@@deadalpeca8099 No, they were for a Nazerine Mission trip to Guatemala to help build houses for people. We had too many donated by the school so we couldn't bring all of them with us.
Or be smarter and just get 2 1TB HDD for less the price probably coming up to $100 for both so now $300 and the ram doesn't cost anything but at least $50-70 dollars and you're only allowed 16gb anyways on a MacBook so total $370 for a 10 year old MacBook that works way better than a $500 Windows laptop, $400 Chromebook depending on the size, and over $900 New MacBook depending on the size. Plus the cover doesn't look too bad which is another $5 if you wanna cover the scratches and the keyboard keys replacement probably $20 or less. So running you an estimate of $395. Again only an estimate you could get certain things cheaper or even settle with 2 500gb HDD which is even cheaper. It's up to you. But you can make this laptop work as a budget winner and would work better than modern day laptops that again are way overpriced.
Made the calculations it is less than 300$ for a 500GB ssd a new battery and a new keyboard and a new cover and 200$ for the macbook and that is 450$-500$ and it is way better than alot of laptops at that price range and you can sell the parts you swapped out and make a few bucks out of it [30 max]
PowerL1N3 « work better than modern day laptops » are you dumb ? How can a Core2Duo with an HDD (yes in raid with your configuration but speed for multiples files is waaaaay slower than a single SSD) can compete with a core i3/i5 with SSD starting at 600 bucks ?
Cyrille CF Dude, watch who you call a dumbass before reading into the text correctly. I was definitely talking about it being a better performing laptop in this day and age FOR THE BUDGET! Not for overall performance!
Which core 2 duo is it? And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it. I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit? My pc is from (2007)
MacBook-$200 SSDs(2)-$300 Battery-$30 Keyboard-$20 Shell-$20 Plus shipping and other costs totals to about $600. Not a bad value but I also feel like you could buy a lot of modern laptop for $600
We need more practical tips like this to fight against Apple's planned obsolescence. There are small home offices that as units of older Macs which can actually revived and improved, thus saving costs. I highly appreciate your effort to create this video tutorial.
ThinkSink , the planned obsolescence is referred to the now-on-the-shelves Apple computers, which are impossible to barely open, neither try to upgrade them: after two years new models ARE obsolete. I use Apple since 1984, and you can trust me.
briccimn but they are supported for longer and they have the best build quality, so you couldn’t break it even you tried to. Sure they may not be used upgradable, but macOS is supported and optimised for older machines, so you wouldn’t run into any problems down the line.
I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro that is still good for light work and traveling, but not for main use. I upgraded it with 16GB of DDR3 from 4GB which is total overkill for it, and a 240GB SSD and that brought it back from the dead. It went from unusable to generally slow, but kind of snappy. If the RAM had been soldered on and the storage non-upgradable, it would have been retired by now. So yeah, planned obsolescence is a thing.
daam i could have installed 16 gb too then, though i read it wasn't supported so i went for 8gb :( upgraded a a year and a half ago and this 8 year old computer regained life lol
Samar Nawaz you should try it out! Don't build everything they show of course, parts are expensive, but every now and then try to do something. Really rewarding! I would recommend modding a gameboy or something like that for a start. They're easy to open and there are a lot of ideas and tutorials online you can use. Sadly a lot of the dedicated websites with parts for them is in USA or China, so if you live in EU you will have to wait alot to get parts.
That was me until just last week. I had an old, half-dead 2008 HP6730b laptop with Windows XP lying around the house and while I was able to make it somewhat usable again by installing Puppy Linux (Tahr Pup, I think) on it last December, this video inspired me to replace the original hard drive with a WD (Green) 240GB SSD. With the latest version of Puppy Linux, I've got a great desktop replacement that actually matches my 2014 MacBook Air. Well, not quite - they each have their own strengths and weaknesses, but it's pretty close. If you know what you're doing, stuff like this can be pretty easy and fun, and you'll feel a sense of achievement by being able to breathe new life back into an old computer.
would like to do this kinda stuff to computers but cant cuz like im 11 and i dont know how also i dont think my mom and dad would even let me open a laptop or even buy parts for it
Pretty cool! I have a late 2009 MacBook as well; bought it for a little under $100 more than three years ago as it didn't come with a hard drive or power adapter cable (the latter of which I already had from an older failing MacBook), and I upgraded the RAM to 8 GB and installed a 256 GB SSD into it, but I kept the SuperDrive intact as I can still appreciate having an optical disc drive. I love how user-service friendly those unibody MacBooks are (at my computer tech job I recently swapped the hard drives in a bunch of them with blank ones I installed the Mac OS onto for resell). But since it's still 11 years old and cannot run the new Mac operating systems, I plan to buy a 13" Touch Bar MacBook Pro soon (Intel version, as I'm not fully ready to jump into Apple's M1-series Macs yet) but still hold onto the 2009 MacBook for running older 32-bit apps on and for burning DVDs of home movies and such. My main computer currently is a 2012 quad-core i5 Mac Mini, upgraded with a 960 GB SSD and 16 GB of RAM, and for optical discs I have an LG external Blu-Ray burner hooked up to it :P
Jerico Tamayo well, I’d say if it’s newer and unibody. Unupgradable. Moderate (time-wise) things like Mac Mini and Mac Pro are still upgradable. New things like the 2018 Mac Pro (Coming later this year) will be upgradable.
This is what I did with my late 2008 MacBook that I bought new. The RAM upgrade from 2 to 8 GB made the biggest difference. I recently added a SSD (only 180GB, but free). It works very well and I am very impressed with it!
Andre Boccaccio I got a dead 2011 MacBook Pro for free from my local public school. Spent 70 bucks on a 256GB ssd, and modified the PRAM to disable the dead AMD GPU, I gave it to my mom and she loves it. An i7 2nd gen and 8gb of ram are way more then enough for what she does
Tech Which core 2 duo is it? And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it. I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit? My pc is from (2007) Also which is better core 2 quad 3.13 ghz Q9600 or core 2 core 3.33 ghz E8500?
I actually did this with a 2009 MBPro and I'm still very happy with it! I even added windows via bootcamp and it runs most games up to 2012 pretty decent.
Yep. Modern userfeel upgrades have been mostly in the random IO of an SSD, and macOS post Snow Leopard really seems to hate rust drives more than most OSs. Had the 2010 MacBook in the family until this year and with an SSD and maxed RAM it felt perfectly fine for day to day web browsing and Office. The most missed modernity's were more in the screen and battery life.
