Lol I'm still using the mid 2012 MacBook Pro. Threw in SSD and Ram when I got it and it's still going. I can still post videos for my channel using Final Cut Pro but it can't handle 4K or 6FPS very well.
I did this to my mid-2010 MacBook Pro a few years ago. Took out the optical drive, gave it dual 2.5" SSDs in RAID, 16GB of DDR3 (total overkill, but it was cheap) and swapped the battery for a new one. Still kind of slow because it's a Core 2 Duo... But it works! And it actually has more RAM and SSD storage than the base 2019 model... Being able to easily swap the battery is also a huge plus. New models = planned obsolescence.
@@potato4987 I have the mid-2010 13" and it does work for that model, don't know about the others. But honestly, at this point the CPU in it is such a massive bottleneck (it's a Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz) that putting 16GB of RAM in it makes little sense, you will never be able to take advantage of it. When I did it in 2015, I could still open 100 tabs in Chrome on that machine so I could use the RAM, but today I don't know if the CPU could handle anything like that at all. Save your money, the cheapest laptop today would run circles around that 2010 MacBook Pro.
I recently did the same exact thing, same mid 2012 MacBook pro, upgraded the 2x2gb ram to 1x8 and 1x2, and installed an SSD as well ask keep the original 500gb spin drive in the disk drive slot. It's my favorite laptop that I have owned and often chose to work on this instead of my big gaming rig. This MacBook is going to be my buddy until the bitter end. Glad to see videos of people repurposing used hardware instead of just buying new, there is a lot of silicon and money to be saved out there.
Austin: "This is about the oldest Macbook still supported, a Mid-2012 13 inch Macbook Pro" Me, watching this video on a mid-2012 15 inch Macbook Pro: "Ohboi"
For me it's the same model from the video upgraded with 16Go of Ram (yes Apple it's working with 16 Go), 250Go SSD for Mac OS and apps, 2 To internal HD in place of the Superdrive. I did not upgrade the OS so much, only running Sierra. When on the go I just pick up the machine and the charger and I'm good !
Osman I have the same machine, and the processor is still strong, but processors doesn’t really matter that much anymore. It’s all about having a SSD and enough ram (at least 8 GB), and it can do anything (but if you want game then you need a decent graphics card)
I dunno, I've always found MacBooks to have the most boring designs ever in a laptop. It's the reason why every single laptop on the market now is just a basic body with keyboard and touchpad and a screen.
nice. got mine yesterday from sister in law. she said its been collecting dust in the attic for 5 years, she only use it to write her thesis amd its only had 7 cycle on the battery
Same, got my 17 inch early 2011 passed down from my dad's boss to my dad to me in near perfect condition hell it has only 46 cycles. Put High Sierra in it and for my first time using Mac. It's actually growing on me.
Who cares? It's a phone. It doesn't even have a 4K screen. Even on the iPhone 11 Pro Max, the number of pixels is only 37% that of a 4K screen. The horizontal resolution is only a bit better than 1080p (1242p). Even if you watch the video through a microscope you probably won't notice a difference between 1080 and 4K. Why waste the battery and CPU cycles rendering unnecessary pixels that maybe two people on Earth will notice? Playing back full 4K footage is useless one the iPhone, and pretty much any other phone.
"6-8 years of support" Good lord! 8 years ago I was still running Windows XP on a single core Celeron. I'm amazed anything would be serviceable after that long
@@Dykstra1979 It should run latest Windows 10 without any problems. First gen i5 and 8GB RAM is still very solid. It will likely run something beyond Windows 10 too. Same can't be said about Mac. It's already on last supported version without any upgrades past that OS expected, it's basically at the end of its lifespan. Meanwhile Dell is not, it still has 4 more years of life and maybe even more. Used Mac prices make no sense. There are much older Windows laptops that are still perfectly usable, meanwhile Macs don't have this level of longevity.
For those curious the 2012 MacBook Pro does support Airdrop and Bluetooth 4.0. The Wifi card upgrade sold by Subtle Design that Austin Evans mentioned only upgrades the Wi-Fi part of the Wi-Fi card, to Wifi 802.11 AC, allowing for more advanced handoff features like Apple Watch Unlock.
lmao i did this a couple months ago, my dad had upgraded to a 2019 macbook pro so he let me have his 2012 one (in great shape btw) i bought a 500gb ssd and a 1tb hdd to replace the dvd drive and also 16 gigs of ram and it is amazing i’ve been using it with mojave and can’t complain one bit
drink15 yeah but the thing is, despite my 15 year old Sony vista laptop running Windows 10, it’s slow as shit becase of the hardware, and the external body is kind of falling apart. It’s difficult to even run chrome because it’s such a RAM intensive application and my laptop only has 2GB of RAM. Macs on the other hand, have software updates that actually improve the user experience and they have really good build quality.
Tenhou It is possible but it requires taking the whole logic board out since the processor is facing upwards. You can find tutorials to do it yourself but I prefered to pay to a technician since it was actually a pretty cheap job considering he also cleaned the fans, etc. Newer retina models are super easy to do, you just take the heat sink off, it takes like 5 mins.
What configuration do you have guys ? And ios do you running ? Mine is i7, 2.7GHz , 16GB , 512 Samsung evo Ssd , Gt650 1GB and 1.5 GB dedicated video graphics.. running Catalina! i love this machine how it works.
I just got one of these for free! Did the standard upgrades of 16gb of ram and 500gb SSD. Only problem is I was messing around with the optical drive and broke the hard drive sata cable. Apparently this is a common problem and I have a new one on the way from Amazon for $15
That MacBook Pro is still my main computer. Mine is upgraded with more RAM and an SSD. Most of the time, I keep it connected to my mid 2010 27 inch iMac that I use as a display. I consider myself somewhat of a power user and that so called “old” MacBook is still more than powerful enough for my needs. I find it funny how these spoiled TH-cam tech reviewers automatically assume that a computer is all but obsolete if it was released more than a week ago. It’s like they completely forget that not everybody has money to burn on the latest and greatest, and that these “old” computers are what most actual working class people still use on a daily basis.
