There are a number of components in the MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Early 2011 that can be cost effectively upgraded. This entry was posted in Uncategorized by Gregor. It's a desk light made completely from a single sheet of printed circuit board. Like this? You might be interested in my latest project. I don’t know the root cause of the problem, and at this point I don’t care. You’ll only notice the hangs and freezes after a while. What makes it even more problematic is that the drive seems to work fine the OS installs, it boots, etc. Since I couldn’t find anything online about this apparent incompatibility, I thought I’d share it here. Swapped back the MX100, clean install bingo! VMWare Fusion, running Windows 10 and Windows XP simultaneously, different browsers with 4K video, some file transfers running in the background no problem. About the same time I upgraded to the M500 SSD. The problems started – gradually – about a year ago. A MacBook Pro with similar storage and memory would’ve cost ±€4000, though.
I was seriously considering buying a new laptop, even looking at Windows machines because of the price difference. Also, I’ve been asking quite a lot from such an old machine, running a lot of programs simultaneously – even some VM’s too. Nope, still getting beachballs right after booting a VM.
All the development kits, homebrew, libusb-type hacks etc maybe something is acting up.
I’ve had this OS install since I bought it. Sometimes Spotify would even stop playing music, even when I didn’t even touch the machine. Until I got to a point where I couldn’t even send an e-mail without getting the hated macOS “Spinning Pinwheel Of Death” (SPOD).
While the swap was relatively easy, and the computer worked okay, it got a little sluggish over time. Lo and behold, there was a whopping 960GB SSD (A Crucial ct960m500ssd1) inside. Recently, a friend gave me a defective MBP, which turned out to be the exact same model (A1286). I replaced the SSD again for a larger 512GB model (Crucial CT512MX100SSD1) when they became cheaper. Since purchasing, it’s had it’s memory upgraded, the hard drive replaced for an SSD and the optical drive swapped out with a hard drive. Apple replaced the logic board a few years ago (under warranty!) because of graphics issues. About 8 years ago, I bought a 15″ MacBook Pro, and it has served me well all this time. When a tool works, I like to keep it as long as possible.
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