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Walt Mankowski via plug on 14 Nov 2025 06:30:23 -0800
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Re: [PLUG] free (but old) computers
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- From: Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
- To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
- Subject: Re: [PLUG] free (but old) computers
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:30:15 -0500
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On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 04:33:31PM -0500, Sy via plug wrote:
> On 2025-11-11 21:55, Morgan Jones via plug wrote:
>
> > Before I recycle these would anyone like them? All but the Mac don't
> > have drives but are otherwise functional. I believe they are all Core 2
> > Duo and 15+ years old.
>
>
> I see some macs in there. Linus probably works just fine; try it!
>
> For the interested fairly technical who want to keep them as macs, the
> latest macos can be installed on many of those if you're willing to jump
> through those hoops.
>
> https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/
>
> I've got it working fairly well on a 2012 macbook after I put an ssd in it.
I'm guessing "fairly" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. :)
Swapping out the spinning HD for an SSD is a must. I'd also want at
least 8 GB of RAM. How much does that old MacBook have? Is the memory
even upgradeable?
Walt
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