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neeksgeek

(1,214 posts)
1. I'm nursing my 2006 MacBook Pro, too...
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 06:32 PM
Nov 2012

The battery is gone, the power adapter needs to be handled very carefully, the wireless is dead, and software updates no longer run.

You might consider looking at this site: http://www.macofalltrades.com/.

I have no affiliation with them, but I might soon buy a recent-model secondhand Mac from their site.

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