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What is the oldest MacBook Pro that you're using?
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I have and currently use an early 2011 MacBook Pro with 8GB Ram, it’s been a great machine but it will be time to upgrade later this year. Once Apple announce the new Air (hopefully at next months keybote) I’m going to decide between the 12” MacBook, MacBook Air or the 13” MacBook Pro. If they put a retina screen in the Air then at the moment I’m leaning towards getting the Air, but we will see what happens.
MBP 13" mid 2009 upgraded with SSD and 8GB RAM runs totally fine. It's my backup machine when the nTB 13" 2017 is out for another keyboard repair and serves as a DVD player.
My sister still uses my 2004 12" PowerBook G4 for things like Word and such. Now THAT was a fine machine in its time ...
My sister still uses my 2004 12" PowerBook G4 for things like Word and such. Now THAT was a fine machine in its time ...
Even though I rely upon a mid-2012 MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM, my old 2010 13" MacBook Pro is still used for being a bridge between the old(Snow Leopard) and High Sierra as I've had a few weird moments that an old program(PowerPC based) did the job better so I had to grab the 13" MBP off the shelf.
In the past I frequently kept my old 12" PowerBook G4 at my desk plugged into a monitor in clamshell mode, there isn't many tasks which require a real PowerPC so it more or less racks up a very impressive uptime with very little actual work after all these years(haven't actively used it since mid-2017)
In the past I frequently kept my old 12" PowerBook G4 at my desk plugged into a monitor in clamshell mode, there isn't many tasks which require a real PowerPC so it more or less racks up a very impressive uptime with very little actual work after all these years(haven't actively used it since mid-2017)
Mid 2012 one, last non retina MBP with added 8 GB of RAM and 512 GB SSD.
It is my only Mac, also. I hope that my new Mac that I will be getting will last this long, but judging from the user experience, and what I am reading on these forums, it is unlikely.
It is my only Mac, also. I hope that my new Mac that I will be getting will last this long, but judging from the user experience, and what I am reading on these forums, it is unlikely.
My main one is mid 2009 13inch mbp. Swapped out my dvd drive for another 500gb 7200rpm drive 8gb ram. So now my battery really sucks.
Can’t wait for a new machine.
Can’t wait for a new machine.
2010 15" Macbook Pro with a 5400 RPM drive .
The 256 MB video card is not enough for many programs now so I'll probably be upgrading this year to a 2018 MacBook Pro.
.The 256 MB video card is not enough for many programs now so I'll probably be upgrading this year to a 2018 MacBook Pro.
I am using a 13" MBP Early 2011 with 16GB RAM and a Crucial SSD.
She is still more than fast enough for everything I do. It is by far my favourite computer I have ever owned.
No need and no plans to retire her any time soon.
She is still more than fast enough for everything I do. It is by far my favourite computer I have ever owned.
No need and no plans to retire her any time soon.
My Mid-2015 MBP developed a dangerously swollen battery this week and is at Apple for repair.
I am currently slogging along on my - I can't believe it's still-working!!! - antique 2005-era 17" 1.5GHz G4 PowerBook...
It's been like living in a time warp using all the legacy software running on it.
Holy spinning beach balls.
Many web pages that I rely on are inaccessible to it.
My iPhone is keeping me connected to most sites.
iTunes even has the original trippy "Jelly" visualizer on it.
I can't wait to get my MBP back and rejoin 2018 - more or less.
I am currently slogging along on my - I can't believe it's still-working!!! - antique 2005-era 17" 1.5GHz G4 PowerBook...
It's been like living in a time warp using all the legacy software running on it.
Holy spinning beach balls
.Many web pages that I rely on are inaccessible to it
.My iPhone is keeping me connected to most sites.
iTunes even has the original trippy "Jelly" visualizer on it
.I can't wait to get my MBP back and rejoin 2018 - more or less
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I almost forget.
Just pick-up a 2007 macbook white 2.1 from a friend trash can.
After a pretty good cleaning, install an used HDD cable, inserted a hard drive, install Lion, the old white boy is rolling back again. Only need a new battery because it was drained flatten and dead, and I need find some screws
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Mid-2009 MacBook Pro 17”/8 GB/256 GB SanDisk Plus. My only Mac and my daily driver in my business. Bought it salvage (really clean) from the local university and had the keyboard replaced. Battery is almost new (34 cycles!) even though it’s dated from 2009.
The only thing it doesn’t do well is run VM software fast, so I’ll remote in to my work PC to demonstrate Windows, if need be.
The only thing it doesn’t do well is run VM software fast, so I’ll remote in to my work PC to demonstrate Windows, if need be.
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My main Mac is my Mid 2012 MacBook Pro 13 cMBP inch i7 2.9ghz model. I have 16GB of Ram and 2TB Samsung Evo 860 SSD.
Apple don't offer any machine worthy of replacing it.
Apple don't offer any machine worthy of replacing it.
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That 1920 display was way ahead of its time, or so it felt. Awesome display.
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Using a Late 2011 15" 2.4GHz with dGPU. Bumped specs to 16GB LPDDR3 1600MHz and 256GB Plextor M5Pro SSD in 2013.
Coming from a Late 2016 13" MBP that is up for sale.
Well, I do have its younger brother (white, 2008), and it's working. I believe that the problem now is lack of support. It started with Google Chrome, then Dropbox, and lately iTunes does not connect to my iPhone 6+.