I know that feel man. I upgraded my 2010 MBP with an SSD, put the original Toshiba HDD in the optical drive slot and made them a hybrid drive. Then 16GB of RAM off eBay for $30 gave it the capability to run basically infinite Chrome tabs. Had to replace the keyboard due to water damage last year but parts were cheap and the process was a lot of fun. I'm going to miss this upgradability when I have to let go of this gem.
Did the same to my 2011 MBP - 250gb SSD, HDD in optical drive and 16gb RAM and it ran a treat. BUT I just upgraded to a 2016 MBP w/ touch bar and it is soooooooooooooooo much better. The weight savings and battery life just absolutely kill it!
Austin, I am watching this on my MacBook Pro 2009 with a new battery and a 250GB SSD. This is the first time since 2009 you are reviewing something I use!
Mine is a 2010 macbook pro with 10gb of ram but only a 128gb ssd, so close lmao. Love how these older mac machines actually had really easy to do upgradability.
Picking up older laptops like this MacBook is a real bang for your buck! Last year, I picked up a Dell Latitude E6420 for $300 Refurbished, and that machine is a powerhouse still today. I put in a Samsung 850 Evo and that machine is a pleasure to use with its Core i5 2540m, 4GB of RAM, and the aforementioned SSD. It performs way better than Brand New laptops with a similar price tag.
Exactly, I actually bought a broken Dell e6440 with a bad motherboard, I just replaced the board, added 8gb of ram and an ssd and it went from being a dead 70 dollar machine to a $200 monster. I can very easily edit in premier and have 2 billions tabs open while coding for school wayyyyyy better than buying a 200 dollar new laptop.
Where are you getting the dell? Mine was 125 along with hundreds of others similar to it and it had a 3350m and 4gb of ram. Ebay is absolutly flooded with it.
jashelps I purchased mine from a local computer shop. I knew it was more than what they go for on Amazon and eBay, but the store I purchased it from offers a lifetime warranty on the computers they sell, and are very helpful if something goes wrong with the system or will install components for free as long as I pay for the parts.
I love this. I done something similar with mine - a mid 2012 - I got it for free broken, and fixed it. Apple said it only supported 8gig of RAM, but it blatantly takes 16. With that, and an SSD it is completely usable, even running some heavy stuff, video editing etc. As snappy as a brand new all singing, all dancing mac? Nope, but fast enough - and without the huge price tag lol
I don't see a cost analysis for all of your upgrades. I know the ram is around $70, the battery is probably $70, and those drives are around $280. So your around $700-750. Aren't you dipping into the newer MacBook? Pretty sure you can get a used 2012 MacBook pro for around $800
I was going to buy a new macbook but with the student loan and all, I decided to upgrade my 2011 macbook pro's HDD to an SSD. It had a 2.5 ghz processor installed by default, so it's running nicely. Considering the price of a new macbook, upgrading the old one was definitely a better idea.
those old black macbooks could use SSDs and up to 4GB of ram, but it's all kind of pointless because they got cut off at Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and the early 2006 model got cut off at 10.6 Snow Leopard
Hey you should put an SSD, 4GB of ram, and Linux, and there you go, a badass looking linux machine. With Linux you could probably do basic things like day to day web browsing and school work, except it’ll be more modern than the macOS it’s stuck on.
i actually really love my 2010 macbook and was wondering if i could replace the stuff inside to "upgrade" it. this video helps a lot now that i have the knowledge that i'm able to!
Always disconnect the battery from your laptops when working on them! just had to say that...dont know if you read these comments...but yeah man. I don't know why you'd say that. just in case . ya know? I'm sure my fellow technicians will agree.
Jordan Howell you mean every laptop or only on this video? The risk is if the power suddenly go out it will damage the hardware And nowadays laptop have discharge system so instead of charging the battery when reaching 90and above it will act like power brick (you can see it says not charged)
@@AppleReviews if you have a macbook pro and you have the A.C adapter plugged in and remove the battery while it's on, the cpu prefomance will cut down in half.
I have the exact same MacBook for university. I‘ve upgraded just from 4gb Ram to 8gb of ram! (Yes it works.) and replaced the hdd with a Samsung 500 GB SSD. It works just fine.
Got a mid 2010 with the 8GB and SSD upgrades already done for 65 dollars this week. Grabbed it because I suck with managing my own money, but honestly... Pretty smooth experience so long as you keep your expectations in check
Hey Austin, I was wondering if you could update the description with the links to the replacement parts you got! I got that same computer sitting back at home and, although I have upgraded its ram to 8GB, I think it would still be cool to update the hard drive with SSD and even the keyboard with those stealthy black keys! Awesome video man, very nicely done!
I used that guide to upgrade my 2010 MacBook to boot from an SSD (I used a Data Doubler to install a bigger hd I had laying around to just store media). It makes a world of difference! Boot time was cut in half vs booting from the stock hd! Remember you'll need a sata to USB cable, they're cheap though. When I was cloning to the SSD, the SSD had an error message but I just tried again and it worked like a charm!
I would like to point out that the MacBook you have there is a *Late*-2009 macbook, this is an important distinction because while the early and mid-2009 macbooks both have the 9400m graphics, they can only run up to 10.11 El Capitan unless the installer is patched AND the late-2009 macbook was the first of the white macbooks to have the multi-touch gesture enabled trackpad, as the previous ones only supported 2-finger scrolling information source: I own a mid-2009 macbook
Good vid. One of my favorite hobbies is upgrading older computers for friends and family. Only other thing I would've done is reapply the thermal paste. Especially on older Macs were the factory paste is old and cheap
BH4x0r No, it dosent. This 10 year old machine looks better than most pc’s that come out today. People hate on apple, but nobody says they have bad design.
Bror Alwin Sagstuen most of their shit looks the same... its getting old af who wants some piece of trash in 2018 when it nearly looks the same as some shit from 10 years ago, i don't get that. that + most of their shit costs 2x more than its supposed to either way
They aren't meant to change all the time. Change over refinement defeats the purpose of making something good into something great. You don't exactly manage that by radically changing it every single year. When you pick a design and stick with it, it makes it easy to improve and make it better for the current day and the future. Think about it this way. If you purchase something that's great and does everything that you need it to do with no fuss, what's the point of changing it? Let's not forget the things that can inevitably stop working or things that are flat out inconvenient for you now where the previous thing was perfect for you. Clearly you don't understand the concept and need to do a little more thinking/research to figure this out. Not all change is good, frankly most change is negative in one way or another.
I still use my early 2011 13 inch Macbook Pro. I upgraded it with 8 GB of RAM and a SSD a couple of years ago. It still works perfectly and is great for browsing, media consumption, office work and some light photo editing.
