The easy $36 MacBook Pro project

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In today’s video I bought a super cheap MacBook Pro that was being recycled from a local Goodwill. While it was sold as not working, I had a hunch that we could repair a cheap MacBook Pro for under $40, so today let’s see if we can get a cheap working MacBook for very little money and time!
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@JarrodsTech 2 года назад

Easy to replace battery, RAM and hard drive, those were the days 😅

@vamnpyre 2 года назад

Yeah

@peyton_1524 2 года назад

Well now you gotta take out 999,999,999 screws change the RAM, battery and hard drive

@zacharymaclellan6761 2 года назад

@@peyton_1524 Except now you have to just replace the whole MacBook!

@MirceaD28 2 года назад

It is today too. But you have to escape the Apple prison.

@edarioconsebido7563 2 года назад

How much you give me the price for this MacBook Pro 16"

@michaelkaszynski7658 2 года назад

I find old laptops all over the place and can get them working as good as new with minimal effort. I work for the VA and find vets in need that don't have a computer and gift them. It's a very rewarding hobby. I often steal parts from another machine to service another but many of the machines I fix just need a clean reinstall and a new power cord. Keep up the fixes.

@ravenrue 2 года назад

@ᗩՏᕼIՏᕼ ᗷᗴᕼᗩᖇᖇY Get a job. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

@michaelduffek2866 2 года назад

The Veterans Administration is lucky to have an employee like yourself. Good work.

@ThatTonybo 2 года назад

Hi from Australia! I do this too kind of. I get bulk lots of thrown out, old or decommissioned school/govt PCs, scrub them down, maybe add a new stick of ram or an SSD and pass them on to folks that need them :-)

@willm5032 2 года назад

I'd love to do something like this in the UK- do a community project that gives kids/people in need tech. Its v hard to find the computers here though. As far as I'm aware

@2wayplebney 2 года назад

Very cool.

@justNGC604 2 года назад

I'm going to miss those kind of projects in the future. Imagine this with a 2016+ MacBook Pro.

@mpiloz8016 2 года назад

it's such a pain removing the batteries from those. edit: changing out the speakers is relatively easy though.

@willm5032 2 года назад

Its a shame Apple have chosen the way they have. Appreciate that they want to innovate but its a shame their innovations are at the cost of repairability and upgradabililty.

@mohammedb4ig 2 года назад

@@willm5032 i mean they can at least attempt to make it easier. it's such a pain in the ass trying to change a macbook battery. and the software locks on the iphone too

@mbrock5532 2 года назад

@@willm5032 Yeah, they "innovate" on purpose to make it virtually impossible for people to do anything to "their" Apple products. They're fighting Right to Repair, but frankly, even if they end up having to comply, they've made it so difficult to do anything without super expensive equipment, it's going to be tough to do your own work like this anyway. Unless you have Louis Rossman skills!

@willm5032 2 года назад

@@mbrock5532 Yuuup, you're not wrong

@BeaglefreilaufKalkar 2 года назад

A couple of months ago I was given a MacBook Pro 17" 2011. The owner told me it was way to slow to work with anymore. I bought a 46,99 Euro (just over 50 Dollar) 500GB Crucial SSD, put it in and did a fresh install. It has an i7 and with the SSD it works really fast and great. More than enough for surfing, office, simple HD Video editing.

@LeeVxt 2 года назад

Until the GPU craps itself... My 17 2011 is still chugging along great

@NobelTech 2 года назад

These Macs have notorious GPU issues, however there are tutorials to disable the dGPU and only use the Intel HD Graphics one.

@BeaglefreilaufKalkar 2 года назад

@@LeeVxt then I have an excuse to buy an M1x Laptop, or an M2x whenever this happens :-)

@spost26 2 года назад

@@NobelTech I haven’t had any luck getting the change to stick … Do you have a link to the fix?

@davidbassplanc 2 года назад

@@NobelTech link???

