Is buying the MacBook mid 2010 a good investment?

It would be my first Mac and I don't have a lot of money. On amazon I found one for 684 US dollars.

The new Mac mini is a great computer. The hardware is much better than the Mid 2010 MacBook, it comes with OS X Mountain Lion, it can support heavy applications without any problem, and if you want to improve its hardware, you have an easy access to the Mac mini to replace the hard disk and add RAM. If you don't need to take the computer everywhere, the Mac mini is the best choice

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Cracked hinged of Macbook mid-2010

The Macbook mid-2010 has an expired warranty, both sides of the hinge has a hairline crack. I called Apple Customer Service this afternoon and said that I can have this fixed but I have to pay for it. Is it possible to just bring this to Apple then just add a little amount in exchange for say an MBA 11" 64gb? I hope Apple will consider a global recall for this product, they could at least give a free repair. Anybody with same problem?

ok, I brought the Macbook to a Genius Bar (2hours drive), they said that they won't replace the Macbook nor give a free repair since it's out of warranty, their charging me $200+ (forgot the exact amount, maybe $280+) for the repair. It's so expensive, so I decided not to push through and the guy from the Genius Bar advised me it is not worth it to pay that amount for a small crack, he also said to use it more often and let the crack get bigger Apple might replace the whole unit for free if the crack is big enough! I hope Apple will recognize the problem so there would be a global recall or replacement of the Macbook mid-2010.
By the way, this is the image of the crack on the right side. There's also a smaller crack on the left side.

Upgrade RAM on my MacBook (mid 2010)

Hi everyone,
I bought the latest generation MacBook (mid 2010) last year and now I'd like to upgrade my Ram from the defalult 2 GB (2x1GB) to 4GB (2x2GB). My question is: where can I buy my new RAM? The Apple Store is way to expensive....so I decided to buy it somewhere else.
I live in Italy and I've found this website that sells Mac-compatible RAM....what do you think of this (Kit 4 GB (2x2 GB) RAM SODDR3 1067 per MacBook/Pro Unibody)...? Another option would be buying my new RAM on other websites...such as Crucial or Kingston....what do you think? Is there anyone of you who has already done the upgrade and so can suggest me the best solution?
Thank you very much in advance to anyone who would like to help me!

Thank you very much for your reply! Another question: which type of screwdriver do I need? The TORX one?
If there's someone else who wants to add his experience in upgrading RAM, please reply to my post!

Is OS 10 mavericks is going to be updated on my original Macbook (mid-2010)?

Is OS 10 mavericks is going to be updated on my original Macbook (mid-2010)?

OS X Mavericks
You will find all the public information about OS X Mavericks here: Apple Releases Developer Preview of OS X Mavericks with 200+ New Features.
We are all users, too, so we don't know anything more about Mavericks than you.
For more information on the features of Mavericks see: Apple - OS X Mavericks.
Mavericks is expected to be released sometime this Fall.
       Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mavericks
         1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
         5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.

Hi, i hv macbook mid 2010 ..it was working fine till few days back but after updating it to mavericks, it keeps on shutting down itself...what to do ? could sm1 help me out ?

hi, i hv macbook mid 2010 ..it was working fine till few days back but after updating it to mavericks, it keeps on shutting down itself...what to do ? could sm1 help me out ?

The startup disk may need repairing...
Startup your Mac while holding down the Command + R keys.
From there you should be able to access the built in utilities in OS X Recovery

Keyboard Backlight in Macbook mid 2010?

Is it possible to put a backlight keyboard on my Macbook mid 2010? Recent Macbooks have keyboard backlights installed already.
Thank you!

No, the logic board desn't have the hardware for it. The Late 2008 2.4Ghz Aluminum Unibody was the only MacBook to have the backlit keyboard. MacBook Pros are the only other Macs to have the backlit keyboard.

