I tried to get into Linux via ubuntu 15 years or so ago but that’s about when I started getting more into cars vs. computers so my interest petered out. I still run XP via virtualbox on my macs though if I need to run older software.
The crazy thing is on these old intel based macs installing an SSD took them from being worn out and slow immediately to fully booting up from a cold shutdown in <20 sec. That was on my $100 2006 macbook. The same could probably be done with any PC as well, but having the SATA HD interface 10-15 years ago on these macs helped me extend the usefulness by another few years.
I tried to get into Linux via ubuntu 15 years or so ago but that’s about when I started getting more into cars vs. computers so my interest petered out. I still run XP via virtualbox on my macs though if I need to run older software.
The crazy thing is on these old intel based macs installing an SSD took them from being worn out and slow immediately to fully booting up from a cold shutdown in <20 sec. That was on my $100 2006 macbook. The same could probably be done with any PC as well, but having the SATA HD interface 10-15 years ago on these macs helped me extend the usefulness by another few years.