@miguel_montenegro 2 года назад

Another hard to believe deal from Luke “the-luckiest-deal-finder-on-earth” Miani. Well done by the way, great video! I’m glad to see more projects like this again in the near future

@krajca666 2 года назад

Hahaha. ...exactly

@roninmagik1 2 года назад

I've been going to Goodwill's for years, never found a laptop much less a MacBook

@harlow1126 2 года назад

i would say ive beaten him once or twice, once got a 2015 15 inch 2.5ghz macbook pro, with a 512gb ssd for 40 bucks :P

@baoquoc3710 2 года назад

@@harlow1126 solid AF man, even with intel iris graphics only😀

@mikeclark8794 2 года назад

Just picked up a totally free mid 2009 17" MacBook Pro with 8GB ram included & separately a free 240gb SSD - Freecycle is the way to go. The battery is okish, may change at a later time - see how it goes. The cycle count is only 81 but it was left uncharged for several years so only holds charge for 2-3 hours. My only cost so far is a £5 usb WiFi dongle as the WiFi card was not working and a £6 enclosure to convert the M2 SSD to SATA. Using OpenCore-Patcher it now happily runs Monterey 12.4 and with Quartz Debug the screen res is running 960x600 HiDPi (although its not a retina screen it looks as good to my eyes). Considering the graphics are only NVIDA GeForce 9400M 256MB it's running very well. Good luck, go hunting - you never know!

@ironnerd2511 2 года назад

My brother in law was about to dispose of a "non working" MacBook Pro 15 inch mid 2012. I asked him to give it to me. Only problem was a bad battery and looked like new. I purchased a cheap used battery on ebay. Latter on upgraded to a 250GB SSD and maxed it to 16GB of RAM. Upgraded to Catalina and now planning to replace the heat sink thermal compound before upgrading to Monterey by using the Open Core Legacy Patcher. It is my daily driver and I love it. It came with the power adapter and everything looks brand new. Even the keyboard. I also purchased a funky multicolor shell case protector. I'm happy.

@Stevel_ 2 года назад

These videos interest me 100x more than anything about new iphones, pads, pods, watches. Please keep sprinkling them into the mix, thanks Luke!

@GuillermoPaulman 2 года назад

Same.

@therichardrichyrich 2 года назад

These videos are so much fun to watch! They remind of your early videos when I first started watching your content! You've progressed so far!

@esseferio 2 года назад

I also missed this a bit, although there is only so much you can do on this subject :)

@basewrecker9222 2 года назад

Yeah, I really loved those videos.

@felipebertholet 2 года назад

I just got tired of continuous rumors and new cpu performance videos

@jurygamper1252 2 года назад

*luke in an apple store sees a macbook*: "I'm gonna go check that out"

@timg6930 2 года назад

Love the reviving old tech videos. I wish MacBooks were still upgradable.

@octavius9685 2 года назад

i just got a 2010 MacBook Pro for $115 on ebay and maxed it out for cheap with 8gb RAM and 240gb SSD... Nice little laptop for work and even got Catalina running on it smooth as hell

@rodrigomonroy8205 2 года назад

I really missed these repair videos! So glad they’re back!

@ZaneEckols 2 года назад

I was literally looking at old macbook pros to restore yesterday so this video came perfectly on time!

@ukaszmackiewicz3568 2 года назад

Some time ago I bought 17-inch Macbook Pro 17 (not booting to OSX) for 14 USD incl. shipping (in Poland OFC), with crucial mx500 256gb SSD inside! Found out that was faulty Radeon GPU, I've switched it off in terminal, changed thermal paste, cleaned internals and voilla - working. 16gb ram was inside, i7 and ori battery with good condition. Charger was also included by the seller. Keep up Luke with your work!

@volkhen0 2 года назад

Where the heck did you find such offer? My best score is 2 dollar Apple Bluetooth keyboard on Allegro ;)

@Arachnosoft 2 года назад

Just for the charger (which sells insanely expensive), you had a bargain, even without a working MBP... Great find!

@6StringPassion. 2 года назад

Great find. That was the machine that convinced me to switch to Mac. Lots of ports, easy to tweak. All the benefits of OS X plus you could run any other OS in a VM. Great for development use. Even had digital optical input/output which was fantastic for recording and something that I can't believe Apple dropped.

