Using Apple's $4,000 Macbook Pro from 2006! 

Thanks for watching 🙂 A few of you mentioned that you've also seen the weird pitting on the palm rest. Meaning it was just heavy use combined with sweat 😅

Here I am on my M1 MacBook Pro, waiting until the year 2036 to watch Psivewri review it as 'the first M1 Mac from 2021'!!!

I had the 17" model and it lasted me 10 whole years with me only having to swap out the battery once. It actually never actually died but it was so outdated i had to get a new one. Definitely one of the better pros ever released by Apple.

While the maximum OS X it's able to run is ancient, it still works perfectly fine under Windows 10 while drivers for everything are available ;-)

"As you can see its completely dirty" Me who's seeing this in 144p: *i see no difference*

I use the right bracket a lot as a video editor! I use brackets for speed cuts in final cut pro

the pricetag seems really real for apple

I just got an early 2008 17" model and for a while, your video tripped me up, because the internal layout of both is incredibly similar, while it's pretty hard to understand scale through a video

Had one of these in Year 11/12 in 2007 and 2008, but the Santa Rosa version - what a machine. Picked it up at Mac Centre Norwood. Kept it till the retina models came out in 2012. I basically completely replaced my desktop at the time as these things were so powerful. Nice video, cheers!

I have one of these in my office closet but it no longer boots. It was my favorite machine, and definitely has the best keyboard of any laptop I've ever owned. I got many years of service out of the machine, and extended it's life by installing an SSD as well. I'd love to get it running again.

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I remember when someone I knew showed up with one of these back in the days. It felt 3x as fast as other laptops we've had at the time

I so remember back in that time that running 4gigs was actually a little overkill back then. Since, rarely did you even really need that much ram. Now here we are questioning whether we need 8gigs or 16gigs on a MacBook or more is really needed. Crazy how far we really have come. :)

Man, I really like your videos... not too long to make me bored, and very straight to the point.

So satisfying when seeing you cleaning up the dust

Yess, happy to see another Upload :D

I bought one of these used (almost 6 years after release) in middle school, super cool to see someone using it years later.

I had a 17" one around that time. The build quality has really got a lot better, a few things of note, - you used to get an almost static shock from resting your palm on the edge of the laptop, where the top case joined with the bottom (the good old days). - I miss the battery icon charge/ standby lights or rather the laser cut LED holes in the aluminium that you could barely see when off. They killed them off after the first lot of unibodies for some reason.

I had this Macbook Pro and it lasted 8 years. I once woke up and it was laying flat [AND open] on the floor - I stepped on it and it was still working and worked for another 5 years. 8 Months ago I bought the new Macbook Air and now going through a new upgrade.... Good old days.

The 17" version was my daily-driver through most of my teen years! I got it secondhand of course. I ran Windows XP with BootCamp and played CS, Left 4 Dead, Battlefield 2… It ran them great! Also one day it wasn't enough obviously. The unit we have at home is still working. But its battery is dead and the screen is very dim. That's an odd way for a screen to age nowadays, but it seems to be recurrent with these machines. I personally never liked the keyboard and always preferred the then new external keyboard that came with iMacs. But I often heard people liked it, yeah Nice video!

Just wanna say thx for the content you and hugh really inspired me for saving old tech

its always nice to see the history of laptops keep them coming

Recently found this channel! Amazing, keep up the work!

my dads a graphics designer and had one of these when i was growing up. I remember playing minecraft on it and having my first experiences with after effects, premiere and photoshop on it. I think in the end he was offered an upgrade but I really don't remember, even when being used up until 2013 (when he got the upgrade), there being any noticeable lag or performance issues. I loved that thing, I'd love to get it back but its probably gone to the dump at this point.

This was one of the first Macs I regularly played around with. I love the design of it

My old high school has been buying Apple computers for probably 18 years now. I remember when the stainless laptops came out and you had like 2 or 3 teachers complaining how the computer burned their laps when using them. One kid asked if she was naked..

I own the late 2007 model and I love this Mac. It's one that originally shipped with Tiger but went all the way to El Capitan. I need to get a new drive for it so it can run a little faster. I also maxed out the RAM at 6GB.

I have both the 15" and 17" versions of these MacBook Pro's, used in my studio to provide long obsolete synthesisers when I need them. Wonderful machines and it's nice to see someone giving them a run out (other than me 😂)

This is the same model MacBook Pro I bought for myself in early 2007. It was a beast. I paid $4750 AUD with Apple care and an elgato USB tv tuner card. I threw a 120ssd in it in 2015 and gave it to a friend in 2016. He still uses it. Such a solid machine. It ran half-life 2 just fine back in the day

This video was just what I needed now.

