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I'm in the same boat. I have an 8 year old Macbook Unibody. Maxed out RAM to 8GB (officially supports 6 GB but there was a way to utilize 8 GB), have replaced H

I'm in the same boat. I have an 8 year old Macbook Unibody. Maxed out RAM to 8GB (officially supports 6 GB but there was a way to utilize 8 GB), have replaced HDD with a 256 SSD, replaced the battery once (sadly now can't do so again, they don't make it), replaced power adapter twice. I was looking forward to this event, this is the first year I cannot upgrade to the latest OS X without hacking around. I am ready to buy. However this event was disappointing. I don't care for any of the new features and really that would not have mattered, but then the prices surprised me. So much more than I payed for what I'm using right now. Feeling a bit stuck here. I don't need a lot of power with the type of code I write but the new Macbook is too small and has only one port. I'm actually considering the model without the touch bar but that's only got two ports. Touch decision especially because I don't like what I see out in Windows land either and I can't use Linux as a client OS because I use apps that are only available for Windows and OS X. Damn...

jamroom 10y ago
I also have a 2008 unibody aluminum MacBook - just an FYI you can still get new batteries for it: https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple_laptop/batteries/MacBook_13_Unibody https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple_laptop/batteries/MacBo...
- ajeet_dhaliwal 10y ago
  Have you bought one here? I bought a non Apple power adapter and it stopped working in two weeks so then I had to buy an official one (was trying to save money, ended up spending more). With battery it's a huge concern because I don't want my apartment to be go down in flames.
  - jamroom 10y ago
    Yep - am using one right now and have had no issues. To be honest this is my third battery - the second one I got from Apple only last about 2 years and ended up swelling up to the point the track pad no longer "clicked". Have been with the one from OWC for almost 2 years now and no issues.
    - ajeet_dhaliwal 10y ago
      Thanks, this is great information. My current battery lasts a couple of hours so if it gets any worse I'll buy one here. At home I usually have it on power.

jamroom 10y ago

I also have a 2008 unibody aluminum MacBook - just an FYI you can still get new batteries for it: https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple_laptop/batteries/MacBook_13_Unibody https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple_laptop/batteries/MacBo...

ajeet_dhaliwal 10y ago
Have you bought one here? I bought a non Apple power adapter and it stopped working in two weeks so then I had to buy an official one (was trying to save money, ended up spending more). With battery it's a huge concern because I don't want my apartment to be go down in flames.
- jamroom 10y ago
  Yep - am using one right now and have had no issues. To be honest this is my third battery - the second one I got from Apple only last about 2 years and ended up swelling up to the point the track pad no longer "clicked". Have been with the one from OWC for almost 2 years now and no issues.
  - ajeet_dhaliwal 10y ago
    Thanks, this is great information. My current battery lasts a couple of hours so if it gets any worse I'll buy one here. At home I usually have it on power.