Do i need to upgrade?

Will23

hi all,

i am looking for some friendly advice from some knowledgable Mac users about whether or not i need to give up on my macbook or persist with it for a few more years.

as a starter i don't use the computer for much but web browsing and the like. it is about 10 years old i would say, 2007 i think! so it has had a good innings. the hard drive was replaced about 5 years ago and the OS is snow leopard OS X 10.6.8.

the specs are:

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.13f3

The main reason i ask is that the version of safari 5.1.10 no longer supports a lot of websites and the computer is getting quite slow at this stage.

im not sure i want to fork out another 2K for a computer which i don't use to its fullest potential. would love to know what other mac users think. is there life in this old dog yet, or is it time to retire it?

apologies if this is the wrong place for such questions, appreciate all advice.

Thanks.

Will

Sad Professor

It's really old. You could stick an SSD in it, I suppose, that would speed it up, and you could upgrade to Lion, but I don't think it's worth it. If you use it every day and it hasn't been supplanted by a tablet or other device, then I think it's worth buying a new Mac.

You don't have to spend 2k. You could get a 13-inch Macbook Air from Apple for 1k or second hand for a lot less.

beauf

http://lowendmac.com/2015/what-is-the-best-browser-for-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/

Or install Linux.

frank gallagher

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