I just completely refurbished a 2011 Macbook Pro, 16GB RAM, 250GB SSD, new battery, the works. It was plastered with three layers of stickers, removed all of them. Other than the cosmetic damage it's accrued over the last decade it looks brand new and absolutely sings. Right now I have High Sierra on it but honestly if I were using it as a daily driver I'd just install Linux. Still plenty of computing power for everyday stuff.
I just completely refurbished a 2011 Macbook Pro, 16GB RAM, 250GB SSD, new battery, the works. It was plastered with three layers of stickers, removed all of them. Other than the cosmetic damage it's accrued over the last decade it looks brand new and absolutely sings. Right now I have High Sierra on it but honestly if I were using it as a daily driver I'd just install Linux. Still plenty of computing power for everyday stuff.