I've got a mid 2010, 15" core i5 macbook pro, is there

take it to the gaybar where it belongs, macfag.

sell it. you will still get decent shekels for it.

>>61949116
/fa/ is over here ---->
and /lgbt/ is over there ---->

>>61949116
Why would you make the effort to list specs? It's not like it's target audience have a clue about what an i5 is or what 15" means.

>>61949116
Um... Linux perhaps? I don't know much about MacBooks, but I'd see how it runs for curiosity's sake.

>>61949217
damn you mactarts get bitchy

>>61949116
if it's a 2010 it's actually got a C2D

>>61949246
already got a linux laptop running nicely

i was just checking to make sure there wasn't something obvious i'd be missing out on by getting rid of a spare laptop

>>61949116
upgrade the ram ($30), put in an SSD ($50), and buy a battery from amazon ($30). then spin it for $500 on the second hand market.

>>61949300
i might be being retarded but im pretty sure the 15" is i5

>>61949358
nope. apple didn't jump to the i series until sandybridge update in 2011.

>>61949308
If that's the case, then yeah, just sell it and get what you can.

I just checked ebay and those things are there for $300+ used.

A battery costs like $30 on ebay. Replace that, give it a little facelift and just sell that shit to poor niggers who want to show off an old ifag machine

>>61949116
Literally the best generation 15" MBP
>Upgradeable RAM - up to 16GB 1600mhz
>Replaceable HDD - Put an SSD in ther
>Replaceable DVD unit - Put a secondary SSD and configure a RAID
>both discrete and onboard graphics - Can play a casual game or two
>complete GNU/Linux compatibility WHILE pleasing aesthetics and durability

what happened with /g/?

its fucked that people are buying this model - it gets kernel panics and straight up dies when it switches graphics cards past snow leopard which makes it basically unusable for a lot of shit

>>61949456
Wrong, those are the ones with AMD graphics, this has Nvidia

>>61949475
Are you the same guy saying its C2D because you're wrong like him

thx for helping me out bois

gpu is 100% going to fail at some stage

>>61949454
More like what happened with Apple to fuck itself like this. No wonder people shit on that pathetic joke of a company for EVERYTHING, even past greatness.

Put it on ebay as "15" MacBook Pro Retina" for $1200 and watch dumbfucks buy it.

>>61949116
>I've got a mid 2010, 15" core i5 macbook pro, is there a use for this thing, other than a fucking media server or whatever, or is this kind of thing just best sold to someone who wants a 7 year old laptop with a fucked battery for the price of a more functional, more recent laptop?
>TL;DR what worthwhile thing do i do with an old macbook?

Yes, replace the battery, install an ssd and it'll make a great linux laptop.
Macbooks are built -almost- as well as thinkpads but /g/ doesn't tell you that