@@deadalpeca8099 No, they were for a Nazerine Mission trip to Guatemala to help build houses for people. We had too many donated by the school so we couldn't bring all of them with us.
Or be smarter and just get 2 1TB HDD for less the price probably coming up to $100 for both so now $300 and the ram doesn't cost anything but at least $50-70 dollars and you're only allowed 16gb anyways on a MacBook so total $370 for a 10 year old MacBook that works way better than a $500 Windows laptop, $400 Chromebook depending on the size, and over $900 New MacBook depending on the size. Plus the cover doesn't look too bad which is another $5 if you wanna cover the scratches and the keyboard keys replacement probably $20 or less. So running you an estimate of $395. Again only an estimate you could get certain things cheaper or even settle with 2 500gb HDD which is even cheaper. It's up to you. But you can make this laptop work as a budget winner and would work better than modern day laptops that again are way overpriced.
Made the calculations it is less than 300$ for a 500GB ssd a new battery and a new keyboard and a new cover and 200$ for the macbook and that is 450$-500$ and it is way better than alot of laptops at that price range and you can sell the parts you swapped out and make a few bucks out of it [30 max]
PowerL1N3 « work better than modern day laptops » are you dumb ? How can a Core2Duo with an HDD (yes in raid with your configuration but speed for multiples files is waaaaay slower than a single SSD) can compete with a core i3/i5 with SSD starting at 600 bucks ?
Cyrille CF Dude, watch who you call a dumbass before reading into the text correctly. I was definitely talking about it being a better performing laptop in this day and age FOR THE BUDGET! Not for overall performance!
We need more practical tips like this to fight against Apple's planned obsolescence. There are small home offices that as units of older Macs which can actually revived and improved, thus saving costs. I highly appreciate your effort to create this video tutorial.
ThinkSink , the planned obsolescence is referred to the now-on-the-shelves Apple computers, which are impossible to barely open, neither try to upgrade them: after two years new models ARE obsolete. I use Apple since 1984, and you can trust me.
briccimn but they are supported for longer and they have the best build quality, so you couldn’t break it even you tried to. Sure they may not be used upgradable, but macOS is supported and optimised for older machines, so you wouldn’t run into any problems down the line.
Which core 2 duo is it? And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it. I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit? My pc is from (2007)
Samar Nawaz you should try it out! Don't build everything they show of course, parts are expensive, but every now and then try to do something. Really rewarding! I would recommend modding a gameboy or something like that for a start. They're easy to open and there are a lot of ideas and tutorials online you can use. Sadly a lot of the dedicated websites with parts for them is in USA or China, so if you live in EU you will have to wait alot to get parts.
That was me until just last week. I had an old, half-dead 2008 HP6730b laptop with Windows XP lying around the house and while I was able to make it somewhat usable again by installing Puppy Linux (Tahr Pup, I think) on it last December, this video inspired me to replace the original hard drive with a WD (Green) 240GB SSD. With the latest version of Puppy Linux, I've got a great desktop replacement that actually matches my 2014 MacBook Air. Well, not quite - they each have their own strengths and weaknesses, but it's pretty close. If you know what you're doing, stuff like this can be pretty easy and fun, and you'll feel a sense of achievement by being able to breathe new life back into an old computer.
would like to do this kinda stuff to computers but cant cuz like im 11 and i dont know how also i dont think my mom and dad would even let me open a laptop or even buy parts for it
I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro that is still good for light work and traveling, but not for main use. I upgraded it with 16GB of DDR3 from 4GB which is total overkill for it, and a 240GB SSD and that brought it back from the dead. It went from unusable to generally slow, but kind of snappy. If the RAM had been soldered on and the storage non-upgradable, it would have been retired by now. So yeah, planned obsolescence is a thing.
daam i could have installed 16 gb too then, though i read it wasn't supported so i went for 8gb :( upgraded a a year and a half ago and this 8 year old computer regained life lol
Jerico Tamayo well, I’d say if it’s newer and unibody. Unupgradable. Moderate (time-wise) things like Mac Mini and Mac Pro are still upgradable. New things like the 2018 Mac Pro (Coming later this year) will be upgradable.
MacBook-$200 SSDs(2)-$300 Battery-$30 Keyboard-$20 Shell-$20 Plus shipping and other costs totals to about $600. Not a bad value but I also feel like you could buy a lot of modern laptop for $600
Pretty cool! I have a late 2009 MacBook as well; bought it for a little under $100 more than three years ago as it didn't come with a hard drive or power adapter cable (the latter of which I already had from an older failing MacBook), and I upgraded the RAM to 8 GB and installed a 256 GB SSD into it, but I kept the SuperDrive intact as I can still appreciate having an optical disc drive. I love how user-service friendly those unibody MacBooks are (at my computer tech job I recently swapped the hard drives in a bunch of them with blank ones I installed the Mac OS onto for resell). But since it's still 11 years old and cannot run the new Mac operating systems, I plan to buy a 13" Touch Bar MacBook Pro soon (Intel version, as I'm not fully ready to jump into Apple's M1-series Macs yet) but still hold onto the 2009 MacBook for running older 32-bit apps on and for burning DVDs of home movies and such. My main computer currently is a 2012 quad-core i5 Mac Mini, upgraded with a 960 GB SSD and 16 GB of RAM, and for optical discs I have an LG external Blu-Ray burner hooked up to it :P
Andre Boccaccio I got a dead 2011 MacBook Pro for free from my local public school. Spent 70 bucks on a 256GB ssd, and modified the PRAM to disable the dead AMD GPU, I gave it to my mom and she loves it. An i7 2nd gen and 8gb of ram are way more then enough for what she does
Tech Which core 2 duo is it? And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it. I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit? My pc is from (2007) Also which is better core 2 quad 3.13 ghz Q9600 or core 2 core 3.33 ghz E8500?
