Collectors' MacBooks... Which are the rarest to find? 

The rarest MacBook I currently have is probably the 2008 13" Aluminum non-Pro MacBook. It was that weird one-off generation between the 2006-07 plastic MacBooks and the 2009-10 unibody plastic MacBooks where Apple made the standard MacBook out of aluminum. Always felt weird that they only made them for a few months before going back to plastic. Maxed out the RAM, put in an SSD, and used OCLP to get Monterey up and running on it. For its age, it isn't unusable, but it's definitely not fast by today's standards.

We've got the 2016 MacBook 12" and it is still the main travel machine (8 years on). It's an excellent computer for light work, and we even have done some lighter design work with Illustrator and Photoshop on it when the main machines (14" MBP M2Pro and 5K iMac) were not nearby. It's still one of the most beautiful and very pleasant laptops to use from Apple. If only they reworked this design and released another base MacBook with an M3 or M4 chip, there would be a lot of willing buyers of these machines.

I use an m2 15' MacBook Air, but have a 15' unibody 2012 and 15' 2014 retina. Have an old Blackbook, it still works but is a bit clunky now. loving the videos btw

I use the now discontinued 12 inch MacBook, fully spec’d. It’s honestly a great computer.

Using a MBP 16,4 2019 model that's fully spec'ed currently keeping it till the M4 chip 16 inch.

Excellent content..and superb sound track at the end

I have the 12’ MacBook, 2017 model, an M1 Air, and a 14’ M1 Pro, plus the M1 Air iPad. The 12’ with Sonoma is my daily travel MacBook pair with my iPad because it’s so light and easy to travel with.

My daily school laptop is an early 2008 MacBook Pro 15 inch, with a 2.6GHz processor, 6GB of RAM, and a dual storage setup using a 1TB SSD and a 1TB HDD. Loaded with Mac OS Mojave, Catalina, Snow Leopard, and even Windows 7, lol its crazy how well its working.

I have a 2006 black MacBook, put an SSD there and a replacement battery. Use it ocassionally, and if I need some legacy software or itunes for one of my other vintage Apple device.

still using my 15" 2012 MBP 2.3 ghz, i7 Unibody... full RAM upgrade, 1tb SSD, OSX 10.15.7 and loving it....

One of the rarest MacBooks would be the 12 inch MacBook with the newer gold color found in current M1 MacBook Airs. This color was only available for 12 inch MacBook from October 2018 to June 2019 where the 12 inch MacBook got discontinued. Both the fact that it was only available for 8 months and Apple introduced it really late makes this color quite rare on 12 inch MacBook.

Great video. As someone who really likes his Macbooks, it was interesting to see someone's take on a collectible Macbook. I generally agree with your list. I'd also add the last white plastic Macbooks for their much better plastic design, and the fact that they are the last of the plastic Macbooks. I'd maybe also add in a version of the 11" Macbook Air. Just bought one of those myself for playing around with. A 2011 version. Anyway, great video, really enjoying your channel.

Great video :)

I've been after a 2008 Air with an SSD for ages for my collection, but they're nearly impossible to find! Even the regular airs with the iPod HDD usually go for an over-inflated sum when in good condition. And yes, it's me :)

I was expecting the Toilet Seat iBook. But then I realized this is about MacBooks.

I got a free 2010 MacBook Pro 15" from my professor, top spec and now runs Monterey on an SSD. It works alright, but gets pretty hot from doing nearly nothing. I expected a little bit more out of an i7, 8GBs of RAM and a decent graphics card. Trying to save the GPU from it dying someday by redoing thermal paste and regulating the fans to push more air.

I remember my top spec T9300 MacBookPro5,1 - I LOVED that laptop :)

Currently using a mid 2012 15inch MacBook Pro with the 2.6ghz I7, I guess it's still fine for everyday tasks, I do have a Custom gaming pc I use for gaming and editions photos, videos along with some Cad and BIM software. I'm looking to get the M3 MacBook Air with 10 core GPU, 24gb oof ram and 1tb SSD, You might think I'm an idiot but in the end I love the form factor and I also want to make sure it will last me as long as possible.