I love how it was easy to upgrade. I wish today's MacBook Pro did that

Ah yes, the good ol' days killing cows for money on RuneScape. NOW I really feel old. Great video Nathan!

Just wanted to let you know you are one of my favorite RU-vidrs!

I still believe that old macbooks are very usable and good looking Great video Thank you

Love your content mate

It's funny how I finally restored mine that I had for years a couple of days ago, and now you just made a video

Ah, it's always nice to see a well used computer. They always have a story to tell.

Nice work. I'd love to see more before & after comparisons in terms of system boot-up time, temperature under load etc just to show what a bit of TLC could do for an older system like this. I would absolutely have stuck with Snow Leopard on a Macbook of that era because of that low RAM ceiling and because SL is simply a far-superior OS. The difference in performance on my Late-2011 MBP 13" running 10.6.8 was astounding. Under 10.6, booting to a usable desktop takes about 20-30secs. In 10.7+, it's upwards of a minute (this is with the stock 5400rpm HD). Perhaps with an SSD the difference would be less extreme, although 10.6 is also way less RAM-hungry. When Lion was new, 4GB of RAM was workable, if you were militant at keeping a minimum number of applications open (a browser, Mail, iCal, plus one or two MS Office applications...). In 2021, with newer browsers and other software, it would be close to unusable given the OS' larger footprint just by itself. These days, my trusty MBP is on Sierra, and just with Chrome and Mail in use, we're sitting at 5.5GB used RAM. Thankfully we've come a long way from the days of Mavericks and its sloppy RAM Management & Compression, where all 8GB would be used caching great swathes of rubbish, and the system would behave like Vista on a 486.

Bro we were waiting for this video

My first Mac was a 2006 MBP. Still runs great, that thing was a beast.

I have this 2006 model. Bought it second hand some seven years ago for €250,-. It still runs perfectly. Thanks for your video!

This is an excellent video. It was fun getting to watch you fully refurbish a laptop which, I have in my collection. Like you, I enjoy the screen and keyboard on these units. In addition, there is a great selection of ports: expansion card slot, external monitor port, audio-in port, audio-out port, two (2) USB "A" ports, Fire-wire 400 port, and a Fire-wire 800 port. Plus it still has a built-in DVD super-drive. Prefer to keep mine on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard because with Rosetta, you are able to run older Power PC OS X software titles. Also, using the Apple white remote control makes Front Row a lot of fun (smile...smile).

Ok, fine, I joined the Eucalyptus Oil squad. I love these reviews of old laptops, especially old Apples. Back from when things were built to last and meant to be fixed, not with "survive until warranty expires" as the designers' goal. Thanks for the great content!

Still baffled at how good these machines look, I think they were designed so well they'll never look that outdated.

I HAD THIS MacBook Pro! If not this model it was a refresh released spring/summer of 2007. Solid machine. Ran bootcamp and Windows XP/early 2000s games amazingly well. I think it was one of the last ones before unibody and you should still get a matte screen instead of gloss. I loved this laptop. Almost as much as my old PowerBook 17" 1.6GHz. Which I bought right before they switched to Core 2 Duo machines. Even now I type this out on a i7 MacBook Pro 16" which of course I bought right before the M1 announcement... hah!

I used one of these for years, it was a really great machine.

You're almost at 200k subs! Congrats!

I had my first Mac in 2007 it was the Macbook // I still miss those 3D Icons!! Especially with that 3D white base!! 2 of the features that really impressed me at that time was the Garage Band, and the Chess game. I don't think I'll ever forget that machine!! it was a whole experience for me! That 3d processing Turkish blue bar is another thing that I miss about it.. It brings me lots of memories.. I am a X Gen dude who grew up with a Commondore Vic 20. I'm pretty well adapted when it comes to technology and social media apps; to the point that I could have a long conversation with a Z Gen person regarding trends, technology and other things. But the advantage I think I have over Gen Zs and millennials is that I appreciate a lot more this new technology, since I grew up without it, and damm! I still remember perfectly how it was when we used to still have a rotary phone. or the first time I saw a Windows 3.0 PC ... I also remember attending a Windows XP conference in Tucson in 2001.. Hell!! Was I impressed!! mi first Mac experience was in 1983 while taking "Logo " Drawing classes during a Summer camp in my hometown.. Proud to be old! lol

Looks satisfying to optimize and clean it manually

I had one of these as a kid and I loved it. im currently using a MacBook Air 13inch from 2015 and I also love it

Nice restoration still a very useable machine with not bad battery life these are a great looking laptop .

the original owner watched alot of people have a good time. we'll go with that

Nice video bro 👌

This is a brilliant video! I did a video earlier where I looked at the app store in Mac OS X Lion, checking for backwards compatibility

I have one of those same macbook pro laptop's I need to get it out of storage to do a video on. Great video the vintage computers are awesome content. I enjoy watching very much.