I love this. I done something similar with mine - a mid 2012 - I got it for free broken, and fixed it. Apple said it only supported 8gig of RAM, but it blatantly takes 16. With that, and an SSD it is completely usable, even running some heavy stuff, video editing etc. As snappy as a brand new all singing, all dancing mac? Nope, but fast enough - and without the huge price tag lol
Austin, I am watching this on my MacBook Pro 2009 with a new battery and a 250GB SSD. This is the first time since 2009 you are reviewing something I use!
Mine is a 2010 macbook pro with 10gb of ram but only a 128gb ssd, so close lmao. Love how these older mac machines actually had really easy to do upgradability.
This is what I did with my late 2008 MacBook that I bought new. The RAM upgrade from 2 to 8 GB made the biggest difference. I recently added a SSD (only 180GB, but free). It works very well and I am very impressed with it!
those old black macbooks could use SSDs and up to 4GB of ram, but it's all kind of pointless because they got cut off at Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and the early 2006 model got cut off at 10.6 Snow Leopard
Hey you should put an SSD, 4GB of ram, and Linux, and there you go, a badass looking linux machine. With Linux you could probably do basic things like day to day web browsing and school work, except it’ll be more modern than the macOS it’s stuck on.
Picking up older laptops like this MacBook is a real bang for your buck! Last year, I picked up a Dell Latitude E6420 for $300 Refurbished, and that machine is a powerhouse still today. I put in a Samsung 850 Evo and that machine is a pleasure to use with its Core i5 2540m, 4GB of RAM, and the aforementioned SSD. It performs way better than Brand New laptops with a similar price tag.
Exactly, I actually bought a broken Dell e6440 with a bad motherboard, I just replaced the board, added 8gb of ram and an ssd and it went from being a dead 70 dollar machine to a $200 monster. I can very easily edit in premier and have 2 billions tabs open while coding for school wayyyyyy better than buying a 200 dollar new laptop.
Where are you getting the dell? Mine was 125 along with hundreds of others similar to it and it had a 3350m and 4gb of ram. Ebay is absolutly flooded with it.
jashelps I purchased mine from a local computer shop. I knew it was more than what they go for on Amazon and eBay, but the store I purchased it from offers a lifetime warranty on the computers they sell, and are very helpful if something goes wrong with the system or will install components for free as long as I pay for the parts.
Yep. Modern userfeel upgrades have been mostly in the random IO of an SSD, and macOS post Snow Leopard really seems to hate rust drives more than most OSs. Had the 2010 MacBook in the family until this year and with an SSD and maxed RAM it felt perfectly fine for day to day web browsing and Office. The most missed modernity's were more in the screen and battery life.
I know that feel man. I upgraded my 2010 MBP with an SSD, put the original Toshiba HDD in the optical drive slot and made them a hybrid drive. Then 16GB of RAM off eBay for $30 gave it the capability to run basically infinite Chrome tabs. Had to replace the keyboard due to water damage last year but parts were cheap and the process was a lot of fun. I'm going to miss this upgradability when I have to let go of this gem.
Did the same to my 2011 MBP - 250gb SSD, HDD in optical drive and 16gb RAM and it ran a treat. BUT I just upgraded to a 2016 MBP w/ touch bar and it is soooooooooooooooo much better. The weight savings and battery life just absolutely kill it!
I don't see a cost analysis for all of your upgrades. I know the ram is around $70, the battery is probably $70, and those drives are around $280. So your around $700-750. Aren't you dipping into the newer MacBook? Pretty sure you can get a used 2012 MacBook pro for around $800
I actually did this with a 2009 MBPro and I'm still very happy with it! I even added windows via bootcamp and it runs most games up to 2012 pretty decent.
Hey Austin, I was wondering if you could update the description with the links to the replacement parts you got! I got that same computer sitting back at home and, although I have upgraded its ram to 8GB, I think it would still be cool to update the hard drive with SSD and even the keyboard with those stealthy black keys! Awesome video man, very nicely done!
I used that guide to upgrade my 2010 MacBook to boot from an SSD (I used a Data Doubler to install a bigger hd I had laying around to just store media). It makes a world of difference! Boot time was cut in half vs booting from the stock hd! Remember you'll need a sata to USB cable, they're cheap though. When I was cloning to the SSD, the SSD had an error message but I just tried again and it worked like a charm!
Always disconnect the battery from your laptops when working on them! just had to say that...dont know if you read these comments...but yeah man. I don't know why you'd say that. just in case . ya know? I'm sure my fellow technicians will agree.
Jordan Howell you mean every laptop or only on this video? The risk is if the power suddenly go out it will damage the hardware And nowadays laptop have discharge system so instead of charging the battery when reaching 90and above it will act like power brick (you can see it says not charged)
@@AppleReviews if you have a macbook pro and you have the A.C adapter plugged in and remove the battery while it's on, the cpu prefomance will cut down in half.
BH4x0r No, it dosent. This 10 year old machine looks better than most pc’s that come out today. People hate on apple, but nobody says they have bad design.
Bror Alwin Sagstuen most of their shit looks the same... its getting old af who wants some piece of trash in 2018 when it nearly looks the same as some shit from 10 years ago, i don't get that. that + most of their shit costs 2x more than its supposed to either way
They aren't meant to change all the time. Change over refinement defeats the purpose of making something good into something great. You don't exactly manage that by radically changing it every single year. When you pick a design and stick with it, it makes it easy to improve and make it better for the current day and the future. Think about it this way. If you purchase something that's great and does everything that you need it to do with no fuss, what's the point of changing it? Let's not forget the things that can inevitably stop working or things that are flat out inconvenient for you now where the previous thing was perfect for you. Clearly you don't understand the concept and need to do a little more thinking/research to figure this out. Not all change is good, frankly most change is negative in one way or another.
