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Old Apr 28, 2020 | 1:47 am
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Originally Posted by kaka
i have a 2010 mbp as a backup - still running rather strong. updated RAM and SSD 3 years ago (the SSD must have been a few extra years older from my even older MB) but still have the original battery (last a good part of 2 hours or sometimes 3 hours.)..
My MBP 2010 just died after 10 years of service - probably power issues, it seems that the voltage on the power rail is bad, causing intermittent SSD and GPU crashes, often already at startup. Probably it'd be still serviceable, but I won't invest any money in this machine anymore. I'll salvage the newish battery, the extra RAM and SSD that was installed during the years and use it all to resuscitate a MBP 2011 machine, once I can get my hands on it (ie after the lockdowns)

Meanwhile I went out and bought a very slightly used MBA-2017 with excellent battery (97%) for 600€ ($650) - if it serves the next 10 years, I'd call it a good investment.
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