Should I Buy The Macbook?

i have been wondering if i should buy the macbook black. I will be getting $2600 for my next b-day and i am already looking at notebooks and i found that the macbook black is my fav. The problem is that my b-day is about 9 months away and i just have this question.
In the next 9 months, will there be any other better notebooks apple will be making (not including new features for the macbook or macbook pro)?
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To be honest i would reconsider buying a macbook at all there nothing but troubel. I loved mine to bits thats until it started to discolour so apple replaced the keypad. No problems there. Now it is constantly crashing and because i use xp mainly and it is crashing while running it i am being told this is not covered in my warranty. Then why does Apple release bootcamp why. Why release a product say here you go run windows we will provide you with all you need to do so but if it crashes constantly while running it, not are problem. Also my screen creaks and when i close the lid its off by roughly 2mm. This also i have been told is not under warranty but if i wanna pay 160 pounds just for labour they will sort the problem. I love Apple products and know i am going to get slated by Apple lovers etc but at the end of the day Apple should have the confidence to stick by there product and there customers. Apple have huge problems with releasing products to early with flaws just for money. I had a Nano that cracked also by the way, they sorted it asap why can they not just do the same here. But sure go for it get a macbook by all means i will not take away from the fact that its a beautiful product and i may have just got a bad one but there seems to be a lot of people out there with the same problems. Also i live in Northern Ireland we have no Apple store at all guess where not good enough lol.

I would like to buy the MacBook pro ME294LL ,but I want the keyboard and system support Arabic language!

I would like to buy the MacBook pro ME294LL/A, but I need the keyboard and system support Arabic language!!

Nobody in these forums represents Apple or any store. If you want to buy something, you must contact stores directly yourself in the country where you live. Apple stores do not ship outside their own county.

I'm about to buy the MacBook Pro Retina 15 inch in USA. I will be using predominantly in Europe. What accessories should I be buying?

I'm about to buy the MacBook Pro Retina 15 inch in USA. I will be using predominantly in Europe. What accessories should I be buying?

We can't discuss what Apple is going to do or new products, but it does make a lot of sense if your gut feelings tell you to buy now.
I got a really bad feeling and ran out and got the last of the 17" MBP's with anti-glare and Snow Leopard.
Turned out I was right in listening to my gut, the abortion of OS X Lion came out killed my 15", Cupertino HQ was pwned by Flashback and Apple pulled the 17" MBP completely off the market.
Apple has purposely put the Retinas front and center in their stores, so the majority of the know-nothings buy those. If they thought a bit about buying a machine with future options in upgrade options they would, like you, choose the non-Retina.
Really if you want choice in hardware, your going to have to switch to a PC. As you can pretty much get anything you need on that platform. Apple's hardware choices have been sealing up and their OS X is turning into iOS, soon it's going to be nothing more than a dumbed down iPad.
Windows 8 Pro can be downgraded to Window 7 even, and since Win 7 is supported until 2020, you should be set for quite a few more years. The choice of software is vast on Windows and it's sort of the next eveolutionary step up actually.

HT204032 Why is Powernap not available for other MB's such as the MBP mid 2010 model for example?

Why is Powernap not available for other MB's such as the MBP mid 2010 model for example?

I have a 2010 MBP 6,2 with an aftermarket SSD. My machine gets mail and notifications while asleep, but I do not have any powernap pref box in energy savings under 10.9.1
I do not have an Apple SSD. I have a Crucial M4-CT512M4SSD2
Apple did replace my MB last Fall under the video fault problem (for free after 3 years.....thanks Apple), but it stills identifies as a 6,2 Boot ROM MBP61.0057.B0F
I wish I could shut off this powernap feature, but have no access to it.

Stock available in order to buy the Macbook in NYC

I'm going to NYC in one week and I need to know where can I find stock available in order to buy the Macbook, because I read Apple stopped the production, Thanks!
OSCAR

Or you can save $150 by buying one from the Apple Refurbished Store. http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/macbook

How do I download the Windows Support Software for MacBook Mid-2010 ?

