I have a 2011, 17inch MacBook Pro and when I tried to update it to the last OS X I found that it won't as this laptop has entered unsupported hardware territory.
the laptop works just fine even today (2.5 Ghz intel i7), 8GB Ram and 512GB SSD. Other than the fact that its a bit heavy compared to the new MacBooks it works fine for everyday tasks. The keyboard is superb!
I am looking to understand what all I can do with this laptop. I could sell it to some kid but I feel with the unsupported hardware and OS I am duping them? Other option is I can give it to apple - while they won't pay me they will recycle it.
My Questions:
* What are folks doing when they encounter this situation? Linux? kids? some other interesting project?
* Do you follow any rules where after certain x amount of time, you simply trade in the apple hardware so as to get something reasonable for it and use it towards the next hardware. In essence have a certain amount of 'working capital' that is constantly used towards the hardware but that capital is < than the full price of the laptop (due to the trade in money gotten as part of every trade in cycle)
the laptop works just fine even today (2.5 Ghz intel i7), 8GB Ram and 512GB SSD. Other than the fact that its a bit heavy compared to the new MacBooks it works fine for everyday tasks. The keyboard is superb!
I am looking to understand what all I can do with this laptop. I could sell it to some kid but I feel with the unsupported hardware and OS I am duping them? Other option is I can give it to apple - while they won't pay me they will recycle it.
My Questions:
* What are folks doing when they encounter this situation? Linux? kids? some other interesting project?
* Do you follow any rules where after certain x amount of time, you simply trade in the apple hardware so as to get something reasonable for it and use it towards the next hardware. In essence have a certain amount of 'working capital' that is constantly used towards the hardware but that capital is < than the full price of the laptop (due to the trade in money gotten as part of every trade in cycle)