MultimediaLucario it was a powerful laptop back then (it’s core 2 Duo was the i5/i7 back then ) , and also being able to put 16GB DDR3 back then in 2009 costed a lot of money like 500€+ and was very superior
@@armeniancrusader301 omg! I didn't knew.... I already placed 8gb RAM... did it improve performance? by how much? doesn't it have a max something that even if you put 32gb it will only work on 8 or 16gb? if adding another 8gb is worth it, I might swap the 2x4gb ram to 2x8gb. thanks!
I did this two years ago to my 2009 MBP, shipped with leopard. Today it still runs awesome almost 2019!! Sad you can no longer do this to newer macs :(
I bought one of these as a machine to force me to focus, and not dossing about the internet. I was shocked to find it just does everything really well. Even with the old spinny drive, you know what? I could use it all night for everything I’d normally do for fun, as well as Office being nil problem to it. These are a nice deal particularly since they scratch, instead of denting like ally. Really nice video. Much enjoying Austin’s stuff.
I did this with my 13 inch mid2010 and it's working great! after the last os upgrade it became unbearably slow, it wasn't even Sierra. good thing we kept it around. I'm surprised how easy it was to do. everything inside is straight forward. I got 1t Kingston kc600 and 8gb ram(almost all guides just mention 4gb, hmm). I'm so happy right now. how did you replace the keys??? can you make it backlit? how do you replace the speakers? better yet can you use the connector to the speakers as a power source for the backlight? thanks!
I just build a $160 Mid2010 MacBook Pro that I got from Ebay. I added Crucial 120GB SSD, 8GB ram, replace couple of screw. It works perfectly as my daily laptop for word processing, email and youtube.
I live in England and we have our tax included in prices so I just wanted to ask when you say something like $200 laptop do you mean including tax or not?
@Todd Shavez Mac is very good for browsing and office/school work, I personally own a MacBook Air 2017 with core i5, and an iMac 2013 with fusion drive and core i7, both of my devices seems to be faster in browsing and school work than my gaming PC, Core i7 4770K OC to 4.2 GHz and a GTX 1050ti OC +135 core clock, +300 memory clock, and yes I do video editing on my MacBook or on my iMac on final cut Pro X, both do the work easily even with a 4k 60fps video! I think that premier Pro on windows is a bit hard for me! P.S I am a 13 yr old student and a youtuber
If you're strapped for cash and need a laptop, you can get a core 2 duo laptop for like 30 bucks and add a ssd. The ssd makes a huge difference in performance and for everyday tasks can make a really good budget laptop.
I still need to get one of these models some day and I plan to give it many upgrades! I have a 2012 MacBook Pro that has a similar set of upgrades, just with more ram and better and higher capacity SSD’s.
In my opinion: it doesn't matter if someone uses the old MacBooks and even the newer ones, as long as it's usable and manageable. I bought the used mid-2010 MacBook white unibody months ago and until now, it's still operational (though I haven't upgraded the internals yet).
Currently watching on the Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 17 Inch i7 2.66 GHz, planning to switch to a SSD and see what this thing is capable of. For a 9 year old laptop, it is still killing it with speeds, much less me switching over to a SSD.
This is my computer, even though it is not retina the screen is great, the keyboard is my favorite part, I can type faster than current macbooks with crappy keyboards.
You can buy any modern ssd to get all Speed out of this device, its not Important to take an expensive one (or better two) like Austin... Even the cheapest one on the market are enough to push the possible Speed to the Limit (wich is the mainboard in this case)...
I did almost exactly everything you did internally. Opted for just one SSD because this era of disk drive is in my opinion the last good non-blu-ray drive and I do use it. I intend to eventually find a casing to make that drive external and toss a 2nd 250GB Evo in for RAID.
Its better to buy a MacBook pro 2014 because if you buy a 2009 MacBook and replace a ton of parts that could cost you a dosen like $1100 and if you buy a MacBook Pro it will cost you like $1800 so the rest 700 covers up the look of the laptop.
These are my favorite kind of computer mods. I've done this exact same thing to man Mac's and am always happy with the result. Upped a 2012 Mac Mini from 4 GB to 16 GB RAM... daily computer still in January 2019.
steve igiehon I made a mistake with the PowerBook G4 once. I never knew about the PowerPC architecture and dropped £100 on a PowerBook and it was shit because it couldn't even run a new version of iTunes... I should've done my research.
I bought a Powerbook G4 2006 1,67GHz 2GB of RAM (the most powerful) once on eBay i found it for 50€, what a sloooow laptop it is, i sold it for 130€, now i bought a 2007 Macbook Core Duo and 2GB of RAM for 50€ too, and it runs smoothly, it's fast on the internet and no problem to watch an HD movie on it.
I have a 2008 MacBook Pro, and up until a few days ago, it was the only computer I owned. I work as a video editor, so as you can imagine, that's pretty crazy. It even handled 4K footage ok if I made proxies. If my new computer lasts even half as long, I'll be really happy.
Son of a Tech Which core 2 duo is it? And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it. I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit? My pc is from (2007) Also which is better core 2 quad 3.13 ghz Q9600 or core 2 core 3.33 ghz E8500?
MacBook: 1TB SSD, Core 2Duo
MacOS: *CONFUSED SCREAMING*
Xd
Hahaha lol
MAC high Sierra OS with patch to fool it into thinking it’s post 2012 of course,...otherwise no cigar
well now hes in mac heaven
Wrrrrrrry
Well it’s no longer a $200 MacBook lol
Those ssds should cost a few hundred dollars in itself.
NebTheDev YT idk if you’re living under a rock but, ssds aren’t that expensive anymore
its basically a $200 display screen lol
@Derek Frampton hmm, some chinese ssd have 320go for 50€, and there are really good disk (not better than WD, but better than HDD)
Yea kinda pointless when you can get 2014-15 mbook pros for 600$ used...
10 years later and it still looks way better than most laptops from today.
I love how Final Cut is more expensive than the MacBook
you can pirate it for free
Axem YT fr?
@@DARTbeats You can pirate any piece of software or game for free.
Nice grammar
Or get the pro apps for education bundle with it in and Logic Pro x for £ 180
Haha I got one of those from my school for $40 bc they thought it was broken, but I fixed it and it works great. :)
good to hear
I got a broken 2015 MacBook Air from my school because I fix laptops and they didn't need it anymore. Just needed a new battery and it runs great.
@@RyBird wait so like students can ask the school for broken laptops and they're fine with giving it away?
