Morgan Jones via plug on 14 Nov 2025 12:55:49 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] free (but old) computers


i’m not sure but it was a usable amount back in the day, either 8gb or 16gb.  i’m 99% sure it’s upgraded but maxxed.  one catch: i don’t have a power cord for it.

-morgan

> On Nov 14, 2025, at 09:30, Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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