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Hauyser

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Oct 22, 2015
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Possibly the best laptop I have ever owned.
 

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MagicBoy

macrumors 68040
May 28, 2006
3,947
1,025
Manchester, UK
I agree that the before-790 series is cheap plastic, and pretty ugly, but I had to choose between USFF 790 for 80€ (so no PCI-e gpu, and I really needed HDMI, because my TV doesn't have VGA, DVI or DP input) or SFF 780 for 40€ (on the french craiglist around me), I didn't had that much choice, and it's hidden behind my 40inch TV so you don't see the ugly duckling ;)
And even-tho they're build like crap, they last pretty long, I have a 320 from 2005/2006, still going strong, but I don't have much use for it (except for old Windows XP games, and even tho for that there's Virtualbox)
Even tho I'm thinking about upgrading to a 990 (So I would FINALLY switch to iX CPU), or to buy a cheap 15$ 3GHz Quad Core Xeon and 2GB of RAM to upgrade to 8GB ;)

You can get a cable that's DP to HDMI. It'll carry audio as well. I used one on the 790...
 

macgeek18

macrumors 68000
Sep 8, 2009
1,847
729
Northern California
Installed a spare 128GB SSD in my Mac Mini today. Feels like a new machine.
 

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macgeek18

macrumors 68000
Sep 8, 2009
1,847
729
Northern California
I was going to buy a Chromebook Plus but figured might as well get something that is more functional. Weight is not an issue for me and It runs Mac OS HighSierra so I'm happy.
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My 2012 MacBook Pro. Next thing I plan on doing is upgrading the RAM.
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My wife has my 13" 2012. Upgraded the RAM to 16GB and an SSD and it flies. It should be usable for years to come.
 

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LightBulbFun

macrumors 68030
Nov 17, 2013
2,806
3,125
London UK
upgraded to 10.14 Mojave on the MBP9,1 today :)

so far so good (been running rock solid on my MP5,1 too for a while now)

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