@scarlett7447
Does your 17" MBP have a matte screen? I still use mine and it's kinda unusual to see it without the black bezel 😅
@m0xee Yep! Looks a bit dated with the silver bezel but I kinda like it more than the glossy screen lol
@scarlett7447
Fully agree, I don't even think it looks "dated" — more like "traditional" — just like the pre-Unibody ones. And I don't like glossy displays either — the only reason I have one — I've been too lazy to wait for a custom-built one and the standard issue ones sold around these parts only had glossy displays, I noticed it because the ones like your were more rare 😅
@m0xee Yeahh they aren't that common. I honestly prefer how the silver bezel looks as well cause I'm more of a fan of the pre-Unibody MBPs, I've just noticed other people think it makes it look older. Btw which model do you have?
@scarlett7447
A1297 — last of the seventeen inch kind. With 16 gigs of RAM — still a quite capable machine I must say. And my battery is still at its 73% capacity.
I have two letter keys stuck, but as it runs linux now, I have easily remapped them to two unused ones — Exposé and Launchpad keys, typing texts like this is… unusual, but I mostly use it for passive browsing and watching movies in bed — its display is perfect for it.
@m0xee Oh my bad, I meant which year? Late 2011? Seems like you're getting good use out of yours! Mine's also upgraded to 16 GB. Also I got really lucky as it's barely been used as far as I can tell - the original battery is at 92% capacity, condition is great and the GPU hasn't died yet lol
They're def still quite fast
@scarlett7447
Yes, it's a late 2011 one. Sadly GPU in mine got fried just months after the replacement program got wrapped up — odd TBH as when mine wasn't collecting dust, it was heavily used for making music and I even played games one it when not at home.
I don't miss the discrete GPU itself, but if I could hook it up to external display, I could've even replaced keyboard in it. Aside from not having hardware H265 decoder, this machine isn't lacking in any aspect to me, I like it.
