Im a novice considering an old mbp 15 or 17 (2007-2008ish) as a temporary replacement for my thinkpad (c2d 1.83ghz, 1440x900) as I wait for the next iteration of the thinkpad x1 (est. may/june 2012). It will be for typical student use + Pages.
I want to spend <$500 (as little as I can get away with + perhaps a squaretrade warranty) -and have seen several in that range on ebay with lion installed....but I have no idea what to look for in terms of specs. I simply want it to run a little faster than my old computer (my old computer was fast enough for my needs though), and have a good wifi antenna
Unfortunately, I am not at all familiar with macs. any thoughts as to what specs to look for or avoid? How was the keyboard performance on that generation of macs?
thanks so much
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so far Ive read that I should check if the logic board has been replaced b/c the nvidia 8600 chip was problematic
anything else to look out for? -
Problems i had with my late 2007 2.4 core 2 duo, 8600m gt.
over the course of 3 years. I wasnt too gentle with it though and carried it around every single day
Replaced GPU
Replaced HDD twice
Replaced left cooler twice (it made extremely loud noise like i stroked a knife into it)
Screen was starting to fail when i was selling it — closing and opening the lid would cause it to "shake" and sometimes it would shake for no reason at all.
Battery — didnt bother but it still held like 30 mins in the end to be fair.
old mbp as temp machine (2007/2008)- what to look for/avoid?
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by mmmangoes, Nov 22, 2011.