2015 MacBook Air in 2025 SSD Upgrade & Linux Mint Install. Will This Decade Old Mac Be Usable Today?

Today we’re going to work on a budget by transforming this decade old 2015 MacBook Air with a new SSD and install Linux Mint on it. After that we’ll take it for a test drive to see if it’s usable in 2025. Can it video edit? Let’s get into it and find out! Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:25 – Disassembly & NVME Install 04:57 – Linux Mint Install 09:00 – Fixing missing wifi drivers 10:41 – Benchmarks –Geekbench 5 & Web Speedometer 3 11:18 – Desktop Experience & Thoughts 12:45 – YouTube Experience 13:23 – Kdenlive Experience 14:27 – Libreoffice Calc 15:15 – Web browsing 15:56 – Conclusion Links: Linux Mint https://linuxmint.com/ Geekbench Performance Results Links: Geekbench Mac OS https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/... Geekbench Linux https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amazon Affiliate Links for Equipment Used: Silicon Power 512gb NVME https://a.co/d/7sgXxJe NVME to Apple Adapter https://a.co/d/eiRcMAE Video Capture USB Stick – Cheap $16 https://a.co/d/h9nU3QU IFixit Toolkit https://a.co/d/bXloZRn Verbatim Store n Go Flashdrive (USB A & C) https://a.co/d/c7FlHPT StarTech USB to Ethernet Adapter https://a.co/d/c2c3QiJ IPhone MagSafe Tripod Mount and SSD Holder https://a.co/d/cFpw0K1 Crucial X9 Pro Portable 1TB SSD 1,000MBs https://a.co/d/ar3XANj JOBY GorillaPod Action Video Tripod https://a.co/d/4PUbRkW Time to Render this Video on the 2015 MacBook – 31minutes using Quick Sync