what can I do with one of these?

>>58836892
Overspend to underperform.

>>58836892
Use it for target practice

>>58836892
Clean it, replace thermal paste, slap a *BSD or Linux distro on it and enjoy a decent computer.

>>58836892
Pickup dudes at Starbucks.

Shove it up your anus.

>>58836892
browse internet
learn computers
consume media

install gentoo

>>58836914
>>58836916
>>58837123
>>58837140
>>58837160
Mac user here. Your retarded

>>58836892
Use it

>>58837209
>Your
ebin

burn the apple botnet and run OpenBSD on it.

>>58837355
The nonexistent botnet?

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>>58837140
LMFAO

>>58837401

everything is a botnet. OpenBSD is the least botnet of all.

>>58836892
install gentoo

>>58837140
Topkek

Install gentoo

Facebook machine
Get Chad to record him filling your ass with his cum

#justmacosthingz

>>58837355
I have one of these fb machines too, model A1181. Backlight doesn't work under Linux (always sets to minimum after boot). Is it difficult to install *BSD there? Never done that before.

>>58840386
memes aside, freeBSD is relatively automatic, I guess.

there is a live iso project I see.

>>58840386
>model A1181
That's the 2009 model. It'll run Sierra.
Why would you mess about with Linux or BSD?
Nothing to gain, everything to lose.

>>58840648
I got so used to openness of Linux environment that Apple OS or Windows make me angry. Just a matter of personal preference.
Also this laptop is just lying around and trying BSD might be interesting.

>>58836892
Do what you're already doing with your life: shitpost on a mongolian knitting enthusiast website.

>Mac OS
Nothing

>>58840570
Looks like the live iso isn't exactly what I'm used to from Linux distros.
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/using-live-cd.html
>This option only provides a command prompt and not a graphical interface.

http://livecd.sourceforge.net/pkglist1.txt

Still, might be worth a try.

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>>58836892
I posted on here before about the same model not too long ago. i put Lubuntu to run free programs for my engineering classes on. Pretty nice. Otherwise complete garbage POS pdf opener.

>>58840942

I had tried it once before like 5 years at least on a regular disk install and it wasn't that hard to be honest. At least not harder than installing a debian stable, which isn't that hard.

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>>58836892

I run 10.9 on mine and it's hooked up to some speakers and my television. It operates as a media server for all my films/television/music.

I also have Retroarch configured on there as it's capable of 1080p output - though I wouldn't push it too far into 5th gen consoles.

>>58841302
>5th gen consoles
What are you talking about? Full speed n64 and psx emulation has been possible since the late 90s.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG6vMRWOET0

>>58841419

I actually have the macbook released before OP's (early 2009). I honestly play all my PSX and N64 on the actual consoles since I own them still, so I haven't tested them through the server.

I wasn't sure if the 9400m would handle the output + the emulation + shaders.

Put an SSD in it

>>58836892
C2D 2,1 model? You could Libreboot it but if you take that path, you'd be better off with something like a T400 which is about the same weight and thickness and has far superior specs. I have one of those MacBooks and it only went up to OS X 10.7.5 and no new software worked. It was also slow as fuck and only supports 4GB of RAM. It currently sits in my corner collecting dust. My T400 outperforms it by like 10x.

This is my day to day laptop I use for college:

>Lenovo T400
>P8400 (w/integrated graphics)
>8GB RAM
>275GB SSD (for the OS)
>1TB HDD (backups, large files)
>Optical drive replaced with hard drive bay
>4 cell battery (x3, carried in backpack)
>Libreboot (faster than Coreboot and has GRUB as a payload)
>Devuan (Cinnamon DE)

I couldn't ask for a better computer. Got it for free but the most expensive upgrades were the $90 SSD and the $65 RAM cards. I also replaced the thermal paste with Arctic Silver, and it doesn't even get slightly warm like it used to.

>>58837206
This...
Goddammit /g/ you've changed

>>58837140
lmao, apple users are gay XDD

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>>58836892

>>58836892
manipulate up to several billion bits of information that may or may not be useful to your life

>>58841771
>widescreen thinkpads
you'd be better off in the trash

>>58836892
Test the capabilities of your kitchen blender.

>>58842213
It really doesn't matter, m8. The display is fine for me.

>>58841875

chuckled

>>58841771
If OP's model is the same as in the photo then it's specs are, at the very least - a P7550, two internal SATA bays (for SSD/HDD combo), support for up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, and the capability of running macOS 10.12.

I think the T400 is a great computer too, but if OP has that Macbook lying around they should use. It's still a decent computer.

>>58842730
That's wrong. OP's picture has the separate trackpad buttons, so it definitely doesn't support OS X 10.12. I would put good money on it being a 2,1.

>>58836892
Sell them for 100 bucks to some retard

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>>58837209

>>58842836

Yep, you are right - my fuckup. Curious though, why do you assume it's a 2,1 and not something later like a 5,2 (same exterior/trackpad)?

If it's a 5,2 it still has two SATA bays and support for 6GB RAM.

>>58837140
LOOOOLLLLL what a funny post oh my god xDD

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>>58836892

>>58837533
Quit being retarded. Very, VERY few things are botnets. Now whether or not they datamine is a different story.

