What to do with an unused MacBook Air?

[Deleted User]

I happen to own a late 2010 MacBook Air 11' that I haven't used since I got a retina MacBook Pro a couple years ago. I don't want to get rid of it, and I've been thinking of putting some other OS on it. So what should I install? The choices:

- Ubuntu
- Kubuntu
- Ubuntu Budgie
- Debian
- Fedora
- Windows 7 (Win10 didn't work; I'll explain why some other time)
- Any other OS except macOS (Please reply to the thread)

Thanks

Bry89

I'd say Win7 or Ubuntu can go nicely with it... maybe Kubuntu also. Whichever works best for you

Linux Mint could do the trick also.

psychobat

If you want to use it to learn linux a little bit, you could throw on Ubuntu or Debian. Windows 7 also isn't a bad OS to throw on.

If you have enough hard drive space to spare, you could also install a bootloader like grub and install both windows and linux to get the best of both worlds.

[Deleted User]

psychobat wrote:

If you have enough hard drive space to spare, you could also install a bootloader like grub and install both windows and linux to get the best of both worlds.

The computer has a (from the factory) 64GB SSD in it...so not a bad idea to dual boot both. I don't know if Windows 7 would take kindly to only 32GB of storage (if I did a 50-50 split between the two OSes).

What about triple booting 2 Linuxes and Windows? The partitions could go like this:

12 --> Ubuntu
12 --> Debian
36 --> Win7
4 --> common storage (an empty FAT32 partition that can be read by all OSes)

Thanks

BlueSun

Keep in mind that it isn't going to be exactly 64 GB. It will be roughly 58-59 GB.

Windows 7 will run fine on 32 GB of storage, at least for a little while. But after a few updates and some software, you'll run out of space.

HorseBatteryStaple

Hmm...how old is it? i suggest using a contemporary windows OS and Dual-booting w/ linux.( tho some of us need a new computer...JK..tho i really do...)