So this is my 2017 MacBook Pro. I've been using it for around four years. If you've been watching my channel, you might have seen it in a couple of my videos. I bought this thing in 2020 for a really good price at that point, the computer was

around three years old, which meant that it fell under the butterfly keyboard replacement program. Now, even though my particular keyboard was working just fine, I still chose to replace it. And that's because they were not only replacing the keyboards, but the entire top case along with the battery. So when

I got this thing back, it was basically like brand new. And to be perfectly honest, I've been perfectly happy with this machine. It pretty much did all I ever needed it to do. Now, mind you, this was never a high-end model. It only had a dual-core Intel i5 processor,

8 gigs of RAM and integrated graphics. But all that just worked fine for me, and I wasn't even annoyed by the lack of ports on this thing or the butterfly keyboard. But ever since I've started making videos, I did start to mind the fact that this thing only had a 128 gigs

of storage. Now, even for 2017, that number just seems ridiculous. Now, even though I was happy with this machine for the past couple of years, I was on the lookout for a slightly more capable computer. Now, I'm not one of those people who goes out and

buys a new phone or a computer every time a new model shows up. And I also don't like buying new stuff if the old computer still serves me well. But I'm also a bargain hunter, and I just like keeping track of prices on these MacBooks because I used to resell them.

so every day I would check my local marketplaces just to see whether or not there was anything of interest. Now if you're familiar with secondhand Apple markets, you know that there are a lot of scams. So unfortunately 99% of the time when I saw a great deal it was

unfortunately a scam, but one day I saw an ad for a 2021 M1 MacBook Pro for $120. It was being sold for parts, so my first instinct was, oh this thing must be stolen and iCloud locked. In the description, the guy said that the screen

is broken but the computer does output video to HDMI. What also confused me was the fact that this guy was a top-rated seller and he had been on the platform for around four years. Scammers usually use burner accounts which get deleted in a few days and they usually have ads for

like brand new unused machines for ridiculous prices. In my experience, they don't really tend to sell parts machines. By looking at this seller's account, I could see that he had some other computers for sale, so this guy was clearly a reseller of laptops. So I

started talking to him and he basically said that this computer came in a lot from a business and that he had no experience working on Apple computers. He told me that there was an account he couldn't get into but also that there was a guest account, and he

had sent me a screenshot of that that had basically told me that the computer probably wasn't iCloud locked. Now there used to be an official Apple service where you could check the serial number to see whether or not the device was reported stolen or iCloud locked. Unfortunately you can't do that now, but

there are still third-party services that let you check the serial number and I've used one which had told me that the computer wasn't stolen or iCloud locked so since the guy was local to me I just decided to take the chance and buy the

computer so the next day I went to meet with him and the guy was super cool and honest and basically told me that he was a reseller but he had no experience or interest in reselling Apple products so my hope for this machine was that it

only had a broken screen so I could use it with an external display but I had no idea whether this computer had any other issues with the graphics or the motherboard or anything else I also had no idea about the specs or the exact configuration of this machine but I

figured for that price it was worth a shot so when I got the machine home I gave it a quick wipe down with a microfiber cloth and some alcohol and I've also used some alcohol wipes on the glass screen which is something I like

doing after that it was time to start testing out this machine and upon starting it up I could see a faint Apple logo now I'm not sure how well you'll be able to see that but to me that was a clear sign of something being wrong with

the backlight so I hooked this thing up to my external display and just like the guy said there were two accounts on this computer there was a guest account and also the main account which was password protected so as far as I could tell this computer was in no way iCloud locked I

have a ton of experience reinstalling operating systems on older Mac computers, but I had no idea how to do any of that on Apple silicon. So I just started poking around, and after doing some research, I've rebooted the computer into safe mode. From there, I was greeted

with a familiar looking screen offering to restore the computer using Time Machine, but also to reinstall the operating system. So I clicked on that just to see what kind of an SSD was installed on this thing, and once I did that, I began to realize that I was

dealing with a pretty high-end machine. Oh my God, oh my God! This thing had a one terabyte SSD, which was about eight times as much as I had on my previous Mac MacBook. Now throughout this video, you'll hear me ooh and ah at this thing. Now, those were just

my honest reactions, and I don't want you to think that I'm some sort of an Apple fanboy who drools all over their computers. I just bought this computer on a whim, thinking that it was some sort of a scam, or that there was something

