Ask HN: Please suggest uses for an old Mac

4 pointsberkeshire2 comments

Hi HN,

Long time lurker (2007 or so onwards), first time poster.

I have a Mac Mini, circa 2010, 2.4GHz Intel Core2 Duo processor(s), 2GB RAM, 320 GB storage. OS: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard, cant be upgraded beyond this). Its from my iOS app development days.

Since the power usage by a Mac Mini is low [1], I am keen to run something good on it. It may not be on the network, more of a standalone.

I am not into mining. I dont want to run shared-computing-for-a-cause type of applications.

What can I run on this, other than dynamic photo frames.

Thanks for your time. Cheers. Stay safe.

[1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201897

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