I used and loved this for years, as did my parents. I upgraded mine to 16GB of RAM, installed a 480GB SSD (which I still use today on a different computer) and replaced the DVD drive with a second hard drive using a special mounting bracket. I would have appreciated a higher resolution screen, and touch capability (modern Mac laptops still don't have this, I guess so Apple can sell more iPads..) but I really loved this laptop. Apple's successor laptops with their lack of ports and upgradability actually drove me away from being a lifelong Mac user and I swapped to cheap laptops running Linux. I advised my parents to keep using their 2012 Macbook Pros as long as possible, and avoid upgrading if they can.
I agree. Bought my 2017 MacBook Air in July 2018. Could have went for a MacBook Pro. But decided against it. Since I love the 2 USB A ports and the SD card reader my Air has. And the Pro's no longer have. My Air has a 256 gb SSD and runs a 400 gb SD card from the reader. So I can bring my music collection with me without having to resort to an external hard disk. I still don't have any USB C devices at home. And won't have those for quite awhile yet.
SandsOfArrakis Also, that Air model is the last model to have an upgradeable SSD. It’s still a strong laptop, so it can survive for another 5-10 years like my pro mid 2012
Mine is a late 2009 MacBook pro. I've replaced her battery once when I still had Apple Care and changed her hard drive about 3 years ago myself when she was running super slow, she's still working perfectly fine. So much so that I can't justify buying a new one, especially with the prices. I wish more people tried fixing their computers instead of throwing the whole thing away.
@@SandsOfArrakis yep, partly due to the fact the tapered 2017 mba is literally a 2015 mba. it was the last classic macbook for that reason, now we're in the dongle era
i have a mid 2012 mbp 13" that i did those upgrades on and it's still doing its job well! starting to get a bit tired lately so i think i need to change the battery it's going on over 1100 cycles now. swapped the DVD drive with a secondary drive caddy that lets me have 2 hard disks in my laptop! i have a 250gb ssd and a 1 tb hdd for big storage. honestly i love my macbook and i dont want to ever upgrade even though that screen is just horrible at this point. OH also i reapplied the thermal paste on the heatsinks and that really improved the performance a lot! i was working on a big coding project and i was starting to have an incredibly hard time running my code editor and my chrome instances and scripts running in the background... but after thermal paste change it regained its life for sure
Omg, I have a the same Macbook with 16gb and 1tb ssd and it's getting a little bit slower, I've never changed the thermal paste and neither the battery (its around 1200 cycles), what are your recomendations to maximize the performance??
Issue with the larger model 2011’s is the graphics chip, at some point the chip will fail, and the only real way to fix it is not using the chip, which is annoying, costs for the software needed. Oh yeah and requires soldering the main board to remove the power supplying resistor, yay!
I have an early 2011 MBP with a RAM and SSD upgrade that I put in a few years ago. Still works great aside from the battery life (but it's near a charger all day anyway)
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@@unloyhoe best value laptop ever made. I don't even think its debatable, nearly 8 years later and my biggest criticism is that the 15 inch is to heavy.
Yeah no kidding, I had over 1000 cycles after 3 years on my 2014. But I was notorious for always draining the battery and getting lazy about plugging it.
I bought my 2011 MacBook pro from my friend for $50, a pair of speakers, and some wine. He upgraded it to 8gb ram for me. Screen was cracked but he gave me another screen that had good glad but a bad lcd. Switched the cracked glass out myself. Installed a 256gb SSD and new battery for around $70. Voila! Basically a brand new laptop for less than 2 Benny's.
I literally sold mine 3 months ago for the 2019 MacBook Pro 13 and had upgraded it to an 256ssd and 8gb ram. It was just as fast as the new one I’m currently on!
I just got 10 of these from the local school district that was going to send them to ewaste. Most of the keyboards are trashed, but other than that working of perfect order. I threw an 1tb SSD in it and have been using it as my personal laptop for a few weeks now.
Get rid of the Blu-ray drive, buy another SSD, an internal SSD caddy for the MacBook and install it and then RAID it! You can then edit that video on it! I’ve been wanting to do this on my 2012 MacBook Pro, but haven’t been able to due to time constraints. Would love to see Austin do this though!
Dude this brings me so much memory. I was at college and tryda get a Mac in 2014, and I ended up with a 2009 MacBook pro from an Utah seller for bout 400 bucks. Apple stuffs hold the value so crazy. I remember at that time 2009 windows laptop was like 100-200 something. And in the end I upgraded 2x4 gig ram, 128gb ssd and a new battery. Just like Austin did but a budget way! It served me fine till 2017 after I got a new Mac from my work. But Im still keeping it on shelf. Love it!
I'm still using my 13" MacBook Pro buyed in february 2011 - OS High Sierra (tried Mojave but I had some problems after a while so I swope back ti the last official supported OS) - Intel i7 2.7Ghz - 16GB of RAM - 240 GB SSD + 1TB HDD (instead of optical drive) Works perfectly
I have the same machine bought in 2012. I upgraded it to a 128SSD with a 1tb HHD instead of optical drive and 8gb ram. It still runs smooth af! The only downside of it is the weight.
I have a 2009 15inch MacBook Pro that I use as a on the go laptop, still plays videos pretty well, watched one in 720p yesterday, acted a little weird on some videos at first but it played the whole thing.
I have the exact same setup (I'm typing on it currently), and it performs fantastically. I run Sketch and Photoshop a lot for design work and can't complain one bit about it.
I had a MD101 with 500GB SSD and 8GB of Ram (which is enough for me). However I traded it with an old Thinkpad x1 carbon gen 3. Worst decision of my life.
Same set up here, Have anyone tried to use it with a 4K motor like this: MBP ->MiniDP(thinderbolt 2) ->Cable-> USB type C-> 4k Monitor? I want to see if that work, I want to upgrade my rig to 4k, but I still love my MBP !
