Can You Use an Intel MacBook in 2024?

[@SAMTIME]

Try CleanMyMac for free using my link: clnmy.com/Samtime Thanks CleanMyMac for sponsoring this one. They can help clean up your Mac (but can't take the Intel out of it unfortunately 😅)

[@RetroBrickTheRobloxian]

Hi Sam

[@saurabhshivamverma4192]

I am using ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR 18 2024 LAPTOP WITH RTX 4090 GPU

[@Tigolian]

it says 406 not acceptable

[@andymutale368]

Im on 13th gen, my cheeks are constantly clenched (talk about living on the edge😅😅)

[@Personwhosamazing]

Does it work on windows?

[@savagepro9060]

Here is an Apple joke . . . the punchline is sold separately.

[@indiegameworld5830]

You have learned well young one...... 😂😂😂😂😂😂that is a really good one man.

[@depressedutchman]

*pays 1500 euros for the pro max joke* Tell me tha jooooke

[@H-LectorSA]

😂 😂

[@sahan_lakmal]

Golden😂

[@sadmankabir]

Hahaha

[@savagepro9060]

Today I checked my bank balance to see which apple product I can buy. I settled on Apple juice.

[@brandonvillamizar1216]

Apple straw sold separately.

[@Anonymous-g8v]

carton sold separately 💀💀💀

[@M4cintoshSE]

@Robert2024HI just recently bought one of those

[@housepianist]

I checked my bank acct to see which Android devices I could buy. It gave me a virus. ☠️

[@18PregnantAndProud]

I settled on Apple sticker. 🍎

[@bolindow176]

Im running a MacBook Pro Late 2011. It works great, fully updated with modern Linux Mint :)

[@igorbalen3389]

it's because is Intel inside

[@Pixelated_Chicken]

How is battery bc whenever I do linux on my older intel macs I can watch my battery go down.

[@bolindow176]

@@Pixelated_Chicken I have the same battery time as with MacOS. The backlit keyboard seems to take a lot of juice though, so that is at it's lowest setting.

[@stephenramos2824]

still running a late 2010 macbook pro, out lasted 2-3 windows laptops friends and family bought and it took alot more abuse compared the laptops they bought.

[@chadfli]

I should get a MacBook later. So I can experiment with it. I’ve never ever used on in my life

[@MaxPowerBSD]

Breaking News: after watching this video, Apple decided to remove the fans from their laptops and charge you 200$

[@raven4k998]

you have 4 vital updates ready sir

[@child_of_Orion]

No fans is better than with fans. Trust Apple, you know...

[@lenawildervanck6682]

I mean they were one of the first with a fan less laptop

[@koalaunknown]

The MacBook Air already doesn’t have a fan.

[@rollvideo]

Oh you silly sausage.

[@enjitanaka9020]

10,000 is not performance difference, it's the price difference for new M-series Macs.

[@aussiegruber86]

Yep lol

[@savagepro9060]

SamTime: "Can You Use an Intel MacBook in 2024?" Apple: "No!" Microsoft: "Yes!" Linux: "That's what we're here for"

[@RocketEightEight]

Linux: "hold my beer"

[@GeomeTeamCraft]

You think your Mac is unusable? Install Linux, and make it even more unusable!

[@CommentGuard717]

​​​@@GeomeTeamCraftBro is scared of a terminal⚰️ _____________________________________ / comment@Macbook[~] \ | | | | | | | | | | \____________________________________/ now you gotta hide lil bro.

[@Anonymous-g8v]

MacOS Ram Usage: 3GB Windows Ram Usage: 3.5GB Linux: 300MB

[@M4cintoshSE]

Bros spamming the puns

[@Nigelrudyardmusic]

I have a 2020 Intel MBP. It's still running ok. And it heats my home under load.

[@jamesabcd2266]

Im still keeping my 2020 mbp cuz winter is coming!