@@deadalpeca8099 No, they were for a Nazerine Mission trip to Guatemala to help build houses for people. We had too many donated by the school so we couldn't bring all of them with us.
@@RyBird hmm interesting
You should build the ultimate iPod classic
America Pride how dfq?? LOLL DAT WOULD BE IMPRESSIVE THO 🔥
That’ll be difficult, mate.
Ikr ipods graphic card is badd :D
Building the ultimate dot
Ismail Halil ipods don’t have graphics cards
1. Buys $200 laptop
2. Spends another $600 on it
3. ???
4. 10 year old $800 dollar laptop lmao
Zack was it really 600?
Or be smarter and just get 2 1TB HDD for less the price probably coming up to $100 for both so now $300 and the ram doesn't cost anything but at least $50-70 dollars and you're only allowed 16gb anyways on a MacBook so total $370 for a 10 year old MacBook that works way better than a $500 Windows laptop, $400 Chromebook depending on the size, and over $900 New MacBook depending on the size. Plus the cover doesn't look too bad which is another $5 if you wanna cover the scratches and the keyboard keys replacement probably $20 or less. So running you an estimate of $395. Again only an estimate you could get certain things cheaper or even settle with 2 500gb HDD which is even cheaper. It's up to you. But you can make this laptop work as a budget winner and would work better than modern day laptops that again are way overpriced.
Made the calculations it is less than 300$ for a 500GB ssd a new battery and a new keyboard and a new cover and 200$ for the macbook and that is 450$-500$ and it is way better than alot of laptops at that price range and you can sell the parts you swapped out and make a few bucks out of it [30 max]
PowerL1N3 « work better than modern day laptops » are you dumb ? How can a Core2Duo with an HDD (yes in raid with your configuration but speed for multiples files is waaaaay slower than a single SSD) can compete with a core i3/i5 with SSD starting at 600 bucks ?
Cyrille CF Dude, watch who you call a dumbass before reading into the text correctly. I was definitely talking about it being a better performing laptop in this day and age FOR THE BUDGET! Not for overall performance!
**looks at thumbnail**
_WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE KEYBOARD_
poppet pala i honestly dont mind the colour coding of it.
It looks shit
poppet pala has
poppet pala ok
That really made me laugh
For that 650 dollars after upgrade, u can probably get an MacBook Air 2017 base model on black fridays!
Yeah. But you can't upgrade the new MacBook and pretty sure this MacBook will be faster than any Mac books for the next 10 years
@@JustinAbroad whats the last macbook that could be upgraded?
@@catgarcia2238 I believe that would be the 2013 Macbook Pro.
@@JustinAbroad no it wont the base model air now is faster than this
@@JustinAbroad He just upgraded the ssd not the CPU, the air has a core i5 but this has a core 2 duo
This was pretty cool to see. I forget that older MacBooks are this easy to get into. Great stuff Austin!
What are you doing here, Knuckles? Lol
xX_SpeedyScout_Xx I'm subscribed to Austin's channel.
+xX_SpeedyScout_Xx He lost his wae, you can sho him dae wae tho
Which core 2 duo is it?
And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it.
I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit?
My pc is from (2007)
They used to be easy, but the good old times are over... unfortunately.
MacBook-$200
SSDs(2)-$300
Battery-$30
Keyboard-$20
Shell-$20
Plus shipping and other costs totals to about $600. Not a bad value but I also feel like you could buy a lot of modern laptop for $600
Julian Fairfax mmmm probably another like $60
Leggo0 or BUILD A FUCKING PC
remember that IOS needs specific RAM. probably more than $60
Terrible value, you can get a Lenovo ultra book with a newer quad core i5 or i7 with better specs for the same price
We need more practical tips like this to fight against Apple's planned obsolescence. There are small home offices that as units of older Macs which can actually revived and improved, thus saving costs. I highly appreciate your effort to create this video tutorial.
Apple products last the longest. Try to find a 9 year old laptop that performs as well as they do.
“Planned obsolescence” 😭
ThinkSink , the planned obsolescence is referred to the now-on-the-shelves Apple computers, which are impossible to barely open, neither try to upgrade them: after two years new models ARE obsolete.
I use Apple since 1984, and you can trust me.
briccimn the MacBook Air is sealed and hard to repair but it’s still running strong a decade after its inception.
briccimn but they are supported for longer and they have the best build quality, so you couldn’t break it even you tried to. Sure they may not be used upgradable, but macOS is supported and optimised for older machines, so you wouldn’t run into any problems down the line.
@@thinksink60 Cough cough
Thinkpad
I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro that is still good for light work and traveling, but not for main use. I upgraded it with 16GB of DDR3 from 4GB which is total overkill for it, and a 240GB SSD and that brought it back from the dead. It went from unusable to generally slow, but kind of snappy. If the RAM had been soldered on and the storage non-upgradable, it would have been retired by now. So yeah, planned obsolescence is a thing.
QuantumBraced I bought a 2012 MacBook Air (used) with an i7@2.00Ghz, 250SSD, for $500
Andre Boccaccio I bought a 2015 MacBook air 13" for 200 lol
is it 15 inch?
No, 13"
daam i could have installed 16 gb too then, though i read it wasn't supported so i went for 8gb :( upgraded a a year and a half ago and this 8 year old computer regained life lol
Who else just watches the video but never "builds" anything.....😂😂😂
Samar Nawaz you should try it out! Don't build everything they show of course, parts are expensive, but every now and then try to do something. Really rewarding! I would recommend modding a gameboy or something like that for a start. They're easy to open and there are a lot of ideas and tutorials online you can use. Sadly a lot of the dedicated websites with parts for them is in USA or China, so if you live in EU you will have to wait alot to get parts.
That was me until just last week. I had an old, half-dead 2008 HP6730b laptop with Windows XP lying around the house and while I was able to make it somewhat usable again by installing Puppy Linux (Tahr Pup, I think) on it last December, this video inspired me to replace the original hard drive with a WD (Green) 240GB SSD. With the latest version of Puppy Linux, I've got a great desktop replacement that actually matches my 2014 MacBook Air.
Well, not quite - they each have their own strengths and weaknesses, but it's pretty close.
If you know what you're doing, stuff like this can be pretty easy and fun, and you'll feel a sense of achievement by being able to breathe new life back into an old computer.
would like to do this kinda stuff to computers but cant cuz like im 11 and i dont know how also i dont think my mom and dad would even let me open a laptop or even buy parts for it
Me! I find it very relaxing and interesting.