I have the exact same MacBook for university. I‘ve upgraded just from 4gb Ram to 8gb of ram! (Yes it works.) and replaced the hdd with a Samsung 500 GB SSD. It works just fine.
i actually really love my 2010 macbook and was wondering if i could replace the stuff inside to "upgrade" it. this video helps a lot now that i have the knowledge that i'm able to!
I was going to buy a new macbook but with the student loan and all, I decided to upgrade my 2011 macbook pro's HDD to an SSD. It had a 2.5 ghz processor installed by default, so it's running nicely. Considering the price of a new macbook, upgrading the old one was definitely a better idea.
Good vid. One of my favorite hobbies is upgrading older computers for friends and family. Only other thing I would've done is reapply the thermal paste. Especially on older Macs were the factory paste is old and cheap
Son of a Tech Which core 2 duo is it? And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it. I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit? My pc is from (2007) Also which is better core 2 quad 3.13 ghz Q9600 or core 2 core 3.33 ghz E8500?
I still need to get one of these models some day and I plan to give it many upgrades! I have a 2012 MacBook Pro that has a similar set of upgrades, just with more ram and better and higher capacity SSD’s.
I bought one of these as a machine to force me to focus, and not dossing about the internet. I was shocked to find it just does everything really well. Even with the old spinny drive, you know what? I could use it all night for everything I’d normally do for fun, as well as Office being nil problem to it. These are a nice deal particularly since they scratch, instead of denting like ally. Really nice video. Much enjoying Austin’s stuff.
I live in England and we have our tax included in prices so I just wanted to ask when you say something like $200 laptop do you mean including tax or not?
I did this with my 13 inch mid2010 and it's working great! after the last os upgrade it became unbearably slow, it wasn't even Sierra. good thing we kept it around. I'm surprised how easy it was to do. everything inside is straight forward. I got 1t Kingston kc600 and 8gb ram(almost all guides just mention 4gb, hmm). I'm so happy right now. how did you replace the keys??? can you make it backlit? how do you replace the speakers? better yet can you use the connector to the speakers as a power source for the backlight? thanks!
You can buy any modern ssd to get all Speed out of this device, its not Important to take an expensive one (or better two) like Austin... Even the cheapest one on the market are enough to push the possible Speed to the Limit (wich is the mainboard in this case)...
I still got a MacBook late 2008 aluminum body and it’s in mint condition and runs great I updated it a bit and still use it to produce music ..I love that it has a disc drive and more I did same thing with cover and all lol crazy this proves how good Apple is
Ooh I have one of those that I gave to my brother. Did you know you could run macOS Mojave on it? There's a patcher for it and it runs great on the 2008 aluminum MacBook if you have an SSD.
What Linus would have done: complained for it being a MacBook What Austin DID: Actually gave a frick and didn’t complain and made a good video Edit: thanks for the one like, random person! Edit 2: thanks for the other 3 likess
I did this two years ago to my 2009 MBP, shipped with leopard. Today it still runs awesome almost 2019!! Sad you can no longer do this to newer macs :(
I have a 2008 MacBook Pro, and up until a few days ago, it was the only computer I owned. I work as a video editor, so as you can imagine, that's pretty crazy. It even handled 4K footage ok if I made proxies. If my new computer lasts even half as long, I'll be really happy.
These are my favorite kind of computer mods. I've done this exact same thing to man Mac's and am always happy with the result. Upped a 2012 Mac Mini from 4 GB to 16 GB RAM... daily computer still in January 2019.
MultimediaLucario it was a powerful laptop back then (it’s core 2 Duo was the i5/i7 back then ) , and also being able to put 16GB DDR3 back then in 2009 costed a lot of money like 500€+ and was very superior
@@armeniancrusader301 omg! I didn't knew.... I already placed 8gb RAM... did it improve performance? by how much? doesn't it have a max something that even if you put 32gb it will only work on 8 or 16gb? if adding another 8gb is worth it, I might swap the 2x4gb ram to 2x8gb. thanks!
I still use my early 2011 13 inch Macbook Pro. I upgraded it with 8 GB of RAM and a SSD a couple of years ago. It still works perfectly and is great for browsing, media consumption, office work and some light photo editing.
Great build idea! I’ve been considering if I want to invest money in my aluminum unibody MacBook from about 2009. I use adobe CS5 on occasion and have the master collection and I hear it won’t run on late OS upgrades so I’ve not upgraded. I just can’t justify buying a new MacBook for now.
MacBook: 1TB SSD, Core 2Duo
MacOS: *CONFUSED SCREAMING*
Xd
Hahaha lol
MAC high Sierra OS with patch to fool it into thinking it’s post 2012 of course,...otherwise no cigar
well now hes in mac heaven
Wrrrrrrry
Well it’s no longer a $200 MacBook lol
Those ssds should cost a few hundred dollars in itself.
NebTheDev YT idk if you’re living under a rock but, ssds aren’t that expensive anymore
its basically a $200 display screen lol
@Derek Frampton hmm, some chinese ssd have 320go for 50€, and there are really good disk (not better than WD, but better than HDD)
Yea kinda pointless when you can get 2014-15 mbook pros for 600$ used...
10 years later and it still looks way better than most laptops from today.
I love how Final Cut is more expensive than the MacBook
you can pirate it for free
Axem YT fr?
@@DARTbeats You can pirate any piece of software or game for free.
Nice grammar
Or get the pro apps for education bundle with it in and Logic Pro x for £ 180
You should build the ultimate iPod classic
America Pride how dfq?? LOLL DAT WOULD BE IMPRESSIVE THO 🔥
That’ll be difficult, mate.
Ikr ipods graphic card is badd :D
Building the ultimate dot
Ismail Halil ipods don’t have graphics cards
Haha I got one of those from my school for $40 bc they thought it was broken, but I fixed it and it works great. :)
good to hear
I got a broken 2015 MacBook Air from my school because I fix laptops and they didn't need it anymore. Just needed a new battery and it runs great.
@@RyBird wait so like students can ask the school for broken laptops and they're fine with giving it away?
