Oh good, a thread about two of my fave things! Coffee and macs!
Funnily enough, I was browsing this thread when the 2009 17-inch Macbook Pro I ordered for media consumption came today in the post.
I know that some people are going to say "Uh... why do you need one of those when you have an M1 MBP?"
Well, the MBP is for the things that I want to do every day (video editing, photo editing, recording music, streaming music, writing posts, etc) and I want all the things that I do on my iMac in a small, portable format (i.e. the 13-inch form factor). I think that the 16-inch form factor is too big for that, and I have enough power in the smaller form factor to get by (and I'm not lugging a more expensive, heavier piece of equipment around in my bag). It's light and very portable and I like the key travel and the ease of the smaller keyboard to type faster.
The 17-inch MBP is going to mainly be what I use for consuming media and a way for me to free up the space on my MBP hard drive without it being taken up by 100GB of files. And I've always wanted to check one of them out as well. I didn't get the 2010-2011, or the mids 00s 17-inch MBP for reasons, such as failing GPUs. I read that the 09s were the most stable, and had the least problems, so I saw one on eBay for a good offer and decided to go for it.
When I got it out of the cardboard box, it was well wrapped up, which I am pleased about. I can keep the extra bubble wrap for something else if I want to sell something. I can also just cut it up if there's too much of it.
It's in good condition as well. It's either refurbished, or it was given a good clean. I got it from a good dealer, it seems. I turned it on as well, and it came with El Capitan, the last supported system for the '09 model, which is a good run, imo.
I couldn't get into the admin account, because I didn't know the password but there was a guest account that I could access, so I went in there to explore it, but I couldn't do much with it. Instead, I decided to take some pictures with everyone's favorite background, comparing the size of the 17-inch to the MBP 15-inch (which needs its hard drive fixed and won't load properly, so no home screen backgrounds, sorry about that), my current 13-inch MBP, and the iBook G4 12 inch.
Woah, the iBook is even thick compared to the 17-inch MBP. I know back in the day the Powerbooks and G4s were hailed for their portability (and components weren't as slick), but even by 2009 standards, they're thick.
For an added bonus, have the evolution of screens from 2004-present. I guess this picture is my default background now for my active devices, but comparing them with the same image is a good way to see how the resolutions and screens have changed over time, and how much they vary from device to device.
So, in the end, I also managed to access the Applications folder without needing a pass for (most of) the Apps and I got my 4Tb drive, so now I am copying them across so that I don't lose anything when I go to reset the user details and the files on the Macbook. It's got about 15 minutes remaining at the moment.
So now, I'm going to do stuff on my M1 and drink some coffee as I wait for the files to copy across.
As eyoungren said above:
A good cup of coffee always complements a Mac nicely!
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