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I started online course of Spring framework on my 2008 MacBook Pro today, apart from doing my usual stuff like reading news and killing time on message boards 
I would like to know this too since I have two 3,1 Mac Minis and yes you're right, Mojave does indeed feel slow on it but there is a weird issue with those Mac Minis that when you put an SSD in them the SATA controller sometimes decides to cut the speed in half (from 3 Gigabit/s to 1,5 Gigabit/s). My early 2009 does this for example (where I had Mojave installed) and the speed drop is quite noticeable unfortunately. On my late 2009 the speed isn't cut in half and it feels quite zippy (I run Win10 on it). I think in the end it has to do with the SSD you use. You can check the disk speed in System Profiler.
Yep, which is why a list of SSDs confirmed to get the full 3 Gbps in 2009 Macs with the MCP79 southbridge would come in handy.
Well from my experience, at least the 500 GB WD Blue 3D NAND SSD (WDS500G2B0A, Revision: X61190WD) gets the full 3 Gbps on my MacBook 5,2.
I'd wager though that due to changing firmware revisions, there may not be any guarantees for full 3 Gbps performance within a given SSD product line/brand.
Yes, some SSDs negotiate a lower speed. The Samsung 830 EVO had this problem while a Crucial SSD didn't. But I found the CPU speed the main problem. Mavericks and Yosemite were the last "fast" macOS on this system.
I want to install Debian to see how it performs.
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This is the kind of list I have in mind for a Wiki thread: Mac model - SSD manufacturer - SSD model and size - SSD revision - Confirmed for 3 Gbps negotiation (YES/NO).
4096×2304 26.953Hz 269.00MHz pixel clock works.
5120×2880 ≈15Hz (just for kicks) causes internal and external display to go black and I have to reboot.
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I was undecided if I wanted to spend the money but after seeing the 24 threads I was like "Yeah, that's awesome!" It's about time the dual CPU trays have come down to a reasonable price.
I use my 17 inch, core 2 iMac and FrontRow to listen to music all the time. Works great and is smooth as silk running 10.4
Today I finished calibration under ‘Expert Mode’ to the display of my white MacBook4,1 as the panel uses CCFL backlights, known for being very yellowish and dimming after several years. The issue cannot be completely solved, but the display is no longer that yellow now after calibration.
Native Gamma is set to 1.873 after calibration, as the standard value 2.2 is too dark for this display. Target White Point is set to 7,000 kelvin, slightly higher than 6,500 K to reduce the yellowish colours.
(Glad that Apple removes the incorrect ºK nowadays)
This third attempt finally satisfied myself.
Native Gamma is set to 1.873 after calibration, as the standard value 2.2 is too dark for this display. Target White Point is set to 7,000 kelvin, slightly higher than 6,500 K to reduce the yellowish colours.
(Glad that Apple removes the incorrect ºK nowadays)
This third attempt finally satisfied myself.
Perhaps it should also include a list for the MCP89 southbridge (2010 Macs; GeForce 320M) for good measure.
With a potential fourth wave-spawned lockdown looming, I decided to make a trip out to a computer and electronics surplus store I'd only recently remembered was in my neighbourhood - a warehouse packed to the gills with shelf after shelf of old, discarded computer hardware, electronics, and accessories. The surly old man who ran the place wouldn't even let me in until I'd properly identified two random electronics parts he'd held up to the glass of the door. After having sufficiently established my geek cred, he mumbled, "You've got 15 minutes. I got others waitin' for their time to come in."
After poring through shelves of old audio equipment, video equipment and obscure looking PCBs I got to the computer hardware section and found a stack of old laptops - and then I found it: a battery-less 2.1 Ghz MacBook, covered in deep scratches, grime and dirt, buried underneath an old Dell workstation and a hulking Toshiba notebook. "$20" he said when I brought it to the front, after a few seconds of using his hands aimlessly to think in the air.
I didn't care if he'd asked for more - I would have at least gotten a machine to scavenge for parts, and the excitement of finding a treasure like this was palpable. I plugged it in at home on a whim, and to my shock the machine works perfectly -- with all of the original owner's data still present...
I quickly reformatted the original hard drive, replaced it with a cheapo Kingston SSD and replaced the dual 512 MB memory modules with dual 2 GB. I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on this, and it runs like a charm, minus its usual ideosyncracies. Next on the to-do list is new coat of thermal grease, and a replacement of the CD-RW with a SuperDrive...
PS: I'm intrigued by the 2.5" SATA hard drives I encountered in that section. I've never seen them in that thickness before. IIRC the drive I have in my hand was labelled as having "147 GB"; odd that manufacturer would list it like that. Perhaps a convention of labelling server-grade hardware? I would have bought it and tried to use it just for kicks, but I have no idea how, as nothing I have could fit a drive that thick.