@@deadalpeca8099 No, they were for a Nazerine Mission trip to Guatemala to help build houses for people. We had too many donated by the school so we couldn't bring all of them with us.
@@RyBird hmm interesting
**looks at thumbnail**
_WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE KEYBOARD_
poppet pala i honestly dont mind the colour coding of it.
It looks shit
poppet pala has
poppet pala ok
That really made me laugh
1. Buys $200 laptop
2. Spends another $600 on it
3. ???
4. 10 year old $800 dollar laptop lmao
Zack was it really 600?
Or be smarter and just get 2 1TB HDD for less the price probably coming up to $100 for both so now $300 and the ram doesn't cost anything but at least $50-70 dollars and you're only allowed 16gb anyways on a MacBook so total $370 for a 10 year old MacBook that works way better than a $500 Windows laptop, $400 Chromebook depending on the size, and over $900 New MacBook depending on the size. Plus the cover doesn't look too bad which is another $5 if you wanna cover the scratches and the keyboard keys replacement probably $20 or less. So running you an estimate of $395. Again only an estimate you could get certain things cheaper or even settle with 2 500gb HDD which is even cheaper. It's up to you. But you can make this laptop work as a budget winner and would work better than modern day laptops that again are way overpriced.
Made the calculations it is less than 300$ for a 500GB ssd a new battery and a new keyboard and a new cover and 200$ for the macbook and that is 450$-500$ and it is way better than alot of laptops at that price range and you can sell the parts you swapped out and make a few bucks out of it [30 max]
PowerL1N3 « work better than modern day laptops » are you dumb ? How can a Core2Duo with an HDD (yes in raid with your configuration but speed for multiples files is waaaaay slower than a single SSD) can compete with a core i3/i5 with SSD starting at 600 bucks ?
Cyrille CF Dude, watch who you call a dumbass before reading into the text correctly. I was definitely talking about it being a better performing laptop in this day and age FOR THE BUDGET! Not for overall performance!
We need more practical tips like this to fight against Apple's planned obsolescence. There are small home offices that as units of older Macs which can actually revived and improved, thus saving costs. I highly appreciate your effort to create this video tutorial.
Apple products last the longest. Try to find a 9 year old laptop that performs as well as they do.
“Planned obsolescence” 😭
ThinkSink , the planned obsolescence is referred to the now-on-the-shelves Apple computers, which are impossible to barely open, neither try to upgrade them: after two years new models ARE obsolete.
I use Apple since 1984, and you can trust me.
briccimn the MacBook Air is sealed and hard to repair but it’s still running strong a decade after its inception.
briccimn but they are supported for longer and they have the best build quality, so you couldn’t break it even you tried to. Sure they may not be used upgradable, but macOS is supported and optimised for older machines, so you wouldn’t run into any problems down the line.
@@thinksink60 Cough cough
Thinkpad
This was pretty cool to see. I forget that older MacBooks are this easy to get into. Great stuff Austin!
What are you doing here, Knuckles? Lol
xX_SpeedyScout_Xx I'm subscribed to Austin's channel.
+xX_SpeedyScout_Xx He lost his wae, you can sho him dae wae tho
Which core 2 duo is it?
And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it.
I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit?
My pc is from (2007)
They used to be easy, but the good old times are over... unfortunately.
This seems like a great option for college students. Looks like fun for tinkerers too!
pretty sure there are way better options if you're tight on budget and are in college haha
2nd hand MacBooks are pretty good options for students. I got a maxed out 2012 MBP for $500.
AtomicmonkeyTCG where? I really need a laptop, please tell me
Juan Gómez my local equivalent of eBay, you could also try CeX/WeBuy.
SDG Danny I wouldn't suggest anything Apple for a student
I got a Austin Evans ad before this Austin Evans video
Stonks ↗️
Lol
austin: *stonks*
Austinception
Who else just watches the video but never "builds" anything.....😂😂😂
Samar Nawaz you should try it out! Don't build everything they show of course, parts are expensive, but every now and then try to do something. Really rewarding! I would recommend modding a gameboy or something like that for a start. They're easy to open and there are a lot of ideas and tutorials online you can use. Sadly a lot of the dedicated websites with parts for them is in USA or China, so if you live in EU you will have to wait alot to get parts.
That was me until just last week. I had an old, half-dead 2008 HP6730b laptop with Windows XP lying around the house and while I was able to make it somewhat usable again by installing Puppy Linux (Tahr Pup, I think) on it last December, this video inspired me to replace the original hard drive with a WD (Green) 240GB SSD. With the latest version of Puppy Linux, I've got a great desktop replacement that actually matches my 2014 MacBook Air.
Well, not quite - they each have their own strengths and weaknesses, but it's pretty close.
If you know what you're doing, stuff like this can be pretty easy and fun, and you'll feel a sense of achievement by being able to breathe new life back into an old computer.
would like to do this kinda stuff to computers but cant cuz like im 11 and i dont know how also i dont think my mom and dad would even let me open a laptop or even buy parts for it
Me! I find it very relaxing and interesting.
Shamil A i am 12
I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro that is still good for light work and traveling, but not for main use. I upgraded it with 16GB of DDR3 from 4GB which is total overkill for it, and a 240GB SSD and that brought it back from the dead. It went from unusable to generally slow, but kind of snappy. If the RAM had been soldered on and the storage non-upgradable, it would have been retired by now. So yeah, planned obsolescence is a thing.
QuantumBraced I bought a 2012 MacBook Air (used) with an i7@2.00Ghz, 250SSD, for $500
Andre Boccaccio I bought a 2015 MacBook air 13" for 200 lol
is it 15 inch?
No, 13"
daam i could have installed 16 gb too then, though i read it wasn't supported so i went for 8gb :( upgraded a a year and a half ago and this 8 year old computer regained life lol
I dug up my old MacBook and did this and I even downloaded an intel i11 and some more ram
Apple Person wait, you downloaded ram
@@cloudywolf_ Found the Apple user.
