Macbook Air

[CopperBrompton]

Actually I got a dell in the other day with a P4 CPU it must be at least 8 - 10 years old and that runs windows 8 very well, even I was suprised.

Wow, they must have made improved the efficiency a lot over Windows 7, where the official minimum hardware specs were a joke.

Unfortunate my very expensive macbook wasnt able to get any OS updates when it was less than 5 years old because Apple decided they didn't want to support it anymore.

Which machine? The following are all compatible with Yosemite:

• iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
• MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
• MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
• Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
• Xserve (Early 2009)

So Apple is still supporting machines five, six or seven years old with the very latest OS, depending on model.

 

[andyfraser]

Wow, they must have made improved the efficiency a lot over Windows 7, where the official minimum hardware specs were a joke.

I remember Microsoft saying if it will run Windows 7 it'll run Windows 8. I've found that to be more or less true.

 

[Cycleops]

Yes, but why do they need to have your credit card details to create an Apple ID just so you can download the latest software that you have already bought from them

Alan...

I have an Apple ID and I have never given myCC details.

 

[albion]

If you can do the Rubiks Cube, then a credit card free Apple ID is dead easy.

Now how do I install Ubuntu ?

 

[CopperBrompton]

[QUOTE 3374917, member: 259"][/QUOTE]
Can never have too much storage :-) About 1.3TB is in use, so should keep me going for a while.

http://9to5mac.com/2014/05/30/opini...e-professionals-workhorse-the-macbook-pro-17/

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Wow, they must have made improved the efficiency a lot over Windows 7, where the official minimum hardware specs were a joke.


Which machine? The following are all compatible with Yosemite:

• iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
• MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
• MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
• Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
• Xserve (Early 2009)

So Apple is still supporting machines five, six or seven years old with the very latest OS, depending on model.

It is a 2006 macbook core2duo and I can assure you it is not supported and hasnt been for sometime.

 

[CopperBrompton]

It is a 2006 macbook core2duo

Right, so eight years old now. It's not possible to maintain backward-compatibility indefinitely while taking advantage of the capabiities of newer technology, but Lion is still a very capable OS and the machine should still be performing well.

(And if you really want to update the OS, it's not actually too difficult to put Mavericks on it - it just means messing around with a few drivers.)

 

[phil_hg_uk]

[QUOTE 3375086, member: 259"]We've got a 2006 Mac Pro - eBay bargain of the century at 200 euros - and it has Mavericks on it unofficially

I haven't tried to update it to Yosemite yet, but I'm pretty sure it will work - what's the latest "official" version of OSX you can get on that? I suppose if you have a 32 bit machine it's going to run out of steam at some stage.[/QUOTE]

Unfortunately with the one I have it wont take anymore than 2gb of ram and I cant remember which version of the OS they stopped supporting at as it was a few years ago but I expected a machine costing as much as it did to be supported for much longer. I could have bought 2 pc laptops for that price that cost and had plenty of change. Also I didn't appreciate the charger setting on fire either after 2 years because of a design fault or the case starting to fall apart after 3 years.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Right, so eight years old now. It's not possible to maintain backward-compatibility indefinitely while taking advantage of the capabiities of newer technology, but Lion is still a very capable OS and the machine should still be performing well.

(And if you really want to update the OS, it's not actually too difficult to put Mavericks on it - it just means messing around with a few drivers.)

This is not now I am referring to now, Apple stopped supporting the machine I have quite a few years ago now when it wasn't that old it resides in my loft now and it can stay there.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Those original Apples are worth a fortune

By the way, have you cut your hair since then, Phil?

I wouldn't mind if it was a really old one wocky but it isnt.

However I do have a fully functioning Apple ][e with the Original apple monitor that is in working order just like the one I use to program back in the early 80's, and one of the first imacs made with the semi see through case.

 

[ufkacbln]

1976...

I was playing with these:

I remember being at Cambridge University and you had to punch a series of hole for each line. These cards were then placed in a reader and hence the computer programmed

I also remember a broken man when his programme assistant dropped a stack of several hundredcards, you then had to pick them up and hope none were bent or damaged, then put them all back in order

You youngsters with your USB sticks and keyboards have no idea of the fun that you missed

 

[Pale Rider]

I had a succession of £350-ish branded Windows laptops which didn't seem to last for one reason or another.

Windows' habit of self-clogging didn't help - Vista anyone?

I bought a MacBook Pro in 2009 and am still using it.

It takes a tiny bit longer to boot up than it did from new, but runs and shuts down as fast as ever.

My new work laptop is a decent spec - fast processor, magnesium case - but it's still slower than my MacBook.

I also find Macs far more intuitive to use than Windows, although I can do what I need to on either.

Worth remembering the MacBook was nearly £1,000, but it's still going strong five years later so is starting to look like reasonable value for a premium product.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

[QUOTE 3375283, member: 259"]If it can only take 2GB RAM, can it really be a Core 2 Duo then - is it a Core Duo? A 12 year old computer? [/QUOTE]

Nope it is a 2.0ghz Core2Duo it came with 1gb of ram and it will only take 2gb of ram maximum and it was manufactured in 2006.

It couldn't be a 12 year old intel macbook because there is no such thing, back then they had Motorola processors in them the Intel macbooks didn't come out until 2006.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

[QUOTE 3375326, member: 259"]No, it can't have been a Core 2 Duo, they all took 4GB RAM, my daughter's one is still going strong.[/QUOTE]

I can assure you this is the first series intel macbook they brought out and it is restricted to 2gb of ram all other models except this one take 4gb.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

[QUOTE 3375341, member: 259"]Oh then it's not a Core 2 Duo then. That makes sense,[/QUOTE]

It is a core2duo