8 hours ago · Tech · 0 comments

Two days ago, I was at home and ordered food online. I went to pre-approve the delivery on the apartment's app, and saw an ad selling an old MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014, 16 GB RAM, 120 GB SSD) for only ₹12,000 (~$130) from another resident. I inquired immediately and went there to take a look at it. The laptop seemed in good condition, I used it for a bit, checked random stuff, and then was ready to buy. I was ready to pay the listed price, but then just asked if they could lower the price to ₹9,000 (~$100) and they agreed immediately. I, then, paid the price and took this 12-year-old laptop home, with its original charger. When I asked, their main reason for selling was that they weren't able to install newer apps – the laptop was still running macOS Big Sur, the last official update from Apple. For me, before my current MacBook Air M2, I had never used any Apple product, so I was just curious about this decade-old laptop. By the way, this is how the laptop looks. I…

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