The best laptop Apple ever made

Duration: 14:44

Another #MARCHintosh video!

HUGE thanks to all the other YouTubers who shared their favorite Mac laptops — be sure to check out their channels (in order of appearance:

- Branchus Creations: https://www.youtube.com/@BranchusCreations

- Action Retro: https://www.youtube.com/@ActionRetro

- This Does Not Compute: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisDoesNotCompute

- Mac84: https://www.youtube.com/@Mac84

- Mr. Macintosh: https://www.youtube.com/@Mr.Macintosh

- Computer Clan: https://www.youtube.com/@ComputerClan

Links to some of the parts I used to upgrade my 11" Air (some links are affiliate links):

- iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit: https://amzn.to/4snd2ZB

- Fancy Buying A1406 Battery for MacBook Air: https://amzn.to/4bAU8aj

- M.2 NGFF NVMe SSD adapter for MacBook Air: https://amzn.to/4cT7gKf

And if you want to keep up with all my retro computing adventures, check out this GitHub repository: https://github.com/geerlingguy/retro-computers

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Contents:

00:00 - The Best Mac Laptop Ever

01:20 - I need some parts

01:56 - Modern SSD in an old laptop

02:26 - Branchus Creations

03:20 - Impossibly-thin G4, impossibly-hot G5

04:17 - Action Retro

04:56 - Keyboards and trackpads

05:52 - This Does Not Compute

06:54 - iBook G3 nostalgia

08:02 - Mac84

09:18 - Mr. Macintosh

10:04 - Computer Clan

10:35 - Small Mac laptops

11:41 - 11" Air was ahead of its time

13:07 - Old design felt better

14:01 - Still useful