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Baobab

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18. I use Linux and have an older macbook like you.

Mon Mar 28, 2016, 01:19 AM

Mar 2016

I have for 15 years.. have had a long chain of Macs going back to my first - a 512k Mac . Maybe 1988 or 89 (Also got a demo of the first Apple as a high school kid "maker".)

If your Macbook is 64 bit you likely can free up some hard drive space, add memory, it may feel like a new machine. What OS version do you use?

You likely can run a current OS...

3 years is refering to Applecare. Which fixes some things but not others.

If money is tight, you should not give up on your MB, it likely just needs some TLC.

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My macbook is getting old [View all] arikara Jan 2016 OP

The new MacBook Pros can be upgraded, but not the air or retina. LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #1

Its an early 2009 model. arikara Jan 2016 #4

goto crucial.com. you can download an app that will tell you what you can put in it. LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #6

True dat! RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #15

I use Linux and have an older macbook like you. Baobab Mar 2016 #18

Linux = user interface designed by programmers to mimic Windows emulatorloo Jan 2016 #2

Thanks for the linux and refurb info arikara Jan 2016 #3

So the hard-drive is too full? Is that the problem? emulatorloo Jan 2016 #5

Check XLR8yourmac.com Baobab Mar 2016 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Jan 2016 #7

Thank you for the info guyton arikara Jan 2016 #8

If storage is an issue... Zorro Jan 2016 #9

I have a mid-late 2009 Macbook Unibody I'm hoping to run a little longer. Elwood P Dowd Jan 2016 #10

This is what I have arikara Jan 2016 #11

Damn, I know that feeling. Every time I think there might be a way to upgrade something Elwood P Dowd Jan 2016 #12

Have you visited the ifixit website? emulatorloo Jan 2016 #13

I had an early 2011 MBP. 47of74 Jan 2016 #14

Late 2008 Unibody Macbook (1st generation of the unibody) StandingInLeftField Mar 2016 #16

My brother has one of those. 47of74 Mar 2016 #17