I feel very lucky that my max spec 2011 17 inch mbp still works great. I use a program called istats menu to give it a much more aggressive fan curve and keep it cool in hopes i can keep using it for a few more years. Though its starting to have trouble with program support. Just recently discord stopped supporting it and other programs i use such as bit warden require me to use an outdated version. It may be time to put linux or windows on it sadly...

Surprised you didnt mention the 2015, 15 inch mbp with dedicated graphics. It was VERY popular during the disastrous touch bar era and still remains a great laptop to this day.

Rarest MacBook I have is a 2011 17” with a perfectly working ATI GPU. Bought it untested for $50, and have put it aside as a collectors item … will disable that GPU before using it 😳 . Have a 2012 15” unibody, my first new MacBook … haven’t bought anything newer due to the non repairability. A computer that may one day be on the rare list is the mid-2010 13” MBP. It has a Core 2 Duo (in 2010), and the chipset itself is nVidia, and it supports 16GB of RAM - difficult to find other core 2 laptops that can take 16GB (the 2009 17” can only manage 8GB)

Always wanted one of those black MacBooks

I would say another good contender is the late 2010 MacBook Air, aka the first release of the MacBook Air that you see everywhere. The 2010s had core 2 duos which the 2011s and later had i series CPUs in. Also the 2010s lack backlighting on the keyboards, along with an eject key where the power button would be located on later revisions. Plus they have the lowest storage and RAM options of that entire generation with only 64gb for storage and 2gb of ram.

Unofficially My 2012 17” with the BTO 2.7 i7 is the rarest 😂😂. Love your videos

I'm very proud to be owning a 2009 MacBook Air with the SSD and upgraded CPU. It still works!

I have the 12' Macbook 2017 with max specs and I love it. I paid $300 for this laptop a couple years ago and would happily buy this laptop again if apple released another 12 inch laptop with a M3 or M4 chip in this thin design.

On a 2021 14" (min spec) right now for the long forseeable future. Before I had a 2017 Air and 2012 Pro, both around mid-low spec.

I’m still using the MBP 15 inch Mid 2015 with the 2.8 GHz i7 and AMD Radeon R9 M370X 😅

I use a 2015 11" Air for making presentations as it is a fantastic and tiny wee beastie. Then for building presentations I have a 2014 and a 2015 15" MB Pro. The kids both have 2015 13" MB pro.

I like the 2010 machines since you could have snow leopard.

i've recently thrifted a late-2007 MacBook Pro 15" for $30! it works perfectly with its original 160GB hard-drive, 4GB of RAM, and surprisingly, battery (with only 34 cycles since 2007??!)

I’m using an M1 air but still open my old 2012 macbook pro 13 inch it’s still good for media consumption.

The 12" MacBooks are like candy, you know it's bad for you but you just want it anyway lol i still want one but the 1GHz processor is terrifying when my 2009 17" processor is 2.9Ghz, i'm sure it runs slower than it too. I wish apple had released a fixed graphics version of the 2011 17" for the late 2011 model so that it was usable without any tinkering to the graphics cards.

I still have my fist Mac it is a late 2009 MacBook unibody with a Samsung evo850 ssd and original battery although it says it needs to be serviced it still works and I can get a few hours out of it still I don’t use it much because the offer so far out of date. The next MacBook is the MacBook Air M1 that is an absolute fantastic machine, especially for the price.

