It was not really that hard for me to pick up on the Mac OS, I am thinking it is because I went from Linux to the Mac OS. There was a lot of things in the Mac OS that I felt at home with. It might have been the Distro that I was using at the time. I like the Mac OS and I like the hardware. They feel short lived due to the lifespan of the OS, but I guess that would be true for Windows hardware too. I just can't keep purchasing their hardware every cycle. And I get it. A place like Apple builds their business model around selling new hardware.
The thing about these old Mac Book Pros is that they are a solid, tough, rugged, reliable computer if you get a good one. The bad is that technology changes so fast that it leaves a good thing behind eating dust. As long as you are settled, like I am, and don't need anything more powerful to run some new program, why toss and change? Security is really the only issue if you are at all on the net. (I am sure a lot of people use phones for what I do, banking, bill pay, etc.)
I am so glad that Linux is an option for this Mac Book. I am not sure but I think blue tooth is a little glitchy, if I remember, I just don't use it. That is the only thing I found an issue using MX Linux. I know using Sonoma on my Mac Mini I can't use blue tooth at all, very buggy. I can't use my Apple touch pad or the Apple keyboard.
As long as they keep making Linux for old hardware I will keep using it. It is the only thing that lasts.
The thing about these old Mac Book Pros is that they are a solid, tough, rugged, reliable computer if you get a good one. The bad is that technology changes so fast that it leaves a good thing behind eating dust. As long as you are settled, like I am, and don't need anything more powerful to run some new program, why toss and change? Security is really the only issue if you are at all on the net. (I am sure a lot of people use phones for what I do, banking, bill pay, etc.)
I am so glad that Linux is an option for this Mac Book. I am not sure but I think blue tooth is a little glitchy, if I remember, I just don't use it. That is the only thing I found an issue using MX Linux. I know using Sonoma on my Mac Mini I can't use blue tooth at all, very buggy. I can't use my Apple touch pad or the Apple keyboard.
As long as they keep making Linux for old hardware I will keep using it. It is the only thing that lasts.