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..it always depends what you want to do but I guess putting money towards an almost 10 year old computer does not make much sense.
Just sum up the cost of a SSD and the maximum RAM your machine can take and decide whether you want to throw that at this old computer or rather towards a new one.
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I get your point and it's something that I'm wrestling with. Specifically though, is there a way of finding out what the max amount of RAM etc I can upgrade the machine by?
Obviously, I'd rather start with a new machine but $1600 plus tax for a new base model macbook or a few hundred for a new Crucial 500gb SSD and RAM seems to be pretty tempting if it can be done and gives me a few more years of service.
ricky2slicky
Are there hard and fast rules as to how far you can upgrade/mod an older macbook? On the advice I've recieved on this thread it's starting to look more and more appealing. Also, I realised that we still have my wife's 2010 13" Macbook Pro knocking around that has be usurped from her use by a Surface laptop which she loves. I'm thinking as the Pro was a higher spec machine than my plastic Unibody, it might make a more suitable candidate for upgrades.