macbook pro 13" mid 2009

[Golf1.6]

Hey

my wife has a really old mid 2009 macbook pro 13, it's got a mechanical drive and has an old OS on it (the safari on it does not support up to date ssl so a lot of websites wont work).

The workaround is to use firefox on it. More on that later.

Is it worth throwing money at this, getting a new SSD, getting a new battery for it to bring it up to modern standards. Need it just for browsing the net, watching films and youtube.

Or is the machine just too old to cope with those demands?

Also is it worth updating the OS on it?

 

[Golf1.6]

Thanks, ordered an SSD, on a budget so got 256gb, which is fine as the current HD is 256GB and has 60GB free space. I dont suspect it will need more than 256gb any time soon.

It is running on OS Lion, is it worth putting in El Capitan?

 

[Golf1.6]

got it on elcapitan and put in a £34 second hand ssd (crucial 500 240GB), it runs beautifully now. Boot and app launch is great.

Not sure if I need some ssd tools to make the clusters certain size (as you do with windows). I used carbon copy cloner (free trial) to copy the contents of the disc over.

Dont want to throw any more money at this, this is my wifes online shopping laptop. It's got 4GB ram (8GB is quite pricey for this laptop), battery runs for just 1 hoiur. But it's safer than using a rubbish aftermarket battery than can blow up/catch fire.