[@AkhilStark267]

According to Apple, it's a feature

[@neos4517]

That's nothing compared to my s̶a̶u̶n̶a̶ , Mac Pro!🔥🔥🔥

[@Nigelrudyardmusic]

@@neos4517 🤣

[@JohnBurgessMusic]

I'm still running a 2011 MBP with 8 gig of RAM. The GPU broke, but I was able to bypass it. I replaced the battery and added an SSD. Who would have thought the ability to fix and upgrade things you buy could be so useful!

[@neon_trotsky]

Bruh let it die in peace. It has been through enough.

[@Anonymous-g8v]

nah i got 2013 4gb i plan to solder 8 or 16 gb and upgrade to ssd battery is fine

[@gockelxxxxxl9584]

⁠@@Anonymous-g8v From a person who changed the battery on a retina MacBook Pro and changed the CPU of a 5k iMac: don’t solder the RAM if it’s your main device. You can get used Intel Macs with more RAM “cheap” on sides like eBay with a quad core CPU (13 inch) or if you want a Retina One get a 15 inch. (Those often have 16GB, 512gb SSD and a dedicated GPU). But if you already have a better one, do it. I had a lot of fun while upgrading many devices but there’s always the possibility of destroying the device (I destroyed an iPhone 11 Pro and an old iMac from 2011)

[@Anonymous-g8v]

@@gockelxxxxxl9584 i probably wont want another computer since i have other 2012 imac, and m2 air so ill probably upgrade ram and ssd

[@worldknowledge223]

"Hello Intel wanna hear a joke , u " lol

[@EvilUmpire]

Support for 32-bit applications was dropped with the release of macOS Catalina in 2019.

[@username7763]

That's crazy. How do Mac users upgrade their computers and keep running the software they already bought and are used to?

[@SKBotNL]

@@username7763 they dont

[@kalilak9701]

@@username7763 You buy an intel laptop and dual-boot Windows. . . . allegedly >.>

[@seansingh4421]

@@username7763vms

[@traveller23e]

@@username7763 It's honestly not that crazy, it's been many years since mainstream OS's have had out-of-the-box support for 16-bit programs, let alone 8-bit. I think a much larger problem is "buying" stuff through walled-garden providers, be it a music streaming service or a game on Steam. It makes it so much harder to continue using the item if things go sideways. In the case of Steam, I wonder if launching Steam itself through some 32-bit emulation layer would do the trick.

[@2009raindrop]

This is one of your best - I love your cat - Clean My Mac should put you on the payroll - this was the most entertaining CleanMyMac ad ever

[@trail.blazer]

I use a 2015 Intel MacBook every day. I installed Ubuntu on it. Best thing I ever did to it.

[@DavideDavini]

Same. I removed the screen coating peeling off, cleaned it, changed thermal paste, new battery. Installed Linux. Works like a champ. Think I spent 100€ total. 😂

[@seansingh4421]

Dont gloat, Even older MacOS beat any desktop linux, no competition.

[@DavideDavini]

@@seansingh4421 LOL. Happy for you. I use both on a daily basis and I prefer Linux, with GNOME of all DE’s. Maybe you should learn how personal preference works. Cheers.

[@seansingh4421]

@@DavideDavini Okay my bad. I wasn’t criticizing your choice but I have a lot of pent up frustration from desktop linux fucking me over so it unleashes when discussing it 😂😂

[@DavideDavini]

@@seansingh4421 no problem mate. Cheers!

[@shawnwright240]

2018 Mac Mini with i7 3.2 Ghz 6 core Intel 32GB of self installed RAM upgrade, built in Intel UHD graphics 630 and self installed SSD - running lasted OS - Sonoma 14.6 - seems to be doing fine with 4K video in FCPX. It is slower but it also is about to be 7 years old. so I have gotten my money out of it. Thinking the new M4 will be next, but glad I waited on M1, 2, 3 etc.

[@EstateConfusion]

This has to be the best sponsored ad I've ever seen!