majorly wrong with it. And I just couldn't believe what I was getting for 120 bucks. So anyway, this thing started reinstalling the operating system, but it said it was going to take something like 3 and 1/2 hours, which at

the time I didn't have. So I just canceled the installation until I had the time to deal with it. So before actually reinstalling the OS, I wanted to wipe the SSD. Once I did that, I just started installing macOS Ventura using the

built-in online installer now you can also apparently use a bootable USB like for the older systems but I just didn't have a bootable Mac OS Ventura USB on hand and this just felt more convenient now it said it was going to take quite a

long time but that's actually because the first part of the installation is spent on downloading quite a large installation files once it did that the installation was moving along quite quickly it took about an hour if memory serves once the installation was done the computer rebooted which was kind of

nerve-wracking because I couldn't see what was happening on the real screen and my external screen went dead so I was panicking for a while because I thought the computer died or something but after a couple of minutes the computer came back to life and I was greeted with

OS Ventura splash screen ah okay oh my God again excuse my moaning I was kind of excited at the time so I went through the usual signing process and after a couple of minutes I was greeted by the Mac OS Ventura desktop oh

my God what the hell okay so I guess it's time to explore this thing so we already know this thing has a terabyte of storage but um this is legitimately the first time we're going to be taking a look at the specifications and I'm not sure what

we're going to find because this particular model has several configs so we'll see what I have what the heck the what I Jesus man this thing has an M1 Max and 32 gigs of RAM I never had 32 gigs of RAM like

Seriously, I never even had a Windows PC with that much RAM. There was a gaming PC I built like years ago, and that only had like 16, I think, and it was like DDR3. I also had MacBooks, which I've upgraded to 16 gigs

of RAM back in the day when you could do that. Wow, man, wow. So, I just started poking around this machine, making sure that all of the basic functions were working fine, and then I started checking some other things, like the battery. Let's see about the battery. So, it's displaying that its

health is in the normal condition and its capacity is at 88%. So, I guess you know, as Ventura, you have no way of monitoring the recharge cycles, but this to me seems pretty dang fresh. That's actually not true. There is a way of

checking the recharge cycles, and I did that later, and it turns out this thing only has like 400 cycles, which is pretty good. Next, I went online to see whether the Wi-Fi was working okay and to check the speakers. Speaker sounds awesome. Wow, they sound a lot better than my

Intel Mac speakers. That's for sure. So, one morning, I went out to take out the trash, even on Mac settings, like they're not distorted in any way. The garbage container, as I was throwing, so I did hear that these computers had a pretty good sound system, and yeah, these are

hands down the best sounding speakers I've heard in a laptop. So, the next thing I wanted to configure was the way this thing was displaying to an external screen, and basically what I wanted to do is to mirror the screen with the lid closed down. So, after doing that, there

There were a couple of more things I wanted to check, so I have the machine opened, and what I would like to check out is to see whether or not this thing has a working webcam. Because even though the backlight is clearly not working, perhaps the webcam is still functional, because

that's something I use quite often, and if I want to use this machine, it's a necessary thing for me to have a working webcam. So we'll check whether or not this one works, and if not, then I'll just get a USB or a Bluetooth webcam, or I

can actually use my iPhone as a webcam. So that's also an option. So we'll go to Photo Booth. Oh man, so the camera works! Hi there! Oh man, that's so cool! You can actually see the sensor is glowing. That's it, that's that's all I

need! I can use this computer now! I still have absolutely, I'm still lost for words. I got this for 120 bucks! What the f-- yo, what the heck! I can't believe my luck! Ah, that's so cool! I mean, I'll show you here, we'll go to

we'll go to eBay. I've looked around, I've actually been looking for a new display for this thing, not that I need it, but I was just curious. And if you actually look for this particular model, you can see them, you can see them being

sold. So this is a screen assembly, and you can see that it's quite expensive, it's around 400 bucks. So I'm not going to be buying a display anytime soon. But also wait, there was a, yeah, yeah, yeah, I think it's this one. So

This computer is selling for 800 bucks, so it's an M1 Pro. It has 16 gigs of RAM and it also has a smaller hard drive, so this is a 512 gigs SSD. And it says that the device has a significant LCD issue resulting in a completely black screen.

So that's exactly what I have, however it can still be used with an external monitor. Yeah, so this computer has the exact same issue as mine, and it's in worse condition actually. It's kind of banged up and it's selling for 800 bucks. This

is easily a $1,500 computer still, and I got it for 120 bucks. I know people are not going to believe me, but um, yeah, I don't [Laughter] care. Oh God, okay. So if we close this, yeah, it still mirrors perfect. Okay, good.

