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I think I have your old computer
Hahaha I wish! It had accident protection and had an… unfortunate… sticky… sugar… accident a month before the protection was up.
Got me upgraded to an early 2011 MBP that I still use and love (with 16GB RAM and a SSD, of course.)
These shits last forever. Just wish I could upgrade it past High Sierra. Or figure out an easy way to back up my 160GB of photos. Love this laptop but the lil shit has USB2.
Then put Linux on it
I’d love to but I use iPhoto to manage our like 100k photos. I’ll Linux it when we finally get our m2 Mac mini!