times are a bit annoying right now. I'll be buying Mountain Lion for it(according tot he list it is going to be supported) when it becomes available whenever it does because right now I'm stuck with OSX 10.4 I believe.
As for what I'm going to do with it, to be honest I don't know yet. I was thinking of doing some light live streaming with it, but will this thing be strong enough to handle streaming? I'm most likely looking at doing at most 5 hours a week right now.
thanks for any replies in advance and cheers!