Hey guys, I've got quite a big problem at the moment... In December, I bought a MacBook7,1 (the Mid-2010 Unibody model) and used my OS X install disc whenever I wanted to install Windows XP/Vista/7 drivers to my Boot Camp partition. However, I've recently got quite a bit of a problem...
See, I can't find my OS X Install Disc. So I have to use, from within the Boot Camp Assistant, the "Download the Windows support software for this Mac" function, to be able to burn to DVD/install to a USB stick.
Now, this function up until recently used to work completely fine - no issues at all. However I need to reinstall my Windows 7 (again, I know, Windows has quite a few problems but I really do need to use it for what I do - gaming, etc) again, and whenever I try this option in the last... week, I'd wager, it comes up with "Download could not be continued" and "The Windows Support Software is unavailable" errors.
I've checked on this forum and some people are saying that Apple removed the support software for some Macintosh computers? What on Earth? What about us lot who don't have our OS X install discs anymore?! I don't think it's fair they've specifically gimped a functionality that was working fine until a bit ago for no apparent reason. It's just... stopped working. Is this for everyone?
Is there some alternative I can use? I've tried everything. I don't have someone I could just borrow the OS X install disc from and I think it's rather unfair if they expect to me to shell out for an OS X install disc again when I could previously do what I wanted for free!!!

The point isn't whether I lost them, the point is that I was able to use the Boot Camp Assistant previously fine to download the Win Support Software and put that on a USB stick (which has since been formatted for other usage).
Since this was made available as an option, I haven't really had much need for the OS X install discs (Unless I really, really needed to reinstall OS X at some point but I have no reason to fear that right?). To claim this being "okay" because I've misplaced the discs is rather outrageous.

Is my MacBook (mid 2010) with an Intel Core 2 Duo (2.4 GHZ) with 2GB of Ram going to run smoothly when I purchase OS X Lion?

I dont know if a 2.4 GHZ Core 2 duo with 2GB of RAM and a mid 2010 model of my Macbook will run smoothly with Mac OS X Lion. Can anybody help make my decision either i should upgrade from snow leopard to lion?

My advice... DO NOT BUY.... otherwise you will be like me... frustrated and horrified.... I am suffering .... and im the last person to be on such discussion forum... but now I am here... you may be able to guage my furstration. Snow Leapord is zillion times better than Lion... they should call it pu**y instead of lion.
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Does the Macbook Air make a good "Main" Computer?

I was thinking of selling my Mid-2010 model 17" Macbook Pro in favor of one of the new Macbook Air's rumored (and likely) to be coming out. However, I use my current Macbook Pro as my "Main" computer...schoolwork, surfing the web, watching YouTube videos, facebook, email, and the occasional games like N.O.V.A. 2 and I also have a lot of iTunes songs, Movies, and Apps on there. ...so my question is for those with a current Macbook Air, does it make a good "Main" Computer for what I would intend to use it for? Or should I just stick with my Macbook Pro? (BTW I have only used about 196GB out of my 500GB Harddrive)

Sticky question. What does "a lot" of music and movies mean?
Given how much HD you've used up, you could certainly get a 13" MBA and have plenty of HD left over; and I think the latest models, especially if you get as much RAM as you can and such, should be more than powerful enough to do all you want to do and be your primary computer. Of course, you should go to a store and be sure you're okay with less screen real estate to watch those movies and play those games. It could be a bit of a shock to go from that 17" wide to a more modest 13".
I think the real question you need to ask yourself is less a matter of what you're doing now than what you plan on doing in the future. If there is really nothing you need a 17" 500g Pro for, if you're not going to go into computer graphics, movie making or any of those professions where such a machine is almost essential, then by all means, go MBA. Likewise if you aim to do more traveling. I think you'll find the weight difference alone between the two machines worth the switch, not to mention the beauty of SSD which, currently, you can't get on Pros without paying a lot.

Macbook mid 2010 top case for white macbook 4,1

Can i replace the whole topcase assembly (keyboard plus trackpad) of my white MacBook 4,1 early 2008 with a topcase assembly (keyboard plus multitouch trackpad ) from a mid-2010 macbook?? my topcase is cracked and i want to replace it..

No, the connectors on the logic board are different for the multi touch model 7,1 top case.

Is buying the MacBook mid 2010 a good investment?

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