Luke Miani
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Apple is renowned for their products’ long support life, but you can use old Macs even after Apple has deemed them obsolete. In today’s video we’ll talk about the factors that lead to Macs being usable more than 10 years after they’re first sold and what you can do to make your Mac last even longer!
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..my mid 2012 i7 pro still running great on catalina….its just amazing…😀
nice overview and perspective — have to mention that in the last three years — DOSdudes efforts have been more generalized to Dortana's OCLP Open Core Lecagy Patcher 1.3 which allows you to run the latest macOS Sonama 14.2 on these same vintage machines — old mac hardware is solid, and its great to be able to extend the life and usefulness of these machines. 💻
LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS MACS WAS IN THIS TIME
Aber wundert euch nicht beim iPhone oder im iPad verlangsamen sie ist trotzdem durch die Software und auch beim iMac ist es so sie reden sich nur damit raus und sagen die Software bräuchte höhere Hardware eigentlich verarschen sie euch nur man sieht es wenn Menschen über side load Die neuen Betriebssysteme auf ganz alte Macs Aufspielen und das sehr gut funktioniert im Gegensatz zum originalen Apple betrügt euch wieder andere Konzern
My dad still uses his Mac that he bought all the way down in smth around 2010😮
Blender still runs just fine on these machines. so you can do video editing and 3D rendering on them.
I still use a Retina MacBook Pro late 2013 as my daily driver until nowadays. I use it to work and it’s completely fine for me. I’m currently running sonoma through opencore on it.
I'm on a 2011 macbook pro. 8GB RAM (enough for what I do), upgraded it to a 512GB SSD, new battery, glass screen cover, trackpad, runs like a charm. I see no reason to upgrade.
My late 2013 imac is still working. Just a little heat when i play roblox
I'm still making music and surfing on the internet with my old 2010 Mac Book Pro. This is possible since I replaced the HDD by a 1Tb SDD.
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i had a macbook air from 2013 and it lasted till 2022 RIP
Gpus all run osx off metal thats the bottleneck and hardest part to upgrade. I bricked 2
Ya 2008 and 2009 even upgraded
On 3,1 wont take above catalina but it does work. But app store disabled a bit not long after this video
100, ssd retrofit makes all the difference and older Osx works faster on old devices
My mid-2011 iMac got me through college. Nowadays, it’s my grandma’s computer. She only uses it for online banking but it’s still kicking 12 years later on all original hardware.
I still have my 2011 21.5 iMac I bought refurbished from Apple in 2012 for $900. It sits in a closet now only because I HAD to upgrade three years ago lol. What a work horse for $900. I eventually maxed out the ram but never upgraded the HD. I could still fire her up if I had to but i also can't get rid of her 😢
Censoring comments much?
I'm running Ventura on a mid 2011 imac, this is all due to OpenCore legacy patcher
i read your channel name as leukemia
M1 soldered ram oof
I mean I have non macs dating back to the 70s that still work. I even use my 2005 mini itx pc board as a controller for many devices in my home.
Apple employee doesn't love this news
I’ve averaged 7-10 years of use on my Macs since 1993. My late 2009 Mac mini is still working but hard drive is dead and I also have a 2006 MacBook pro still works but it’s slow and battery is no good. Many software don’t work with it. I currently use a 2017 iMac 27” running macOS Sonoma.
The only Mac that died on me was the Power Mac G4 tower, I swapped out the power supply and it works fine.
1:57 Who even came up with the name “Core 2 Duo”? 🤦🏻😂
I am using a Windows PC with 2012 specs
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So far see no reason to replace it. I will probably have to when W10 goes EOS in 2025.
That moment, when Youtuber needs to push sponsor. This is the worst possible time, to buyold mac. x86 is fasing out of support. Latest apps and OS doesn't support x86 MAC anymore. Old MAC's became obsolete in November. It is better then to buy M1 or M2 MAC with 16 GB RAM an 512 GB SSD, thous computers will support latest OS for atleast 6-8 years from now…
My desktop machine is a 5,1 Mac Pro. I know it's not bleeding edge, but with confirmed support for 128GB and possibly 256GB of RAM, they are absolutely insane in their upgradability.
Thanks for this older Apple hardware video…much appreciated! The Mac does last an incredibly long time without having to reinstall everything from scratch which happens with PCs. The only issue I have with older Macs is Apple itself. After a 9 or 10 year run, Apple no longer supports hardware with updates to it's iOS system. If it wasn't for that, Macs would almost last indefinitely.