Got a bricked MacBook Pro 2009, onewire line was damaged, added 6gb of ram I had on hand and added an ssd, Gonna get a new battery soon, Used Catalina Patcher, Works like new.
lmao i did this a couple months ago, my dad had upgraded to a 2019 macbook pro so he let me have his 2012 one (in great shape btw) i bought a 500gb ssd and a 1tb hdd to replace the dvd drive and also 16 gigs of ram and it is amazing i’ve been using it with mojave and can’t complain one bit
That's what I'm going to do pretty soon, I'm going to upgrade to a 128gb ssd and 8 gb of ram. I'm planning on making this a chrome book substitution. I'm also going to switch out the thermal paste because it gets way to hot way to quickly so it's most likely all dried up. Over all its a 60$ upgrade on a free hand-me-down.
@@7millionworms yea im still using it almost a year later and it is great the only issue i have is the battery dies fairly quickly and i have not found a battery on amazon with more mah than what is left on my current battery anyways
@@enzotiptur7994 are you able to use chrome and install new apps? I have a 2011, 13 inch macbook pro and I cannot download Zoom or even watch Netflix on chrome. I can only do it on Safari. Hulu however doesn't work on either. My laptop no longer upgrades, does yours?
Those Macbooks are amazing! Still using my 2009 model with a 480 gig SSD and an additional 2TB disk to replace the DVD drive. Oh yeah, you could put two drives in these bad boys. The outrageous part is that if I wanted to have 2TB of storage spec in a "modern" Apple laptop, I'd have to pay at least £2300 for it.
It's impressive how many years of support Apple provides for macOS to be fair, and even after they stop supporting the OS, it doesn't make the machine or OS unusable.
Believe it or not, I use this machine as my daily driver. I have a core i7 with 8 gigs of RAM, and dedicated graphics. Instead of installing a Blu-ray player, I installed a second hard drive that I use for windows. These computers are still very usable in 2019, and I have no plan to update anytime in the near future.
You finally have a video on this.. I did this in 2013 with the 13” i7 2.9ghz version 16gb gskill ram $170 crucial m500 960gb $450 And a Panasonic uj-267 blu ray $250 Prices i paid back then. Oh how i miss it. gave it to friend because his kid needed a mac for college.
As someone who has a 15in. After upgrading ram and adding an SSD, it runs really fast. It also comes with an i7cpu. Imo the 2012 is the last great model.
I'm still rocking my 2012 15" Macbook pro with replaced battery, HDD to SSD, and the wifi card cable broke and got replaced, and upgraded to 16GB RAM (absolutely necessary IMO). It is a killer good machine for the age, my only issue is the replacement battery has some minor issues with charge speed, and I've gone through 2 or 3 charge cables and am about to need another one. The serviceability of these last non-retina Pro's is really really nice to have, and has given mine a lot of life. Also the chassis is fantastic. Mine is not quite as dented as the one in the video, but it has plenty of dings, and I literally had to take a hammer and screwdriver to bend the frame back into shape after a drop bent a corner in and stopped the bottom from sitting flush. That was 4 years ago, it has fallen so many times, been mistreated, been opened dozens of time, had flaky screen connections and USB ports from time to time, but it still works, and it still works great. I honestly don't know what I'll do when it finally dies, new Macbook's don't interest me at all, but having a MacOS device has been nice to have in addition to my gaming PC. I was literally gaming on it, AAA titles (on lowest of low settings by the end) till only a few years ago still. It's been a great machine. IMO the best Macbook Pro's are these ones.
I really appreciate this video so much. I have this model MacBook but my hard drive cable gave out. I’ve been wanting to upgrade my MacBook for so long but you made me realize what more upgrades I can do.
I upgraded my late 2011 a while back with 8 gigs of ram a cheap 250gb ssd new battery and fresh dab of thermal paste last year. It all cost me like $100. I have had my MacBook Pro since it came out and will use to the end.
I bought a early 2008 iMac for 120€. I installed a 250GB SSD and 6 GB of RAM and installed macOS Mojave. And ist runs perfectly Fine for my use. It was the best decision ever
PowerPC processor PowerBook G3 & G4 I’ve used them, bought damaged & fixed & sold them they were fun & nice back in the good old days lol 😂 I see some are still listing them on eBay for sale!? I’d have a fortune for the ones “I lost in my storage unit” for collectors.
I bought this back in 2012 and I’ve used it every day since and I still do today. I’ve upgraded to SSD, 16gb ram and replaced the diskdrive with an extra HDD. I absolutely love it and its still very fast. But I would not recommend it for music producers though. Specially in Logic as it overloads and interrupt audio very often. Another problem is that it can get extremely hot, which I fixed by using a 3rd party fancontroll app. But then I have to deal with a very loud fan which gets annoying after a while. (I did clean the fan but no difference.)
Everybody else: 16 inch MacBook pro
Austin: *$240 MacBook project!*
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raxokek oh hey look 341 people disagree with you
@@TechDove But I agree with them
raxokek ok boomer
@@banaway313 *no you*
Should've changed the thermal paste.
He did after the video
It's one of the most important tips on restoring a PC/ laptop's and i haven't seen one bit of Austin's videos.
What should we not??
that something psivewri would do
? for what? just for one video montage! noooooo. Is ok to day!
Lol I'm still using the mid 2012 MacBook Pro. Threw in SSD and Ram when I got it and it's still going. I can still post videos for my channel using Final Cut Pro but it can't handle 4K or 6FPS very well.
6?
Yes
How about the battery in catalina
It drains pretty quick for me
I’m still using it with an hdd and 4gb ram
I still use a 2013 iPad mini 2 in a keyboard case and i can make my videos in 720p because it is still hd
I did this to my mid-2010 MacBook Pro a few years ago. Took out the optical drive, gave it dual 2.5" SSDs in RAID, 16GB of DDR3 (total overkill, but it was cheap) and swapped the battery for a new one. Still kind of slow because it's a Core 2 Duo... But it works! And it actually has more RAM and SSD storage than the base 2019 model... Being able to easily swap the battery is also a huge plus. New models = planned obsolescence.
Every ounce of technology is “planned obsolescence “ hahaha!!
Oh my god thanks I wanted to know if the 2010 (I have one) could use 16gb
@@potato4987 I have the mid-2010 13" and it does work for that model, don't know about the others. But honestly, at this point the CPU in it is such a massive bottleneck (it's a Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz) that putting 16GB of RAM in it makes little sense, you will never be able to take advantage of it. When I did it in 2015, I could still open 100 tabs in Chrome on that machine so I could use the RAM, but today I don't know if the CPU could handle anything like that at all. Save your money, the cheapest laptop today would run circles around that 2010 MacBook Pro.
