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What is the oldest crappiest macbook that will still have somewhat smooth watching downloaded movies and chat rooms? (alien.top)
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All I plan on doing on it is chat rooms (I like talking to strangers sometimes randomly), watching download movies only (never any streaming or anything), probably reading the occasional free comic book and that's probably literally it. So how old, crappy and cheap can i go if I'm only doing these 3 things?

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[–] rolliipollii@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

virtual machine

[–] InvestingNerd2020@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Just get a refurbished Surface Pro 8. Comes with a pen and excellent display resolution and 120hz refresh rate. Incredibly lightweight to the point you think it is a tablet.

[–] ShrimpSherbet@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

"Chat rooms" 💀

[–] Xyspade@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The plastic Core 2 Duo MacBooks can handle 720p movies. The unibody MacBook Pro can probably do 1080p, but the screen is only 720p so it doesn't really matter. Not sure how well El Capitan and older is going to support your chat rooms though.

[–] ElGatoDeFuegoVerde@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

My 2012 MacBook Air still has a lot of use as a note taker and internet machine.

[–] donovish@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Honestly any MacBook with SSD will do the job.

You can get a 2015 MacBook Pro Retina, they come with a retina display which is way better than any other new Windows laptop screen, SSD which helps you navigate very fast, 8GB RAM standard which should be enough, a very reliable scissor keyboard (not the butterfly of models from 2016-2019). And also the trackpad has haptic feedback which makes it super useful and most of the time you wont need a mouse to use the laptop.

These go for about 150-250 on eBay. (At this price, no new laptop is gonna be better)