Advise on upgrade, macbook pro 13 2010 from a web developer prospective

[sh4rif]

Hi folks

 

I got a Macbook pro free from one of my friend, it is a 13" 2010 2.4Gh Core 2 due.

I need to upgrade the following three hardware in it

1. Battery
2. upgrade to SSD (250GB)
3. ram to 8 GB

my question is I never had any Macbook pro but used a few

I need that Macbook for my web development only ... i mean to learn the following technologies only

• Node.js,
• AngularJS,
• Ruby on Rails,
• PHP,
• Apache
• MySQL,
• SAAS development and other web technologies such as jQuery and css and javascript

I would also use terminal and chrome browser and an IDE such as sublime text or xcode for development.

I would open multiple chrome tabs an IDE, running mamp, node and rails server at same time.

 

Would that macbook pro be good enough to handle that and I should upgrade the system 

 

I would like to have an advise from experience community

 

Regards

Sharif

[Pyromaniac225]

I believe @Syntaxvgm would be able to help here.

[ShadowCaptain]

While I do love myself a nice macbook

 

That thing is old, however they can sell for a decent amount sometimes if in good condition, might be worth selling it for as much as possible and buying sometihng newer

 

That said it should handle basic tasks just fine, and an SSD and RAM upgrade could keep it running ok

[Tech Enthusiast]

Id actually second the "sell it and buy better" statement.

Even if you only want to do web design. You will run into some code testing that will take FOREVER on that macbook. Like hours. Seriously.

 

If you only want to learn how to use this stuff and never get into testing / real coding it would not matter tho. But testing advanced webpages (i expect advanced ones due to the stuff you want to learn) will usually provide functionality that needs testing. You don't want to wait an hour for tests to complete everytime you change something.

[sh4rif]

thank you everyone for the feedback.

 

I wonder how would I sell this,

who would buy this?

where should I sell ebay amazon?

 

never sold anything on those retailers yet.

 

Regards

[Tech Enthusiast]

thank you everyone for the feedback.

 

I wonder how would I sell this,

who would buy this?

where should I sell ebay amazon?

 

never sold anything on those retailers yet.

 

Regards

 

There are dozens and dozens of companys that buy stuff directly. You may get 50bucks less then private selling, but you get it fast, save and without any hassle.

Just google that service for your region. I usually google for "sell iPhone best price". You will find a few comparison pages,... then go to a few of the better results and give them the info they want.

 

Apple products have a HUGE resell value. For example i am buying a new iPhone every year and after selling my old iPhone i only spend 100 bucks. That is FAR cheaper then getting a contract with "free" phones every second year AND i get a new phone anually.

Sold my old MacBook Air, bought a new one and was only 200 bucks short.

 

So yeah. Pretty solid deal actually.

 

For your case id recomment selling the MacBook and build a normal PC tho. You might even get enough to have left over money, or plug in some of the fancy stuffs.