[@thisaintart]

The difference between your tech vids and everyone else’s: they give us inside laugh jokes, you give us legit gut laughs 😂

[@uAlienatedIllusion]

Mack book Pro Mid-2014 i7 1TB (basically went as far as I could get with the model) -pricetag:$3800 Exactly 10 years old and still runs like it fresh out of the shop. It has done everything from video editing, gaming, web browsing, even Bootcamp Windows. It’s only gone to the shop once for a battery change, but otherwise runs better than I could ask (except the fact that Apple no longer supports updates for it.) I swore to myself that I would not move forward until this model actually dies. (I might be waiting another decade for that…🤔) In the meantime I’m now running all my games on an actual Gaming PC.

[@TheFreakbreak]

3800$ in 2014 is insane 😮

[@patrickmuenster]

I particularly liked the fact that you also have too many icons at the top and can no longer reach them. I feel the same way and no one has yet been able to tell me how to reach and use them. Super UI concept Apple. Really well thought out

[@Sa.Ka2323]

Im really glad to see your channel taking off and you getting more views you're really talented keep it up

[@qmng]

I recently revived my old 2013 iMac that ran macOS Catalina, upgraded its RAM and swapped to SSD, then upgraded it to Sonoma. I'm actually pleasantly surprised at how well it still performs, just a bit sluggish compared to my current M1 Pro macbook. Tried Xcode 16 on it and yeah it took its sweet time to load everything. Once it's done though, it's actually quite smooth running latest iOS Simulator! But rlly tho, still ❤ my M chip macbook & also it's been ages since I've commented on Samtime vid, glad to see u're still doing good my man :))

[@ThisUserDoesNotExist.]

Yes Still Using it.

[@TrusteftTech]

The Intel one. How well can it run Windows? When was it last cleaned and had its thermal paste replaced?

[@WiiFlow2511]

I really enjoyed this video!! Your cat was a nice addition. 🐱

[@thejackal007]

This was one of the best KITI-powered episodes I've seen ion a while!

[@savagepro9060]

You know Sam is saving to buy his wife a new laptop when the commercial is more than half the video!

[@Wierie_]

Even the ad is funny? I don't even own a macbook!

[@username7763]

That touch-bar is pretty neat. Leave it to Apple to come up with a great idea and then ruin it; don't take away keys to put the touch bar in. Give us the full keyboard buttons as well as the touchbar. If you need to make the touchpad smaller that's fine, it's crazy huge anyway. Oh, and give us actual touchpad buttons please.

[@HolgerNestmann]

Leaving the ESC key in their earlier iterations was crazy. I mapped the ^ key to ESC on my work computer. Volume and brightness wasn‘t great, but doable

[@Anonymous-g8v]

haptic touchbar would be nice

[@nonameentered1918]

Like... A touch screen?!

[@fredygump5578]

I use an abacus. It lost 0% battery during this video.

[@lance4862]

Love your stuff. Thanks

[@jasontgil1]

I thought I could recognise when Sam was making fun of things or not, but that CleanmyMac section left me in doubt and at this point I’m too afraid to ask🤣

[@TartarSauceIsNotDead]

It was in that moment, Sam realized he was sleeping on the couch that night. RIP.

[@RABacct]

9:11 "When he finally has his time to shine, it's a shining butt"...a position every cat owner knows all too well 😂

[@Pixelated_Chicken]

Me with my 2015 macbook pro who would kill for either machine.

[@czhusky]

I just resusitated a 2012 mac book with a linux distro with a mac theme for my daughter. It works wonderfully 😂

[@ANormalMale]

Your vids are just too good🎉😊thanks for the comparisons

[@ThisUserDoesNotExist.]

Yes still using it.

[@pratikmurari8182]

Hey Sam, it's obvious the new MacBook Pro will outperform one that's half a decade old, but the real question is: how does the new MacBook Air compare with the intel MacBook pro? Or, how does the M3 MacBook Air stack up against the M1 MacBook Pro? By the way, love your sense of humor-keep doing what you're doing! 🤗

[@HeinrichSilvia]

Had the 2019 MacBook Pro with an i9 32G of RAM and some AMD Graphics... My company updated me to an M3 Pro this year and... it's actually the first Mac that I really like.

