We installed elementary OS on a white 2007 MacBook 2,1 with 64 bit processor, 32 bit EFI, hard disk and 2 GB RAM (the version for 32 EFIs can be found here): and on a MacBook Pro 5,5 from mid 2009 with 4 GB RAM and SSD. So everything runs fine with that browser. It is minimalistic and was probably chosen for that reason, but after several crashes on a standard site like we installed Firefox immediately and without thinking. The first thing we noticed was that the included browser Epiphany is not good enough for the modern Internet.

The Music App itself, on the other hand, coming in iTunes style, works excellently and is well suited for the probable use of the computer for “Internet, photos, music”.Įlementary OS doesn’t really run smoothly on old MacBooks So snapshots can also be transferred to the computer. What even worked in combination with the iPhone was the image transfer to the photos app you brought with you. And why shouldn’t you give the programmer a few euros for the use? We think it makes sense, because behind every app, no matter how small it is, there is a lot of development effort. What’s nice is that you can pay a small amount of money for small apps. The apps that can be found there are still not that many, but in principle there is a program available for every purpose. That’s good because why shouldn’t something look good? It’s also handy when you’re coming from macOS to find your way around.Īlso the settings are manifold.

Let’s get to the positive side first: the look is a little bit oriented to Apple’s design, the organization, especially the control panel, is excellent. Since it looked good on the screenshots and we already had good experiences with Ubuntu on the MacBook, we tested it directly. On a Linux basis, elementary OS comes from promoting itself as an alternative to Windows and macOS. This is always handy if it’s old hardware or you’re just curious about what other developers are doing.Įlementary OS looks nice and is well structured The approach is good, but less suitable for use on older Mac hardware.Īs you already know, we like to test alternative operating systems for the Mac. We have once again tested an alternative operating system on the Mac: elementary OS.

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