Shamil A i am 12
Pretty cool! I have a late 2009 MacBook as well; bought it for a little under $100 more than three years ago as it didn't come with a hard drive or power adapter cable (the latter of which I already had from an older failing MacBook), and I upgraded the RAM to 8 GB and installed a 256 GB SSD into it, but I kept the SuperDrive intact as I can still appreciate having an optical disc drive. I love how user-service friendly those unibody MacBooks are (at my computer tech job I recently swapped the hard drives in a bunch of them with blank ones I installed the Mac OS onto for resell). But since it's still 11 years old and cannot run the new Mac operating systems, I plan to buy a 13" Touch Bar MacBook Pro soon (Intel version, as I'm not fully ready to jump into Apple's M1-series Macs yet) but still hold onto the 2009 MacBook for running older 32-bit apps on and for burning DVDs of home movies and such.
My main computer currently is a 2012 quad-core i5 Mac Mini, upgraded with a 960 GB SSD and 16 GB of RAM, and for optical discs I have an LG external Blu-Ray burner hooked up to it :P
It is so cool to see an apple product that is upgradable!!
Pooch Playz no, an is correct.
Jerico Tamayo well, I’d say if it’s newer and unibody. Unupgradable. Moderate (time-wise) things like Mac Mini and Mac Pro are still upgradable. New things like the 2018 Mac Pro (Coming later this year) will be upgradable.
Yes, I wish they had an alternative MacBook Pro model that had more upgradeable parts.
This seems like a great option for college students. Looks like fun for tinkerers too!
pretty sure there are way better options if you're tight on budget and are in college haha
2nd hand MacBooks are pretty good options for students. I got a maxed out 2012 MBP for $500.
AtomicmonkeyTCG where? I really need a laptop, please tell me
Juan Gómez my local equivalent of eBay, you could also try CeX/WeBuy.
SDG Danny I wouldn't suggest anything Apple for a student
This is what I did with my late 2008 MacBook that I bought new. The RAM upgrade from 2 to 8 GB made the biggest difference. I recently added a SSD (only 180GB, but free). It works very well and I am very impressed with it!
I have a 2009 Macbook Pro. What you failed to mention is that the computer only supports SATA2 so your SSD will run at drastically reduced speeds...
While tru the speed difference isn't all that drastic, still better than any HDD anyways.
SATA3 has twice the bandwidth as SATA2....
Jarl Ballin' However you have to remember how much of that bandwidth actually gets used especially for a laptop this old with only a core2duo.
I can tell you from experience, the SATA2 bottlenecks the SSD's speed....
Jarl Ballin' yes it will bottleneck, even w/ a core2duo
upgrades alone cost 300
MP Dope I bought a 2012 MacBook Air (used) with an i7@2.00Ghz, 250SSD, for $500
Andre Boccaccio I got a dead 2011 MacBook Pro for free from my local public school. Spent 70 bucks on a 256GB ssd, and modified the PRAM to disable the dead AMD GPU, I gave it to my mom and she loves it. An i7 2nd gen and 8gb of ram are way more then enough for what she does
A TB of SSD storage is pricey isn’t it?
Toby Cowles nice
Tech Which core 2 duo is it?
And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it.
I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit?
My pc is from (2007)
Also which is better core 2 quad 3.13 ghz Q9600 or core 2 core 3.33 ghz E8500?
I actually did this with a 2009 MBPro and I'm still very happy with it! I even added windows via bootcamp and it runs most games up to 2012 pretty decent.
Maybe you should try doing a giveaway of this custom MacBook
MultimediaLucario but it gay
"try" lmao
For those who needs it 😊 and thats me seriously
i have the same Macbook presented in the video and i recommand you to buy like 2012 or more
MultimediaLucario no
Yep. Modern userfeel upgrades have been mostly in the random IO of an SSD, and macOS post Snow Leopard really seems to hate rust drives more than most OSs. Had the 2010 MacBook in the family until this year and with an SSD and maxed RAM it felt perfectly fine for day to day web browsing and Office. The most missed modernity's were more in the screen and battery life.
I know that feel man.
I upgraded my 2010 MBP with an SSD, put the original Toshiba HDD in the optical drive slot and made them a hybrid drive. Then 16GB of RAM off eBay for $30 gave it the capability to run basically infinite Chrome tabs. Had to replace the keyboard due to water damage last year but parts were cheap and the process was a lot of fun. I'm going to miss this upgradability when I have to let go of this gem.
Did the same to my 2011 MBP - 250gb SSD, HDD in optical drive and 16gb RAM and it ran a treat. BUT I just upgraded to a 2016 MBP w/ touch bar and it is soooooooooooooooo much better. The weight savings and battery life just absolutely kill it!
..... this is the most TH-cam-like comment ever
Most modern OSes hate 5400 RPM drives. Windows 10 runs like crap on those.
tipoomaster do you recommend I buy this MacBook or an 2007 imac?
I got a Austin Evans ad before this Austin Evans video
Stonks ↗️
Lol
austin: *stonks*
Austinception
Austin, I am watching this on my MacBook Pro 2009 with a new battery and a 250GB SSD. This is the first time since 2009 you are reviewing something I use!
Same. But mine is a 2010 with 10 gb ram and the same ssd
Mine is a 2010 macbook pro with 10gb of ram but only a 128gb ssd, so close lmao. Love how these older mac machines actually had really easy to do upgradability.
Harley Strain same
I have the same mac and I want to upgrade it, can you tell me do I need an adapter for the ssd?
Keno Brt no
Picking up older laptops like this MacBook is a real bang for your buck! Last year, I picked up a Dell Latitude E6420 for $300 Refurbished, and that machine is a powerhouse still today. I put in a Samsung 850 Evo and that machine is a pleasure to use with its Core i5 2540m, 4GB of RAM, and the aforementioned SSD. It performs way better than Brand New laptops with a similar price tag.
Exactly, I actually bought a broken Dell e6440 with a bad motherboard, I just replaced the board, added 8gb of ram and an ssd and it went from being a dead 70 dollar machine to a $200 monster. I can very easily edit in premier and have 2 billions tabs open while coding for school wayyyyyy better than buying a 200 dollar new laptop.
Where are you getting the dell? Mine was 125 along with hundreds of others similar to it and it had a 3350m and 4gb of ram. Ebay is absolutly flooded with it.
jashelps I purchased mine from a local computer shop. I knew it was more than what they go for on Amazon and eBay, but the store I purchased it from offers a lifetime warranty on the computers they sell, and are very helpful if something goes wrong with the system or will install components for free as long as I pay for the parts.
