PHOΞNIX Ry 3.75GHz | Corsair LPX 16Gb DDR4 2933 | MSI B350 Tomahawk | Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ 8Gb | Intel 535 120Gb | Western Digital WD5000AAKS x2 | Cooler Master HAF XB Evo | Corsair H80 + Corsair SP120 | Cooler Master 120mm AF | Corsair SP120 | Icy Box IB-172SK-B | OCZ CX500W | Acer GF246 24' + AOC 21.5' | Steelseries Apex 350 | Steelseries Diablo 3 | Steelseries Syberia RAW Prism | Corsair HS-1 | Akai AM-A1 Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down. So what are my options (you're obviously the resident Mac-head, maybe you have some ideas) That, added with the lack of further support for 10.7.5 leave me in a bit of a strange situation. One of the main reasons I want Windows on it is compatibility with the software I'll be using for school (which isn't available on either Linux or OS X and is completely in-house, created by students/teachers a few years ago). A charger is another $40 (!) so I'll go ahead and fix the one I have (I might look into replacing the charger with a non-apple one with the same specs that I would transplant the MagSafe cable onto). A battery is about $35-40 locally, so it isn't exactly cheap, considering I paid $35 for the laptop itself. This would be a bit of a problem, since, if Win 10 works fine, I intend to spend a couple bucks on refurbishing the unit completely (I need a battery that keeps at least a 10 minute charge, since the charger is also wonky and I need to fix or replace it). Unfortunately I haven't actually seen any proper fixes. Most posts I've seen claim that BT, camera and sound don't work. I've done some light research, and, while it appears that it is possible to install Windows 10, the driver support is problematic to say the least. Now, I still want to mess around with OS X, hence why I'd install it on a spare drive (if dual booting isn't an option) I've been keeping an eye on the resource manager and, to my surprise, the resource consumption doesn't add up with the speed (or lack there of) of the OS. Video playback is wonky in Chrome (using an older version, which may be the cause), switching between opened apps takes a good 5-7 seconds. Yes, I know it's a pretty old machine and the performance would be significantly lower compared to my main rig (it's essentially a 10 year gap worth of advancements and so on), but even after going in with little to no expectations, OS X feels, sluggish. Keep 10.7.5 and install Windows 10 alongside. OR, and I'm not sure this would really work Install 10.7.5 on a spare drive, wipe the drive already in the macbook and slap Windows 10 on it*

Use recommendation to try mlPostFactor and install a newer version of OS X I'm currently looking at a couple options:

It's currently running OS X 10.7.5, which is the latest officially supported version, which is where my issues begin. Sooooooo, I picked up a mid/late 2007 Macbook (A1181, can't really remember actual release) that had its memory upped to 4 gigs.

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