Comment on What to do with a 10-year-old Macbook Air?

SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Did they still have x86_64 CPUs in 2015 apples?

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  • YourAvgMortal@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The first Apple silicon macs came out in 2020, and they transitioned from PowerPC to intel in 2006

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    • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      …and they had only embraced PowerPC maybe 12 years earlier in the early 90s, if I recall correctly.

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  • atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think my computer is Intel, not Silicon, if that says anything

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      A 2015 model is definitely going to be Intel, that was the only thing they made at the time

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    • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Model numbers are on the bottom of the computer printed in light grey on the aluminum.

      If your computer is an A1466 It’s the most common kind of air, and fairly well supported in a few distros.

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      • atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yep! A1466

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  • atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think 🤔 maybe

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• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Hell, Linux runs great on my nearly 20 year old 2007 iMac.

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  • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have a 2008 iMac running Mint just great.

    By the time Apple Silicon is truly old and no longer supported, they will probably support Linux fine. It won’t be just Asahi either.

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    • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Well and despite how quickly it has grown, Asahi is still a work in progress and have not updated for M3/M4 processors yet, even when M5 is on the verge of dropping. I honestly feel like old Intel macs are a waaaay better bang for your buck if you want a stable server box.

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      • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yes, I agree, I was projecting about five or six years into the future.

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• atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Whoa, nice!!!! I tried to use mine as a server but Docker wouldn’t set up Lemmy properly, the login doesn’t work when I try to sign up with an admin account, and YunoHost won’t work right either.

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