I have an old Mac Pro that has been collecting dust for years. Today I bought an SSD and install Debian on the machine. It works flawlessly.

Further reading revealed that there is an active community around the classic mac pros and thanks to their modular nature they can be fully upgraded. People even upgrade the CPUs in this thing.

So if you like playing around with a PC like the old days, that is also Linux compatible, a Mac Pro 5,1 seems a good choice. AFAIK you can get it for cheap and a decent upgrade won’t break the bank.

  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    I also discovered that these are pretty cheap and really upgradeable while looking great.

    I would never buy anything from Apple new, but old Mac Pro or MacBook Pro are really tempting.

    Converted my fiancée ´s 2012 MacBook Pro to Linux two years ago and it’s a great machine which shouldn’t be collecting dust.

    Sometimes people underestimate the treasures they have lying around 😅