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MacBook A1181 Help

  • 02-09-2011 3:07pm
    #1
    DMG_49
    Closed Accounts Posts: 267 ✭✭


    Hello,

    Need some help about this mac.

    MacBook

    I know it's an old laptop, I just want a cheap mac for college.

    What can be upgraded? memory? how much memory? (ram, hard drive?)

    Can the latest apple software operate on it?

    What is the cons to getting this?

    Does it have everything like wifi bluetooth etc?


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    A lot of those questions are answered in the link you posted. You can install up 4GB of RAM but only 3GB will be recognised. Hard drive is easy enough to replace and it should accept any SATA 2.5 notebook HDD.

    Provided it's a Core 2 Duo and not a Core Duo, you'll be able to install Mac OS X 10.7 on it. But unless it comes installed on the machine, you'll have to buy it. Software Update will only provide the latest version of the currently installed OS.

    WiFi and Bluetooth, yes.

    Cons? Second-hand black Macbooks tend to be sold at exorbitant prices because "black is cool", etc.


  • #3
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    Still a decent machine and will run Lion if needs be I reckon. Max RAM is 3 or 4 GB, a quick visit to crucial.com should confirm this and lead to cheap RAM upgrade options specifically for your MacBook. MacBooks from Late 2007 could go to 4GB, earlier ones were 3GB while the original White MacBook could only manage 2GB.

    As for WiFi - Airport as Apple call it - and Bluetooth, yes they came as standard.

    Hard drives are 9mm SATA 2.5" drives as far as I know. Capacity I can't see any reason why a 500GB wouldn't work in it though you'll need the original recovery DVD to re-install everything.

    Ken


  • #4
    DMG_49
    Closed Accounts Posts: 267 ✭✭DMG_49


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    A lot of those questions are answered in the link you posted. You can install up 4GB of RAM but only 3GB will be recognised. Hard drive is easy enough to replace and it should accept any SATA 2.5 notebook HDD.

    Provided it's a Core 2 Duo and not a Core Duo, you'll be able to install Mac OS X 10.7 on it. But unless it comes installed on the machine, you'll have to buy it. Software Update will only provide the latest version of the currently installed OS.

    WiFi and Bluetooth, yes.

    Cons? Second-hand black Macbooks tend to be sold at exorbitant prices because "black is cool", etc.

    Thanks for reply,

    Yeah I seen the spec so 2GB ram max, What is the highest HDD?

    Can it be as high as you depending on how much you want to spend?

    Yeah it is a core 2 duo, does that mean I can get the latest software?

    Can't you get it for free off the apple store?


  • #5
    DMG_49
    Closed Accounts Posts: 267 ✭✭DMG_49


    ZENER wrote: »
    Still a decent machine and will run Lion if needs be I reckon. Max RAM is 3 or 4 GB, a quick visit to crucial.com should confirm this and lead to cheap RAM upgrade options specifically for your MacBook. MacBooks from Late 2007 could go to 4GB, earlier ones were 3GB while the original White MacBook could only manage 2GB.

    As for WiFi - Airport as Apple call it - and Bluetooth, yes they came as standard.

    Hard drives are 9mm SATA 2.5" drives as far as I know. Capacity I can't see any reason why a 500GB wouldn't work in it though you'll need the original recovery DVD to re-install everything.

    Ken

    Thanks for the reply

    I'll check that website up, I will want to run the latest software will it be

    alright to install? Yeah would want to go something around 500GB if possible.

    Would it be a matter of new hard drive > recovery install > latest lion

    software??


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