I remember my science teacher in 9th grade had one of these machines. Absolute beast for sure. And he’d show it off any chance he had. Rightfully so lol

imagine how the public would react if apple were to release a new 17 MacBook in 2024. That may cause a huge ripple effect on their current lineup.

Had one back in the days, 2011" 17", maxed out with antiglare screen. What a machine, i loved it to death. Only shame was kinda poor heat management and GPU failures because of that. Had it serviced twice. Mine had 16gb of RAM and 2 ssd's, in 2013.

it feels so nostalgic when you have a device that you don’t have to worry about getting replacement and upgrades here and there. like a nokia phone 2100 era. 😢

I personally prefer anti reflective to anti glare as it provides better clarity in most lighting situations. Instead of having a fuzz, you just have a tiny light spot in the display that does not interfere with surrounding color accuracy. Sure you might be able to see the glare, but modern coatings are so good that glare is a minimal issue. Just my thoughts. I really do miss the battery indicator without needing to open the laptop.

I have a 2011 13 inch that I upgraded with a 1tb ssd and 16g of ram. Works like a champ! And now that cds and dvd are coming back since a lot are cutting streaming. This set up with a library card…..I’m streaming services worst nightmare 😂

I took an old 9,2 MacBook Pro put in an ssd and oclp patcher to run Monterey 12.3 and its a like new even with 4 GB memory! Just ordered 16 GB of Ram to Soup It up a Bit ☝️

Rocked this bad boy for about 10 years until it died. The best of the best

I still have a late 2012 13" MacBook pro and love everything about it. Yes is not fast/strong/modern but works well for what I use it for.

Sounds like a keeper as long as it is. And you could use it as a boat anchor still.

We loved our 17" MBP. They were the first Desktop Replacement laptop for Graphics Professionals. The 2011 models with i7 and an SSD upgrade were awesome...EXCEPT for their flawed dual graphics design and the guaranteed failure. We had all of our Motherboards replaced under warranty extension...and were warned, the problem will return as the replacements were not re engineered...just new not yet failed pieces. And they did. We got 2-3 more years of use before they crapped out. Though, one of my users still has one. Uses it as her personal machine at home. She knows its days are numbered. None of the Mac laptops my company has had since...have been loved, like the 2011 MBP. EVERYONE hates Dongle Hell. Sure, new machines are lighter and faster. But when you weigh everything you need to carry, they are not that much lighter. I still use a 2012 MPB 15". No retina (prone to defect) and all the necessary ports on the side (no dongles). Gets the job done!

Still better speakers than most modern day laptops except later Apple models.

Just for the future, its usually best to spread thermal pasts when applying to an exposed die. It's more important you get full coverage than when normally applying to a cpu, as you don't have a heat spreader. You'll probably be okay in this case since you put so much on, but that in itself can be problematic if the paste is conductive. Great video though!

Apple needs to bring actual ports back

Great video! I love the 17" MBP (and PowerBook G4). Still sad Apple didn't update it in 2012 with the rest of the Unibody lineup and left it on a bad note. I've got a 2008 pre-Unibody and a 2011, basically the most infamous models but they still work perfectly! Both with the anti-glare screen options and they look amazing! I'm currently using the 2008 as my main computer. The 2011 I don't use as I'm afraid of the GPU dying and I def agree with you that just the Intel HD 3000 won't cut it for such a high end machine. The 2010 you have is probably the best model you can get as it's the fastest one that doesn't suffer from GPU failures

Updated my 2011 15 inch to sonoma, works fine once you let it warm up for easy tasks such as using ms office and browsing the web. I barely use it now tho

Bought a 2009 for my son a year or so back - still good for Office / UKposts. I had a 2011 which of course died. I've a graveyard of dead 2011 15"s too. Finally, got a 2010 like yours, which is great. One of the speakers blown, but other than that, it's lovely.

Great video and so thru. I upgraded mine with OLCP to MacOS Big Sur. One step further than Catalina. I noticed so issues with DosDude’s Catalina Patcher. It is such a great machine an I use it still Daily, next to my M1 Mac’s. The screen is fabulous.

Excellent content

the thunderbolt ports you find on newer devices are basically the new version of that express slot as they are 4 lanes of pcie. although having occulink would be cool too

I still use a 2010 mbp 15 inch model with upgraded ram and ssd and it's ok.😍

Very very nice video, I wish there was more 17 inch content being uploaded almost as much as I wish the 17 inchers made it to the 2012 models and even Retinas. I am actually on the hunt for a 2010 model myself, but before I spend the money there's something I need to find out: How's the performance using Parsec to stream the screen from another (modern) mac or even a gaming PC to play games on it? There's a video idea for you, and I'll subscribe just in case you decide to make it happen. I hope you can read this, I am really interested in that. Cheers mate.

I alwways thought the design peaked on the 17" PowerBook G4 aluminum version/first MacBook Pro. The keyboard looked and felt great in my memory. Wish I could get one of those today.