I recently did the same exact thing, same mid 2012 MacBook pro, upgraded the 2x2gb ram to 1x8 and 1x2, and installed an SSD as well ask keep the original 500gb spin drive in the disk drive slot. It's my favorite laptop that I have owned and often chose to work on this instead of my big gaming rig. This MacBook is going to be my buddy until the bitter end. Glad to see videos of people repurposing used hardware instead of just buying new, there is a lot of silicon and money to be saved out there.
Austin: "This is about the oldest Macbook still supported, a Mid-2012 13 inch Macbook Pro"
Me, watching this video on a mid-2012 15 inch Macbook Pro: "Ohboi"
theturo same with me... but it still runs perfectly smooth mit my 27“ Thunderbolt Display...
BAC That’s still a sweet setup.
BAC someone is German
For me it's the same model from the video upgraded with 16Go of Ram (yes Apple it's working with 16 Go), 250Go SSD for Mac OS and apps, 2 To internal HD in place of the Superdrive. I did not upgrade the OS so much, only running Sierra. When on the go I just pick up the machine and the charger and I'm good !
amateurs.
I literally did all these upgrades to my exact same MacBook Pro mid 2012 last week and it runs faster than my dads MacBook Air 2018
Caleb Cibas how about the processor? Is it holding up?
Osman I have the same machine, and the processor is still strong, but processors doesn’t really matter that much anymore. It’s all about having a SSD and enough ram (at least 8 GB), and it can do anything (but if you want game then you need a decent graphics card)
Just got my daughter a 2020 base model and my 2012 performs a lot better. Hmm?
gomez richard What’s the specs on your daughters laptop?
I did this but the processor doesnt hold it that good
Old macbooks like this.....best design ever. Period.
It's so good other companies like Hawai and Razer still copy the design.
Sadman Chowdhury I didn't know Huawei and Razer laptops were an inch thick have DVD drives.
@@hito4863 I'm talking about the general look of the machine.
I really love the 1st gen macbook pro, the 2006-2008 one. It looks really cool.
I dunno, I've always found MacBooks to have the most boring designs ever in a laptop. It's the reason why every single laptop on the market now is just a basic body with keyboard and touchpad and a screen.
Still using my Late 2011 MBP. It is in perfect shape! Not even a scratch.
nice. got mine yesterday from sister in law. she said its been collecting dust in the attic for 5 years, she only use it to write her thesis amd its only had 7 cycle on the battery
@@irfanarachman91 my mac has 2000 charge cycles now haha
Same, got my 17 inch early 2011 passed down from my dad's boss to my dad to me in near perfect condition hell it has only 46 cycles. Put High Sierra in it and for my first time using Mac. It's actually growing on me.
@@alifaan595 I have the same model. Beware of GPU failures. And I installed Catalina using dosdudes patcher it runs great!
Shit stupid autocorrect I meant "be aware"
290 cycle battery
My 2012 MBA with 1232 cycles
Me: A new challenger rises
Wait that's how this Mac boots with the DVD drive making that noise. Sad that Austin doesn't know that.
@@Xeej0 Yes me has brain damage! I mean, I have Windows on that machine. So. Brain damage:100.
@@Klitrio717 *spending more money on a mac
*installs windows on it.
Big spender
@@drwhite7285 Top 10 expenditure fails. Oh you don't know how much I regret not getting a gaming laptop.
@@Klitrio717 why? My friend does the same and I don't get it. Bootcamp windows on a macbook just for that shiny apple logo?
@@Klitrio717 wtf. You buy a Mac then install Windows 10? Just buy a Windows laptop for much cheaper and much better
*records in 4K....*
iPhone: *only plays in 1080p*
Who cares? It's a phone. It doesn't even have a 4K screen. Even on the iPhone 11 Pro Max, the number of pixels is only 37% that of a 4K screen. The horizontal resolution is only a bit better than 1080p (1242p). Even if you watch the video through a microscope you probably won't notice a difference between 1080 and 4K. Why waste the battery and CPU cycles rendering unnecessary pixels that maybe two people on Earth will notice?
Playing back full 4K footage is useless one the iPhone, and pretty much any other phone.
Yea that’s true. But I mean the video looks more clean, but I bet you if they recorded in 1080p it would look different tho it wouldn’t display 4k
Hey mine is 720p
@@JohnEusebioToronto ok boomer
Barely anyone can actually take advantage of 4k, if they have a 4K monitor or tv
Beans
David O Brien definitely an effective waking up method
@@NyxDemiseMusic hahahaha yea ima make that my alarm "HEY GUYS THIS IS MORNING"
Did you get to go to sleep?
@@kaoticchikkeneggs538 nope still binging
there really is no need for this fucking moron to yell into the camera, as if 90% of people are deaf and not wearing headphones
"6-8 years of support"
Good lord! 8 years ago I was still running Windows XP on a single core Celeron. I'm amazed anything would be serviceable after that long
@@Dykstra1979 Bro, there are people out there running Windows 10 on their T400's, no issue. And Thinkpad T400's have been around since 2008.
true but like thinkpad are cool
@@Dykstra1979 It should run latest Windows 10 without any problems. First gen i5 and 8GB RAM is still very solid. It will likely run something beyond Windows 10 too. Same can't be said about Mac. It's already on last supported version without any upgrades past that OS expected, it's basically at the end of its lifespan. Meanwhile Dell is not, it still has 4 more years of life and maybe even more. Used Mac prices make no sense. There are much older Windows laptops that are still perfectly usable, meanwhile Macs don't have this level of longevity.
@@BigTylt ...it ain’t what you do these days it’s how you do it as long as it works that’s all that matters lol
@@MJ-uk6lu can be said about Mac... 2008 macs Can run Catalina with a Patcher. Runs perfectly fine with 4gb ram and a SSD
For those curious the 2012 MacBook Pro does support Airdrop and Bluetooth 4.0. The Wifi card upgrade sold by Subtle Design that Austin Evans mentioned only upgrades the Wi-Fi part of the Wi-Fi card, to Wifi 802.11 AC, allowing for more advanced handoff features like Apple Watch Unlock.
