![]() That is until you fired up a game where the Intel GMA was demolished by having the old 128GB dedicated ATi Radeon 9700.īack onto the topic at hand, instead of people telling me "It can't be done' by reading documentation by Apple and such, I'm curious of the brave souls who have actually tried doing such a thing by thinking outside the box instead of only reading what specs Apple has posted on my particular MacBook Pro. The main reason I ask is I thought there would be more daring individuals who experiment with "older' systems just to see how far they can be pushed. If only I could post pictures of my old "Yikes' PowerMac G4 which was pushed beyond all possible reasonable thought. Just think a old 233Mhz slug getting a real kick in the rear with dual 1Ghz G4 processors. That was only the beginning after being challenged by a PC die-hard saying to me that it was impossible to upgrade a Mac. It still lives! The 13" MacBook Pro I had asked about so long ago it feels like. "LittleBigMac" is one heck of a soldier and still runs strong with my photo editing in Aperture and Photoshop. I can proudly say that with the latest upgrade to this same MacBook Pro, it's doing an amazing job running with OS X El Capitan and The latest upgrade in question is a 1GB SSD so I can really benefit the most of what this five year old Mac has to offer. Similar PC's would have be replaced by now but with a new battery, the 16GB system RAM upgrade, and just good general maintenance, this has been the absolute best laptop I have ever owned. While I am still waiting for the SSD to arrive, I have been backing up my files from my home folder since I wish to do a clean install from it's initial shipping OS version to boot and then perform a network install just to have a clutter free system directory as I have never had any failure requiring an OS repair, re-install. Check them out here.Many balk at me still rocking an old Mac like mine but it's never actually failed me ever. If you’ve ever wondered about some of the apps Apple features in their iPhone TV ads, they’ve put theme all in one spot for you. Get Mactracker today from the App Store as a Free download. Otherwise this app is great! I highly recommend it! This way I could go through the database finding all my gear and mark it as a Favorite or “I have that” and then whenever, I wanted/needed to know the specs of a Mac or piece of Apple gear that I owned I could just go right to that section. I’d also like to see an “I have that” section. Don’t get me wrong, I know that the desktop app doesn’t have this either, but it seems like such a natural for the iPhone version. I was actually quite surprised that there was no option to email the specs page of a specific machine. Although the App works as advertised and best of all it’s FREE, like most things there is some room for improvement. ![]() Having Mactracker on my iPhone is GREAT! I love the instant access to the specs about machines that I’ll never remember or care to remember. ![]() So if you were selling or buying any other Apple gear, this would be a useful tool to have. You guessed it! That stuff is in there too. Let’s say you are a Windows user, but you have an iPhone, iPod, AirPort Base Station, Apple Display, or Apple TV. ![]() Processor speed, latest Mac OS that it could run, maximum amount of RAM that you could put in it and all the info about Expansion, Ports, Graphics, and even the famous audible “Startup Chime” feature. Things like when it was introduced and when it was discontinued. Once you scrolled down to iMac G5 (20-Inch iSight) and tapped on it, you would then see all the important information. There you see every iMac model since the first Bondi Blue introduced back in 1998. You would first scroll up to Desktops (assuming you had scrolled down to see what was there) and then you’d tap on iMac. So lets say you wanted to know the specs on the 20″ iMac G5 with iSight camera. Just like the desktop version, Mactracker for the iPhone is organized by category and then by Mac type. Well now that tool comes to your iPhone or iPod touch. It’s a great tool especially when you’re in the market for a used Mac or selling your Mac and you or your customer wants the specs. Mactracker has been a long standing indispensable reference tool on the Mac to look up the specs for all the various Mac hardware that Apple has released over the years. However, Windows users stay tuned, I’ve got a reason why you might want this too. This one is definitely going to have more appeal to the Mac users out there than the Windows PC users.
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