[@georgeshafik3281]

Enjoyed your last review Sam, very funny 😎

[@JohnnnyJohn]

I use my 2017 MBP everyday and love it. Could use a few extra ports though. Two USB C ports and nothing else? Thanks Grampa Tim!

[@cloggedaorta]

I am still rocking a 16in 2019 i9 MBP with a dedicated radeon GPU. I even play gorgeous looking games such as Shadow of Mordor, Batman Arkham City on MacOS. They were amazingly done and unless I'm doing video calls for work while presenting something and with a ton of tabs open it is quite silent too. I'm grappling with the idea of shelling out for an M4 but the eye-watering price brings me back to my senses. After all I still have a good enough machine for what I do -- and it has the Touch Bar which I find extremely handy.

[@DruHarden]

Tim popping up with "That's Incredible" got me

[@pierren2960]

I am still using a mid-2015 Intel MacBook Pro in 2024. And I use Windows 10 Pro on it, as my primary OS. I haven't touched macOS for almost 2 years. And in terms of performance, I have no issues at all. It runs very smooth, even MS Office. Cheers!!

[@InvasionAnimation]

I like the fancy accent you use when you say subscribe today.

[@alanhilder1883]

Good to see the reemergence of the true star of the channel...;-)

[@ronny332]

The macbooks would be a perfect fit for any current linux distro, like for my macbook pro 2017. But Apple wouldn't be Apple by "forgetting' making hardware specs available. So the Linux drivers are limited. So it's just e-waste, despite you want to use outdated Windows of macOS.

[@DavideDavini]

My backup is a 2015 MBP, with Linux on it. Works like a champ.

[@ronny332]

@@DavideDavini yeah older, without the extra ARM cpu for security. Most of the hardware is connected over the bridge chips in the later models what makes is very hard to get it working.

[@DavideDavini]

@@ronny332 I didn’t know. That sucks. I’m sorry mate.

[@traveller23e]

They should honestly be required to give full specs. We have ingredients labels on food, no reason not to require decent info on other products as well.

[@MrTPF1]

Still using my early 2015 Intel MacBook Pro. It does everything I need even though it can't run the latest iOS.

[@mariotabali2603]

nice game selection you've got there. Respect

[@SunflowerFlowerEmpire]

My great uncle is still rocking a month confition 2011 17 in maxed out matte screen variant too. When ur lucky ur lucky when ur not uh oh ! He's lucky. He's gonna gift it to me soon !!!!

[@vastg5453]

Battery life makes the biggest difference

[@shashankyadav5703]

We got a 10 min. + video from SAMTIME before GTA VI.

[@h0110wkn1ght-y]

We got the 10000th GTA VI comment before GTA VI

[@shashankyadav5703]

@@h0110wkn1ght-y We got GTA VI copypasta being cliche before GTA VI.

[@cyb3rphr33k]

we need more samtime tech reviews

[@realharo]

I have one and it's totally fine. Waiting for M5 or M6 to upgrade. On the other hand, I also have a desktop with a 3090 (and I can remote/Parsec into it if needed), so it's not like this is my only computer.

[@brandonmcmahan676]

Watching this from my 15" 2014 Intel Macbook Pro running Big Sur because I'm a rebel.

[@absiddique139]

2:39 Sponsor part is more funny than the video

[@sun-groupecommunications1331]

Usually I skip the ads but with Sam I didnt, he improved the experience 😅 (except the Gaza humanitarian just after 😅😅)

[@user-wu7ug4ly3v]

I just installed Ubuntu on a 2013 iMac which was running “unworkably” slow. Now it works like a dream.

[@bryan_ferrer]

Yes, it is still usable, given that consumers should be aware of cleaning their laptops, replacing the thermal paste, having their old batteries replaced, and lastly, using apps that are within their capabilities. It requires a bit of effort, but once you know how to properly care for your device, it will last a long time without needing to buy a new one.