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>>58836892

>>58836892
dont drill a hole by accident in the cb, the fans will start running when its off, and will overheat when its on

>>58843633
It's not a 5,2. That one's metal. The 2 SATA bays also sounds incorrect. I've never seen an Apple laptop with 2 hard drives in it. Are you talking about replacing the optical drive with a hard drive bay?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201608

>>58836892
I had one of these, the case was so shit, it cracked an warped like hell after a few years and the plastic just looked disgusting, you could never get it as white as when you got it and it was covered in hundreds of little scratches from general use, worst fucking apple laptop ever, even my g3 clamshell looks 100x better than this piece of shit

>>58844360
Yeah, replace the optical drive with an HDD. Apple's never had a laptop with two 2.5" bays.

>>58844397
That's what I did on my Thinkpad T400. It's pretty slow though.

>>58844428
I've been meaning to do it to my PowerBook. Shitty thing is that both drives share an Ultra ATA

>>58844360
5,2 is not metal - I own one.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/specs/macbook-core-2-duo-2.13-white-13-mid-2009-nvidia-specs.html

Yeah, replacing the optical drive. As the owner of the T400 mentioned. Speed isn't that bad, when you consider the retro/media server usage.

>>58844469
The bays don't cost more than like $10 a piece. You should definitely do it for backups if that's your main machine.

>>58844482
My mistake m8, I looked at the 5,1. It's a 2,1 because the frame is a little different towards the bottom. It's really hard to tell, but I know because that was my first computer. Speed is pretty crap when transferring large files. For anything under 2-3GB, it's decent.

>>58844605
Oh I know, I've already got the bay. It's doing the upgrade that's been causing me to procrastinate. The 12" PowerBook G4 is a fortress, takes about 30 screws to get to the HDD and to remove the optical drive you literally have to gut it. The optical drive comes out only after you remove the logic board and everything else from the chassis.

>>58837209
Nah, especially not this guy:
>>58837123

>>58844638
That's terrible. My 2011 MacBook Pro has 10 screws holding the bottom plate on. After that it's like 5 screws for the network card/flex cable and then 3 more that hold the drive in place. My Thinkpad takes one screw to get to the hard drive, and the screw which locks the switch for the optical drive is missing, so I just flick the switch and pull the tab to remove that.

>>58844835
/g/ buys ThinkPads because they like swapping out components to pretend that they are hackers, a MBP gives a greater sense of accomplishment much like installing Gentoo

>/g/ hates macbooks but have a hardon for xps 13

lol

>>58837123
And loose the whole point of the laptop? Nah, macOS is fine.

>>58846081
>botnetOS
>fine

good joke

>>58846170
lol, another tinfoil hat

>I ride only bikes because the government is tracking my car!!!!!!!!

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>>58836892
That's old as fuck anon.

Nuke it.

Get a 2012 13" at least.

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>>58847906
Why would he nuke a perfectly useful computer,

>>58848633
>Core 2 Duo
>old battery
>shitty build quality
>awful trackpad
>useful
>in 2017
topkek

>>58848633
Kek, you're like one of the Thinkpad fags who's using a 20$ Thinkpad off eBay that's 10 years old (but actually he's just poor).

I've commandeered my GFs old 2007 macbook and it's okay for shitposting and browsing. Bought a cheap 120gb ssd which made it a lot snappier. Battery only lasts about an hour though.

>>58848697
Are you a literal shill, there's almost no difference between the old and the new one

>>58849507
>shill
what is he shilling for? I don't see him suggesting anything

>>58849507
>no difference
>2008
>shitty specs (core 2 duo, horrible graphics), awful trackpad, shit battery, flawed build quality
>2012
>way better specs(quad i7, at least HD4000), the perfect trackpad, better battery, better build quality
>2016
>specs are actually worse(M series throttleshit), trackpad is nice/force touch, battery is OK, build quality is thin as fuck, has no ports and no magsafe
Wait, what are you talking about?

>>58849585
hes probably just mad because he can't afford a better one and shills for the one he has

>>58836892
Toss it in trash or just stick one corner in your asshole and sit on it.

kinda wish i had one since all the cool tech youtubers i watch repair unibody macs

/shrugs/

>>58850703
This is an 18+ website

portable ssh machine

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I've got the matte black one of these, chucked an ssd with cloudready in it. Pretty capable machine now.

>>58836892
Clean it, then break off a piece of the shitty probably already cracked plastic to kill yoirself with.

>>58837209
They are actually useless, OSX got canned for them so there is no software support from your cuckolds.

>>58849148
>my GFs old 2007 macbook
that webcam's been used for some shit. how can you even touch that thing

I bought my gfs old computer off of her and destroyed it because I couldn't stand to see her use it

>>58851032
(You) made me chuckle

>>58836892
>hide al ports
>take out all internals
>put inside a tablet hardware that supports linux
>adapt the remaining ports to the pcb
>put the remaining space full with batteries modules
> Claim you have a computer that supports 48h of battery usage

>>58836892
Put a cheap SSD.
Install distro flavor of choice
Enjoy

Optional:
Use Trisquel and libreboot and enjoy a botnet free laptop