So one more thing left to do was to transfer all my old files from my previous MacBook. I've never actually used migration assistant before, but I'm going to give it a try. So even though in the past 10 years I've had many MacBook

laptops, I've never actually used this thing. And that's because with the older models, I would just take my old SSD and I would put it in the new machine. Obviously I couldn't do that with this machine, so it was time to try using this

migration assistant. So there are a couple of ways of connecting the computers up. And the fastest one is using the Thunderbolt ports. So I've tried that, but it just wouldn't work. I've also tried putting my old computer in target disk mode, but the new computer just

wouldn't recognize it and that's because I was using my USB charging lead which apparently doesn't work. I just thought that was the same thing as the Thunderbolt but with a different name, so I just resorted to using my internet connection. And since my old SSD only had

like 90 gigs, it really didn't take that long. And once that was done, I was honestly really impressed with the result. This didn't only copy the files, it copied the settings, preferences, everything, so I could just go back to using this thing as if nothing had

changed. I did actually redownload a couple of applications which had a dedicated Apple silicon port, just so I don't have to run them through Rosetta, even though that also works pretty good. So it was time for my old MacBook to join the pile of antiques I have. Nah, 

just kidding, I still do need a laptop I can take with me and it's going to serve that purpose quite nicely. As far as my new laptop, I'm going to use that as my main workhorse and editing rig. I know people are going to ask whether or not

I'll be attempting to repair this thing, and honestly, the answer is no. First of all, these machines are not nearly as user-serviceable as ones that I have experience with. I don't really feel like pushing my luck with this thing, and honestly, I don't really know what's

wrong with it either. I mean, there's clearly an issue with the backlight, but that could be the cable, it could be the panel itself, or something on the motherboard. Also, the replacement parts for this computer are really hard to come by, and they're really expensive, and

that to me points to the only reasonable explanation as to why this thing was gotten rid of. They probably took this thing to an Apple service dealer and they gave them an insane quota for repairing this thing. And I'm perfectly happy using this machine the way it is.

So you might ask what will I do with this machine and how will I utilize all this new power? Well, I'm no power user and to be honest this computer is probably a bit of an overkill for me, but I'm definitely super excited about the

extra storage. And there are of course things I couldn't really do well on my previous MacBook. That thing really struggled with 4K videos and it also struggled really hard with ProRes video, but this thing was pretty much made just for that. And even though this particular

video wasn't shot in 4K or ProRes, I did have the time to play around with it and yeah, this thing didn't even spin the fans up. So I will take this computer as a little knot from above. I will try making better videos with it and growing

my YouTube channel recently. I really had insane luck with these computer finds. So if you like this video, you might want to check out some of my other ones. For example, just recently I found a pretty new computer in the trash. I also do overviews, restorations, retro stuff, so if

you like that kind of stuff, uh, you might want to consider subscribing. And if you have an M1 Max, share your experiences with it in the comments. Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you next time. Cheers.

I Bought an M1 Max Macbook For $120

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2017 MacBook Pro에서 업그레이드하기

내레이터는 4년간 사용했으며 이전에 동영상에 등장했던 2017년형 MacBook Pro에 대해 설명합니다.

MacBook Pro는 리콜 프로그램에 따라 키보드와 상단 케이스를 교체하여 사실상 새 제품처럼 사용할 수 있게 되었습니다.

2017년형 모델의 사양은 듀얼 코어 i5, 8GB RAM, 통합 그래픽, 128GB 저장 용량으로 상세히 설명되어 있습니다.

내레이터는 기계에 만족감을 표시하지만 동영상 편집을 위한 저장 용량(128GB)이 부족하다고 지적합니다.

내레이터는 충동적이지 않고 기회주의적이며 실속을 중시하는 전자제품 구매 방식을 설명합니다.

저렴한 2021년형 M1 맥북 프로 찾기

내레이터는 중고 Apple 시장에서 합법적인 거래를 찾는 데 따르는 어려움과 종종 발생하는 사기에 대해 이야기합니다.

화면이 깨져 '부품용'으로 광고된 2021년형 M1 MacBook Pro가 120달러에 발견되었지만 HDMI 출력 기능이 있습니다.

판매자의 평판과 이력을 조사하여 사기 의심을 줄입니다.