Koen Flynn r/wooosh
@@cloudywolf_ actually, you could technically download some ram on a supported windows machine and then copy it over to an apple product
you downloaded a virtual memory
It is so cool to see an apple product that is upgradable!!
Pooch Playz no, an is correct.
Jerico Tamayo well, I’d say if it’s newer and unibody. Unupgradable. Moderate (time-wise) things like Mac Mini and Mac Pro are still upgradable. New things like the 2018 Mac Pro (Coming later this year) will be upgradable.
Yes, I wish they had an alternative MacBook Pro model that had more upgradeable parts.
MacBook-$200
SSDs(2)-$300
Battery-$30
Keyboard-$20
Shell-$20
Plus shipping and other costs totals to about $600. Not a bad value but I also feel like you could buy a lot of modern laptop for $600
Julian Fairfax mmmm probably another like $60
Leggo0 or BUILD A FUCKING PC
remember that IOS needs specific RAM. probably more than $60
Terrible value, you can get a Lenovo ultra book with a newer quad core i5 or i7 with better specs for the same price
the fact he didnt transfer the super drive bracket hurts me on a spiritual level
Hey Guys this is another Hey guys joke
Maybe you should try doing a giveaway of this custom MacBook
MultimediaLucario but it gay
"try" lmao
For those who needs it 😊 and thats me seriously
i have the same Macbook presented in the video and i recommand you to buy like 2012 or more
MultimediaLucario no
Pretty cool! I have a late 2009 MacBook as well; bought it for a little under $100 more than three years ago as it didn't come with a hard drive or power adapter cable (the latter of which I already had from an older failing MacBook), and I upgraded the RAM to 8 GB and installed a 256 GB SSD into it, but I kept the SuperDrive intact as I can still appreciate having an optical disc drive. I love how user-service friendly those unibody MacBooks are (at my computer tech job I recently swapped the hard drives in a bunch of them with blank ones I installed the Mac OS onto for resell). But since it's still 11 years old and cannot run the new Mac operating systems, I plan to buy a 13" Touch Bar MacBook Pro soon (Intel version, as I'm not fully ready to jump into Apple's M1-series Macs yet) but still hold onto the 2009 MacBook for running older 32-bit apps on and for burning DVDs of home movies and such.
My main computer currently is a 2012 quad-core i5 Mac Mini, upgraded with a 960 GB SSD and 16 GB of RAM, and for optical discs I have an LG external Blu-Ray burner hooked up to it :P
I have a 2009 Macbook Pro. What you failed to mention is that the computer only supports SATA2 so your SSD will run at drastically reduced speeds...
While tru the speed difference isn't all that drastic, still better than any HDD anyways.
SATA3 has twice the bandwidth as SATA2....
Jarl Ballin' However you have to remember how much of that bandwidth actually gets used especially for a laptop this old with only a core2duo.
I can tell you from experience, the SATA2 bottlenecks the SSD's speed....
Jarl Ballin' yes it will bottleneck, even w/ a core2duo
Watching this on my iPad, shaking my head at my sad late 2009 MacBook sitting right next to it.
I'm addicted to this video
upgrades alone cost 300
MP Dope I bought a 2012 MacBook Air (used) with an i7@2.00Ghz, 250SSD, for $500
Andre Boccaccio I got a dead 2011 MacBook Pro for free from my local public school. Spent 70 bucks on a 256GB ssd, and modified the PRAM to disable the dead AMD GPU, I gave it to my mom and she loves it. An i7 2nd gen and 8gb of ram are way more then enough for what she does
A TB of SSD storage is pricey isn’t it?
Toby Cowles nice
Tech Which core 2 duo is it?
And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it.
I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit?
My pc is from (2007)
Also which is better core 2 quad 3.13 ghz Q9600 or core 2 core 3.33 ghz E8500?
Those upgrades probably cost more than the macbook itself lol
they do
I love this.
I done something similar with mine - a mid 2012 - I got it for free broken, and fixed it.
Apple said it only supported 8gig of RAM, but it blatantly takes 16. With that, and an SSD it is completely usable, even running some heavy stuff, video editing etc.
As snappy as a brand new all singing, all dancing mac? Nope, but fast enough - and without the huge price tag lol
Do u remember what it cost for all the upgrades?
Hahah why do you need 16gb of ram on a core 2 duo??
Thank you. I plan on doing this to a MacBook I’m getting for $90. I just need something to do light audio engineering for music
Purple Helmet incorrect use of the word blatantly
@@richardwilliamjohnson8566 mid 2012s are running Intel i5s at minimum. i'd say it's worth it
Hey Austin, I Have A $200 Chromebook,Can You Make It THE MOST ULTIMATE CHROMEBOOK
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chromebook doesnt really need alot of power since its running chrome os its basically an android tablet that has a keyboard
Install windows done
delete windows and install Mac os...Anything! Done
it runs chrome os not windows
Austin, I am watching this on my MacBook Pro 2009 with a new battery and a 250GB SSD. This is the first time since 2009 you are reviewing something I use!
Same. But mine is a 2010 with 10 gb ram and the same ssd
Mine is a 2010 macbook pro with 10gb of ram but only a 128gb ssd, so close lmao. Love how these older mac machines actually had really easy to do upgradability.
Harley Strain same
I have the same mac and I want to upgrade it, can you tell me do I need an adapter for the ssd?
Keno Brt no
This is what I did with my late 2008 MacBook that I bought new. The RAM upgrade from 2 to 8 GB made the biggest difference. I recently added a SSD (only 180GB, but free). It works very well and I am very impressed with it!