[@CallumF878]

My personal MacBook is a 13" 2020 i7 32GB. Still fine for everything I do and I'm holding on to it for bootcamp. But my work MacBook is a 16" M3Pro 36GB and that thing just sips battery lasts for days and has never got even remotely warm.

[@jamescarballo5130]

I have an MBA 2013 and it is still running well.😊

[@bradfordjhart]

if you test different computers made at different times the new one is better, amazing. this is why i come to this channel for the most accurate reviews

[@ArmyGaurdDog]

Cache is pronounced cash

[@swagmuffin9000]

i just got a 2009 macbook, turned it into a db server. works great, but it IS headless so much lighter

[@mannkeithc]

Everytime I turn on my M2 MacBook Pro, I remember I was able to buy one Minisforum V3 Windows 11 Tablet with all the accessories, plus two Minisforum Mini PCs and they all came with 32GB RAM and 1TB storage for the same price as my MacBook with 24GB RAM etc. The Windows PCs are all based on latest AMD APUs, so have similar performance to the M2 apart from power efficiency. Note to oneself, stop lining Tim Cook's pockets!

[@oldadajbych8123]

The Portal thing is one of the reasons why I do not update my old 2015 MB Pro from Mojave and why I will never buy a Mac again. My second Windows 11 Dell can run the 2001 program without any problem.

[@Aman_Mondal]

Tim Cook needs to go that Cat has way more CEO energy 😂.

[@apatt5394]

CEO Sam Intel is still speechless after that prank, he may never recover

[@timmowarner]

I'm watching this on a 2017 Intel Macbook Air right now!

[@Blinkerd00d]

I'll keep running my 2013 macbook pro with dual boot windows x64. I need to MacOS like 5 times a year and it can run windows 10/11 just fine. It's a great backup machine for occasional use.

[@chiefdenis]

Indeed anyone can be good with a vaccum 🤣. Also congrats on the sponsor, it's way overdue.

[@nmd7142]

I have the exact same spec 2020 intel MacBook. I’m just getting by with it. I don’t need super power performance… yet

[@trollingtime1234]

I still use my 2012 MBP for basically anything really. It’s a great laptop for me still.

[@itsbtunes]

Lol I still daily my 2012 MacBook Pro updated to Sequoia

[@ericmintz8305]

Early 2011 rejuvenated (new iFixIt battery & trackpad) 13" i5 MacBook Pro, here running Ubuntu 24.04 in 4 Gigs of memory (16 Gigs on order), and feeling fine!

[@ZeeWatcher1000]

My punching well above his league. That's one hell of a Mrs. Hope for us geeks yet.

[@KirsiVackelin]

Jorma has been happy with the MacBook Pro 2009 which he received as a gift from a person who had no longer any use for it (no updates in the OS), running Ubuntu on it. But now the Ubuntu version he uses takes an awfully long time to boot up. It gets stuck somewhere in the USB probing, he says. Something like 5 minutes from power-up. But, after it has booted and and running everything is OK.

[@AccordionMusicAndMore]

Still using 2017 macbook pro quad core 2.9 - perfectly fine :)

[@Garthgoyle]

Lol. I can't wait for the Mac Mini M4. My current MacMini 2012 can barely run Photoshop anymore

[@aliaulman]

4 thunderbolts were a big deal for me. I just found out that the M series 13 inch macbook having just 2 thunderbolts. Crazy to think they even downgrade even the smallest cheapest part. Im gonna keep my 2020 13 inch last Intel Macbook forever

[@eyadragheb3133]

Well, first time for everything as they say cuz this is the first time I see Timmy cooks cooking jokes about his toys

[@daavilefx]

My 2015 macbook pro and iphone 7s are so valid if you can bypass update limitations. For basic stuff, both can easily replace any new mid-low level android, pc and moder iphones (same sht, software matters more).

