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I wish there was a way I could make my 2010 macbook look like new again. I have scratches and a couple cracks on the top case and keyboard case. Runs great since I upgraded to 8GB of Ram.

You can't run 8gb on a black macbook. 6 GB is the max.

Am i right?:rolleyes:
 
You can't run 8gb on a black macbook. 6 GB is the max.

Am i right?:rolleyes:

Well, technically the late-2007 and newer can see and use 8GB. But after using 6GB they get extremely unstable and slow because they run out of memory access registers.
 
I'm still rocking a 2008 white macbook 2.4/4/160 for DJ and music production use.

I'm assuming this means SERATO? How does that Macbook hold up running it? I have a 2012 Macbook Pro but thinking about getting a 2.4 GHz Macbook as a backup mostly for deejaying and Photoshop etc
 
I have a 2008 black MB with 4GB ram and a 2010 white MB with 4GB ram. The black MB is running SL and the 2010 is on ML.

Lately, the 2010 is being bogged down by simply using SABnzb to download TV shows and movies and when it starts to unrar a file, it will just make my MB unusable and will slow down so much that it will take up to 6 hours or more to unrar a 8GB file.

It's so bad that I started using my black MB to do this because it never slows down doing such a thing under SL.
 
Just picked one up on eBay for £100. What a steal! :D
It has the newer keyboard layout (media control) so I'm guessing its at least a 2007 model.....what are the chances of apple replacing the classic cracked palmrest in 2013?
 
Just picked one up on eBay for £100. What a steal! :D
It has the newer keyboard layout (media control) so I'm guessing its at least a 2007 model.....what are the chances of apple replacing the classic cracked palmrest in 2013?

Apple won't replace any of the Blackbook keyboards with the number pad on them. They're all listed as Vintage and Apple doesn't service or stock parts for them anymore. The late-2007 Macbook, the first with the media keys, will be made Vintage in June. So if you want it replaced for free, take it in before June.
 
I just swapped my Lenovo laptop against a Macbook 3,1. My 2006 MBP was out of order and I needed a new mac for photoshop. I am so happy to finally have one of these white Macbooks. I will remove the superdrive and put an harddrive instead, with a SSD.
 
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Thinking about buying this new-old-stock black Macbook just for the novelty of having a black Apple laptop.

Just would like to ask you guys if any of the stories of the black Macbook having problems with its black plastic casing cracking with age are true?
 
Just would like to ask you guys if any of the stories of the black Macbook having problems with its black plastic casing cracking with age are true?

They really don't crack from age, more like use and due to manufacturing defects. Most of the cases from 2008 Blackbooks don't crack as often as the 2006/2007 ones. But they still can if used or opened incorrectly.
 
Thanks Intell! Will definitely go grab that black Macbook then. I'm sure it won't be an abused laptop. :rolleyes:
 
Good morning (at least its morning here) so here's the thing, I saw a great deal on a Black MacBook (Mid 2007) with 4 GB RAM and a "decent" hard drive. I'm planning to purchase it because I'm still stuck with my 2006 Mac Mini and the lack of processor power really drives me nuts when using Photoshop and Ilustrator. So the thing is will a Black MacBook (this one http://portocity.olx.pt/macbook-2007-preto-iid-437179637) suite my needs on Photoshop and maybe Final Cut Express I know the graphics on this thing is the same graphics my mini has GMA 950 i think the black is the X3100 not sure though :)
 
Good morning (at least its morning here) so here's the thing, I saw a great deal on a Black MacBook (Mid 2007) with 4 GB RAM and a "decent" hard drive. I'm planning to purchase it because I'm still stuck with my 2006 Mac Mini and the lack of processor power really drives me nuts when using Photoshop and Ilustrator. So the thing is will a Black MacBook (this one http://portocity.olx.pt/macbook-2007-preto-iid-437179637) suite my needs on Photoshop and maybe Final Cut Express I know the graphics on this thing is the same graphics my mini has GMA 950 i think the black is the X3100 not sure though :)

If it's a mid-2007, it'll be just as fast as your Mini. They have the same internal parts. With a CPU upgrade, your Mini could become slightly faster then the mid-2007 Blackbook though at 2.33Ghz. But it'd still be stuck with the poor performing GMA950 GPU.
 
I just recently purchased one on ebay for £290 brilliant condition looking for a RAM upgrade to 4 now
and try and get snow leopard installed
 
Came today, been playing with it all night since I got off work. :p Really like it so far, hopefully it'll stick around for a while yet to come.
 

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Very nice Cassie. If you're wanting to clean it up, a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser works really well.
 
Awesome thread this is! Love all the photos guys and girls :D

I'm really interested though, what is the battery life on these laptops? Have any of you had to replace/upgrade the batteries?

I much prefer these to the White model. I'll happily take one off someone's hands in Aus haha :D
 
Getting mine next week, so exited :D it's a 2,4 GHz Core 2 Duo with 2 GB of RAM (I will upgrade it to 4 GB) and an SSD, the bad part is the internal graphics Intel GMA X3100 :confused: oh well we can't have everything we want right :p. Expect photos soon
 
I have one stored away. It's in it's original box with all the packaging material. It includes:

- still wrapped unused Remote
- brand new 60W apple charger
- Brand new Apple Battery with 2 cycles
- Brand new top case
- Brand new screen bezel
- overall very good condition.
- foam + sleeve inside the box.

:apple::apple:
 

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Awesome thread this is! Love all the photos guys and girls :D

I'm really interested though, what is the battery life on these laptops? Have any of you had to replace/upgrade the batteries?

I much prefer these to the White model. I'll happily take one off someone's hands in Aus haha :D

I would imagine there are at least a few MB's with still-decent batteries. My 2004 iBook G4 still gets an hour and a half on it's original battery, if that says anything. :)

My MacBook came with a brand-new "newertech" battery - it gets 4-5 hours, which is better than any laptop I've ever owned before. :p
 
Still rocking

Hi can anyone recommend a good external monitor that will work with the resolution of the black macbook? 27" preferably.
 
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