@clifficus 2 года назад

Love this type of project video Luke, done something similar with a mid 2012 MacBook Pro and was able to dump a Windows PC, now enjoy full integration with my iPad and iPhone, thanks for sharing 👍😃

@Crystal-mn9rk 2 года назад

Omg you are incredible, Luke!!! Glad I found your video, I was almost going to recycle my 13yro MacBook before I watched your video, definitely gonna try refreshing it, haha I'm so excited 🥳🥳🥳 thank you so much for making this video and all of these resources, subscribed 💕

@TheBigBazzy 2 года назад

Nice pickup. I really appreciate your deep dives into Apple device repair. Most people assume devices are trash far too early. Great job Luke.

@dusthillresident Месяц назад

Your videos are awesome, and I really admire the mindset and philosophy of repurposing old equipment that's still perfectly useful, and giving it a new lease of life, saving it from ending up in a landfill. I'm typing this from a late 2011 macbook pro that I just watched this video on

@zacharyhale1681 2 года назад

I love how we're coming back to the hardware side of your channel. Though I'm afraid for the future of the unrepairable Macs.

@jameschamplin1742 2 года назад

Thanks to your channel, I learned enough to take a chance on a $12 iMac someone had. Turns out it's a late 2015 21.5" iMac with a quad-core i5, 8 GB of RAM, and a 1TB drive. All it needed was an OS! I'm about to install Mojave and enjoy! Thanks! :D

@MrLuigi-oi7gm 2 года назад

Love these resurrection videos as they are still, by far, my favorite content on your channel. (No intent to throw shade on other content.) Crack on, mate!

@erkinshadow99 2 года назад

I have the same laptop that I bought in late 2008, 8gb of ram and a512 gb SSD. Still works great.

@deanstyles2567 2 года назад

They work surprisingly well with an SSD and 8GB of RAM, but the CPU usage does spike with modern web browsing. I used one of these late 2008 MBPs for a decade, good unit.

@davidrogis1110 2 года назад

I am totally impressed with your awesome finds and easy fixes.

@luiggyorlandi 2 года назад

ya extrañaba este tipo de videos realmente, gracias por hacerlo.

@ickledotco 2 года назад

Great video, thank you. Love the RAM drawer!

@blackcoffeegarage 2 года назад

I recently snagged an absolutely loaded early 2008 model, 17 inch with the maximum CPU (2.6 BTO). Loaded the DosDude High Sierra patcher, and this thing is absolutely snappy. A real pleasure to use. I dropped in a cheap SSD, of course, and on light tasks when the fans aren't spinning it is silent and capable. The keyboard is fantastic for a lot of typing/writing, and of course the 17" BTO LED backlit display is in a class of its own. With winter coming, I might run a few apps in the background just to get it to warm up my lap for those 6 hours of battery runtime LOL

@blackcoffeegarage 2 года назад

@Binuk Vidana Gamage Legs too ;D My M1 MBA 16GB/1TB is an ice cold task-killer. Never had so much power in such comfort. Charge it twice a week. Life is good!

@warthunder1969 2 года назад

I have that exact laptop, and it is a goodie. I don't use it for much these days but it was cheap, and ram + ssd makes old almost new again.

@michaelhuey4187 2 года назад

I definitely like the revival videos! I found a 2015 15” MBP with the discrete GPU (the maxed out model) for $400 on CL a couple years ago. I cleaned it up, redid the thermal paste, spent a lot of time and deep digging to reinstall the OS and upgrade it, and bought a Magic Mouse ($20 on CL) and voilà, I have a GREAT Mac‼️ I Love It❣️ Keep making these videos, Luke. These old Macs are still quite usable.

@Ordlnary_Gamer 9 месяцев назад

Amen, I have a MacBook Pro 2012 Unibody and it’s still useable for light gaming, streaming, and most tasks

@JasonSantos21 2 года назад

love that you continue to push content like this -sent from my mid 2012 mbp running the latest big sur long live the unibody!

