Macbook Pro Project
Hi all, I'm pretty new to this section so hello!
I have just picked up a faulty MacBook Pro 17inch, with the intention on getting it up and running (hopefully cheaply) as I got it for nothing, so it’s a good start already. I'm not sure what year it is or what so not really sure where to start.
What I have been told about it from the previous owner (another techie in the office, who got it to repair and didn't ever get round to it) is that the Motherboard is finished, battery is finished, no power supply and no RAM. Also there is no HDD in it so I assume I would have to acquire a license of OSX? Or will there be a license sticker similar to windows somewhere?
Basically is there any point working on this or am I better off just leaving it alone? I want to try and do this to a small budget. At the moment I have a 2008 Dell Vostro V1700 CORE 2 DUO T7250 2.00GHz with 3Gb Ram and with 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, so that not a bad laptop will the MacBook be more powerful? I know it all depends on the specs etc. Is there a way to find out what the specs of my model are without switching it on?
As I am new to Mac there may be a good few stupid questions! Be gentle haha
Hi all, I'm pretty new to this section so hello!
I have just picked up a faulty MacBook Pro 17inch, with the intention on getting it up and running (hopefully cheaply) as I got it for nothing, so it’s a good start already. I'm not sure what year it is or what so not really sure where to start.
What I have been told about it from the previous owner (another techie in the office, who got it to repair and didn't ever get round to it) is that the Motherboard is finished, battery is finished, no power supply and no RAM. Also there is no HDD in it so I assume I would have to acquire a license of OSX? Or will there be a license sticker similar to windows somewhere?
Basically is there any point working on this or am I better off just leaving it alone? I want to try and do this to a small budget. At the moment I have a 2008 Dell Vostro V1700 CORE 2 DUO T7250 2.00GHz with 3Gb Ram and with 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, so that not a bad laptop will the MacBook be more powerful? I know it all depends on the specs etc. Is there a way to find out what the specs of my model are without switching it on?
As I am new to Mac there may be a good few stupid questions! Be gentle haha
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