Hi Rob
There are non-genuine replacement batteries available for 2008 machines.
I ordered one thru Midland Mac 4 U shop. They work but due to high demands of
new software they only give about 2 hours of run time.
Other than that my 17" starts up and runs quite quickly.
Daniel did upgrade the RAM to 6 GB a while ago, that could be worth
investigating.
On 30 May 2017, at 21:54, Marcus F Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Rob,
You might try http://www.mandurahmuscateers.org/
I bought one for $250 which is a 2010 MacBook. They instal and check the latest
OS plus some apps.
Marcus
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Brian Risbey
OS10.3.2
🌊🏊
> On 30 May 2017, at 9:29 pm, Rob Phillips <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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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