After poring through shelves of old audio equipment, video equipment and obscure looking PCBs I got to the computer hardware section and found a stack of old laptops - and then I found it: a battery-less 2.1 Ghz MacBook, covered in deep scratches, grime and dirt, buried underneath an old Dell workstation and a hulking Toshiba notebook. "$20" he said when I brought it to the front, after a few seconds of using his hands aimlessly to think in the air.
I didn't care if he'd asked for more - I would have at least gotten a machine to scavenge for parts, and the excitement of finding a treasure like this was palpable. I plugged it in at home on a whim, and to my shock the machine works perfectly -- with all of the original owner's data still present...
I quickly reformatted the original hard drive, replaced it with a cheapo Kingston SSD and replaced the dual 512 MB memory modules with dual 2 GB. I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on this, and it runs like a charm, minus its usual ideosyncracies. Next on the to-do list is new coat of thermal grease, and a replacement of the CD-RW with a SuperDrive...
PS: I'm intrigued by the 2.5" SATA hard drives I encountered in that section. I've never seen them in that thickness before. IIRC the drive I have in my hand was labelled as having "147 GB"; odd that manufacturer would list it like that. Perhaps a convention of labelling server-grade hardware? I would have bought it and tried to use it just for kicks, but I have no idea how, as nothing I have could fit a drive that thick.
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That looks like a 15mm 147GB SAS drive - not compatible with SATA controllers.
This is AliBaba's cave
.BTW - drive is DEFINITELY SAS, it's connector is something what can not be confused with SATA
. If that one working & not too high in price - you can think about enclosure for that type of HW .
Today I've upgraded my old iPhone6s to iOS15 and I'm happily looking forward to another year to have in company with my early-2008 MBP4,1.
Yesterday I found this page about little helpers and I'm most fond of "HiddenMe" to make all desktop clutter disappear on a mouse-click. I guess it will become a constant in my Macs MenuBar side by side to Moom, Caffein, Bartender, iStat Menus and ScreenSharing Menuett ...
Yesterday I found this page about little helpers and I'm most fond of "HiddenMe" to make all desktop clutter disappear on a mouse-click. I guess it will become a constant in my Macs MenuBar side by side to Moom, Caffein, Bartender, iStat Menus and ScreenSharing Menuett ...
This is AliBaba's cave
BTW - drive is DEFINITELY SAS, it's connector is something what can not be confused with SATA
Ah, I see. I was fooled by the similar looking connectors, which, upon further research, are actually physically very different from SATA connectors.
A lot of those drives were actually encased in what looked like heavy-duty drive sleds attached to sturdy latches. If only I'd had more time, I could probably find the rack mounted server where these drives would have lived.
yesterday the 2010 MacBook Air 11" received a fresh install of Catalina.
the First 2 hours were sluggish and annoying were the OS is much different than Mojave
then I restarted for the 4th time, zapped the pram for the second time
and now everything is smooth and responsive
my main Catalina complain is the OS X is very regulated were Music wants to sync everything instead of install several albums on my remaining devices.
and typing in hiragana is impossible, even with the keyboard setting selected, and restart.
the original battery is about 90 minutes as well
the First 2 hours were sluggish and annoying were the OS is much different than Mojave
then I restarted for the 4th time, zapped the pram for the second time
and now everything is smooth and responsive
my main Catalina complain is the OS X is very regulated were Music wants to sync everything instead of install several albums on my remaining devices.
and typing in hiragana is impossible, even with the keyboard setting selected, and restart.
the original battery is about 90 minutes as well
not in this life,
I have hiraganaset now on the preferences and task b
ににい にもち にも み にくらみきら らとくにもちとんぬ
now I need to type kanji!
Today's high is 95º. Sunday, it is projected to be 82º. All my weather investigations show everything under 100º now.
So, I brought the Minis and the Thinkpad back up.
Just so everyone remembers, the A1176 (bottom Mini) is Snow Leopard only and I have it connected to my HDTV (the Thinkpad and the MacPro are also connected to the TV).
The A1183 (the top Mini) was originally in the garage but I had brought it inside in May with the PowerMac G4. I have no displays I wish to attach to the Mini right now so I'm leaving it headless for the time being.
The laptops (17" MBP, 17" PB G4 and 12" PB G4) have been sleeping summer off out in the garage.
That's everything now.
So, I brought the Minis and the Thinkpad back up.
Just so everyone remembers, the A1176 (bottom Mini) is Snow Leopard only and I have it connected to my HDTV (the Thinkpad and the MacPro are also connected to the TV).
The A1183 (the top Mini) was originally in the garage but I had brought it inside in May with the PowerMac G4. I have no displays I wish to attach to the Mini right now so I'm leaving it headless for the time being.
The laptops (17" MBP, 17" PB G4 and 12" PB G4) have been sleeping summer off out in the garage.
That's everything now.
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