Why don't poorfags just buy refurbished MacBooks and upgrade

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>>62295088
>Intel Core 2 Duo
>2GB
>$330
iSheeps are really retarded.

>>62295088
>329 American Dollars
>Core2Duo
Nigger that's on par with a $50 T60. What kind of butt-fucking insane homosexual bug-chaser would pay that?

>>62295088
>no Trackpoint
>chicklet keyboard
>no removable battery
>no docking option
>no libreboot
macfags really think they can compete, heh

>>62295110
>iSheeps are really retarded.
You're paying for the build quality.

>>62295110
>2 gbs ram
This is why I said to upgrade it to 8. Upgrading ram on an old MacBook is easier than on a thinkpad too

>>62295121
>You're paying for the build quality.
If you're looking for THE BEST build quality there's nothing better than a good old Thinkpad my iTard friend.

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>>62295088
For the same price you can get a more powerful Thinkpad with much better build quality.

>>62295199
>creaking plastic chinkshit
>better build quality
lol

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What has to go wrong in someone's life that they end up like pic related and make threads like these 20x a day:
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>>62295221
My thoughts exactly. NOTHING will ever beat the aluminum unibody design especially not some thinkpad that will break into a million pieces if I drop it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMkSxdR-W0g

>>62295221
>fragile soda can aluminum chinkshit
>better build quality
gnu/lol

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>>62295088
>why not buy used and severely outdated hardware, costing four times the amount of hardware twice as good?

>>62295088
Does that thing even have a removable battery?
And can you even install the latest OSX on a macbook that old?

Also;
> Core 2 Duo
> $330
> Plus whatever it's gonna cost to upgrade the ancient DDR/DDR2 ram

I can get a fucking i5/i7 for that price or less, WITH 4 - 8GB included.

>>62295121
> You're paying for the build quality.

I am a literal dicksucking homosexual and even I can tell you that paying $330 for a fucking ancient C2D is not worth the money. Ever. Not even for "build quality".
The only reason they put a price that high is because they know iFags like you will see the Apple logo and throw out your wallets without thinking.

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>>62295088
RENT FREE

>>62295287
You don't need any of that other extra shit unless you're gayming, which macs have never been good at

>>62295088
My CPU is a 1st gen i3 350M (2.266GHz) and has 4GB of ram. I got it on ebay for 80 dollars. Looking at the price difference between my laptop and that, I could upgrade the CPU with a Intel Core i7-840QM (65 bucks), upgrade the gddr3 ram to 16gb (59 bucks), replace the sound card (30 dollars), replace the motherboard (70 dollars), and I would still spend less than what is being asked for in pic related.

>>62295337
it's worth it just to have macOS instead of garbage like linux or windows

>>62295343
I don't care for MacOS.

>>62295343
This. Windows is shit and Linux runs like absolute shit. OS X is the patrician unix os

>>62295287
I get 'em in shop all the time. I mean sort of, but you gotta take the whole bottom panel off with a screwdriver so not really. They will take Sierra if you do an SSD and 8GB of ram. It's not only 2x4gb DDR2 though, it's 2x4GB DDR2 5300. They won't work with 6400.

So, $330 for the unit, $60 for the SSD, $80-100 for the RAM, and it's still a slow C2D piece of shit. Also the fucking hard drive cables on the things die faster than fruit flies and the batteries swell and crack the fucking touchpad so you gotta replace those too.

>>62295221
>chinkshit

Where do you think Macs are made?

>>62295376
America

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>>62295221
Don't like plastic? How about metal?

>>62295448
>doesn't run macOS
you're missing most of the point

>>62295451
What does it do better than Windows?

>>62295451
No, I was responding to the claim of better build quality.

Show me a Macbook that has this build quality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCj7KKqyOSo

MacOS is all a matter of preference. I, for one, don't care for it at all.

>>62295465
everything but video games

>buying a c2d shitbook because muh macos
>when a fucking t420 runs latest macos better than macs
lmao

>>62295136
>Taking out two screws on a Thinkpad is harder than disassembling a Macbook

>>62295451
This post right here displays the average Mactard. They make arguments, get shit on, and then move to subjective arguments, without ever actually acknowledging that they got spanked.

>2gb of RAM
>2 fucking GB of RAM

get a refurbed t420 with 8gb of ram for half the price and install hackintosh sierra on it dumb nigger.

