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Eight out of twelve
Before they did a major purge in the "dead equipment" closet at work, I removed twelve old Macbook Pros. They going to the dump so I decided to rescue what I could. Some were damaged beyond my ability to repair, but the ones I could repair got more RAM, new hard drives (SSDs) and batteries if they needed them.
Then, using Open Core Legacy Patcher, I upgraded the operating systems.
I managed to rescue a total of eight machines:
Four 13 inch Mid-2012 Macbooks that are now running the latest Mac OS (Sonoma)
Two 13 inch Late 2011 Macbooks running a slightly older but still supported OS (Monterrey).
One 15 inch Mid-2012 Macbook running Sonoma
One 17 inch Mid-2010 Macbook running Monterrey.
All in all it cost about 350 dollars to fix and upgrade eight machines. I think that's a good investment.
I'm keeping one of the 13 inch Mid-2012 machines because you never know when you might need a Macbook. The other seven were donated to my local congregation. With power adapters.
He knew they were coming but the IT guy eyes popped out when he saw them arrive.
Then, using Open Core Legacy Patcher, I upgraded the operating systems.
I managed to rescue a total of eight machines:
Four 13 inch Mid-2012 Macbooks that are now running the latest Mac OS (Sonoma)
Two 13 inch Late 2011 Macbooks running a slightly older but still supported OS (Monterrey).
One 15 inch Mid-2012 Macbook running Sonoma
One 17 inch Mid-2010 Macbook running Monterrey.
All in all it cost about 350 dollars to fix and upgrade eight machines. I think that's a good investment.
I'm keeping one of the 13 inch Mid-2012 machines because you never know when you might need a Macbook. The other seven were donated to my local congregation. With power adapters.
He knew they were coming but the IT guy eyes popped out when he saw them arrive.