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In addition to that, today's 2000 GBP are more comparable to 1600 GBP in 2012 due to inflation.
by mmmmmbop 4y ago
In addition to that, today's 2000 GBP are more comparable to 1600 GBP in 2012 due to inflation.
- trenchgun 4y agoAlso, software bloat means that the old macbook can't do shit with today's software.
- brailsafe 4y agoSure it can
- asdff 4y agoCurrently using a 2012 macbook pro, with a 512gb ssd, and 16gb sticks. It's more than enough power for I'd say 99% of what people use computers for (ms office, adobe suite, some cad, light dev work, etc.) These days its not hard to call upon compute from the heavens priced by the second should you need more horsepower.
- girvo 4y agoMy spinning-rust 24” iMac from 2011 mostly manages to trundle along with Linux Mint on it for my partner to use. LibreOffice and Firefox for web browsing, mostly. Anything more than that and it chokes. Too many tabs, it chokes. Too many software updates, woo boy does she choke. That poor machine!
- gshubert17 4y agoI replaced the HD on my 2009 24" iMac with an SSD some years ago and upped it from 4GB to 8GB. A great performance boost. Old OS but it still works well for me.
- girvo 4y agoI'd love to do the 4GB to 8GB upgrade too, though I've no idea how feasible it even is to find RAM that old in 2022!