Future video title : This 14 years newer m1/m2/m3 macbook has some features intel mac could only dream of 😂

Great video. I installed Sonoma on a 2011 Macbook Pro recently using OpenCore Legacy Patcher and can confirm that the performance is perfectly liveable within realistic expectations, as well as that it not only works but each and every piece of hardware are fully functional without any glitches.

I primary the i7 variant of the 2010 MBP 17 w/Matte screen

I still use a 2012 MacBook Pro 13 inch but I removed the disk drive and put a solid state drive in addition to its 500gb disc drive. Still going strong today. I mean obviously it’s nothing compared to modern Mac’s but it does the job.

I had the second to the last “17 model. Early 2011. Mid or late 2011 was the last. The screen was great. Had a faulty GPU that overheated though.

Thank you, for this excellent post. This model along with its 15-inch version as far as, I am concerned were the last Apple laptops worth buying. They had everything, I wanted in an Apple laptop as you stated: one Fire-wire 800 port, three USB "A" ports, audio-in, audio-out, expansion card slot, and DVD super-drive. Plus they also could be controlled with Apple's white remote control and when open the Apple logo on the top "lights" up. Today, Apple's M-1/M-2/and M-3 laptops are, just so boring (smile...smile).

I use my 2009 17" for daily light tasks it dual boots with Windows 10 which is partly the reason I got it the second reason being the optical drive for ripping and burning CDs. I have very rarely seen a 17" with the UK keyboard layout even when I bought this macbook from the UK it came with the US layout keyboard. I think if Apple was going to do this size in the M series the screen would be 18" based on how the screen sizes of their M series models went up an inch with the bezelless design. I often think how revolutionary these 17" Unibody MacBooks must have been back then because it's much thinner than the laptops of 2008-2011 and it's screen resolution still stands up to today's standards especially with Windows 10/11 laptops.

i have a macbook pro 17" late 2011 im perfect condition like new and matte display :), I upgraded it with 500GB ssd and 16GB RAM. After so many years i don't have the graphics issue, im using it with macOs high sierra, just in case...

3:34 Luke Miani did a review of 17” macbookpro, doesn't understand why they have PCIMCA \ Express card 34 slot. That slot allow the user to connect Tempo SATA pro 6GB, PCI -E 16x riser for laptops externalgpu,, connect usb 3.0 and more. He stated he wanted a SD slot instead

i daily a 2010 15inch that i bought for $35. upgraded it with a new battery, ssd, 2011 wireless card and 2011anti-glare display. and thanks to open core running bigsur

Just curious, so narrowing it down to just this one, the mid-2010, and then the early 2011 and late 2011 models, if there was not major graphics problem on the late 2011, is there anything else preventing you from liking the 2011s more? Just ports? Many thanks,

The # is where the £ is on UK layout - the 3 key. I know this intimately as being a programmer you use the # a lot in C/C++/C#/Python and to get it on a UK Apple layout keyboard you have to press the second alt key and the 3/£ key In the UK layout the # is not even labelled.

From what you said in parts here, it seems you might enjoy the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown to work out how you want to focus on certain things. It'll give you a great mental framework that goes beyond just planning things.

I really miss the display upgrade option

Did you try to install a newer version of macOS onto it?

Can we bring back these anti glare screens on the new machines. I have a matte anti glare screen protector on my 14 inch M1 Pro and it makes the world of a difference

opencore legacy patcher is a great option, as long as the harddrive is not a mechanical one

this would be dope in a 2024 version

Did you just add an anti-glare layer to the original screen? Coz I swear that the official anti-glare display from Apple was also a higher resolution than the regular display

I have the 2008 version. The gpu needs reballing.

I've been using a 2011 17" as my primary laptop since 2015. Had the gpu replaced under Apple's support program on my first one (a 2.2 GHz), used that until 2022 when I decided it was time to get a 2.5 GHz. Obviously its gpu died as soon as I put it to some real use, so I had its gpu replaced as well, but I'm still not stopping to use them! I'm currently still running High Sierra, but with software support becoming worse I'll probably upgrade to Sonoma this summer. The 2.2 has already been running Sonoma for a few months. It's not bad, though due to the lack of Metal support the UI gets a bit glitchy. Graphics switching surprisingly works fine on Sonoma though.

I put Linux Mint on mine and goes really well.

I have the 15 inch 2015 MacBook Pro but I’m confused why this looks more modern.

Doss Dude did a mod to one of these 17" to upgrade it to a 2012 so it has airdrop and other features of the 2012

I used to love the 17" Pros - even though the graphics never lived very long. I still use a remote w a USB sensor.

But Catalina does not support Superdrive... I suspect it does not support firewire either - Does the express port work with it?

Any Macbook Pro will be quite good for upgrade on OCLP Big Sur since it is better for the aluminum type models mac..👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I'd love a 20in M4-Ultra MBP if money were no object.