I'll take that over mine any day
I have a 2006 black MacBook 😢
If you upgrade, Keep your 06 black in good condition, worth alot
I loved my black MacBook! Wish I would've kept it just to see how far I could upgrade.
those old black macbooks could use SSDs and up to 4GB of ram, but it's all kind of pointless because they got cut off at Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and the early 2006 model got cut off at 10.6 Snow Leopard
Hey you should put an SSD, 4GB of ram, and Linux, and there you go, a badass looking linux machine. With Linux you could probably do basic things like day to day web browsing and school work, except it’ll be more modern than the macOS it’s stuck on.
Gavin Larson I had a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E430C. *Had*
I damaged that laptop and now I don't have a laptop
Picking up older laptops like this MacBook is a real bang for your buck! Last year, I picked up a Dell Latitude E6420 for $300 Refurbished, and that machine is a powerhouse still today. I put in a Samsung 850 Evo and that machine is a pleasure to use with its Core i5 2540m, 4GB of RAM, and the aforementioned SSD. It performs way better than Brand New laptops with a similar price tag.
Exactly, I actually bought a broken Dell e6440 with a bad motherboard, I just replaced the board, added 8gb of ram and an ssd and it went from being a dead 70 dollar machine to a $200 monster. I can very easily edit in premier and have 2 billions tabs open while coding for school wayyyyyy better than buying a 200 dollar new laptop.
Where are you getting the dell? Mine was 125 along with hundreds of others similar to it and it had a 3350m and 4gb of ram. Ebay is absolutly flooded with it.
jashelps I purchased mine from a local computer shop. I knew it was more than what they go for on Amazon and eBay, but the store I purchased it from offers a lifetime warranty on the computers they sell, and are very helpful if something goes wrong with the system or will install components for free as long as I pay for the parts.
Fair enough.
It´s the perfect laptop for DJ´s just for preparing their tracks in rekordbox!
and as a dj you can store your whole music library on it because of the 1tb ssd
Yep. Modern userfeel upgrades have been mostly in the random IO of an SSD, and macOS post Snow Leopard really seems to hate rust drives more than most OSs. Had the 2010 MacBook in the family until this year and with an SSD and maxed RAM it felt perfectly fine for day to day web browsing and Office. The most missed modernity's were more in the screen and battery life.
I know that feel man.
I upgraded my 2010 MBP with an SSD, put the original Toshiba HDD in the optical drive slot and made them a hybrid drive. Then 16GB of RAM off eBay for $30 gave it the capability to run basically infinite Chrome tabs. Had to replace the keyboard due to water damage last year but parts were cheap and the process was a lot of fun. I'm going to miss this upgradability when I have to let go of this gem.
Did the same to my 2011 MBP - 250gb SSD, HDD in optical drive and 16gb RAM and it ran a treat. BUT I just upgraded to a 2016 MBP w/ touch bar and it is soooooooooooooooo much better. The weight savings and battery life just absolutely kill it!
..... this is the most RUclips-like comment ever
Most modern OSes hate 5400 RPM drives. Windows 10 runs like crap on those.
tipoomaster do you recommend I buy this MacBook or an 2007 imac?
I don't see a cost analysis for all of your upgrades. I know the ram is around $70, the battery is probably $70, and those drives are around $280. So your around $700-750. Aren't you dipping into the newer MacBook? Pretty sure you can get a used 2012 MacBook pro for around $800
It is 280$ if you drop the extra SSD the macbook uses SATA II so raid is useless as the ssd alone isn't fully utilized anyways
If you drop the ssd it only ends up being $130...
if you buy a used laptop, i don't see the problem of buying used ram, and used ram is kinda cheap.
you can get 8gb of ram for 40$ or less
That 2009 MacBook is faster than my 2012/2013 Toshiba PC. OOF.
The poly carbonated macbook from 2009 is my favorite and my dream mac until now.
I still have this model and it works like it's new basically. Awesome mac!
I agree.
Gabriele Mucci do you recommend I get this MacBook or an 2007 imac which works well?
I use it for taking notes in school, it works fine
I actually did this with a 2009 MBPro and I'm still very happy with it! I even added windows via bootcamp and it runs most games up to 2012 pretty decent.
Hey Austin, I was wondering if you could update the description with the links to the replacement parts you got! I got that same computer sitting back at home and, although I have upgraded its ram to 8GB, I think it would still be cool to update the hard drive with SSD and even the keyboard with those stealthy black keys! Awesome video man, very nicely done!
mac sales sells macbook upgrades ect. So they are your best bet
I used that guide to upgrade my 2010 MacBook to boot from an SSD (I used a Data Doubler to install a bigger hd I had laying around to just store media). It makes a world of difference! Boot time was cut in half vs booting from the stock hd! Remember you'll need a sata to USB cable, they're cheap though. When I was cloning to the SSD, the SSD had an error message but I just tried again and it worked like a charm!
Always disconnect the battery from your laptops when working on them! just had to say that...dont know if you read these comments...but yeah man. I don't know why you'd say that. just in case . ya know? I'm sure my fellow technicians will agree.
uhhhhh... unplug the battery from the socket? Or with the most recent MacBooks sliding a card under the motherboard?
Jordan Howell you mean every laptop or only on this video?
The risk is if the power suddenly go out it will damage the hardware
And nowadays laptop have discharge system so instead of charging the battery when reaching 90and above it will act like power brick (you can see it says not charged)
Wouldn't you be fine if you just shut down the laptop to upgrade the HDD/SSD??
Tech101 off course, if you shut down the laptop properly, you can do anything lol as long you can do it lol that includes change sdd/HDD and ram
@@AppleReviews if you have a macbook pro and you have the A.C adapter plugged in and remove the battery while it's on, the cpu prefomance will cut down in half.
Building the Ultimate Hackintosh
Building the ultimate tough book
Building the ultimate ego
You were actually able to make it look like shit nice
Bror Alwin Sagstuen it looks like garbage by standard like any crapple product.
BH4x0r No, it dosent. This 10 year old machine looks better than most pc’s that come out today. People hate on apple, but nobody says they have bad design.
