Why I'm selling my MacBook Pro 2012 in 2024

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4 ай бұрын

Eventually the age of retirement dawns on all Macs. This one's been a long time coming.
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@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

Oh god I messed up the audio so badly on this, I didn’t even fully realise the extent of the problem until now. Sorry about the distortion, folks. Never again!

@Gearsandco 2 ай бұрын

watching this video on a mid 2012 15 inch MacBook Pro 2.6ghz and hires screen lol, I do have a 1tb ssd and 16gb of ram, which still runs a bit slow sometimes, but the reapplication of thermal past really helped it to run bit longer, I will still keep it since I like collecting Macs and I would still use it for my music softwares since it's more than enough for it to handle them.

@fix0the0spade 3 ай бұрын

Regards 2012 MBP thermals, if you're feeling brave drilling intake holes over the centre of the two fans will dramatically lower the temps for both CPU and GPU. It doesn't run any quieter under load but not feeling like it's going to catch fire is nice.

@montaguebarnabasltd 3 ай бұрын

Mentioned that in my upgrade guide video! It does help a little bit, yep, despite the scare factor…

@joshuat502 4 ай бұрын

I bought a 2012 Mac book pro and it was my first proper Mac (I am 14 by the way) and I upgraded it to 16gb of ram and put a 512GB ssd in it and used open core legacy patcher to put Mac OS snoma on it, it runs really well.

@montaguebarnabasltd 4 ай бұрын

Hell yeah. That’s the exact same route I took when I got my first MacBook. Nice work

@Boodaa12345 3 ай бұрын

Same here:) Will newer sell it…

@joshuat502 3 ай бұрын

thanks!@@montaguebarnabasltd

@DarkHill43 2 ай бұрын

Does your 2012 macbook run laud? I mean the fan noise

@joshuat502 2 ай бұрын

@@DarkHill43 no it runs quite quiet after i cleaned the fan and air vent, i also use macs speed fan control to keep the temps down and it still is quite quiet, sometimes the fans will kick up but not for long. the reason i use macs fan speed control it because without it it will get to 90c and than the fans will blast at max.

@ColinsCity 4 ай бұрын

Windows 10 runs really well on these unibody macbooks, i have it installed on my 17" 2009 Macbook Pro and it runs so smoothly, i bought this Macbook specifically to use it for Windows 10 but i'm also pleasantly surprised how well it works on Monterey. The seller i bought it from used a fake SSD so i had to replace it and start from Snow Leopard (i prefer the disk utility in snow leopard) then to El Capitan (which runs slow even with an SSD) and then to Monterey with the Open Core Legacy Patcher which runs quite well. I need the CD/DVD drive so it was also a deciding factor in the purchase one upside is that i can plug in my external microphone in the audio jack and it actually works unlike in my 2015 Macbook Pro, i tried everything and could never get it working so always had to record using an old iPhone SE. I have never brought any laptop outside i'm always afraid i will drop it or knock it over and break it so the battery life lasting 5 hours is fine and a huge improvement from my windows laptop so i'm happy for now.

@montaguebarnabasltd 4 ай бұрын

Windows use is one thing these old Intels are pretty unbeatable on. Perhaps if you’re using it indoors only a Desktop would do the job? Either way, good to hear you’re still finding a use for your 2015!

@DirectingSven 3 ай бұрын

running in raid for the brave will yeild above 3.4ghz and yes super hot

@klebleonard 4 ай бұрын

Im planning to buy this laptop if I can find it for about 100-150 euros. I will put Linux on it as I dislike MacOS and Apple generally, but these old Macbooks have fascinated me really. I currently got a Macbook Air 2012 for free and I kinda like it. Your videos about old Macbooks are really helpful, thank you good sir

@montaguebarnabasltd 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Yeah there’s something endearing about them. I guess it’s the upgradeability and how sturdily built they are.

@mexdy3915 4 ай бұрын

damn another great video! I wanna buy one of these for fun even tho I have m1 air:) those thing too old for 2024, but great cheap first MacBook. My first MacBook was mb air 2010.

@montaguebarnabasltd 4 ай бұрын

They’re such fun to tinker with. Thanks for watching!!

@PtakiKujawiaki 2 ай бұрын

1:35 what a sweet cats tail

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

Thank you… little cat named Pumpkin

@PtakiKujawiaki 2 ай бұрын

3:35 - how can you play normal pc games on MacBook ?? I have MacBook Air 2017 and I can only play something like Asphalt from appstore

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

You can run Windows with Bootcamp utility. Very useful.

@Aligndude 3 ай бұрын

I’m a bit of an odd case, I have a 2020 intel 13” mbp with the Touch Bar and better keyboard, I only use it for a site laptop so it’s fine. I’m curious how long apple will support it for…

@montaguebarnabasltd 3 ай бұрын

You know, I’ve never thought about that! I would suggest a year less than M1. Just speculation, but the iPhone 5S had support until iOS 12 I believe, when the 5C with less good hardware stopped at iOS 9… similar situation

@SimplengKristyano 3 ай бұрын

Sir, I really like to get a 2012 Macbook Pro due to it's upgradeability. Would that be ok? i just like to have linux on an old Macbook Pro 2012. and not run Mac OS in it. thanks for your videos.