Fair enough.
I dug up my old MacBook and did this and I even downloaded an intel i11 and some more ram
Apple Person wait, you downloaded ram
@@cloudywolf_ Found the Apple user.
Koen Flynn r/wooosh
@@cloudywolf_ actually, you could technically download some ram on a supported windows machine and then copy it over to an apple product
you downloaded a virtual memory
Hey Guys this is another Hey guys joke
Those upgrades probably cost more than the macbook itself lol
they do
I love this.
I done something similar with mine - a mid 2012 - I got it for free broken, and fixed it.
Apple said it only supported 8gig of RAM, but it blatantly takes 16. With that, and an SSD it is completely usable, even running some heavy stuff, video editing etc.
As snappy as a brand new all singing, all dancing mac? Nope, but fast enough - and without the huge price tag lol
Do u remember what it cost for all the upgrades?
Hahah why do you need 16gb of ram on a core 2 duo??
Thank you. I plan on doing this to a MacBook I’m getting for $90. I just need something to do light audio engineering for music
Purple Helmet incorrect use of the word blatantly
@@richardwilliamjohnson8566 mid 2012s are running Intel i5s at minimum. i'd say it's worth it
Watching this on my iPad, shaking my head at my sad late 2009 MacBook sitting right next to it.
I don't see a cost analysis for all of your upgrades. I know the ram is around $70, the battery is probably $70, and those drives are around $280. So your around $700-750. Aren't you dipping into the newer MacBook? Pretty sure you can get a used 2012 MacBook pro for around $800
It is 280$ if you drop the extra SSD the macbook uses SATA II so raid is useless as the ssd alone isn't fully utilized anyways
If you drop the ssd it only ends up being $130...
if you buy a used laptop, i don't see the problem of buying used ram, and used ram is kinda cheap.
you can get 8gb of ram for 40$ or less
I was going to buy a new macbook but with the student loan and all, I decided to upgrade my 2011 macbook pro's HDD to an SSD. It had a 2.5 ghz processor installed by default, so it's running nicely.
Considering the price of a new macbook, upgrading the old one was definitely a better idea.
Yea, I'm thinking of doing this
im gonna buy a tricked out late 2013 macbook pro with 16 gigs of ram, a 2.7ghz i7 and dedicated graphics, along with a 512 gb ssd. for only 500.
Same. I love my old macbook more then the new ones as I can afford them but they really dont appeal to me
At least the older HDD and SSDs arnt glued down lol
The poly carbonated macbook from 2009 is my favorite and my dream mac until now.
I'll take that over mine any day
I have a 2006 black MacBook 😢
If you upgrade, Keep your 06 black in good condition, worth alot
I loved my black MacBook! Wish I would've kept it just to see how far I could upgrade.
those old black macbooks could use SSDs and up to 4GB of ram, but it's all kind of pointless because they got cut off at Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and the early 2006 model got cut off at 10.6 Snow Leopard
Hey you should put an SSD, 4GB of ram, and Linux, and there you go, a badass looking linux machine. With Linux you could probably do basic things like day to day web browsing and school work, except it’ll be more modern than the macOS it’s stuck on.
Gavin Larson I had a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E430C. *Had*
I damaged that laptop and now I don't have a laptop
Did similar on a mid-2010 Mac Book Pro. Added in a 500gb SSD and 16gb of ram. Runs like an new machine.
Hey Austin, I Have A $200 Chromebook,Can You Make It THE MOST ULTIMATE CHROMEBOOK
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Have a like 👍
chromebook doesnt really need alot of power since its running chrome os its basically an android tablet that has a keyboard
Install windows done
delete windows and install Mac os...Anything! Done
it runs chrome os not windows
I still have this model and it works like it's new basically. Awesome mac!
I agree.
Gabriele Mucci do you recommend I get this MacBook or an 2007 imac which works well?
I use it for taking notes in school, it works fine
i actually really love my 2010 macbook and was wondering if i could replace the stuff inside to "upgrade" it. this video helps a lot now that i have the knowledge that i'm able to!
Always disconnect the battery from your laptops when working on them! just had to say that...dont know if you read these comments...but yeah man. I don't know why you'd say that. just in case . ya know? I'm sure my fellow technicians will agree.
uhhhhh... unplug the battery from the socket? Or with the most recent MacBooks sliding a card under the motherboard?
Jordan Howell you mean every laptop or only on this video?
The risk is if the power suddenly go out it will damage the hardware
And nowadays laptop have discharge system so instead of charging the battery when reaching 90and above it will act like power brick (you can see it says not charged)
Wouldn't you be fine if you just shut down the laptop to upgrade the HDD/SSD??
Tech101 off course, if you shut down the laptop properly, you can do anything lol as long you can do it lol that includes change sdd/HDD and ram
@@AppleReviews if you have a macbook pro and you have the A.C adapter plugged in and remove the battery while it's on, the cpu prefomance will cut down in half.
I have a mac exactly like that bone stock with 2gb of ram and it's incredibly slow but it's the only computer I have. This video helped a lot thanks
Definitely go for RAM + SSD upgrades. You'll notice it every moment you're using your computer. RAID is not even remotely necessary.
Put in min. 2gb more ram and an ssd into it and will see how the magic is happen...;-)
carson819 same
I have the exact same MacBook for university. I‘ve upgraded just from 4gb Ram to 8gb of ram! (Yes it works.) and replaced the hdd with a Samsung 500 GB SSD. It works just fine.
Upgrade ram to 4gb thank me later
Got a mid 2010 with the 8GB and SSD upgrades already done for 65 dollars this week. Grabbed it because I suck with managing my own money, but honestly... Pretty smooth experience so long as you keep your expectations in check
I got 2010 macbook pro 13 added a 128 gb ssd, 8gb of ram and a new battery. Total $280
Does it work with ddr4 ram?
JAMIE THEMCGAMER only ddr3. Up to 16gb
MrBigant18 Total including the MacBook?
Tommy Rosa yup
Tommy Rosa shopped around for used ssd and ram
Hey Austin, I was wondering if you could update the description with the links to the replacement parts you got! I got that same computer sitting back at home and, although I have upgraded its ram to 8GB, I think it would still be cool to update the hard drive with SSD and even the keyboard with those stealthy black keys! Awesome video man, very nicely done!
mac sales sells macbook upgrades ect. So they are your best bet
I used that guide to upgrade my 2010 MacBook to boot from an SSD (I used a Data Doubler to install a bigger hd I had laying around to just store media). It makes a world of difference! Boot time was cut in half vs booting from the stock hd! Remember you'll need a sata to USB cable, they're cheap though. When I was cloning to the SSD, the SSD had an error message but I just tried again and it worked like a charm!