Austin: 240$ MacBook Project
Luke Miani: Am i a joke to you?
Ateltoni34 Luke Miani : *buys 240 MacBook pros for $12 *
Luke does these videos so often yet people act like it's original here lmao
Raider That’s not what the joke was; the joke was that he’d probably get it for way less money because he always finds amazing deals
Also Luke: finds a listing of 2007 MacBook and it ends up being a 2019 MacBook pro
lmao i did this a couple months ago, my dad had upgraded to a 2019 macbook pro so he let me have his 2012 one (in great shape btw) i bought a 500gb ssd and a 1tb hdd to replace the dvd drive and also 16 gigs of ram and it is amazing i’ve been using it with mojave and can’t complain one bit
"Doesn't last long"
2012 Macbook Pro is supported by Catalina, 7 years later, with another 2 years of security updates.
Lil Ramen yeah not as long as windows
My 10 year old pc can run windows 10. So yea, macs don’t last that long in comparison.
Plus this can run windows 10 as well, if lack of Macos support is a huge issue.
drink15 yeah but the thing is, despite my 15 year old Sony vista laptop running Windows 10, it’s slow as shit becase of the hardware, and the external body is kind of falling apart. It’s difficult to even run chrome because it’s such a RAM intensive application and my laptop only has 2GB of RAM. Macs on the other hand, have software updates that actually improve the user experience and they have really good build quality.
drink15 Can, not will.
Should’ve repasted the thermal paste. Maybe even liquid metal lol, that’s what I did in my laptop.
No access the cpu in this version of macbook
Tenhou yes you can replace the thermal paste on this model
Tenhou It is possible but it requires taking the whole logic board out since the processor is facing upwards. You can find tutorials to do it yourself but I prefered to pay to a technician since it was actually a pretty cheap job considering he also cleaned the fans, etc.
Newer retina models are super easy to do, you just take the heat sink off, it takes like 5 mins.
Good luck with the liquid leaking.
Dr White immune hasn’t leaked and I’ve had liquid metal on it for like 8 months
I'm watching this on my Mid-2012 MacBook Pro, I fricking love this thing
same man!
What configuration do you have guys ? And ios do you running ? Mine is i7, 2.7GHz , 16GB , 512 Samsung evo Ssd , Gt650 1GB and 1.5 GB dedicated video graphics.. running Catalina! i love this machine how it works.
@@DNT88_Catalina, 620 gb SSd 8gb RAM, I just use it for doing school work, Writing, Etc, But yeah, I just got mine,
I have late 2011 which doesn’t connect to WiFi well but in good shape so I’m gonna get apple credit for it and I have a PC now
I just got one of these for free! Did the standard upgrades of 16gb of ram and 500gb SSD. Only problem is I was messing around with the optical drive and broke the hard drive sata cable. Apparently this is a common problem and I have a new one on the way from Amazon for $15
Nice Porter shirt Ken 🔥
yes
I am still wondering why worthless comments like "Hey Guys, this is Austin" got to the top
what do you mean worthless. let the meme live
Nice try
Bots
Hey Austin, this is Guys
Jamie Jones totu
That MacBook Pro is still my main computer. Mine is upgraded with more RAM and an SSD.
Most of the time, I keep it connected to my mid 2010 27 inch iMac that I use as a display. I consider myself somewhat of a power user and that so called “old” MacBook is still more than powerful enough for my needs. I find it funny how these spoiled TH-cam tech reviewers automatically assume that a computer is all but obsolete if it was released more than a week ago.
It’s like they completely forget that not everybody has money to burn on the latest and greatest, and that these “old” computers are what most actual working class people still use on a daily basis.
I used and loved this for years, as did my parents. I upgraded mine to 16GB of RAM, installed a 480GB SSD (which I still use today on a different computer) and replaced the DVD drive with a second hard drive using a special mounting bracket. I would have appreciated a higher resolution screen, and touch capability (modern Mac laptops still don't have this, I guess so Apple can sell more iPads..) but I really loved this laptop.
Apple's successor laptops with their lack of ports and upgradability actually drove me away from being a lifelong Mac user and I swapped to cheap laptops running Linux. I advised my parents to keep using their 2012 Macbook Pros as long as possible, and avoid upgrading if they can.
I agree. Bought my 2017 MacBook Air in July 2018. Could have went for a MacBook Pro. But decided against it. Since I love the 2 USB A ports and the SD card reader my Air has. And the Pro's no longer have. My Air has a 256 gb SSD and runs a 400 gb SD card from the reader. So I can bring my music collection with me without having to resort to an external hard disk. I still don't have any USB C devices at home. And won't have those for quite awhile yet.
SandsOfArrakis Also, that Air model is the last model to have an upgradeable SSD. It’s still a strong laptop, so it can survive for another 5-10 years like my pro mid 2012
Bought the same Mac in 2017. Did the same upgrade. Still using it to this day. As a programmer. It's doing great
Mine is a late 2009 MacBook pro. I've replaced her battery once when I still had Apple Care and changed her hard drive about 3 years ago myself when she was running super slow, she's still working perfectly fine. So much so that I can't justify buying a new one, especially with the prices. I wish more people tried fixing their computers instead of throwing the whole thing away.
Austin lost me when he said he was gonna take the disc drive out and then they regain me when he said he was going to replace it with a Blu-ray drive
The whirring sound when you start it up is perfectly normal by the way, happens every time.
Honestly...i really miss the glowing apple logo😭 the new macbooks just fade away in with the rest
I think my 2017 MacBook Air is the last of the glowing Apple ones. :)
@@SandsOfArrakis yep, partly due to the fact the tapered 2017 mba is literally a 2015 mba. it was the last classic macbook for that reason, now we're in the dongle era
Yeah... oh except for the ROG zephyrus G14, that is laptop from a 80’s cyberpunk movie
Wanna like but it is a good number
😏
Yup! Just unboxed 2020 Macbook Air noticed the glowing apple logo just fades away LOL. Guess it helps save battery life.
