If you have a five-year-old MacBook on hand, and suddenly one day, the screen is broken, such as falling on the ground, such as your puppy smashing the screen.... Another example is...
At this time, you have two choices: A, find Apple official maintenance, you may need to spend 4000 soft sister coins; B, hang a second-hand platform, sell one or two thousand.
Presumably, many people will choose Plan B, after all, Apple users - no - bad - money! Buy a new one!
At the same time, there are also such a group of people who have always wanted to buy a Mac but are reluctant to buy it at a high price! If you want to start a Mac at a low price, the second-hand trading platform is the light of the right way.
It is with buyers and sellers that there is a market for such products. It's the severed Mac we're going to talk about today!
What is a Severed Mac?
Although the word "severed head" looks like a chill in the neck, rest assured, this is really just a laptop without a screen.
As we all know, Apple is famous for buying screens to send computers, but there are many small partners who just want to experience Apple's system, or use some specific software such as Final cut, which is only available to Apple, so what to do at this time? Why your next computer? It can be half a unit!
Wouldn't the "MacBook Pro half" be an interesting choice?
Think about these things before you get started with a severed Mac
To get started with this type of Mac, there are several prerequisites to consider.
First of all, your budget is 1500-2000 yuan. Judging from the price of a second-hand platform, the price range of such products is basically concentrated here.
More interesting to find is that the product model of the severed Mac is mainly the 2014/15 MacBook Pro, the processor is mainly i7, the memory is 16GB, and the main difference in price is the amount of storage space.
Let's talk about this generation. The 2015 Macbook Pro is still very distinctive. The first is that it has an extremely rich interface, including 2 Thunderbolt, 2 USB-A ports, 1 HDMI port, 1 SD card reader, and MagSafe power connector. After 2016, the MacBook Pro only comes with two or four Thunderbolt 3 ports. It was not until the MacBook Pro update with M series chips some time ago that the design of the rich interface in the past was restored. Please note the reversing!
Of course, there is the battery of this generation of products, which is notoriously very easy to explode... emm！ No, it is prone to failure. Because of the battery, Apple later recalled this generation of products on a large scale!
Secondly, you need to have a great monitor. You know, one of the core of Apple's Mac's praise is the excellent screen, so many people who do design are willing to pay for it. If there is no excellent screen, then it is acceptable to have a not too bad one.
Again, since most severed Mac trackpads are available, you can use "original" products. If you don't like this way of doing things, you need to add an external set of keyboard and mouse. This way the severed Mac can be placed in a corner as a small host computer, without taking up too much desktop space.
Finally, you need to consider the cheap price. Because it is an old product purchased by a second-hand platform, the after-sales warranty is not guaranteed.
What was the experience like for a severed Mac?
To verify what the experience of a severed Mac really looks like, I borrowed one from a colleague! According to his description, the product cost 1700 yuan on the second-hand platform bare metal, and the product was subsequently modified, such as adding a 512GB hard disk of SN750, but the total cost was less than 2500 yuan. The core purpose of the purchase is to experience the Apple ecosystem.
As you can see, the product we have now is the severed Mac, and the lack of a screen makes it look particularly emmm. This long strip at the hinge is an antenna that is used to connect to the wireless network.
I actually tried it, the keyboard was intact, everything was typing normally, and the trackpad was more sensitive.
The interface aspect is very complete, as we introduced earlier!
Then we dismantle the machine and look inside. The internal layout is still relatively regular, double fan single heat pipe design. The battery also does not have the phenomenon of bulging, that is, I don't know if it is original, the probability is not...
Light up the machine, the operating system is Big Sur, the product is the 15-inch MacBook Pro released in mid-2014, the processor is a quad-core Intel i7 processor, that is, i7-4770HQ, 22nm process. The memory is 16GB.
The storage space is 512GB solid state, and the system space occupies about 15.35GB.
What is more interesting is that according to the serial number in Apple's official query, the official website prompts that "the consumer rights law does not apply", that is, this product is "imported goods".
We tested it with Geekbench 5 and saw that it scored 834 single-core and 3205 multi-core.
How about this score? Borrowing the comparison of the previous Running Scores of Sina Technology, compared with the 2020 MacBook Pro 13, the performance of the severed Mac is about half of that of others. Alas, there's nothing to compare to, after all, the MacBook Pro 13 starts at $9,999!
We used PR to export a piece of footage that we made earlier. The screen is 1080P, about 3 minutes long, exporting H.264, the time spent on the severed Mac is 3 minutes and 22 seconds! At the same time, during the editing process, we can clearly hear the whining of the fan.
We also tested it with the latest processor on the market, the R5 5265U notebook, which took about 1 minute and 44 seconds. Compared to the severed Mac, the efficiency surge is 200%.
Summary of the experience of the severed mac
After a period of experience, the severed Mac is handling daily work, such as WeChat, enterprise WeChat, Ps, browsers, etc. are very smooth, and there is no caton. Apple's silky, that's right!
From the performance test point of view, this product is also enough, if it is for heavy video editing and other work, advise everyone to "rat tail juice". After all, the performance of this product even with macOS, it really can't move! M processor, yes! Of course, light video clips are still OK, such as the video you are watching now, which I edited with a severed Mac!
At the same time, the external keyboard and mouse bring adaptability problems, such as our commonly used "copy" and "paste", etc., which require the keyboard to be adjusted according to the logic of macOS. More importantly, you need a monitor with a great screen, or you're wasting one of the biggest uses of this product.
Because this product is more widespread on second-hand platforms, and it seems to have formed an industrial chain. When you buy, on the one hand, you must find a reliable seller and ask multiple parties to make payment, on the other hand, you should also consider your actual needs, such as whether there is a mobile office, heavy use scenarios, whether there is a video conference and so on.
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