Greetings
My 88yo father-in-law has a 2008 Macbook. Its battery died and he went
with my brother-in-law to a northern suburbs mac dealer.
He was sold a second hand Macbook as a replacement. Today, we picked
this up, and he said it seemed slow compared to the old one - he has
created some PPT photo shows with hi-res photos - file size ~250Mb. I
know he should reduce the size of his photos, but the learning curve is
high for an 88yo.
The Feb 2008 MB 4.1 has these specs:
* OS10.6.3
* Intel Core Duo 2.1Ghz
* 4Gb 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
The $400 late 2009 replacement has:
* OS10.12.1
* Intel Core Duo 2.26Ghz
* 2Gb 1027Mhz DDR3 SDRAM
This doesn't seem like a good deal. The slight increase in CPU speed is
offset by 50% of the RAM and a slow-down of the later OSX.
Maybe battery replacements are no longer available for the 2008 model,
but I would have expected he would have been offered an improved model.
We'll go back and talk to them.
Nevertheless, he's looking for a better machine, but it doesn't have to
be the latest model. Does anyone have an older macbook which is surplus
to requirements. Something later than 2010 for up to $1000?
I guess the other option is to try to find a RAM upgrade for the 2009
model he just bought.
Any help/advice welcomed.
Rob
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Rob and Rita Phillips, Wanneroo
r.phill...@iinet.net.au
0416 065 054
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