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I upgraded to 16GB RAM and put a 1TB SATA3 SSD in it too. Never had an issue with the SATA flex cables myself, so I must have been lucky.

The trackpad took some tinkering on Linux but I got it to behave like a Mac with three-finger drag. Didn't need rotate or any other gestures but I had got used to three-finger drag and 2 finger right-click.

It's my daily driver. Amazing to think it started out running Snow Leopard. Great piece of hardware.

Even the CD drive on it has been useful for ripping my entire 1000 CDs of yesteryear and then using sacad and kid3 to apply artwork to the MP3s, then host on Navidrome on a Pi4 at home with Wireguard VPN access so I can stream all my music on my phone using Subsonic whilst out and about. Really happy with the setup and the machine.

Meanwhile my work 2016 Macbook's keyboard is playing up again after it was replaced (£900 worth, replaced free by Apple thanks).... Replacement includes the entire top panel and touchbar (which was defective too) and also a new battery...