@justgivemethetruth 2 года назад

And you can use it for weight-lifting practice.

@ahappycoder2925 2 года назад

@@justgivemethetruth *laughs in 2009 16’ MBP*

@RowdyGeronimo 2 года назад

Classic Luke repair video. Love it! Suggestion: I would like to see you work on a white plastic MacBook. I don’t think I’ve seen you work on one of those or if you did I don’t remember. Thanks for the fun content.

@Cookefan59 2 года назад

All I can say is Wow! I am now on the hunt. I had always wondered if this kind of scenario was possible. I have old school computer skills that I will no longer waste on windows based machines. I can handle these levels of diagnostics and repairs quite easily. Our business needs some new computers to run cloud based applications and this looks like the right approach. Thanks for all your hard work putting these videos together.

@TheSpotify95 2 года назад

Pretty darn good if I say so! Especially the free SSD! 256GB SSDs (or 240GB SSDs) are worth about £25 in the UK. And yes, I do also have some random RAM sticks laying around: some DDR4 (from when I upgraded my gaming laptop), some DDR3 (as spares for other machines), and DDR2 (which I got in a job lot).

@maxpayne7030 2 года назад

Still rocking a 2010 MacBook Pro 15" with 16 GB RAM and a 500GB SSD 😍. Gonna upgrade this year

@petersdotter1 2 года назад

I love fixit. Been using it for my Macs for years!

@brandonweber332 2 года назад

This is awesome! I need more of these videos!

@GalacticRod 2 года назад

Keep in mind with some of these old ones you might need to change out the battery too! sometimes those cycles can be pretty high, so they can't keep a charge.

@editiongamingyt5761 2 года назад

the quality of your video is great!!

@Joel-ew1zm 2 года назад

Nothing more rewarding than a rescue project. I have a 2012 11" macbook air with the upgraded i7 and 8gb of ram that i got for FREE because the shift key was stuck and it only booted into safe mode. Took it apart and reseated the keyboard ribbon cable which fixed both issues.

@pianoplayer2147 2 года назад

I love these montages! They look so fancy and cool!! Keep it up! I honestly think you should have a million subscribers

@phoenixyt124 2 года назад

This is the content I’ve subscribed for. Keep it up.

@jpreza Год назад

I've done a few fixes myself for F&F. My mom who is not very tech savvy was looking at purchasing a brand new laptop a few years ago. I got her a 2012 Macbook Pro that I bought at a pawn shop 3 years ago for under $75. It was marked as "broken - does not boot". It actually did boot but had the Folder icon. Brought it home and imagined my surprise when I opened it. It had a 240GB SSD and 4GB RAM - not too shabby. Installed High Sierra and gave it to my mom as a surprise present. She uses it for email, web surfing, and watching RU-vid videos. This 2012 Macbook Pro is still going strong!

@93Volvo240 Год назад

I used that exact same SSD in a 2011 iMac 21.5 that a computer repair shop was throwing away. The thing looked like new and worked fine! I think it was just being trashed due to its slow HDD. I now use it quite often, and it’s really fast for a 12 year old computer! As usual, great video Luke!

@sbradleysmith423 2 года назад

Excellent content without clickbait speculation! Luke is back!!!

@slimestaff9537 2 года назад

@@whaletrain7070 can I get proof since I don’t know if it was real or not

@slimestaff9537 2 года назад

@@whaletrain7070 proof of it being click bait or not, I’m not sure

@slimestaff9537 2 года назад

@@whaletrain7070 thanks man 👍

@paulb4uk 2 года назад

Great find and nice and simple to get up and running .

@michaelwood9866 2 года назад

Got a fully stock 2012 mbp with no blemishes and looks new with no dust on the inside at all! Was found at a recycling center.

@NickisModel3 2 года назад

Great video Luke. Keep it up

@josch1710 2 года назад

This was my first modern Mac. Such a good computer.

@thesuperzfamilyvlog6607 2 года назад

I did it! I found a MacBook Pro for $20, and I’ve started upgrading it. I am just waiting on a part and battery and it’ll be ready to go!

