I'm beginning to think I have one of the oldest MBP's still in daily use.
Now when I say 'active service / daily use', I am still using my Late 2011 MBP running High Sierra for all daily activities; web design, web browsing, Netflix, Spotify etc etc, I don't have another computer. However, I think this dear old machine of mine is starting to show its age, in very subtle ways, like Bluetooth dropping out every now and again. There are also some newer apps I thought to try out such as those from Adobe, but they have refused to run/open. I'm still using iPhoto and Aperture.
What I have done to this machine over the years is to open it myself with a screw driver and to replace the factory fitted 500GB HD with a 1TB Seagate hybrid drive. I have also swapped out the original 4GB RAM with 16GB, and after 2000 cycles the other month, the battery too. As it is right now, this thing of beauty still boots up and does its job, for the most part, but for security among a few other reasons I think its time to get something new for my daily stuff. I have no intention of getting rid of this old dinosaur as I plan to keep using it for my carefully curated decade old 180GB iTunes library.
I guess my question is who here has an older machine as your daily? Are you like me now considering an upgrade? What to? I have seriously got my eyes on the latest M1 MacBook Air, 8GB RAM 256GB storage. I have well over 10TB worth of portable external drives lying around, and from what I read, 8 RAM is plenty for what I do, and then some. I only have 16GB in this oldie because the price difference between 8 & 16 was about 20 bucks, but with the new Air, we are looking at a difference of around $300.
Oddly enough, this 2kg cinder block on my lap is starting to feel even heavier as I write this....10 years for a computer, what an innings
Now when I say 'active service / daily use', I am still using my Late 2011 MBP running High Sierra for all daily activities; web design, web browsing, Netflix, Spotify etc etc, I don't have another computer. However, I think this dear old machine of mine is starting to show its age, in very subtle ways, like Bluetooth dropping out every now and again. There are also some newer apps I thought to try out such as those from Adobe, but they have refused to run/open. I'm still using iPhoto and Aperture.
What I have done to this machine over the years is to open it myself with a screw driver and to replace the factory fitted 500GB HD with a 1TB Seagate hybrid drive. I have also swapped out the original 4GB RAM with 16GB, and after 2000 cycles the other month, the battery too. As it is right now, this thing of beauty still boots up and does its job, for the most part, but for security among a few other reasons I think its time to get something new for my daily stuff. I have no intention of getting rid of this old dinosaur as I plan to keep using it for my carefully curated decade old 180GB iTunes library.
I guess my question is who here has an older machine as your daily? Are you like me now considering an upgrade? What to? I have seriously got my eyes on the latest M1 MacBook Air, 8GB RAM 256GB storage. I have well over 10TB worth of portable external drives lying around, and from what I read, 8 RAM is plenty for what I do, and then some. I only have 16GB in this oldie because the price difference between 8 & 16 was about 20 bucks, but with the new Air, we are looking at a difference of around $300.
Oddly enough, this 2kg cinder block on my lap is starting to feel even heavier as I write this....10 years for a computer, what an innings
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