Bror Alwin Sagstuen most of their shit looks the same... its getting old af
who wants some piece of trash in 2018 when it nearly looks the same as some shit from 10 years ago, i don't get that.
that + most of their shit costs 2x more than its supposed to either way
They aren't meant to change all the time. Change over refinement defeats the purpose of making something good into something great. You don't exactly manage that by radically changing it every single year. When you pick a design and stick with it, it makes it easy to improve and make it better for the current day and the future. Think about it this way. If you purchase something that's great and does everything that you need it to do with no fuss, what's the point of changing it? Let's not forget the things that can inevitably stop working or things that are flat out inconvenient for you now where the previous thing was perfect for you.
Clearly you don't understand the concept and need to do a little more thinking/research to figure this out. Not all change is good, frankly most change is negative in one way or another.
ThunderMasterMind But it isint great, it’s meh.
I have a mac exactly like that bone stock with 2gb of ram and it's incredibly slow but it's the only computer I have. This video helped a lot thanks
Definitely go for RAM + SSD upgrades. You'll notice it every moment you're using your computer. RAID is not even remotely necessary.
Put in min. 2gb more ram and an ssd into it and will see how the magic is happen...;-)
carson819 same
I have the exact same MacBook for university. I‘ve upgraded just from 4gb Ram to 8gb of ram! (Yes it works.) and replaced the hdd with a Samsung 500 GB SSD. It works just fine.
Upgrade ram to 4gb thank me later
WE NEED A PART 2!!!
yeeees i will give him my 2006 macbook to make it(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
i actually really love my 2010 macbook and was wondering if i could replace the stuff inside to "upgrade" it. this video helps a lot now that i have the knowledge that i'm able to!
I got 2010 macbook pro 13 added a 128 gb ssd, 8gb of ram and a new battery. Total $280
Does it work with ddr4 ram?
JAMIE THEMCGAMER only ddr3. Up to 16gb
MrBigant18 Total including the MacBook?
Tommy Rosa yup
Tommy Rosa shopped around for used ssd and ram
I’ve had one of these sitting in my drawer forever and now I think I might breathe some life back into it again
Be careful. Apple might see this and threaten to sue you because you opened a mac
Lol apple doesnt care about that because its an 5 year old macbook
gibme500buks you mean 10 year old MacBook? Lol
@@couchgaming5577 yeah
Dude, you have forgotten the most important thing ... you should have changed the thermal paste !
Persian Penguin Network no1 cares
WTF you are even saying dude? Have you ever heard of thermal throttling ?
Persian Penguin Network no. have u ever heard of the term of "no1 cares"
Okay I've understood you are a troll... now you can go and spam somewhere else ...
ok
Did similar on a mid-2010 Mac Book Pro. Added in a 500gb SSD and 16gb of ram. Runs like an new machine.
I was going to buy a new macbook but with the student loan and all, I decided to upgrade my 2011 macbook pro's HDD to an SSD. It had a 2.5 ghz processor installed by default, so it's running nicely.
Considering the price of a new macbook, upgrading the old one was definitely a better idea.
Yea, I'm thinking of doing this
im gonna buy a tricked out late 2013 macbook pro with 16 gigs of ram, a 2.7ghz i7 and dedicated graphics, along with a 512 gb ssd. for only 500.
Same. I love my old macbook more then the new ones as I can afford them but they really dont appeal to me
At least the older HDD and SSDs arnt glued down lol
Austin can you try gaming on that $120 laptop you made a video on a while ago but instead with GeForce NOW?
Good vid. One of my favorite hobbies is upgrading older computers for friends and family. Only other thing I would've done is reapply the thermal paste. Especially on older Macs were the factory paste is old and cheap
fun stuff
Son of a Tech Which core 2 duo is it?
And i want upgrade my cpu from 2007 Pentium to core 2 duo.. I'm just confused about the version of it.
I found a 3.33ghz E8500. Is it legit?
My pc is from (2007)
Also which is better core 2 quad 3.13 ghz Q9600 or core 2 core 3.33 ghz E8500?
Guys hey Austin this is
Really Cool and looks very useable even though old! Great Job Austin!
WHO CARES IF IT'S THE ULTIMATE $200 MACBOOK THE REAL QUESTION IS
IS IT WORTH IT?
yes, better than the 2006 mac book pro i'm stuck with. :(
do u want to kill your back carrying a 2009 laptop then go ahead.
No the real question is does it run CRYSIS???
LichKing786 I still have one and it really isn’t that heavy...
NIHAL MUSTAFA yes if you have a 09 mac like me it's really worth it
Did anyone else notice the MagSafe charger spark as it was connected at 6:57?
Iyep
It was the charger light I think not a spark lol
that's light reflection on the shiny surface of the magsafe connector
Not really
It's the light indicator. I played it back at.25 speed.
I still need to get one of these models some day and I plan to give it many upgrades! I have a 2012 MacBook Pro that has a similar set of upgrades, just with more ram and better and higher capacity SSD’s.
Austin, great video, can you help direct me to a video on how to build a MacBook best suited for Final Cut Pro (or video editing?)
Lol I still use my 2010 MacBook as my daily driver.
same and its fine
2012 MacBook pro 13 inch, just upgraded everything, it works pretty well.
I love my 2017
Daily Driver. The world's dumbest cliche.
Glowing Logo for the win!!
This was actually one of your best videos. It was nice seeing you give positive remarks on something that will help out slot of people.
Hey MacBooks this is Austin
this ultimate MacBook looks dope as fuck.
iGenius Like me
Venom GG Might be correct.
4:50... just a 2013 Mac Pro casually sitting on a shelf...
Cole Barsen i don’t see it
Me like Pringles On the right, sitting right above his shoulder. (2013 ‘Trashcan’ Mac Pro)
Oh i get it
Cole Barsen o
Parts list with links? 😔🤗
Hey guys is this Austin?
