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I owned that machine - the original MacBook Pro from 2006, with a Core Duo - and it lasted five years and could have gone longer. I only replaced it after the a

I owned that machine - the original MacBook Pro from 2006, with a Core Duo - and it lasted five years and could have gone longer. I only replaced it after the aluminum bezel succumbed to mechanical fatigue. Of all the Macs I've ever owner, it was the most reliable and long-lived. The 32 bit ISA was never a problem in practice.

saagarjha 6y ago
Perhaps, but Apple really hated it.
Lammy 6y ago
If you held on to that machine for a few more years it would have been dropped by OS X Yosemite, but then hilariously still supported by essentially making the machine a Hackintosh! https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2006-2007-mac-pro-1-1-2-1-and-os-x-yosemite.1740775/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2006-2007-mac-pro-1-1-2... https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2006-2007-mac-pro-1-1-2-1-and-os-x-el-capitan.1890435/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2006-2007-mac-pro-1-1-2... A similar situation played out when macOS Sierra dropped support for 2008–2009 models that can be re-enabled in a patch: http://dosdude1.com/sierrapatch.html http://dosdude1.com/sierrapatch.html http://netkas.org/forum/index.php?topic=852.0 http://netkas.org/forum/index.php?topic=852.0
- yoz-y 6y ago
  DosDude's patches are the bomb! I've upgraded my 2009 MBP all the way up to Mojave (I could have went to Catalina but I've upgraded my machine after it came out so decided to stay there) The only real issues were that webcam no longer works (bummer) and that somewhere down the road Homebrew stopped supporting Penryn architecture with binary releases so I had to hack it to force it to compile stuff from source.
dylan604 6y ago
I thought the first Intel was the Mac Mini Core Solo. I ran that thing for years, and even more years after I should have upgraded.
- Lammy 6y ago
  I owned that exact machine and it was terribly slow, especially running Rosetta. Luckily the CPU was socketed and you could drop in a Core 2 Duo mobile CPU (up to a T7600) for a big upgrade! http://www.o0o.it/mini/ http://www.o0o.it/mini/ https://lowendmac.com/2016/upgrade-options-for-2006-and-2007-mac-minis/ https://lowendmac.com/2016/upgrade-options-for-2006-and-2007...
  - dylan604 6y ago
    Don't forget your putty knifes! The Core 2 Duo upgrade was the only reason I was able to keep it alive as long as I did along with maxed out RAM. Never switched out to SSD. They were just too expensive.
- acwan93 6y ago
  First Macs introduced with Intel chips were actually the iMac and MacBook Pro, also the first Mac with a built-in camera and MagSafe. The Mac Mini with Core Solo was introduced a month later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_transition_to_Intel_processors#2006 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_transition_to_Intel_proces... Either way, those first machines were supported way longer than expected. My 2006 MacBook Pro lasted me up until OS X Lion (10.7) and I still use it for BOINC.

saagarjha 6y ago

Perhaps, but Apple really hated it.

Lammy 6y ago

If you held on to that machine for a few more years it would have been dropped by OS X Yosemite, but then hilariously still supported by essentially making the machine a Hackintosh! https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2006-2007-mac-pro-1-1-2-1-and-os-x-yosemite.1740775/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2006-2007-mac-pro-1-1-2... https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2006-2007-mac-pro-1-1-2-1-and-os-x-el-capitan.1890435/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2006-2007-mac-pro-1-1-2... A similar situation played out when macOS Sierra dropped support for 2008–2009 models that can be re-enabled in a patch: http://dosdude1.com/sierrapatch.html http://dosdude1.com/sierrapatch.html http://netkas.org/forum/index.php?topic=852.0 http://netkas.org/forum/index.php?topic=852.0

yoz-y 6y ago
DosDude's patches are the bomb! I've upgraded my 2009 MBP all the way up to Mojave (I could have went to Catalina but I've upgraded my machine after it came out so decided to stay there) The only real issues were that webcam no longer works (bummer) and that somewhere down the road Homebrew stopped supporting Penryn architecture with binary releases so I had to hack it to force it to compile stuff from source.

dylan604 6y ago

I thought the first Intel was the Mac Mini Core Solo. I ran that thing for years, and even more years after I should have upgraded.

Lammy 6y ago
I owned that exact machine and it was terribly slow, especially running Rosetta. Luckily the CPU was socketed and you could drop in a Core 2 Duo mobile CPU (up to a T7600) for a big upgrade! http://www.o0o.it/mini/ http://www.o0o.it/mini/ https://lowendmac.com/2016/upgrade-options-for-2006-and-2007-mac-minis/ https://lowendmac.com/2016/upgrade-options-for-2006-and-2007...
- dylan604 6y ago
  Don't forget your putty knifes! The Core 2 Duo upgrade was the only reason I was able to keep it alive as long as I did along with maxed out RAM. Never switched out to SSD. They were just too expensive.
acwan93 6y ago
First Macs introduced with Intel chips were actually the iMac and MacBook Pro, also the first Mac with a built-in camera and MagSafe. The Mac Mini with Core Solo was introduced a month later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_transition_to_Intel_processors#2006 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_transition_to_Intel_proces... Either way, those first machines were supported way longer than expected. My 2006 MacBook Pro lasted me up until OS X Lion (10.7) and I still use it for BOINC.