Amazing work

That was a great machine!

What a coincidence, I just finished fixing my Dad's MacBook pro from 2007, and just got my hands on an 06! Great video!

The bezels and aspect ratio are surprisingly modern! I've seen way worse at the local best buy tbh!

I HAD THIS EXACT COMPUTER!!! It still works and I use it on occasion!

Ah memories, I remember when these come out, I was working for a third party authorized service centre, pull so many of these apart, those cables sucked, but you learn tricks..lol

My mum still use the same laptop, she upgraded it with 4gb of ram and ssd, I also installed Yosemite with a patch tool and it’s actually pretty usable even in 2021

I did similar work on a 15-in MacBook Pro (early 2008), adding a 4 GB RAM module to the existing 2 GB unit. The horrid 200 GB 5400 rpm HDD made way for a cheap 240 GB SSD, those two features making it a much more usable proposition. It has 10.6.8 on it when I acquired it and getting it upgraded to 10.9 Mavericks was a real trial, the only way possible was to temporarily put the SSD into an external FireWire case and do the installation another Mac. It now has 10.11.6 El Capitan (which installed with no problem) and Safari is no longer supported by most websites. I have usable versions of Firefox, Brave and Chrome that can't be upgraded. The battery was replaced five months ago, alas I paid $120, not $60 as you did. I really do love that "type" of keyboard.

I had one of these. I used it to play World of Warcraft while traveling for work. It was a great machine.

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Looks good!

Great vid, thank you! :-)This model was my first Mac computer, and a great machine that followed me through the school of architecture. Great for dual booting Windows XP and running Rhino and V-Ray :-)

I was recently given a basically nos 15” 2007 mbp. Original battery has 27 cycles. I updated to El Capitan, 240 gb ssd and 6 gb of ram. I use it for editing a couple of very very old websites that a client hasn’t upgraded yet.

You gave a lot of love to that old computer.

Kinda freaky, I have just bought the exact model on eBay!! One of my favourite computers!

Good work😁

Hope this video will blow up

i've got one of the early 2006 models. still works, despite being *ahem* well-loved by my family.

Really great idea...really surprised

14 years later, still looks better than just about any laptop out there.

What a great looking laptop!

Just got a 2008 model up to Ventura with OCLP. Still really usable and a cool piece of kit to have running the latest macOS

I use a 2008 C2D Thinkpad as my portable. With Linux Mint MATE it's very snappy, especially with the SSD upgrade I did.

I had this!!!! it was my graduation present!!!! it crapped out around 2013. Lasted a good while though!

Hi you rock bro, where you download old osx version to install in this laptop?

I had one of these. Got it nearly free by following the Instructions on the dslreports Mac forum. Great system. Replaced it with a 13' mid '09. Still have the '09 as a spare system.

I had one of these, I loved it but it only lasted me about 5 years. 5 years of heavy use though, so it wasn’t terrible.

i love that design imma buy one on ebay just because i never used a mac but this thing looks so fricking cool

I still use from time to time a similar model (C2D 2.16ghz, 4gb ram and a SSD, running 10.6.8 ) I bought new in 2006. It´s very much like new.

When you do these videos, you should try installing a linux distro on these old computers to see if they can run an updated OS from nowadays.

Cool for use with old firewire cameras and sound interfaces. Would probably try to find a cool sticker to hide that damage on the wristrest

I love this Mac I even used the latest model of it early 2008 top of the line, I really don't know but I stoped using my Touch Bar MacBook pro for this now for basic use of stuff and I fixed 20 of them and sold them for profit.

This is a RU-vid Channel that I'll never pause on.

Hello and welcome back to another video

These old apple products have a beautiful look. Hope I had a old macbook laptop

What was the website that you ordered the battery from? Thanks

I have a couple first gen macbooks that still work, and putting an SSD in them makes a huge difference in usability. The other thing that makes them much more usable is installing linux, you can actually run a modern operating system on them with no old unresolved security issues, and all the modern features. Ive even gotten one ofthem running windows 10 that was previously installed on an old hard drive.

I used to have that one! Maybe not the top of the line but def that generation. Ahhh good memories

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My first MacBook Pro, I still have mine and will be restoring it soon.

Great machine, I have the same one in my bookshelf and run older music software Logic Pro 7 when I need that vintage digital sound :P hehe

I have the same laptop, though it was plagued with the faulty nvidia gpu from 2008. Do you possibly know any fixes without doing a gpu reflow?

Watching this on a IBook G4.

Looks to be very lightly used. Sadly, mine fell victim to the GPU BGAs desoldering because of high thermal stress.

Like the seiko talking clock in the background