I scored a cheap MBP 17 mid spec with 8gb ram + SSD
What OS should I run??
The first thing I did was take it up to Sequoia and boy is it slow! I knew boot speeds would be a problem but after about 3 minutes of settling in the system was pretty strained at idle. Streaming YouTube is pretty important to me and 1080p is nearly impossible. 720p while web browsing kept it pegged at 100% CPU usage w/ frequent freezing. This is with transparency & motion reduced, Spotlight killed.
I then downgraded to Monterey and I'm very pleased with the same workload. 1080p is manageable, 720p while streaming only occasionally peaks usage. Unfortunately Safari is tapped out, last updated Jul '24.
Should I take one or two steps up next? Install is a painful 2 hour ordeal so I'd like it to be worth the hassle haha.
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