I would like to point out that the MacBook you have there is a *Late*-2009 macbook, this is an important distinction because while the early and mid-2009 macbooks both have the 9400m graphics, they can only run up to 10.11 El Capitan unless the installer is patched AND the late-2009 macbook was the first of the white macbooks to have the multi-touch gesture enabled trackpad, as the previous ones only supported 2-finger scrolling
information source: I own a mid-2009 macbook
I would also have replaced the thermal paste!
should not be necessary
I plan to do that with mine 2009 Macbook but you have to take the whole Motherboard out.
Im doing this with my 2012 mac as it keeps overheating and switching off
I’ve had one of these sitting in my drawer forever and now I think I might breathe some life back into it again
Good vid. One of my favorite hobbies is upgrading older computers for friends and family. Only other thing I would've done is reapply the thermal paste. Especially on older Macs were the factory paste is old and cheap
You were actually able to make it look like shit nice
Bror Alwin Sagstuen it looks like garbage by standard like any crapple product.
BH4x0r No, it dosent. This 10 year old machine looks better than most pc’s that come out today. People hate on apple, but nobody says they have bad design.
Bror Alwin Sagstuen most of their shit looks the same... its getting old af
who wants some piece of trash in 2018 when it nearly looks the same as some shit from 10 years ago, i don't get that.
that + most of their shit costs 2x more than its supposed to either way
They aren't meant to change all the time. Change over refinement defeats the purpose of making something good into something great. You don't exactly manage that by radically changing it every single year. When you pick a design and stick with it, it makes it easy to improve and make it better for the current day and the future. Think about it this way. If you purchase something that's great and does everything that you need it to do with no fuss, what's the point of changing it? Let's not forget the things that can inevitably stop working or things that are flat out inconvenient for you now where the previous thing was perfect for you.
Clearly you don't understand the concept and need to do a little more thinking/research to figure this out. Not all change is good, frankly most change is negative in one way or another.
ThunderMasterMind But it isint great, it’s meh.
It´s the perfect laptop for DJ´s just for preparing their tracks in rekordbox!
and as a dj you can store your whole music library on it because of the 1tb ssd
I still use my early 2011 13 inch Macbook Pro. I upgraded it with 8 GB of RAM and a SSD a couple of years ago. It still works perfectly and is great for browsing, media consumption, office work and some light photo editing.
Be careful. Apple might see this and threaten to sue you because you opened a mac
Lol apple doesnt care about that because its an 5 year old macbook
gibme500buks you mean 10 year old MacBook? Lol
@@couchgaming5577 yeah
You can actually load that with up to 16 GB of RAM considering it uses DDR3.
Actually did this back in the day, I 100% can confirm
MultimediaLucario it was a powerful laptop back then (it’s core 2 Duo was the i5/i7 back then ) , and also being able to put 16GB DDR3 back then in 2009
costed a lot of money like 500€+ and was very superior
So you put 2 8gb sticks in?? I’m kinda new at this
fred canida yes you do , 2 8GB 1066MHZ DDR3 Laptop ram
@@armeniancrusader301 omg! I didn't knew.... I already placed 8gb RAM... did it improve performance? by how much? doesn't it have a max something that even if you put 32gb it will only work on 8 or 16gb? if adding another 8gb is worth it, I might swap the 2x4gb ram to 2x8gb. thanks!
I’m currently using a late 2010 with 1 Tb no SSD though and 8 g of ram. I use for work running numbers mostly, and I love it!
Did anyone else notice the MagSafe charger spark as it was connected at 6:57?
Iyep
It was the charger light I think not a spark lol
that's light reflection on the shiny surface of the magsafe connector
Not really
It's the light indicator. I played it back at.25 speed.
Building the Ultimate Hackintosh
Building the ultimate tough book
Building the ultimate ego
I did this two years ago to my 2009 MBP, shipped with leopard. Today it still runs awesome almost 2019!! Sad you can no longer do this to newer macs :(
Austin can you try gaming on that $120 laptop you made a video on a while ago but instead with GeForce NOW?
WHO CARES IF IT'S THE ULTIMATE $200 MACBOOK THE REAL QUESTION IS
IS IT WORTH IT?
yes, better than the 2006 mac book pro i'm stuck with. :(
do u want to kill your back carrying a 2009 laptop then go ahead.
No the real question is does it run CRYSIS???
LichKing786 I still have one and it really isn’t that heavy...
NIHAL MUSTAFA yes if you have a 09 mac like me it's really worth it
I'm addicted to this video
Dude, you have forgotten the most important thing ... you should have changed the thermal paste !
Persian Penguin Network no1 cares
WTF you are even saying dude? Have you ever heard of thermal throttling ?
Persian Penguin Network no. have u ever heard of the term of "no1 cares"
Okay I've understood you are a troll... now you can go and spam somewhere else ...
ok
Links for the parts would be nice
I bought one of these as a machine to force me to focus, and not dossing about the internet. I was shocked to find it just does everything really well. Even with the old spinny drive, you know what? I could use it all night for everything I’d normally do for fun, as well as Office being nil problem to it. These are a nice deal particularly since they scratch, instead of denting like ally. Really nice video. Much enjoying Austin’s stuff.
I did this with my 13 inch mid2010 and it's working great! after the last os upgrade it became unbearably slow, it wasn't even Sierra. good thing we kept it around. I'm surprised how easy it was to do. everything inside is straight forward. I got 1t Kingston kc600 and 8gb ram(almost all guides just mention 4gb, hmm). I'm so happy right now.
how did you replace the keys??? can you make it backlit? how do you replace the speakers? better yet can you use the connector to the speakers as a power source for the backlight? thanks!
On yours you can put 16gb of ram as long as it has a core2duo inside
Hey MacBooks this is Austin
I just build a $160 Mid2010 MacBook Pro that I got from Ebay. I added Crucial 120GB SSD, 8GB ram, replace couple of screw. It works perfectly as my daily laptop for word processing, email and youtube.
Parts list with links? 😔🤗
I live in England and we have our tax included in prices so I just wanted to ask when you say something like $200 laptop do you mean including tax or not?
well from my time searching for this macbook on ebay, it should cost near $200 with tax or shipping charges.
Usually without tax/shipping.
rafmanyoloswag They can be much cheaper when buying from sites like Gumtree or Facebook. I picked up the same model for $75
I saw some on eBay for £200
You should never tell what city you live in online!
the fact he didnt transfer the super drive bracket hurts me on a spiritual level
That 2009 MacBook is faster than my 2012/2013 Toshiba PC. OOF.