@marcusgurley9495 9 месяцев назад

i love doing these kinds of projects. i repair and give to the homeless and foster kids in the local schools here.

@RonLeblanc 2 года назад

Great find and video. I also have a RAM drawer.

@johnvodopija1743 2 года назад

This was an I interesting and high quality video. Thank you for teaching me something today 👍😎🇦🇺

@ExplainwithShaun 2 года назад

I have a ram drawer to. Now I am not the only one!

@garfieldbaddie11 2 года назад

as a user of this macbook model, (mother purchased it on the day it came out,) i love this.

@lukola 2 года назад

This is crazy! Good job Luke!

@iNerdJan 2 года назад

Luka, du hier?

@lukola 2 года назад

@@iNerdJan ja

@76williamsbh 2 года назад

Man I wish I could find something like this to refurbish! Great video!

@ConorORegan 2 года назад

I love these DIY videos

@organiccold 2 года назад

Thats a good deal. I actually have a mid 2011 i5 21inch imac i found in the recycling centre for free, only thing i done was a ssd and a front panel glass for 29 pounds

@codymusial1706 2 года назад

I daily a 15 in 2009 MacBook pro and I absolutely love it

@imm311 2 года назад

Great video! God bless you and your family!

@yagizerenyuce 2 года назад

Pretty decent video. I would be happy to see that boy in real world test such as office apps, browsing or maybe playing some games.

@Arska.A.Tiikko Год назад

I feel you man.. I also have MacBook Late 2008 13”. I doubble The Ram to 8 Gb and upgrade hard drive to 256 SSD. Battery was dead, So I bought a new one.. And The Next step is to install MacOS Catalina in it. Bytheway.. Good and interesting videos you have in you Channel..👍

@onlineconsumer4796 2 года назад

I would like to see you do a step by step of the patch tool and some things to do and not do and what to watch out for.

@jamieadams4310 2 года назад

Awesome find. You should adjust your camera shutter speed to prevent the scanlines on the Macbook screen! ;)

@itmbest4754 2 года назад

wow i have that exact same model macbook and now i will be able to fix it and upgrade the ram and ssd with the links

@StoicOutlaw17 Год назад

I would recommend changing the thermal paste in one of these before using it or giving it to someone else.

@cinemaadherent 2 года назад

This reminds me of when I sold my 2009 Unibody on e-bay. Logic board was kaput, I removed the HD and listed it as broken/parts only. The guy who bought it was pissed as he just thought it needed a new HD. Guy it literally said broken/parts only in the title and 5 times in the description.

@vinniemcgheesr.5294 2 года назад

Wow Luke, you da man , I do happen to have a old macbook air I like to see if I could max out

@mr.techie8565 2 года назад

I'd love a remake of the "Best Macs under $200". Maybe some with different price points as well though.

@mohammedb4ig 2 года назад

macbook air 2015 11" are the best for that price

@Austin_Boath 2 года назад

@@mohammedb4ig but they are extremely slow, best to be more patient and save up some more money to buy the 2016 pro or 2018 MacBook air refresh

@weegle. 2 года назад

if you're on any kind of budget, please don't get a mac. It will almost always be a better deal with MUCH better performance to get a windows pc

@mohammedb4ig 2 года назад

@@weegle. nah macs are greatly optimized. best to get a mac (for basic tasks. you can’t do anything with a $200 laptop)

@weegle. 2 года назад

@@mohammedb4ig a laptop with an optimized os would almost never beat a laptop with plain better specs. Plus, if you really want an optized experience, use Chrome OS, Linux, or Windows 10S. Also, I've used a cheap macbook (300$); it's slow, clunky, and can barely run any applications due to its age. As opposed to a 300$ Windows laptop I used which could at least download any application I wanted and ran pretty okay

@Tefloncoated Год назад

I don't really need one but inspired by your video I've just bought the same macbook and I will be doing the same thing. Wish me luck and thanks for the content.

