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Ask HN: What did you do with your x86 MacBook?
Based on conversations here, lots of you are upgrading to M1/2 MacBooks, even if you had a relatively-recent x86 MacBook. I've been tempted to do the same.
But Apple's trade-in prices for them are abysmal, and I assume they aren't selling well online either (are they?). But they're still solid laptops, all things considered, just significantly less awesome than what's now available.
So: for those who've upgraded, what did you do with your "old" one?
- smoldesu 4y agoI still use mine for regression testing on Darwin. I don't like MacOS (or Mac hardware, for that matter) very much, so I never really hopped on-board the ARM train. Not sure if I'd call them "solid laptops" though. My i5 MBP has the worst thermals out of any device I own (including desktops and game consoles), and would probably be the only one that breaks if I dropped it from waist-height. Not to mention the keyboard is so bad that I need to lug around a second input device... as a "portable computer" I don't think it does a very good job. Once x86 gets phased out, I'm not really sure what I'll do with it. It might need to sit in the drawer next to the dust-covered M1 Macbook Air.
- EddieDante 4y agoI reset it to factory defaults, updated the OS, and gave it to my wife. It might not run Monterey, but it still runs Emacs so she's fine with it.
- efortis 4y agoI sold mine on eBay for $285 13” MBP Mid 2014
- brundolf 4y agoI've got a 2019 16" with 32GB ram and Apple offers $400 for it.....
- ulfw 4y agoI sold my 16" MBP two years ago when I bought the M1 Macbook Air with the same money. Same speed. A lot less weight, a lot better portability and better stability, no fan, absolute bliss. I wish there'd be a 15" model.