>>62295121
>build quality
Flimsy aluminium frame isn't quality

>>62295782
>flimsy
Dude it's a unibody design it was milled out of one big piece of brushed aluminum

>>62295362
This

My gf C2D has the swollen battery, did a replacement that was 30€ + 2 hours of my time (stripped a screw, my fault)

It's nearly useless, wiped and installed Snow Leopard as it has the original 2GB RAM and HDD

>>62295121
>People buy recycled soda can laptops instead of milspec laptops

>>62295088

Because half of my softwares works only on win

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>>62295789
Yes, it was a big block of aluminium that became paper-thin, thus rendering it useless
There are plastics that are stronger and cheaper than aluminium, but of course Crapple is all style no substance

>>62295451
it run macOS

I have it

>>62295913
try taking that into the apple store if something goes wrong with it

>>62295088
A $300 T420 (aka a $150 t420 and upgrade money) will definitely run better.
http://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench3/compare/8429352?baseline=7224170
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/compare/3907431?baseline=3853839

>>62295920
you buy refurbish core 2 duo macbook

you think the genius will repair it for you??

NOPE!!.. they will spit at your face and throw his shit at you!!

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>>62295920
>he can't even fix things on his own

>>62295935
software problems, retard

>>62295920
>being so retarded that you cant do basic troubleshooting
Also >>62295935 Unless you have applecare they will laugh at you

>>62295088
>2006ish macbooks
They're cheap for a reason anon.
That was a time when apple kinda went too far and stuck really hot GPUs on the things and didn't cooled em properly, so there is a lot of those on brink of death by burning to the ground.

>>62295386
>iToddlers are actually stupid enough to believe this
Amazing. Simply amazing.

>>62295088
>Overpriced for its age
>They age like shit
>Dodgy parts
>Needs special and sometimes proprietary tools
>Official repair manuals are often hard to find
>Apple expects you to buy a new one every couple of years, so you get left with poor support after a couple refreshes
Old Macs are the worst meme.

>>62295941
>can't even solve his software/OS problem

and you call me retard?

>>62295136
good luck updating ddr2 over 4gb on a laptop

the goalpost is moving so fast i cant keep track of it

>>62295997
Did you lose track of your grammar book too?

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>>62295088
According to intelmactemp, This particular laptop is a bit quite very toasty, with the worst case being 95c.

>>62295953
>2006
That's a 2009

>>62296046
Indeed.
But still a toaster.
Those Macbooks only started to be not toasters when intel moved to the integrated graphics.

>>62296040
>95 C
>tfw the pics of people frying eggs on them weren't staged after all

>tfw i have an i7 1080p thinkpad brand new for less than 1000 dollaridoos

>>62295110
You forgot

>1280x800

>>62295088
> Core2Duo
> 330US Dollarydos
I can buy a T440p w/Haswell CPU and a possibility to upgrade the screen for that.
Meanwhile pre-retina Macbooks have a TN screen.

>>62296307
>US
>Dollarydos
that word doesn't mean what you think it means

I'm about to buy a second-hand 2013 macbook pro, 8gb
Any last words?

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>>62296685

>>62296685
How much for?

>>62296685
800mhz

>>62295088
>$330

What can I buy for $330 that isn't an ancient piece of shit and that I can put any other OS I like on it? Can I get something with a decent CPU GPU and a small SSD?

:-|

Yes I can and I am going to do just that.

>>62295119
Up until 2012 batterys in MacBooks where CRUs
Also the keyboards and trackpads are really good.

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>>62295088
c2d 2.26
2GB ram

>>62295088
My first used laptop was an i5-520m with 4gb RAM and 256gb SSD for $50 from a friend. And it's still usable today (even survived a 40mph car crash in the passenger seat)

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>>62295121
Yeah, that's why Macbooks are used on ISS.

oh wait

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>Intel Core 2 Duo
>2GB
>$330

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>>62295343
the only shit I care about maccheese is Garageband and Apple logic, and you can do the same shit even better with FL and Ableton.
Enjoy your shitOS.

>>62295088
I had one of these and it CONSTANTLY overheated and thermal throttled to like under 1 GHz. Apple still does this to push on their "muh thinness meme".

My T420 can run both cores at 3.2 GHz for extended periods of time with 0 problems.

>>62295110
You forgot to mention the battery probably lasts 1 hour

>>62295789
You do realize that if you have a rigid aluminum frame, it is prone to dispersing any vibrations towards the main components in the laptop itself. Also, it is prone to breaking in certain areas more.

why choose

I have both a company workhorse thinkpad for work and personal aesthetically pleasing easily upgradable aluminium case A[spoiler]sus Zen[/spoiler]book for throttleless gaming

>>62295466
You're not fooling me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJPfPW0xTIQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_jQSHQkepk

>>62299548
>work
>but also gaming
You think I believe this horseshit?

>>62295354
That's a weird way to say FreeBSD.