All 4 items on Vale.Rocks categorised with the tag 'Mac'. Content relating to Apple's Macintosh line of computers.
Wrote Testing Safari on a Budget over on Master.dev.
The $25 MacBook Pro
Kernel panics for the price of lunch.
Buying a second-hand 2020 MacBook Pro for twenty-five dollars, upgrading from Catalina to Sequoia, and identifying the problems with the laptop's non-functional screen and Touch Bar. Diagnosing and troubleshooting the issues causing the problems, which is hopefully of value to others.
https://vale.rocks/posts/25-dollar-macbook
I’m looking for a device I can use for WebKit/Safari testing. However, I can’t justify splashing too much cash on a Mac that I’ll scarcely use.
I’m looking at something with Apple Silicon so that it won’t be dropped by the next software update. Currently considering a 2020 M1 MacBook Air with a broken screen, which I can use headless. Maybe a Mac Mini, but they’re pretty scarce on the second-hand market. People seem to hang onto iMacs long-term, so they aren’t really around.
Thinking the Neo down the line, perhaps.
Any thoughts?
I’m excited for the MacBook Neo from the perspective of it being a reasonably priced Safari/WebKit testing machine.
I imagine they’ll be cheap second-hand as well due to the education market.
The lower-end specs shouldn’t be an issue for testing either. They might even prove a benefit.