The MacBook I Can’t Quit

6 years and still going strong

Five and a half pounds is a lot to carry around. It doesn’t seem like it, but once you adopt to carrying something lighter for a while, going back seems dramatic.

Officially, my Early-2011 15-inch MacBook Pro weighs 5.6 lbs, a gargantuan weight for a notebook by today’s standards. My roommate’s dedicated gaming laptop is lighter. It’s nearly a centimeter thicker and 2.5lbs heavier than a modern MacBook Pro. The battery life has gone to hell. The screen is washed out and pixelated. It sounds like a jet taking off when it boots up.

It’s also a fucking tank. And I can’t bear to part with it.