​Considering a MacBook?

If you are thinking about buying a new MacBook, I say “Go for it!” There are some considerations though.

The newer MacBooks, say from 2015 on, are not necessarily upgradable. This is important because Apple sells MacBooks with pretty small hard drives and ram. If you are somebody that keeps a MacBook for more than a few years, say 3 years, then you might consider upgrading your choice on the HD and ram. Make sure whatever you get is at least as big as the computer you are replacing. Upgrading older MacBooks, when possible, is fairly straightforward. The bottom cover comes off with about 10 tiny screws and you generally have access to the battery, ram, and hard drive. The three things a user might want to replace.

iMacs are different. Older iMacs had a magnetic screen cover, then the display screen to unscrew, and then general access. It can be a bit of an ordeal to replace the HD. Newer iMac screens are glued in and I find that quite a bit more problematic.

I haven’t seen a Mac Mini in years, so I can’t speak for the newer ones, other than that I have read they are really good computers and priced nicely.

An article to reference on upgrading MacBooks is HERE. 

​Older MacBooks,  prior to 2015, can really benefit from an SSD drive, if it doesn’t have one already. MacBooks prior to 2009 though, those are tough. There are patched versions of Catalina that will run on some Macs where Apple only allows El Capitan, so that’s something to consider. If you have a path to Catalina on an older Mac, then upgrading to an SSD and adding memory would also make sense. Ultimately though, if you are using a 2009 MacBook still, then you got way more than your moneys worth. I say, “Great job and well done!”.