A friend wants to gift me an old macbook pro he no longer uses. Specs follow:

MacBook Pro, Core i5, 2.8 GHz (I5-4308U), model A1502 (EMC 2875), Retina Mid-2014 13", MacBookPro11,1, RAM 8 GB, VRAM 1.5 GB, Storage 512 GB SSD

Out of principle I don’t use anything made by that brand and the only way I see myself using the hardware is if I can nuke the software and install any linux distro, ubuntu is the distro I know best.

Can it be done?

Any drawbacks?

It’s a model with a screwed aluminum case, meaning I cannot unplug the battery when I don’t need it. How long does it last?

Alternatively, what could I use this notebook for? Is there anything apple does better than linux that deserves I don’t nuke it?

  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    You can’t update any browser

    The 2014 13" MBP can run (officially) Mac OS 11

    Chrome for Mac requires Mac OS 10.15 and up

    Firefox requires Mac OS 10.12 and up

    Apple’s software (like Xcode) are pretty much the only things that wont be updated.

    So that’s just not true.

    Laptop runs extremely slow

    Source on that? I have an even older 2012 MBP and the latest Mac OS feels just as fast as the very first version it can run.

    Everything works great, laptop is at least 3x faster.

    That you can easily tell is just 100% made up. Even on old machines Mac OS still runs great on them, it’s one of the best things Apple does for those devices.

    What support are you going to get on a 2014 macbook? Zero support.

    Not getting updates but everything works flawlessly > god forbid Arch of all things.

    I can 100% garuntee you the trackpad (the primary way of interacting with a laptop) will be nowhere near as good as in Mac OS.