mac 2011 MacBook still good?

[zekebraddock]

So I am looking at an old 2011 MacBook for 1080p video editing on Adobe premiere and photoshop, I am just wondering if an old 2011 mac would still be good? I have been told these are good cheap laptops that can get work done but my main concern is with the CPU being a 2nd gen i5.  

 

These are the basic specs: 

8gigs of ram

256 GB ssd (I know it's small but its workable) 

i5 2415 2.3 ghz

Mac 10.12 Sierra 

 

If you have any better laptop suggestions (pc or mac) that are in the sub $500 range that would be good for what I need to do it would be appreciated. 

[manikyath]

they're just as good as any other 2011 laptop.

[ProjectBox153]

You're not going to be doing much editing at any good speed on something with a 2nd gen Core i5. It might be doable, but I"m not certain. 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

It'll be fine as long as you're not doing anything crazy. I was using an old Pentium M when I was working on Photoshop (CS5 and CS6)  several years ago. 

[RyanChase]

10 minutes ago, zekebraddock said:

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Is this a Macbook or a MacBook Pro?

 

I still have a 2012 MacBook Pro as a side computer and it works just fine. Video editing would do well on that, as a comparison to the situation you're in.

[zekebraddock]

16 minutes ago, RyanChase said:

Is this a Macbook or a MacBook Pro?

 

 

Its a MacBook pro