I have a 2011 17” which I bought as untested sold as seen, and the GPU still works perfectly! I have put that aside for now to disable the GPU to preserve it. The 2010 and 2011 MacBooks have quad core i5, i7 cpus. @dosdude1 upgraded a MBP17” 2011 to mid-2012 CPU, so it has Intel HD4000 GPU (nearly as good as the 2011 ATI discrete GPU) I have a 2009 17” (I replaced that tantalum capacitor on the motherboard and it worked again), with 8gb RAM, 2TB SSD, and 2TB HDD 😃The 2009 with matte screen is the best of the Unibody 17” in terms of reliability (except for dosdude’s one of course, which also has a PCIE connector hidden in the optical bay for eGPU)

The 2010 17-inch GPU power supply never dies as it is completely different to a 2010 15-inch one (with that flawed capacitor). So in essence the 2010 17-inch is the only one that is bullet proof. There are some other issues on those machines, like a failing gMUX chip (can be reflowed) and a failing RAM slot (which cannot be repaired, but you can max out just one slot)

i still use a 2012 MBP 15" though the fan is fuckin' annoying compared. to my silent 2020 M1

That GPU was a nice addition _in principle_ ; the problem was that they regularly went on the blink.

I love that Ahoy video

It’s weird how we defend what we love isn’t it. Like my M1 MacBook Air, to me it’s perfect even lack of i/o and being a base model. But if I’m being honest i like how the M2 and beyond have MagSafe and FaceID. I can easily live without both just fine. But, i tend to leave it plugged in 24/7 because I don’t want any port-fatigue. I keep my laptops til they are absolutely unusable. Like this MacBook replaced a 12 year old Dell Latitude E6420.. which had the worst display and speakers on any computer I’ve had. Cool video! I don’t think I’m ever buying another system with a fan though.. the lower powered SoC based machines check all my boxes… which for the most part is web browsing and light writing.

In Earnest, a very Honest review, especially, the Laptop is ‘far from modern and 2 Cores will Never lead to a great experience on this side of 2024, However, brilliant typing experience and screen size…

That express card slow needs to be put to use

if i could fing this beast at least with 3rd or 4th gen intel CPU ( which is apple didnt make ) i will gladly bring this beasr everywhere i go easily

2020 macbook spotted!

I have a mid 2010 MBP 17" with max (8GB) RAM and a SSD. I am running OCLP+Monterey in it which runs quite nicely. Earlier I ran Catalina but I prefer the Monterey. I also have another one coming in with same specs and I probably will try Linux on it. Great machines at 100€ each or less. I've paid about 160-170 euros total for 2 in good/great condition during last year or so. Looking at these in ebay I see they are generally grossly overpriced. Better deals are possible to find by browsing local classifieds and being patient about it.

You could add the m1 MacBook air’s inside into the older macbook for better preformance, I’ve seen these kind of transformations on UKposts before

I had a M1 and it was ok but it didn’t had enough ports for me so I sold it and bought a very cheap MacBook Pro 2015 and i upgraded the SSD to one TB and it has been great and it’s still fast and plenty of ports.

I'm watching this on 2010 i7 imac. Thankfully Ubuntu serves my needs, so I don't need to deal with lost mac OS support. Too bad the 27-inch models got discontinued.

U know u can put eGPU to it directly by PC Card,if u could to it it’s will be super useful,because not many speak about/testing this upgrade on UKposts

its nice...however it can't even render modern videos bc of the lack of codecs in the CPU.

Ports !

The SUV/ pickup truck of apple laptops.

Why does this 2010 MacBook have smaller bezels than my 2012 MacBook Pro???🥴🥴

Awesome video! :3

So bad they didn’t at least didn’t release a 2012 one with GT650 and sandy i7 Even today it would remain somehow usable

17 inch 2012 could be a best possible macbook which never existed.

2010 / 2011 Macbooks are well known to overheat that lead to broken graphics card

75$ for a 14 years old laptop screen is absolutely bonkers

Apple sales are down, why not make something like this again? Normal USB..

If you're unhappy with speed you could try putting Linux on it.

M116 is just perfect and it's still supported, so why spend time on this...

I was really surprised with disappointment when Apple removed the light up keyboard because it was one of my favourite things about it

Love these. The style, all the ports, everything you could want. Back when apple made computers for pros and not art students with too much money

WTF dude this is still a powerful cpu and you say sluggish well obviously with all that BLOAT WARE .... remember the PC is only good as the owner who knows how to use it as evn now days SOME people usning M2 are like its slow weh

"This 14 year old MacBook has some features M1 could only DREAM of" hahah let me guss, you dont have a 16 inch M1... I dont have too. but at least, I dont try to convince myself with bulshit.

I mean 1920x1200 is technically slightly higher res than 1920x1080 but it's just because it's 16:10, so it's not like it'll be any more pixel dense than a normal 1080p screen.