@montaguebarnabasltd 3 ай бұрын

I think it’ll be fine for that, yep. I used mine until this year

@ushanovazamat 4 ай бұрын

Cat's tail is so cute :)))

@montaguebarnabasltd 4 ай бұрын

My gf loved that comment, thank you!

@Surya_narayanan 3 ай бұрын

Planning to sell my mid 2012 mbp. I am gona miss this . Planning to buy m2pro 14inch mbp. I am wondering will it last long

@montaguebarnabasltd 3 ай бұрын

Aw man, glad it served you well. That’s a good replacement choice. I’m sure you’ll get another 5 years at absolute minimum

@user-nl4ch1pz4x 4 ай бұрын

Still running my 2012 15 unibody with all the upgrades. Works great for my basic web use. I was hoping to see how long it would last for but I've recently developed the itch for an M2 Pro 16. We'll see what happens..

@montaguebarnabasltd 4 ай бұрын

Haha, worth holding out until you find an excellent deal I reckon. Will be worth it infinitely when you do though…

@fix0the0spade 3 ай бұрын

Your 2012 will outlive the M1 and laugh at it as you take the M1 to recycling.

@montaguebarnabasltd 3 ай бұрын

@@fix0the0spade with 4x worse performance, unfortunately.

@user-nl4ch1pz4x 3 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd I ended up snagging a base M2 Pro 16 Space Gray "open box" like new for $1600. I love it so much.

@montaguebarnabasltd 3 ай бұрын

@@user-nl4ch1pz4x excellent! Glad you found what you wanted. Those are machines that will last 5-10 years I reckon. Great deal.

@tyarbrough 4 ай бұрын

I'm keeping mine as a backup to my main machine, at mid-2025 MBP! Both machines are maxed out. LOL

@montaguebarnabasltd 4 ай бұрын

Always good to hear about people utilising those older macs!

@CardboardBots 4 ай бұрын

I'm selling mine this year too!

@CardboardBots 4 ай бұрын

And I'm selling my mid-2011 iMac, too. They were a power couple. Still very usable. However, Adobe doesn't want to even let me use older versions of the creative cloud software that could run on them. What pricks 😃!

@montaguebarnabasltd 4 ай бұрын

God don’t get me started with Adobe. I’ve been running Photoshop using a less than legal method since Catalina. No way you’ll catch me paying for something half my devices aren’t able to use.

@CardboardBots 4 ай бұрын

@montaguebarnabasltd yeah, I have a paid license, but I had to get a cracked version of premiere because Adobe no longer let's you download the older version that works perfectly fine with my machine.

@itsrelativ3967 3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I can't sell mines because there are like 14 keys that won't type anymore. I've been using a bluetooth Logitech keyboard.

@montaguebarnabasltd 3 ай бұрын

Bit unlucky... Best of luck if you do try!

@itsrelativ3967 3 ай бұрын

I have a nice 2017 Macbook working extremely great with the upgrades I did on it, but yeah I want to sell this 2012 15-inch screen @@montaguebarnabasltd

@DirectingSven 3 ай бұрын

I got mine for $200 usd in 2019 highest spec version

@montaguebarnabasltd 3 ай бұрын

That’s insanity. Congrats on the deal of the century

@Oficial_Sudo 3 ай бұрын

201 usd is a good price for buy with ssd?, excuse my english don't is good, is for drawing and writting and watch netflix

@montaguebarnabasltd 3 ай бұрын

Honestly, not a bad deal. If you’re after one, you might as well buy it!

@Oficial_Sudo 3 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd The price is because in my country the pc's are very over expensive (one ryzen 5 3600 selling ing 250 usd for expample), this is a most cheap laptop model, and ebay don't send to my country

@montaguebarnabasltd 3 ай бұрын

@@Oficial_Sudo wow, very steep. Well, best of luck with getting a machine

@Oficial_Sudo 3 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd Thanks

@Oficial_Sudo 3 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd Thanks

@cherkas009 Ай бұрын

How can an M1 last for 5 or 10 years if everything is soldered

@montaguebarnabasltd Ай бұрын

There’s no guarantee parts are just going to fail lol. Everything on the 2013/14 retinas was soldered other than the SSD really, and they’ve had no trouble lasting over a decade.

@JonTrott 4 ай бұрын

Gently disagree with your punchline.... I have four of these, two running linux. Right to repair critical to me... I built three of these machines from various parts and by watching others' repair videos. Your own usage makes it sensible buying an m series. Just not for me.

@montaguebarnabasltd 4 ай бұрын

That’s absolutely fair. Everyone has their own use for each computer. My 2012 has outrun its course. I can imagine the next couple of years will be ok for those running 2012s that are still usable in their workflow. All the best, and thanks for watching!

@DirectingSven 3 ай бұрын

turning it into a slabtop really helps with thermal throttling

@DirectingSven 3 ай бұрын

3 times faster, but 5 times the price meh