And finally, once SSD prices dropped significantly, the main SSD got switched again, this time for a 500GB MX100 from Crucial. Then, as the battery wore out, it too got replaced. First the hard disk was swapped for a 256GB SSD from Crucial (transformative, as you’ll know if you’ve done similar), then the optical drive swapped for a second internal drive using a kit from OWC and a 500GB hard disk donated by a friend of mine. The only really obvious sign it’s been a writer’s main Mac for seven years is how shiny some of the key caps have become.īut while outwardly little has changed since it was new, the same isn’t true inside, which is the second reason it was so long pressed into service. The screen is still bright and the sturdy aluminum chassis doesn’t show physical signs of aging. It doesn’t look dated to any but the most attentive eye a charitable interpretation is that Apple nailed the simple, distilled-down design language a long time ago, though alternatively you could argue it also suggests its design language has stagnated. These slight evidences of the hard life it’s lead aside, however, at a glance you wouldn’t think this machine is old, though by technology standards-especially the standards of someone who writes about and makes his living from the field-it most decidedly is.
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