That is literally the exact model of my MacBook
The Rastoginator same lol 🤣😂 need to upgrade ram nd ssd. Currently installed 128gb ssd along side hdd on the drive space and 4gb ram
I’ve got the same MacBook too. Even though I’ve owned it for so many years now, it still surprises me on how capable it actually is
@@SurajSharma-oj6mo Mine still has the base specs
Same. Bought mine last year for $300 Canadian, threw in an SSD and new Ram and there is really nothing I have not been able to do on it.
@@Autofac I know.. what's crazy is I saved 20% or more car insurance with geico...
i have a mid 2012 mbp 13" that i did those upgrades on and it's still doing its job well! starting to get a bit tired lately so i think i need to change the battery it's going on over 1100 cycles now.
swapped the DVD drive with a secondary drive caddy that lets me have 2 hard disks in my laptop! i have a 250gb ssd and a 1 tb hdd for big storage. honestly i love my macbook and i dont want to ever upgrade even though that screen is just horrible at this point.
OH also i reapplied the thermal paste on the heatsinks and that really improved the performance a lot! i was working on a big coding project and i was starting to have an incredibly hard time running my code editor and my chrome instances and scripts running in the background... but after thermal paste change it regained its life for sure
Omg, I have a the same Macbook with 16gb and 1tb ssd and it's getting a little bit slower, I've never changed the thermal paste and neither the battery (its around 1200 cycles), what are your recomendations to maximize the performance??
I highly recommend doing this to a Macbook to anyone. I bought a 2011 15” for $50 and upgraded it with 16 GB of RAM and a 500 GB SSD
Same. It’s crazy how well these older Macs hold up.
@@MrMugampi Yup, shame they don't make newer Macbooks like this anymore.
Issue with the larger model 2011’s is the graphics chip, at some point the chip will fail, and the only real way to fix it is not using the chip, which is annoying, costs for the software needed. Oh yeah and requires soldering the main board to remove the power supplying resistor, yay!
For Saken where did you get it for $50?
Is your macbook fans noisy as hell also?mine even after opening few tabs in browser makes fans spin super fast
I still use a maxed out mid 2012 MacBook Pro for music production and DJing.
Thing still holds up.
I have an early 2011 MBP with a RAM and SSD upgrade that I put in a few years ago. Still works great aside from the battery life (but it's near a charger all day anyway)
Still have one of these. When I started college I got a new laptop and gave my old mac to my little sis. It's still kicking. Good little machine.
Love that you left in the busted bluray bit
I wish he could have gotten the Blu-ray optical drive to work. I’m probably in the minority, but I miss having an internal optical drive.
Damn dude, fixing that blu ray drive must take a while. The grind is real!
Previous month I managed to withdraw my first five figure paycheck ever!!! I've been working for this provider online for two years now and I never been happier... They are paying me $95 per hour, and the most desirable thing about that is that I am not really that tech-savvy, they just asked for standard idea of internet and key typing skill...Awesome thing about this is the more free time I got for my loved ones. I am able to devote quality time with my friends and family and take care of my babies and also going on vacation along with them very often. Don't ignore this chance and make sure to act rapidly. This is what I do... *discuss84.com*
Helen G. Pitts nobody give a crap. Go plan your pyramid scheme better
@@HelenGPitts Shut the fuck up spammer.
samtherat6 I hate that sound!!!
apocalypseap You could be right.
Who’s watching on a 2012 MacBook
Not me
Marcus Mavropoulos okay boomer
Me
Marcus Mavropoulos mid 2009 MacBook
mid 2010 MacBook pro tho
@@unloyhoe best value laptop ever made. I don't even think its debatable, nearly 8 years later and my biggest criticism is that the 15 inch is to heavy.
Less than 300 cycles on a 2012 13” is surprising.
My 2013 15” Retina has 1000+ already on it. (Only lost 20% battery capacity, so not bad)
Yeah no kidding, I had over 1000 cycles after 3 years on my 2014. But I was notorious for always draining the battery and getting lazy about plugging it.
My 2009 has only around 200 on the original battery
I don’t know how many i have on my 2013 13” but hey i don’t think i want to know
how is it a surprise? the battery was probably replaced
How do you see the capacity?
I bought my 2011 MacBook pro from my friend for $50, a pair of speakers, and some wine. He upgraded it to 8gb ram for me. Screen was cracked but he gave me another screen that had good glad but a bad lcd. Switched the cracked glass out myself. Installed a 256gb SSD and new battery for around $70. Voila! Basically a brand new laptop for less than 2 Benny's.
2008-2011 MBP's are still upgradable too. I was running a 2009, with SSD and 8GB RAM for years, before I gave it to a student who needed it.
“6-8 years and that’s it” lol
He's so out of touch lol. A laptops life span now is only about 3 years anyway.
edit: read below and educate yourself before commenting.
Yeah lol 6-8 years is amazing, basically the life span of a console.
@@pedrotski Do you even watched the video?
@@9inchpp have*
Me *nervously uses a 10 year old laptop.
0:25 Literally my laptop at the moment
Yeah mine too
pieter van winkelen I have a 2002 d610 running Windows XP’ that I got for £10 it doesn’t connect to the inernets either so go ahead laugh at me
I literally sold mine 3 months ago for the 2019 MacBook Pro 13 and had upgraded it to an 256ssd and 8gb ram. It was just as fast as the new one I’m currently on!
I just got 10 of these from the local school district that was going to send them to ewaste. Most of the keyboards are trashed, but other than that working of perfect order. I threw an 1tb SSD in it and have been using it as my personal laptop for a few weeks now.
Id buy one of the other ones from you if you'd strike a deal with me? Lol
@@arguy2021 same here
Watching this on an ssd swapped mid 2012 Macbook Pro. This computer is honestly still great, and a good buy compared to some other $200-$300 laptops.
Why even put a blu ray drive in. Discs are dead. Could of got a second ssd caddy.
yeah pretty much, nobody even watches movies anymore.
My Macbook Pro 2010 got an SSD as the main and an SSHD installed instead of the Disc player which pumped my Mac speed and size.