@kayrokk 2 года назад

Luke I just bought a mid-2012 15” i7 MBP with 16GB of RAM for $20 a couple of days ago myself. Bad battery, missing bottom case screws and hard drive. Bought a battery from Amazon for $20 and slapped in a 256gb Samsung SSD I had installed in another machine and it fired right up!

@MattCook206 2 года назад

“Let me look in my RAM drawer” haha the most Luke quote ever. Great video as always. ! Thanks

@iram7555 2 года назад

I want to learn how to repair laptops and pcs, gonna check those links you mentioned

@TheRealPatrickStJames 2 года назад

Great video man

@littletechkids9440 2 года назад

Reminds me of my project MacBook. It’s a late 2008 unibody 13 MacBook (not the MacBook Pro) I bought that sucker off of Craigslist for 10 bucks. They said it was broken and didn’t work. The glass is also cracked. 30$ in parts later (battery, charger, and hard drive) we have a fully functional MacBook! But yeah pretty similar to the one in this video. (It also has the latch on the bottom.)

@Ricelord4 Год назад

I got a free 2009 MacBook Pro 13" from a high school where my mother used to work. They were throwing it away, and she asked if she could take it. She then gave it to me since she didn't know if it was working. Over the years, I maxed out the RAM to 8 GB, swapped out the HDD for a cheap SSD, upgraded to macOS Mojave via the patch from dosdude1, and replaced the speakers and battery. Still works great to this day!

@jonwhatmore5151 2 года назад

I dig the FreeGeek direction of this video; I’ve got a similar MBP (just a year younger & more beat-up case, non-latched unibody) running after following an iFixit guide to re-paste the CPU & GPU (and clean it out of course). Overall, ~10C cooler in macOS than before, usually. But to possibly pick up on a couple points from your video: 1) dosdude1’s stuff is great. Dortania’s OpenCore Legacy Patcher can get many MBPs running even the latest of Big Sur, but admittedly fairly hot and slow, so… 2) Consider Linux on a separate partition or separate drive. It may take some legacy video drivers to really balance performance (and a proprietary Broadcom driver for the WiFi), but mine runs so much faster, cooler & more productively in Linux than in macOS, that I go back only when I have to. Just some thoughts. Keep the great videos coming!

@n1ghtr4v3n6 2 года назад

I got a 13” mid 2012 MacBook Pro for 15$ without ram and a dead battery and hard drive. Put 12gbs of ram, a 480gb ssd and a new battery and it runs like new.

@mikeg8013 2 года назад

Nice find!

@Harishsulghar 2 года назад

Have you ever thought of loading in Zorin OS as a mac OS alternative for older macbooks like this one? Would be interesting to see how different OS performs on these older machines. Probably something that can also extend lifespan of a machine like this. Great video as always.

@Arachnosoft 2 года назад

Debian 11 is the best running OS I could find (and install) on my current late 2006 (yes, 2006) A1211 MacBook Pro. It was the only recent OS to carry the necessary graphics driver for its old X1600 ATI, along with the latest software updates you could expect (including Chrome). Both patched Mac OS X and Windows 10 lack the latest accelerated graphics drivers.

@java2architect 2 года назад

It is amazing how only RU-vidrs seem to find used Macs in thrift store :-)

@kbyethx 2 года назад

Luke, you are an ambient lighting master

@terrywarnold 7 месяцев назад

I will be doing this exact upgrade in a few days. I just won a bid for a 2008 15 inch. Just under $35 including shipping. only issue that I'm aware of is there's no OS installed on it. I as well have the dosdude patcher on a flash drive so, I'll be installing that. I'll use it as it is for now but, I'll eventually upgrade the RAM and change it over to an SSD.

@emilianotechs 8 месяцев назад

I just ordered a 2013 Mac Pro to mess around with and got addicted to your videos! 😂

@electricstrider2665 2 года назад

great &entertaining video!

@jgbenz3628 2 года назад

Luke! Three things!!! One is your videos for the Macs are so great and wonderful, thank you for creating your channel!!!! Two, is: the screen LOOKED SO BAD… how would one work on a computer with a screen continuous movement? And IF THAT is or THERE is a way to comfortably enjoy the computer while looking at it THEN? What we all want to know and SEE is how well does the laptop work in todays world, what’s the hang-ups?

