Mrs Pete's 13 inch MacBook Pro needs replaced as the battery is gubbed.
Used for internet and Office. Battery life and cost are the important things.
Any suggestions?
Laptop advice.
Laptop advice.
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'11 - '17 S2 135R
'17 - '19 S2 Exige S+
'23 - ?? Evora
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Fluoxetine
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Re: Laptop advice.
New battery, max out the RAM & stick in an SSD?
I did this to a 2006 Macbook recently, and for under £100 outlay it fairly nips along at internet / office stuff.
(Doesn't like rendering 1080p / 60fps GoPro vids, much...)
I did this to a 2006 Macbook recently, and for under £100 outlay it fairly nips along at internet / office stuff.
(Doesn't like rendering 1080p / 60fps GoPro vids, much...)
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I am with Ross on that one.
Otherwise buy a new MacBook Air of some description. For non technical use they beat Windows stuff hands down. For technical use I suggest Linux on any old rubbish laptop. I still use a Core2 machine with ssd and it is great.
Cheers,
Robin
Otherwise buy a new MacBook Air of some description. For non technical use they beat Windows stuff hands down. For technical use I suggest Linux on any old rubbish laptop. I still use a Core2 machine with ssd and it is great.
Cheers,
Robin
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She didn't want a PC, thinking them ugly.
Nor a tablet as it wouldn't do what she wanted.
She found Linux annoying as it didn't understand her.
Unfortunately Apple upsets her by being different for the sake of it.
Nor a tablet as it wouldn't do what she wanted.
She found Linux annoying as it didn't understand her.
Unfortunately Apple upsets her by being different for the sake of it.
'99 - '03 Titanium S1 111S.
'03 - '10 Starlight Black S2 111S
'11 - '17 S2 135R
'17 - '19 S2 Exige S+
'23 - ?? Evora
'03 - '10 Starlight Black S2 111S
'11 - '17 S2 135R
'17 - '19 S2 Exige S+
'23 - ?? Evora
Re: Laptop advice.
Fluoxetine wrote:New battery, max out the RAM & stick in an SSD?
I did this to a 2006 Macbook recently, and for under £100 outlay it fairly nips along at internet / office stuff.
(Doesn't like rendering 1080p / 60fps GoPro vids, much...)
That sounds like we have the same machine (I think this is 2007). How long do you get out of the new battery?
The keyboard is lovely.
'99 - '03 Titanium S1 111S.
'03 - '10 Starlight Black S2 111S
'11 - '17 S2 135R
'17 - '19 S2 Exige S+
'23 - ?? Evora
'03 - '10 Starlight Black S2 111S
'11 - '17 S2 135R
'17 - '19 S2 Exige S+
'23 - ?? Evora
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Did this also on my macbook black and its still going strong. New battery was about £30 (£100 from apple) and I get about 3-4 hrs out of it.
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Fluoxetine
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Still conditioning it / running it in, but about 3 ish hours (it's an el cheapo chinese job off eBay).
I got the Macbook for around £120 off Gumtree (I think) last year while on a course near London, as they'd helpfully* provided all the revision notes / past papers on a USB stick and my proper laptop was around 300 miles away in Dublin.
It surprised me by actually being quite usable, so I stuck a 120GB SSD / 4GB RAM / new battery in it for a grand total of £90, and I can now leave my decent laptop at home and use this one for travelling / work etc.
It runs Office 2011 a treat, and Chrome works fine too - It's on Lion, as that's the latest OSX the motherboard will cope with.
(While I like tablets, I can't cope without a decent keyboard, and like a couple of USB ports).
I got the Macbook for around £120 off Gumtree (I think) last year while on a course near London, as they'd helpfully* provided all the revision notes / past papers on a USB stick and my proper laptop was around 300 miles away in Dublin.
It surprised me by actually being quite usable, so I stuck a 120GB SSD / 4GB RAM / new battery in it for a grand total of £90, and I can now leave my decent laptop at home and use this one for travelling / work etc.
It runs Office 2011 a treat, and Chrome works fine too - It's on Lion, as that's the latest OSX the motherboard will cope with.
(While I like tablets, I can't cope without a decent keyboard, and like a couple of USB ports).
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Re: Laptop advice.
pete wrote:She didn't want a PC, thinking them ugly.
Nor a tablet as it wouldn't do what she wanted.
She found Linux annoying as it didn't understand her.
Unfortunately Apple upsets her by being different for the sake of it.
Sounds like she needs chisel+marble or maybe quill+ink.
Cheers,
Robin
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Hi Ross,
I just rescued an old MacBook (2006 model - 2.1) from the grave and re-installed it with the then-current tiger (10.4.something). This is the end of the line for that machine.
There are no useful browsers available for this vintage machine ... so you pretty much have to install Linux on it to get anywhere. Luckily that is much easier than it used to be, provided you have a working MacOSX install to bootstrap from. Anyway, I think it's worth it as the machine is solid with good screen and keyboard (if a little tardy compared to my Dell equivalent Core2 Duo machine). I may never get used to the bonkers keyboard layout though!!
Cheers,
Robin
P.S. It's pretty disgraceful that Apple just abandons users on older hardware - there is no reason that I can see not to support these machines for at least 10 years ... but I guess if your customers mostly want shiny shiny new stuff, you just don't care about the laggards running ancient hardware
I just rescued an old MacBook (2006 model - 2.1) from the grave and re-installed it with the then-current tiger (10.4.something). This is the end of the line for that machine.
There are no useful browsers available for this vintage machine ... so you pretty much have to install Linux on it to get anywhere. Luckily that is much easier than it used to be, provided you have a working MacOSX install to bootstrap from. Anyway, I think it's worth it as the machine is solid with good screen and keyboard (if a little tardy compared to my Dell equivalent Core2 Duo machine). I may never get used to the bonkers keyboard layout though!!
Cheers,
Robin
P.S. It's pretty disgraceful that Apple just abandons users on older hardware - there is no reason that I can see not to support these machines for at least 10 years ... but I guess if your customers mostly want shiny shiny new stuff, you just don't care about the laggards running ancient hardware
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Re: Laptop advice.
We're still using 8 year old Macbooks (non-pro). Mine just had a new LCD backlight cable (£20, worn through from 8 years of lid open-closing) and V's has had a new battery (£20 for non-genuine one, which seems fine) and hers is just back from another trip to the airing cupboard after a 2nd mug of tea found its way into the keyboard. I really wish they would die so we can have awesome shiny lightweight Macbook Airs each, but nope... still fine.
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Graeme, what OS/browser combination are you running on these?
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Xmas coming up Graeme and some good deals on new MBA's, up to £200 off.
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Lion (10.7.5) is the latest they will run. Any browser. Non-64bit kernel, so can't upgrade to Mountain Lion.
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