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Source: Jeff Geerling
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  • description: Shop Micro Center's Monitor Madness Event: https://micro.center/1eb0c8 Sign up for a FREE 128 gig Flash Drive at Micro Center's Newest Store: https://micro.center/c1a7b6 Visit Micro Center News: https://micro.center/310248 Another #MARCHintosh video! HUGE thanks to all the other YouTubers who shared their favorite Mac laptops — be sure to check out their channels (in order of appearance: - Branchus Creations: https://www.youtube.com/@BranchusCreations - Action Retro: https://www.youtube.com/@ActionRetro - This Does Not Compute: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisDoesNotCompute - Mac84: https://www.youtube.com/@Mac84 - Mr. Macintosh: https://www.youtube.com/@Mr.Macintosh - Computer Clan: https://www.youtube.com/@ComputerClan Links to some of the parts I used to upgrade my 11" Air (some links are affiliate links): - iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit: https://amzn.to/4snd2ZB - Fancy Buying A1406 Battery for MacBook Air: https://amzn.to/4bAU8aj - M.2 NGFF NVMe SSD adapter for MacBook Air: https://amzn.to/4cT7gKf And if you want to keep up with all my retro computing adventures, check out this GitHub repository: https://github.com/geerlingguy/retro-computers Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff Contents: 00:00 - The Best Mac Laptop Ever 01:20 - I need some parts 01:56 - Modern SSD in an old laptop 02:26 - Branchus Creations 03:20 - Impossibly-thin G4, impossibly-hot G5 04:17 - Action Retro 04:56 - Keyboards and trackpads 05:52 - This Does Not Compute 06:54 - iBook G3 nostalgia 08:02 - Mac84 09:18 - Mr. Macintosh 10:04 - Computer Clan 10:35 - Small Mac laptops 11:41 - 11" Air was ahead of its time 13:07 - Old design felt better 14:01 - Still useful
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