Which processor?, lol, i have a gaming i7 of 2013, thats my gaming rig till now
@Todd Shavez Mac is very good for browsing and office/school work, I personally own a MacBook Air 2017 with core i5, and an iMac 2013 with fusion drive and core i7, both of my devices seems to be faster in browsing and school work than my gaming PC, Core i7 4770K OC to 4.2 GHz and a GTX 1050ti OC +135 core clock, +300 memory clock, and yes I do video editing on my MacBook or on my iMac on final cut Pro X, both do the work easily even with a 4k 60fps video! I think that premier Pro on windows is a bit hard for me!
P.S I am a 13 yr old student and a youtuber
I still use one of these, upgraded to 10GB of RAM and a 240GB SSD it does all of my day to day tasks perfectly
Pendleton 115 10gb? I’m about to order ram, and thought the max was 8?
Pendleton 115 yes Answer !!!
the 2010 13" can support up to 16 so i'm guessing that's what he's got
If you're strapped for cash and need a laptop, you can get a core 2 duo laptop for like 30 bucks and add a ssd. The ssd makes a huge difference in performance and for everyday tasks can make a really good budget laptop.
Guys hey Austin this is
Hey guys is this Austin?
This was actually one of your best videos. It was nice seeing you give positive remarks on something that will help out slot of people.
I was expecting for you to replace the optical drive with a Blu-Ray drive instead.
JWproductions same
A little bit overkill with the upgrade. I would probably buy the oldest Mac with 8GB RAM+ i5/i7 direct instead.
I still need to get one of these models some day and I plan to give it many upgrades! I have a 2012 MacBook Pro that has a similar set of upgrades, just with more ram and better and higher capacity SSD’s.
this ultimate MacBook looks dope as fuck.
iGenius Like me
Venom GG Might be correct.
Lol I still use my 2010 MacBook as my daily driver.
same and its fine
2012 MacBook pro 13 inch, just upgraded everything, it works pretty well.
I love my 2017
Daily Driver. The world's dumbest cliche.
Glowing Logo for the win!!
In my opinion: it doesn't matter if someone uses the old MacBooks and even the newer ones, as long as it's usable and manageable. I bought the used mid-2010 MacBook white unibody months ago and until now, it's still operational (though I haven't upgraded the internals yet).
Apple needs to hire this man.
Better than MOST windows laptop meeeee I doubt it. for the same price you can buy a USED HP I7 workstation with 16G Ram and m.2 ;)
Heimerblaster yeah if you use all this money you can get a 2019 laptop
@Bobby Papoutsis this laptop costs like $600
@@Jeevzsk so does an Acer Aspire 5
Dumb ass
Currently watching on the Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 17 Inch i7 2.66 GHz, planning to switch to a SSD and see what this thing is capable of. For a 9 year old laptop, it is still killing it with speeds, much less me switching over to a SSD.
I did this exact build except I only did 1 500gb SSD instead of 2
was it a 2.5 inch SSD you used ?
@@jimlivesey5953 yup same one he used in the video
This is my computer, even though it is not retina the screen is great, the keyboard is my favorite part, I can type faster than current macbooks with crappy keyboards.
ikr. its best keyboard on notgaming laptop
Nice recycling! Thanks for the vid. I did the same, minus the second HD, with you Mid 2010 MB. It runs great. I just wish I could play 4k video!
Austin, great video, can you help direct me to a video on how to build a MacBook best suited for Final Cut Pro (or video editing?)
The SSD itself cost more than the MacBook 😂
You can buy any modern ssd to get all Speed out of this device, its not Important to take an expensive one (or better two) like Austin...
Even the cheapest one on the market are enough to push the possible Speed to the Limit (wich is the mainboard in this case)...
I did almost exactly everything you did internally. Opted for just one SSD because this era of disk drive is in my opinion the last good non-blu-ray drive and I do use it. I intend to eventually find a casing to make that drive external and toss a 2nd 250GB Evo in for RAID.
4:50... just a 2013 Mac Pro casually sitting on a shelf...
Cole Barsen i don’t see it
Me like Pringles On the right, sitting right above his shoulder. (2013 ‘Trashcan’ Mac Pro)
Oh i get it
Cole Barsen o
Its better to buy a MacBook pro 2014 because if you buy a 2009 MacBook and replace a ton of parts that could cost you a dosen like $1100 and if you buy a MacBook Pro it will cost you like $1800 so the rest 700 covers up the look of the laptop.
Zain Iqbal I don’t think you can upgrade new Mac books
Not really. Memory and hard drives are not that expensive
r/hardwareswap you’re welcome
These are my favorite kind of computer mods. I've done this exact same thing to man Mac's and am always happy with the result. Upped a 2012 Mac Mini from 4 GB to 16 GB RAM... daily computer still in January 2019.
Can you do a video on the “PowerBook g4 2001”. First fully titanium Mac laptop. Like if you agree
steve igiehon I made a mistake with the PowerBook G4 once. I never knew about the PowerPC architecture and dropped £100 on a PowerBook and it was shit because it couldn't even run a new version of iTunes... I should've done my research.
Ibraheem Productions My story exactly my dude. Looking back, shoulda been more careful lmaoooo.
I bought a Powerbook G4 2006 1,67GHz 2GB of RAM (the most powerful) once on eBay i found it for 50€, what a sloooow laptop it is, i sold it for 130€, now i bought a 2007 Macbook Core Duo and 2GB of RAM for 50€ too, and it runs smoothly, it's fast on the internet and no problem to watch an HD movie on it.
So by adding the 2 SSD drives you won't be able to play CD's anymore?
Brizz The Unusual my friend made an external cd drive
LucasMIDI Me
Dumb ass
I have a 2008 MacBook Pro, and up until a few days ago, it was the only computer I owned. I work as a video editor, so as you can imagine, that's pretty crazy. It even handled 4K footage ok if I made proxies. If my new computer lasts even half as long, I'll be really happy.
fun stuff
Son of a Tech Which core 2 duo is it?
And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it.
I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit?
My pc is from (2007)
Also which is better core 2 quad 3.13 ghz Q9600 or core 2 core 3.33 ghz E8500?
What about the keyboard? I have to replace mine
You just built a new laptop
do more videos with the $200 MacBook. Does it still hold up? It probably is more powerful than my 2015 i5 MacBook air!
Bok Choy - it has a core 2 duo lol
Thank God the Macbook air just got updated.