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Just spend an hour and 45min removing Idle Buddy from my Grandfathers laptop over the phone. We installed 3 programs: EMSISoft Emergency Kit, Malwarebytes, and HitmanPro. 

 

Emergency Kit removed Idle Buddy, Malwarebytes found all kinds of shiz and removed them, and HitmanPro was the Nuclear Option which we saved for last. Thankfully it found nothing meaning the other two programs were successful. 

 

Because of all this mess, my Grandpa is now finally looking into getting a MacBook Pro xD I'll probably find him a nice 2015 13"/15"

  1. Ashley MLP Fangirl

    Ashley MLP Fangirl

    i don't know if 2015's are going for a premium yet because of all the keyboard mess with the newer models, but if they are a 2014 or 2013 should be good enough too. i doubt he will do anything intense enough to stress a quad i7 of any kind really. 

  2. imreloadin

    imreloadin

    If he's going to be learning a new OS anyway you could just save him a few hundred bucks and just install Linux Mint or a similar distro on his current laptop.

  3. DrMacintosh

    DrMacintosh

    @imreloadin Never in my life would I give a family member  Linux...

  4. imreloadin

    imreloadin

    Why is that?

  5. DrMacintosh

    DrMacintosh

    Reason #1 is the programs he uses aren’t available on Linux and there are no emulators or wrappers for them. 

  6. DrMacintosh

    DrMacintosh

    The program he uses is only available on macOS and Windows 7/10

  7. Ashley MLP Fangirl

    Ashley MLP Fangirl

    a 2015 is a used mac. they don't sell them anymore afaik. not here anyway. 

  8. DrMacintosh

    DrMacintosh

    Grandpa isn’t going to be able to maintain a Hackitnosh. 2015 MBPs are used Macs. 

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