DrJohnZoidberg
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It still feels like the machines in our office are constantly updating. All the Windows 8/8.1 users are always complaining to me because their computers need to be restarted so regularly and it takes so much time.
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It still feels like the machines in our office are constantly updating. All the Windows 8/8.1 users are always complaining to me because their computers need to be restarted so regularly and it takes so much time.
AfricanTech
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Who am I going to get to buy a 5 year Macbook for R3-4K?
Maybe should just keep it as a spare...
AfricanTech
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Does the 8GB SSD portion really make that much of a difference?
cerebus
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A spare what? It's got 2gb ram, you can't do anything on that thing. Spare outdated laptops are spacefillers. Cut the fat. Go on Gumtree
Who am I going to get to buy a 5 year Macbook for R3-4K?
Maybe should just keep it as a spare...
Totally - thats why my wife and kids all have hand-me-down macs - all pre 2010 models fwiw.Tried that route with a old Dell (for which there is a full hackintosh guide) - too fiddly to get everything working 100% - if it's for me, yes, but not for my daughter
- anyone with kids / spouse knows that their stuff must just work otherwise it's endless pain for dad...endless
I don't need that agro in my life.
AfricanTech
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Officially 4gb - unofficially it's probably 8
Ah, the plot thickens
/back to google I go
No, not at all. Dell come to me
There are also more people to support it. And lastly, my city doesn't even have an Apple store You get entry level Dells that come with it. I actually thought it was part and parcel of any Dell experience.
Electric
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Fragmentation is also only for old hdd.
I have an ssd and never have to defragment.
I have an ssd and never have to defragment.
AfricanTech
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cerebus
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No, not at all. Dell come to me
I thought you were proomting to get a PC. Dell is laptops. Or is that what you actually meant?
By PC I mean most generic hardware. It can be in laptop or pc form. Apologize for my terminology, kinda going on what the Mac vs PC ads that Mac uses goes on. Dells are laptops, PC`s and Servers. I know, I have Dell Servers
AfricanTech
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They must be doing something wrong - I have a couple of Windows 8.1 machines and while they do update fairly regularly (once a week or so), the restart is pretty quick
cerebus
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PC restarting is such a nightmare for me because I always have like 20 windows open to work on and it totally breaks my workflow. Is that not a thing you need to worry about with Mac? It would figure.
Not a thing I have to worry about with my windows pc or my linux laptop, Im sure its the same with Mac.
AfricanTech
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A spare what? It's got 2gb ram, you can't do anything on that thing. Spare outdated laptops are spacefillers. Cut the fat. Go on Gumtree
LOL
Could always be used as a media machine, or for the little one, or, or, or
Confession:
I hate selling stuff via Gumtree / OLX etc - especially electronics - people don't really know what 'voetstoots' means when it comes to electronics and then they have your number...
DrJohnZoidberg
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They must be doing something wrong - I have a couple of Windows 8.1 machines and while they do update fairly regularly (once a week or so), the restart is pretty quick
In comparison to a Mac, it honestly feels like there are always updates happening. I guess I'm just not used to it. Mac updates are also very quick, sometimes they require a restart but this is usually very fast.
I've recently upgraded my media server from a 2006 Mac Mini to a 2008 MacBook - one of the kids is getting the mini.
AfricanTech
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I think the issue that the Macbook is so old that it's slow by definition - ie. the Wintel machines are all newer so the the updates run quickly - the Mac, albeit having to be updated much less often, absolutely chugs along <--- but that's a function of the relatively slow HDD and only 2 Gigs RAM, not the o/s.
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Honestly, if it is from the Core 2 era it might still be useable, but even picking up a second-hand Macbook Air or Pro 13 from 2012 will be a better machine all-round, since that was around the time they started making SSDs the default option for the Air line and bundled in Core i5 processors with decent graphics.
Adding in more RAM, a replacement drive and paying every two years for generic batteries just seems like an unnecessary expense when you can look into buying a new machine that should last her much longer, runs cooler and quieter and allows for heavier workloads.
Adding in more RAM, a replacement drive and paying every two years for generic batteries just seems like an unnecessary expense when you can look into buying a new machine that should last her much longer, runs cooler and quieter and allows for heavier workloads.