For me it seems to be nearly impossible to find a 8GB ram 11 inch Macbook Air 2015. And if I find one, it's like 400 euros

2:33 the midnight Air is a bit too blue (but I suppose is the right market segment), colour wise the space black M3 MacBook Pro is probably the closest

I can't imagine paying a thousand dollars or more for the same tech in the uk. Part of it is us buyers will not tolerate it

Hey mate, loving the video so far! Quick heads up, there seems to be footage missing from 4:41 to 4:50 It's not a huge deal though, I enjoyed the video nonetheless 👍

I own three 17" unibiodys Macs. Everyone is running open core lecay and sonoma or ventura. All work perfectly albiet I tad laggy but DosDude GPU terminal fix disables the discrete graphics making them fully usable for normal basic use. Surf the web surprisingly fast with me chainging out the mechanical hardrive and replacing with a dope new SSD Im a collector

For my MacBook repair work i use a 2012 2.6 matt display maxed out 2012 15 inch for personal use a 14 inch MacBook Pro m3 pro 36gb 1tb

What macbook are you guys using right now? I'm using a MacBook Pro 16' M3 Max (16 Core CPU 40 Core GPU) with 48gb ram and a 2tb SSD. (This will probably be a pretty rare Macbook in the future)

Rarest macbook i have is : Early 2008 15 inch Revised 8600m Late 2008 15 inch top of the line 2.98 c2d 2008 macbook air first gen

Please don’t destroy me, but I got rid of my MacBook because I realized that I could get a iPad Pro with an XDR display for much cheaper and have Face ID and 120 Hz overall, I think the MacBook, especially at the price that it is really is kind of outdated when it comes to the hardware especially when you compare it to what you can get for the same price from an iPad. I know the iPad is limited and kind of outdated when it comes software, butan XDR display is so much better than LCD and 120 Hz is very smooth and overall a much needed upgrade for the regular MacBooks at the very least plus getting an next to the display on a MacBook is extremely expensive unnecessarily so

I use Macbook pro early 2011 13in

macbook 12 2017 w an i5 on linux!

The only Collector’s mac that is rare and exquisite is an iBook Clamshell.

using a MBP 13,3 2015 core i7 512gb SSD and 16gb ram

Mine is kinda rare it’s a 2017 MacBook Air i7 and 8 of Ram I always see people with i5 ones instead of i7

12 inch MacBook is not rare its common in 3 year but most RU-vidr and content creators make its availablity very less. Iove 2016 12inch gold MacBook but costly hard to find. I love if Apple relaunch it by M1 chip😊😊😊

I use a MacBook Air M1 with 16Gb ram everything else is base including the 7core GPU, I don't have a discord account and didn't want to make one for just telling this, thanks

I use a MacBook Pro 16" 2023 :)

I have a 2008 15-in MBP with an SSD and 6 GB RAM. That has my favourite keyboard of all time, being pre-chiclet. I've just erased a 2020 M1 MacBook Air which I'd bought the following year as an Apple Refurbished device. This is the base model with 256 GB storage, 8 GB memory, 8 processor cores and 7 graphics cores. A solid and reliable machine let down by memory swap issues. It was replaced four days ago by a Midnight 15-in M3 MacBook Air with 512 GB storage and 16 GB memory. Also in my collection is what I consider to be the worst Mac laptop of all time, the 13-in MacBook "Pro" from 2017. This stopped charging reliably in late 2021, prompting the purchase of the M1 MacBook Air. The 2017 alleged Pro was purchased because my 11-in 2014 MacBook Air with 512 GB SSD and 8 GB RAM got wet inside and I wanted a laptop with a Retina screen. Evil butterfly keyboard, weak 2.3 GHz dual-core i5, Iris 640 graphics and 8 GB of RAM. It had needed a replacement top case due to damage from being dropped. It's dead and good riddance.

Pro M1 Pro 16"

I hate the antiglare it reduces the colors accuracy and the shine ✨ i really hate if u are working in sun buy a separate attachment for the screen dont ruin our colors for this dumb glare

Your ratings are out to lunch. Nice history though.

I know this is unrelated but give the Quran a read, the unibody mac book pro is iconic