@sergioadriangonzalezcerver9960 2 года назад

You can do a video similar to the 30 dollar iMac, those things are insanely cheap and relatively usable by today standards

@tquad8699 2 года назад

Tried Big Sur on my 7,1 MacBook Pro runs well enough. Mojave definitely runs better though but it’s still usable. Acceleration is available now.

@GenaroCejudo 2 года назад

Your new place looks awesome

@macinman 2 года назад

very cool, if it was me, I would have done a snow leopard, or even tiger install. I currently have Macs that can run the latest OS, so having a setup going back to when Steve was alive, and just that classic Aqua Look would be so nice to have, even as just a display model, or to run old software that doesn't run on newer computers.

@Arachnosoft 2 года назад

I agree, but I must admit that being unable to run the latest Chrome or Safari is a deal breaker... I got two PowerBook G4 12" for less than 100 overall (counting all the replacement parts I had to add, just like Luke does), and, even if they're working surprisingly great with a bare HDD, they can't go everywhere on the internet... Same goes with the late 2006 A1211 MBP I'm currently using: it can go up to El Capitan using the same patcher tricks, but the performance is awful (no accelerated graphics), so I had to stick with a quad-boot: the original Mac OS X Lion (working great but without updates), Mac OS X El Capitan (accepting the latest Chrome, but painfully slow), Windows 10 Pro (working with many glitches due to the same lacking graphics driver issue) and... the latest Debian 11 (installed through a < 1 GB net install USB drive - working damn great, with all acceleration, latest updates, awesome power and fan management).

@rolandgerard6064 2 года назад

This kind of video are so much better than the so called "leaks" ones.

@JK-qk8rh 2 года назад

I got an old MacBook Pro from Mid 2009, slapped 8 GBs of RAM, a 500 GB SSD and a new battery in there and installed macOS Catalina with dosdue1's patcher. It works just fine. Monterey and Big Sur are possible but they don't look good and don't function flawlessly so I'll stick with 10.15

@MegaTechpc Год назад

Great video Luke! I would say that in order to make this video most useful for regular viewers then you should post up the retail price of that SSD in the total cost (since these deals for a free SSD are very rare and also dependent upon your proximity to a MicroCenter; the closest one to me is in Atlanta, GA, some 5 hours away for example). Still, you listed tons of helpful resources for regular folk and I think its absolutely fantastic that (for you) you were able to rescue a perfectly capable MacBook with decently modern MacOS on an SSD and with 8GB of memory for $36! Of course you always manage to find these kinds of deals that I can never manage to find but its still quite impressive! Full disclosure: I’m really only posting this comment because I just got a new Magic Keyboard for my brand new iPad Pro 12.9 and I wanted to experience the typing experience! Other than the necessarily small trackpad, this thing makes my iPad feel and function almost as well as a MacBook! 😮

@bomcabedal 2 года назад

Next to my home office I have two offices at universities; a while ago I bought two of these beauts so I didn't have to schlep anything around any longer. Total cost around 550 euros/600USD. One was a 15" with a damaged (but not broken) display, but as I'm using an external display that really doesn't matter. Slightly decadent approach perhaps, but I'm really happy with it.

@cacooke77 2 года назад

You would be surprised how far you can go with the DosDude or Mr. Macintosh patchers. I'm typing this on a 2010 Mac Pro with 32gig of ram and a 1tb ssd running the Monterey OS. Smooth sailing so far.

@stevennutz1109 2 года назад

used open core patcher on my 09 mbp and Big Sur is running really well

@impatrickt 2 года назад

when I see Mac and cheese out of the corner of my eye im gonna go check it out

@tintobrass532 2 года назад

My dear friend, you have approached this project with a true and noble heart and perseverance, and for this reason all of France adores you…

@Stop4MotionMakr 2 года назад

It's crazy this was my first Mac and I was still using this up to about 7 years ago for 5 years straight before that. And honestly if I still have the original MagSafe charger there's really no reason why it won't boot back up just fine today.