[@TheNewArtSchool]

M1 rocks, and also M1 is enough. I made the mistake of getting 16gb of ram. The M1 Pro needs 32gb for even more smooth performance. But overall yes! However, my 2012 and my 2015 are still operational. I never bought a touchbar crappy mac book pro mac due to so many design flaws. Went from a Late 2015 to the M1 Pro.

[@RandomDuckyGuy]

yes u can i use one in 2024

[@DragonOilSound]

Love your video. i'm still using the iMac back in 2015 which is not that old. lots of stuff arn't able to be updated now. OS can only reach up to Monterey. Still don't care for the new apple chip because i know i gain nothing out of it. 👍👍👍

[@tg8150]

And here I am using a 5lb hp laptop bought in 2009 at Walmart thinking it’s slow. I guess I don’t need to upgrade then. They’re ALL slow apparently.

[@funvideoslaugh2607]

Today Sam is like having apple lawyers in the studio 😅😅

[@earthluma]

I still use a 2019 iMac with a 1TB Fusion Drive and a 3 GHz 6-Core i5. Honestly I’m still really liking it but I wouldn’t mind getting an M1 Mac.

[@Tomtarro]

First 5 seconds: SAVAGE! 😂😂😂

[@AYESHAMOEENGHIAS]

I want one. Does anyone know where we can buy one?

[@wodzimierz_slepowron]

It's very interesting how such an expert on trashing reviews and ridiculing everything can answer a small list of questions that I have accumulated over a couple years of using macbook pro (on intel): - keyboard layout (unusual vertical positioning of the enter key, moving the tilde key to the shift key, shifting special characters one key to the left, and other things that interfere with convenient use). - as part of the first question - why is the layout on American macbooks normal, and the problem only on those shipped to the rest of the world. - installation of the corporate image of the operating system and programs, as well as setting up user access through domain security policies (yes, we all work in Windows domains, where we really work, not open the laptop lid with a finger). - multi-user mode (this is when you have a user account for work and personal and they should work normally, not load the processor to 500% running one program in the background) - cooling.... - a laptop for a lot of money, which is unpleasant to touch even in winter, and in summer you can light matches from it... - installation and configuration of literally everything you need only through the command line - but much worse than on free linux... - why do you feel like a smoothie moron when all you see from a laptop is a nice case... There were actually a lot more questions, but after 2.5 years I returned the macbook and decided that linux and vindows were better. Many thanks =)))

[@marcq1588]

One thing you did not compare is the virtualization. I believe mac os can use 2 main virtualisation software, vmware (changed to a new company I heard, but same product) and parallel. How are these 2 working on the Intel and the "M" series to run both Windows and Linux OSes? Also what about Docker? As you said, your wife must run Windows applications. But can she manage this as comfortably on a virtual machine than the Intel Dual Boot option? Because if it is to opt at boot to run either Mac or Windows, why not having a full Windows PC? The occasional Microsoft needs should be only needed in a virtual machine, otherwise, it should probably need its own platform at all times? Your videos are very entertaining and educational. Much appreciated.

[@adenovirus.]

2013 15”MBP. Olcp runs latest software. Glowing Apple logo. Fast and good.

[@GoonFromTheMoon777]

I use a school chrome book that's battery lasted the whole week. God speed. That crap does not even run well.

[@M4cintoshSE]

I love portal 2

[@TheRealMangoDev]

im using late 2013 intel mac with macos sequoia. it works. its fine

[@Psychx_]

You can say about Apple what you want but they definitely have the most versatile and aesthetically pleasing UI framework.

[@SuperOriginal]

Why did the Intel joke at the very beginning get me? I wasn't expecting a joke in the first 5 seconds

[@ToniGancea]

woah woah, 0:31, that's in Romania 👏🏼

[@atomictransfusion]

yes

[@NeoTechni]

Only you could make me watcg an ad for an apple app, when I use Windows

[@danaiduma]

Did not expect the greys. You still look so young