Could have*
Yeah, discs are pretty much dead, That's why All digital consoles are always a flop, for sure.
@@NonsensicalSpudz streaming is now a thing, ya know.
Commenting here to know if Austin got the DVD out of the drive.
pulled it out
ScegfOd source?
Kabocha Hito Your mom 🤙
lol
And here I am still using my Early 2011 MCP 13”...
Get rid of the Blu-ray drive, buy another SSD, an internal SSD caddy for the MacBook and install it and then RAID it! You can then edit that video on it!
I’ve been wanting to do this on my 2012 MacBook Pro, but haven’t been able to due to time constraints. Would love to see Austin do this though!
Dude this brings me so much memory.
I was at college and tryda get a Mac in 2014, and I ended up with a 2009 MacBook pro from an Utah seller for bout 400 bucks.
Apple stuffs hold the value so crazy. I remember at that time 2009 windows laptop was like 100-200 something.
And in the end I upgraded 2x4 gig ram, 128gb ssd and a new battery. Just like Austin did but a budget way!
It served me fine till 2017 after I got a new Mac from my work. But Im still keeping it on shelf. Love it!
I'm still using my 13" MacBook Pro buyed in february 2011
- OS High Sierra (tried Mojave but I had some problems after a while so I swope back ti the last official supported OS)
- Intel i7 2.7Ghz
- 16GB of RAM
- 240 GB SSD + 1TB HDD (instead of optical drive)
Works perfectly
Jack Yak i'm about to upgrade my early 2011 13" macbook pro with the same things, what was the problems you had with mojave?
5:30
Sixty gigs of RAMEN??
Sounds dope, I'm in!
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
this vid is honestly a great b-day present haha. keep up the good work Austin!
Im watching this on a Mid 2012 Macbook Pro with over 1400 cycles. You gotta pump those numbers up!
I have the same machine bought in 2012. I upgraded it to a 128SSD with a 1tb HHD instead of optical drive and 8gb ram. It still runs smooth af! The only downside of it is the weight.
I'm watching this on 2009 HP laptop, try to do "intensive" task on my laptop and not overupgraded macbook
I watched this on my Toshiba satellite laptop also from 2009
I'm using ubuntu, if I used Windows I couldn't run Netflix or yt BTW: Today it freezed while I opened chromium
I use mine with 480p, but still runs great with 1080p
I have a 2009 15inch MacBook Pro that I use as a on the go laptop, still plays videos pretty well, watched one in 720p yesterday, acted a little weird on some videos at first but it played the whole thing.
I'm watching this on my mid-2012 macbook pro
I have a mid 2012 13 inch MacBook Pro with 16 gigs of RAM and a 1 TB Samsung evo ssd. And it works and performs nicely.
I have the exact same setup (I'm typing on it currently), and it performs fantastically. I run Sketch and Photoshop a lot for design work and can't complain one bit about it.
Me either and I bought mine brand new. And have been using it all these years. And just upgraded it two years ago.
haha same
I had a MD101 with 500GB SSD and 8GB of Ram (which is enough for me). However I traded it with an old Thinkpad x1 carbon gen 3. Worst decision of my life.
Same set up here, Have anyone tried to use it with a 4K motor like this: MBP ->MiniDP(thinderbolt 2) ->Cable-> USB type C-> 4k Monitor?
I want to see if that work, I want to upgrade my rig to 4k, but I still love my MBP !
Austin: “We’re gonna try”
I am literally watching this on a mid 2012 MacBook Pro that I slapped an SSD into
The optical drive always makes that sound!
Got a bricked MacBook Pro 2009, onewire line was damaged, added 6gb of ram I had on hand and added an ssd, Gonna get a new battery soon, Used Catalina Patcher, Works like new.
lmao i did this a couple months ago, my dad had upgraded to a 2019 macbook pro so he let me have his 2012 one (in great shape btw) i bought a 500gb ssd and a 1tb hdd to replace the dvd drive and also 16 gigs of ram and it is amazing i’ve been using it with mojave and can’t complain one bit
then when it happens again and you take the bottom off like 'yay lets upgrade this one!'
.... nevermind
Same here except I left my DVD drive in. I may just take it out since I never use it anymore. Will save my MacBook some weight hah
That's what I'm going to do pretty soon, I'm going to upgrade to a 128gb ssd and 8 gb of ram. I'm planning on making this a chrome book substitution. I'm also going to switch out the thermal paste because it gets way to hot way to quickly so it's most likely all dried up. Over all its a 60$ upgrade on a free hand-me-down.
@@7millionworms yea im still using it almost a year later and it is great the only issue i have is the battery dies fairly quickly and i have not found a battery on amazon with more mah than what is left on my current battery anyways
@@enzotiptur7994 are you able to use chrome and install new apps? I have a 2011, 13 inch macbook pro and I cannot download Zoom or even watch Netflix on chrome. I can only do it on Safari. Hulu however doesn't work on either. My laptop no longer upgrades, does yours?
I own that same 13” model, still runs decent. Battery needs to be replaced but besides that, still gets the job done.
mine has 1300 cycles it says it needs to be replaced but still last like 4 hours
@@victornpb mine too
Yes put 16” board thing in there!! Give us all that beauty ports back!!
currently watching this in my 13 inch MacBook Pro mid-2012 (MD101).
the same exact mac you have there.
it still works great.
Those Macbooks are amazing! Still using my 2009 model with a 480 gig SSD and an additional 2TB disk to replace the DVD drive. Oh yeah, you could put two drives in these bad boys. The outrageous part is that if I wanted to have 2TB of storage spec in a "modern" Apple laptop, I'd have to pay at least £2300 for it.
when you run out of money bc of mystery tech
Austin: the $240 macbook project
“Macs are expensive”
I still use a MBA 2011 and feels great.
Mine died after 2 years.
I have the 2017 MacBook Air and it rocks. :) Basically the last of the old school ones :)
They are really expensive
"You've got six to eight years of support, that's it" - How long of support do you feel a product should have?
It's impressive how many years of support Apple provides for macOS to be fair, and even after they stop supporting the OS, it doesn't make the machine or OS unusable.
