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MacBook Pro 2012 Dual Core vs Quad Core

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Hey, Im looking at getting a MacBook and have narrowed it down to an A1286 model with the 2.3 i7 for £150, or an A1278 model with the 2.5 i5 for £90. I will be upgrading both to 16gb RAM and an SSD. Usage will be basic computing needs like web browsing and office tools + jailbreak tools and iOS tools. What do you think is better?

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I'd personally go with the 15" model as it also has dedicated graphics, but are you sure you want to spend that much on such an old machine? 

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I wouldn't spend that kind of money on a nearly 10 year old laptop. You'll be stuck on an old version of macOS with no security support. I'd save some more money and get a 2015 model (before the switch to butterfly).

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8 minutes ago, Roswell said:

You'll be stuck on an old version of macOS with no security support. 

That's not the case with the 2012 just yet. It natively supports Catalina, which is still supported. Also, it's very easy to get Big Sur installed. 

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1 minute ago, BondiBlue said:

That's not the case with the 2012 just yet. It natively supports Catalina, which is still supported. Also, it's very easy to get Big Sur installed. 

Ah okay. I was thinking that model year was still on Sandy Bridge. I know you can patch to get Big Sur and later but I'm not a fan of the security implications when you do.

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6 minutes ago, Roswell said:

Ah okay. I was thinking that model year was still on Sandy Bridge. I know you can patch to get Big Sur and later but I'm not a fan of the security implications when you do.

There aren't really any issues to worry about. 

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5 minutes ago, BondiBlue said:

There aren't really any issues to worry about. 

There's quite a few. SIP gets entirely disabled when you use the patcher, among other things. You can reenable SIP (I think?) but it's a convoluted process that most people won't do.

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1 hour ago, Roswell said:

There's quite a few. SIP gets entirely disabled when you use the patcher, among other things. You can reenable SIP (I think?) but it's a convoluted process that most people won't do.

Then just keep running Catalina. Disabling SIP isn't a big issue for most people. 

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Polaris: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2, 32GB 1600MHz DDR3, ASRock X79 Extreme6, 12GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, 6GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, 1TB Crucial MX500, 750W Corsair RM750, Antec SX635, Windows 10 Pro

 

Pluto: Intel Core i7-2600, 32GB 1600MHz DDR3, ASUS P8Z68-V, 4GB XFX AMD Radeon RX 570, 8GB ASUS AMD Radeon RX 570, 1TB Samsung 860 EVO, 3TB Seagate BarraCuda, 750W EVGA BQ, Fractal Design Focus G, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

York (NAS): Intel Core i5-2400, 16GB 1600MHz DDR3, HP Compaq OEM, 240GB Kingston V300 (boot), 3x2TB Seagate BarraCuda, 320W HP PSU, HP Compaq 6200 Pro, TrueNAS CORE (12.0)

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