Hi,
So I have an old MacBook I have been using for a few years. It's pretty slow and clunky but it's been bearable for the email and browsing I've been using it for. I've used the family desktop for anything else
However I have recently moved out of my parent's place (woo hoo!) making this MacBook my sole personal computer (I have a work PC and work laptop), and I am realising how painfully out of date and slow it is.
What I want to know is, is it possible to upgrade the software (and some of the hardware) to bring it int the current century, or do I need to bite the bullet and buy a new one?
I'd need a new battery (current one holds no charge) and an external hard drive at least, and am thinking it may be worth junking this machine. However I am low on funds so would probably have to switch to a cheap Windows machine, which is sad as I have liked the Mac.
What do you think? Can this be revived?
Here's the deets:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB31.008E.B02
SMC Version (system): 1.24f2
System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
So I have an old MacBook I have been using for a few years. It's pretty slow and clunky but it's been bearable for the email and browsing I've been using it for. I've used the family desktop for anything else
However I have recently moved out of my parent's place (woo hoo!) making this MacBook my sole personal computer (I have a work PC and work laptop), and I am realising how painfully out of date and slow it is.
What I want to know is, is it possible to upgrade the software (and some of the hardware) to bring it int the current century, or do I need to bite the bullet and buy a new one?
I'd need a new battery (current one holds no charge) and an external hard drive at least, and am thinking it may be worth junking this machine. However I am low on funds so would probably have to switch to a cheap Windows machine, which is sad as I have liked the Mac.
What do you think? Can this be revived?
Here's the deets:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB31.008E.B02
SMC Version (system): 1.24f2
System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)