@@ashleycharman windows machines have potentially infinite years support
@@SToXC_. the problem is, by that time, you generally don't HAVE anything to support.
@@PsyberSenpai What do you mean? Driver issues?
Psyber 😂👌 Exactly
Believe it or not, I use this machine as my daily driver. I have a core i7 with 8 gigs of RAM, and dedicated graphics. Instead of installing a Blu-ray player, I installed a second hard drive that I use for windows. These computers are still very usable in 2019, and I have no plan to update anytime in the near future.
Been rocking one of these for a year now, with proper upgrades it fkn awesome.
7:52 Unexpected Liz and the Blue Bird! Watch it everyone, it's a masterpiece!
dc it was a good movie, not gonna lie. The animation was really pretty.
This makes me feel so proud of my 2012 MacBook Pro! 💻
same, a lot!
i am using mine right now
Just picked up a unit for $50 MBP mid 2012 13" i5 4gb 500gb HDD . Upgraded to 240gb SSD and 8gb RAM.. runs Catalina like a champ
Taking some Luke Miani content I see...
Irv P 🧐🤣
@@lukemiani Hello there
Luke Miani 😂😂😂
Ikr
Just thinking about that although I watch both :)
You finally have a video on this.. I did this in 2013 with the
13” i7 2.9ghz version 16gb gskill ram $170 crucial m500 960gb $450
And a Panasonic uj-267 blu ray $250
Prices i paid back then.
Oh how i miss it. gave it to friend because his kid needed a mac for college.
As someone who has a 15in. After upgrading ram and adding an SSD, it runs really fast. It also comes with an i7cpu. Imo the 2012 is the last great model.
He should’ve collaborated with Luke lol
got a ad with austin and his dad using the oculus quest
You have TH-cam with ads
Jack Swanson You have TH-cam with ads
@@sanjefff You have TH-cam with ads
TH-cam premium
@@alexl9758 You have TH-cam with ads
These batteries are actually usually good for 700 cycles.
I'm working everyday with this machine, fully upgraded of course. It's not slowing down anytime soon :)
I'm still rocking my 2012 15" Macbook pro with replaced battery, HDD to SSD, and the wifi card cable broke and got replaced, and upgraded to 16GB RAM (absolutely necessary IMO). It is a killer good machine for the age, my only issue is the replacement battery has some minor issues with charge speed, and I've gone through 2 or 3 charge cables and am about to need another one. The serviceability of these last non-retina Pro's is really really nice to have, and has given mine a lot of life. Also the chassis is fantastic. Mine is not quite as dented as the one in the video, but it has plenty of dings, and I literally had to take a hammer and screwdriver to bend the frame back into shape after a drop bent a corner in and stopped the bottom from sitting flush. That was 4 years ago, it has fallen so many times, been mistreated, been opened dozens of time, had flaky screen connections and USB ports from time to time, but it still works, and it still works great. I honestly don't know what I'll do when it finally dies, new Macbook's don't interest me at all, but having a MacOS device has been nice to have in addition to my gaming PC. I was literally gaming on it, AAA titles (on lowest of low settings by the end) till only a few years ago still. It's been a great machine. IMO the best Macbook Pro's are these ones.
This post made by used MacBook gang 🙌
Ok
Luke Miani Love your videos man, they are what got me into flipping MacBooks. Keep up the awesome work! :)
The Bomb Gaming dont flip macbooks
Helix Adam Oxford why I’ve already made really good money??
Changing that thermal paste might be a good idea.
0:48 - It looks like a USPS Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate Box to me
I really appreciate this video so much. I have this model MacBook but my hard drive cable gave out. I’ve been wanting to upgrade my MacBook for so long but you made me realize what more upgrades I can do.
David Rosado you can buy a new hard drive cable from ifixit or eBay I think
I upgraded my late 2011 a while back with 8 gigs of ram a cheap 250gb ssd new battery and fresh dab of thermal paste last year. It all cost me like $100. I have had my MacBook Pro since it came out and will use to the end.
I recorded and mastered like half an album on a MacBook like this.
Um, that is literally the model i have.
So, i dont have to upgrade my laptop anymore?
after highseria that noise is coming out of cd drive.
I literally just did the same purchase/build minus the blu ray drive, the day before this video upload. Bought it on amazon
I bought a early 2008 iMac for 120€. I installed a 250GB SSD and 6 GB of RAM and installed macOS Mojave. And ist runs perfectly Fine for my use. It was the best decision ever
I really miss the glowing Apple logo 🥺
I have a 2008 MacBook that I just bought for 20 dollars so I have it right here
"It's still a core i5"
Cries in i3
Lol me too
Cries in core 2 duo
Me with my old PC: Cries in Pentium 4
PowerPC processor
PowerBook G3 & G4
I’ve used them, bought damaged & fixed & sold them they were fun & nice back in the good old days lol 😂
I see some are still listing them on eBay for sale!? I’d have a fortune for the ones “I lost in my storage unit” for collectors.
You guys are funny going back in time!
Who watching on a mid 2012 MacBook Pro
I’am
Me! Still going strong
........ironman
That moment the Liz and The Blue Bird disc was inserted..
It just sounds so *scratchy*
_KEN, MY CONDOLENCES_
I bought this back in 2012 and I’ve used it every day since and I still do today. I’ve upgraded to SSD, 16gb ram and replaced the diskdrive with an extra HDD.
I absolutely love it and its still very fast. But I would not recommend it for music producers though. Specially in Logic as it overloads and interrupt audio very often.
Another problem is that it can get extremely hot, which I fixed by using a 3rd party fancontroll app. But then I have to deal with a very loud fan which gets annoying after a while. (I did clean the fan but no difference.)
I love how he says “6 to 8 years and then that’s it” as if most people’s Windows laptops survive long enough to see even half that....
RIP Ken's Sound Euphonium Movie DVD.
2019-2019
Why would you keep a disc drive? You can literally throw another SSD in there.
Parihs utility
im still using mid 2012 macbook pro but with 16gb ram and 256 gb SSD with 2.9GHz clock speed and Intel core i7 processor
Plus @Austin, if you don't care about the most current OS you can step back to 2011 or even 2010 and get a great machine for even less.