판매자와의 커뮤니케이션을 통해 컴퓨터의 출처(사업 청산)와 판매자의 Apple 수리 경험 부족을 확인할 수 있습니다.

게스트 계정에 액세스할 수 있으며 타사 일련 번호 확인을 통해 기기를 도난당했거나 iCloud가 잠겨 있지 않은지 확인합니다.

구매 후 내레이터가 기계를 청소하고 테스트를 시작합니다.

희미한 Apple 로고는 백라이트 문제를 암시합니다.

외부 디스플레이에 연결하면 기능이 확인되며, 두 개의 계정(게스트 및 비밀번호로 보호된 계정)이 존재합니다.

내레이터는 Apple Silicon OS 재설치 경험이 부족하지만 문제 해결을 진행합니다.

안전 모드에서는 Time Machine 복원 및 OS 재설치 옵션이 표시되어 1TB SSD를 발견할 수 있습니다.

내레이터는 가격 대비 예상치 못한 고급 부품에 놀라움을 표합니다.

내레이터는 그들이 흥분한 이유는 애플 팬이기 때문이 아니라 놀라운 가치 때문이라고 설명합니다.

시간 제약으로 인해 초기 OS 재설치가 중단됩니다.

macOS Ventura는 온라인 설치 관리자를 사용하여 설치됩니다.

다운로드 및 실제 설치 시간을 포함한 설치 프로세스에 대해 설명합니다.

재부팅하는 동안 외부 디스플레이가 어두워져 잠시 당황하는 순간이 발생하지만 결국 시스템이 시작됩니다.

내레이터는 맥OS 벤츄라 데스크톱을 보고 계속 흥분을 감추지 못합니다.

사양이 공개되었습니다: 기대치를 훨씬 뛰어넘는 M1 Max 칩과 32GB RAM.

배터리 상태(88%, 약 400회)를 포함한 기본 기능 점검이 수행됩니다.

Wi-Fi 및 스피커 품질을 테스트한 결과, 스피커는 인텔 Mac에 비해 뛰어난 사운드로 호평을 받았습니다.

덮개를 닫은 상태에서 외부 디스플레이 미러링이 구성됩니다.

웹캠을 테스트한 결과 백라이트 문제에도 불구하고 정상적으로 작동하는 것으로 확인되었습니다.

내레이터는 웹캠이 작동하는 것에 대한 안도감과 흥분을 표현합니다.

내레이터는 비슷한 모델의 이베이 목록을 확인하며 교체용 스크린의 높은 가격(약 400달러)을 강조합니다.

비슷한 화면 문제를 가진 비슷한 M1 Pro MacBook Pro가 800달러에 등록되어 있는 것을 발견했습니다.

내레이터는 120달러 구매의 상당한 가격 차이와 우수한 사양을 지적합니다.

내레이터는 발견의 놀라운 가치를 재차 강조하며 시청자의 불신을 일축합니다.

외부 디스플레이 미러링에 성공했습니다.

내레이터는 이전에는 SSD 스와핑에 의존했지만 마이그레이션 도우미를 사용하여 이전 MacBook에서 데이터를 전송합니다.

데이터 전송을 위해 인터넷을 사용하는 경우 Thunderbolt 연결 문제로 인해 문제가 발생합니다.

설정 및 환경설정을 포함한 데이터 전송 프로세스가 성공적으로 완료되었습니다.

일부 애플리케이션은 기본 Apple Silicon 지원을 위해 다시 다운로드해야 합니다.

구형 MacBook의 향후 활용 방안에 대해 논의하며, 휴대용 보조 노트북으로 사용할 예정입니다.

새로운 MacBook Pro가 주요 업무용 기기가 될 것입니다.

내레이터가 화면 수리의 어려움, 비용, 폐기 가능성 등의 이유로 수리를 하지 않기로 결정한 이유를 설명합니다.

내레이터는 컴퓨터의 성능이 자신의 필요를 초과한다는 사실을 인정하면서도 늘어난 저장 공간과 기능에 대해 흥분을 감추지 못합니다.

4K 및 ProRes 비디오의 성능이 향상될 것으로 예상됩니다.

내레이터는 새 컴퓨터를 사용하여 더 나은 동영상을 제작하고 YouTube 채널을 성장시킬 계획입니다.

클릭 유도 문안은 시청자가 M1 Max MacBook을 구독하고 자신의 경험을 공유하도록 유도합니다.