I bought one of these as a machine to force me to focus, and not dossing about the internet. I was shocked to find it just does everything really well. Even with the old spinny drive, you know what? I could use it all night for everything I’d normally do for fun, as well as Office being nil problem to it. These are a nice deal particularly since they scratch, instead of denting like ally. Really nice video. Much enjoying Austin’s stuff.
I live in England and we have our tax included in prices so I just wanted to ask when you say something like $200 laptop do you mean including tax or not?
well from my time searching for this macbook on ebay, it should cost near $200 with tax or shipping charges.
Usually without tax/shipping.
rafmanyoloswag They can be much cheaper when buying from sites like Gumtree or Facebook. I picked up the same model for $75
I saw some on eBay for £200
You should never tell what city you live in online!
Your videos are exiting austin
And your English is bad.
Where are they going
This thing looks legit I like the way it looks
I was expecting for you to replace the optical drive with a Blu-Ray drive instead.
JWproductions same
Links for the parts would be nice
watching videos like this make me feel good about my laptop
I did this with my 13 inch mid2010 and it's working great! after the last os upgrade it became unbearably slow, it wasn't even Sierra. good thing we kept it around. I'm surprised how easy it was to do. everything inside is straight forward. I got 1t Kingston kc600 and 8gb ram(almost all guides just mention 4gb, hmm). I'm so happy right now.
how did you replace the keys??? can you make it backlit? how do you replace the speakers? better yet can you use the connector to the speakers as a power source for the backlight? thanks!
On yours you can put 16gb of ram as long as it has a core2duo inside
The SSD itself cost more than the MacBook 😂
You can buy any modern ssd to get all Speed out of this device, its not Important to take an expensive one (or better two) like Austin...
Even the cheapest one on the market are enough to push the possible Speed to the Limit (wich is the mainboard in this case)...
I still got a MacBook late 2008 aluminum body and it’s in mint condition and runs great I updated it a bit and still use it to produce music ..I love that it has a disc drive and more I did same thing with cover and all lol crazy this proves how good Apple is
Ooh I have one of those that I gave to my brother. Did you know you could run macOS Mojave on it? There's a patcher for it and it runs great on the 2008 aluminum MacBook if you have an SSD.
*Hey Guys this is The New $200 MacBook!!*
What Linus would have done: complained for it being a MacBook
What Austin DID: Actually gave a frick and didn’t complain and made a good video
Edit: thanks for the one like, random person!
Edit 2: thanks for the other 3 likess
Stfu loser
I did this two years ago to my 2009 MBP, shipped with leopard. Today it still runs awesome almost 2019!! Sad you can no longer do this to newer macs :(
I did this exact build except I only did 1 500gb SSD instead of 2
was it a 2.5 inch SSD you used ?
@@jimlivesey5953 yup same one he used in the video
Building the Ultimate Austin Evans 2018
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I have a 2008 MacBook Pro, and up until a few days ago, it was the only computer I owned. I work as a video editor, so as you can imagine, that's pretty crazy. It even handled 4K footage ok if I made proxies. If my new computer lasts even half as long, I'll be really happy.
3:55 Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia Italy turkey and Greece!
I get it
Pls explain
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Apple needs to hire this man.
These are my favorite kind of computer mods. I've done this exact same thing to man Mac's and am always happy with the result. Upped a 2012 Mac Mini from 4 GB to 16 GB RAM... daily computer still in January 2019.
You can actually load that with up to 16 GB of RAM considering it uses DDR3.
Actually did this back in the day, I 100% can confirm
MultimediaLucario it was a powerful laptop back then (it’s core 2 Duo was the i5/i7 back then ) , and also being able to put 16GB DDR3 back then in 2009
costed a lot of money like 500€+ and was very superior
So you put 2 8gb sticks in?? I’m kinda new at this
fred canida yes you do , 2 8GB 1066MHZ DDR3 Laptop ram
@@armeniancrusader301 omg! I didn't knew.... I already placed 8gb RAM... did it improve performance? by how much? doesn't it have a max something that even if you put 32gb it will only work on 8 or 16gb? if adding another 8gb is worth it, I might swap the 2x4gb ram to 2x8gb. thanks!
You just built a new laptop
I still use my early 2011 13 inch Macbook Pro. I upgraded it with 8 GB of RAM and a SSD a couple of years ago. It still works perfectly and is great for browsing, media consumption, office work and some light photo editing.
So by adding the 2 SSD drives you won't be able to play CD's anymore?
Brizz The Unusual my friend made an external cd drive
LucasMIDI Me
Dumb ass
What about the keyboard? I have to replace mine
2:17
"Perfect, so now we have one terabyte of SSD storage and A lonely $200 MacBook."
I still use one of these, upgraded to 10GB of RAM and a 240GB SSD it does all of my day to day tasks perfectly
Pendleton 115 10gb? I’m about to order ram, and thought the max was 8?
Pendleton 115 yes Answer !!!
the 2010 13" can support up to 16 so i'm guessing that's what he's got
Acer Aspire E5 575G-57D4 FOR THE WIN!!!
It's the best bang for your buck imo
apple fanboy
i use ios and windows, i prefer android to ios though, there is actually some customization.
Cought your number sucks...
????
Austin: this is one of the MacBooks you can work on. (Casually Unscrewing...)
I'm legit about to buy one of these. I'm gonna make it my daily driver just watch.
Pp
This man has the oiliest forehead in this universe
shiny boi
Are you sure it's not thermal paste?
If he could sweat thermal paste, he wouldn't need to upgrade decade old Macbooks to make content on RUclips.
I never even noticed it until you said that
Dont be rude.
Great build idea! I’ve been considering if I want to invest money in my aluminum unibody MacBook from about 2009. I use adobe CS5 on occasion and have the master collection and I hear it won’t run on late OS upgrades so I’ve not upgraded. I just can’t justify buying a new MacBook for now.
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