It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on the A1181 due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by) - yes, some people have patched newer versions of MacOS, but generally after 10.8 it wasn’t a good candidate with GMA boards, but the 9400M got up to 10.10 before it was no longer a good candidate. They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDR2 RAM it requires is incredibly expensive and hard to get.
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It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on the A1181 due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by) - yes, some people have patched newer versions of MacOS, but generally after 10.8 it wasn’t a good candidate with GMA boards, but the 9400M got up to 10.10 before it was no longer a good candidate. They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDR2 RAM it requires is incredibly expensive and hard to get in anything useful (4GB+)
Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP, a cleaning/CPU repaste and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181. It’s much faster with a 3rd gen core i processor (i5 commonly), can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).
You can keep the MB but the cost of the upgrade is more then the machine is worth unless you somehow get the board stupid cheap, which won’t be easy.
It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on the A1181 due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by) - yes, some people have patched newer versions of MacOS, but generally after 10.8 it wasn’t a good candidate again. They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDR2 RAM it requires is incredibly expensive and hard to get.
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It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on the A1181 due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by) - yes, some people have patched newer versions of MacOS, but generally after 10.8 it wasn’t a good candidate with GMA boards, but the 9400M got up to 10.10 before it was no longer a good candidate. They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDR2 RAM it requires is incredibly expensive and hard to get.
Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP, a cleaning/CPU repaste and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181. It’s much faster with a 3rd gen core i processor (i5 commonly), can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).
You can keep the MB but the cost of the upgrade is more then the machine is worth unless you somehow get the board stupid cheap, which won’t be easy.
It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on the A1181 due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by) - yes, some people have patched newer versions of MacOS, but generally after 10.8 it wasn’t a good candidate again. They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDR2 RAM it requires is incredibly expensive and hard to get.
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Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181. It’s much faster with a 3rd gen core i processor, can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).
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Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP, a cleaning/CPU repaste and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181. It’s much faster with a 3rd gen core i processor (i5 commonly), can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).
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You can keep the MB but the cost of the upgrade is more then the machine is worth unless you somehow get the board stupid cheap.
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You can keep the MB but the cost of the upgrade is more then the machine is worth unless you somehow get the board stupid cheap, which won’t be easy.
It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on the A1181 due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by). They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDR2 RAM it requires is incredibly expensive and hard to get.
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It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on the A1181 due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by) - yes, some people have patched newer versions of MacOS, but generally after 10.8 it wasn’t a good candidate again. They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDR2 RAM it requires is incredibly expensive and hard to get.
Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181. It’s much faster with a 3rd gen core i processor, can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).
You can keep the MB but the cost of the upgrade is more then the machine is worth unless you somehow get the board stupid cheap.
It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on the A1181 due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by). They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDR2 RAM it requires is incredibly expensive and hard to get.
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Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181 MB. It’s much faster, can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).
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Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181. It’s much faster with a 3rd gen core i processor, can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).
You can keep the MB but the cost of the upgrade is more then the machine is worth unless you somehow get the board stupid cheap.
It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on these A1181’s due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by). They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDR2 RAM it requires is incredibly expensive and hard to get.
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It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on the A1181 due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by). They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDR2 RAM it requires is incredibly expensive and hard to get.
Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181 MB. It’s much faster, can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).
You can keep the MB but the cost of the upgrade is more then the machine is worth unless you somehow get the board stupid cheap.
It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on these A1181’s due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by). They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDRR RAM it requires is incredibly expensive.
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It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on these A1181’s due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by). They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDR2 RAM it requires is incredibly expensive and hard to get.
Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181 MB. It’s much faster, can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).
You can keep the MB but the cost of the upgrade is more then the machine is worth unless you somehow get the board stupid cheap.
It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on these A1181’s due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by). They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2007-9 models. The other issue is the DDRR RAM it requires is incredibly expensive.
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It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on these A1181’s due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by). They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006-2007 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2008-9 models. The other issue is the DDRR RAM it requires is incredibly expensive.
Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181 MB. It’s much faster, can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).
You can keep the MB but the cost of the upgrade is more then the machine is worth unless you somehow get the board stupid cheap.
It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on these A1181’s due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by).
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It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on these A1181’s due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by). They also are limited to 2GB/3GB tested on the 2006 models and 4GB/6GB tested on 2007-9 models. The other issue is the DDRR RAM it requires is incredibly expensive.
Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181 MB. It’s much faster, can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).
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You can keep the MB but the cost of the upgrade is more then the machine is worth unless you somehow get the board stupid cheap.
It generally isn’t worth the cost to do a board swap on these A1181’s due to the age of them and the fact you can only run up to 10.7 on the GMA ones (most) and 10.9 on the 9400M version (hard to come by).
Your money is better spent on a 2012 13” MBP and a new HD cable if you have no emotional attachment to this A1181 MB. It’s much faster, can run the current version of MacOS and can take much more RAM (8GB official/16GB tested).