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I’ve been using a 2009 MacBook Pro since I bought it. It’s not my primary machine anymore, but use it for basic music production. I upgraded the RAM and fitted
by marapuru 3y ago
I’ve been using a 2009 MacBook Pro since I bought it. It’s not my primary machine anymore, but use it for basic music production. I upgraded the RAM and fitted an SSD and was able to install a more recent (officially unsupported) version of MacOS on it.
Also, in line with the article. I was sentimental about giving up on it. It’s a strong piece of hardware with features that are no longer present these days, like a CD/DVD writing drive. Which I still use to create digital copies of DVDs I have lying around.
The battery is long dead, but I have a power socket and cable nearby.
So to me, it’s not dead. And I somehow hope it will last for another 10 years. (Fingers crossed)
- kps 3y agoI was using a 17″ 2009 as a ‘bedtime reader’ until the backlight died last month. Pro(?)tip: Acrobat reader can rotate viewing (unlike Preview, whose rotate operation affects the document), so that you can lie on your side and have a page-sized display. I also have a cheese grater running Snow Leopard (the last good MacOS, and the last with Rosetta). I'd like to replace it with a VM, but apparently 10.6 still gives UTM (QEMU) trouble.