I Bought Apple's First Retina Macbook Pro From eBay...

Today we're cleaning up and restoring Apple's first 15" retina Macbook Pro from 2012. How well does this cheap laptop from eBay hold up in 2022? Let's find out :) #apple #laptop #ifixit

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Macbook Pro 2012 15" Retina A1398 specifications:
Intel i7 3615QM 2.3GHz (4 Core, 8 Thread) CPU
8GB DDR3L SDRAM 1,600MHz
Nvidia Geforce 650M 1GB Graphics
256GB SSD 6Gbps
15.4" Retina Display 2880x1800

[insertnamehere]

My old laptop was dying so I got a mid-2012 non-retina. I love this thing. I upgraded the ram, replaced the battery and ssd and spent under $200 AUD overall. Really great machine.

[xandersthoughts]

This “birb” guy should do a video with the weird guy with the crazy stories in all of those Dankpods videos.

[josue]

Never imagine I’d see Dankpods review an old GPU around here. Loved it.

[MrLurchsThings]

I remember when these came out. At the time I was running a 17” and upgraded to this. My experience was that the retina screen was awesome, but after a while I got used to it and then got frustrated with the throttled performance.

[TriStarIII]

2012 that's when I bought the MacBook Pro I'm still using to this day, I opted for the non Retina matt display DVD drive version though, and it's still in great condition and going strong, I only ever upgraded the hard drive and RAM, i bought a 24" iMac last year and I wouldn't consider it any faster or anything tbh,
it's quite shocking how little has changed in the last 10 years especially compared to the previous decade 2002-2012

[Claro]

Love the DankPods style segment at the end.

[joeconti]

I like how it went almost full dankpods there towards the end with the "test" video.

[alistairlegge]

The 2012-2015 MBPs were the best Apple laptops until the M1s. I have a maxed out 15” from 2014 that has been the best laptop I ever owned. Just upgraded 8 years later and loving the new MBP 16”. Excellent keyboards too on those pre 2015s. The new MBP are like an upgraded pre 2015s which is what i wanted.

[unknownboy]

0:40 "These laptop cushions are a great way to ship things, especially laptops"
- that was a good pun right there

[lincoln]

Love these old Macs, damn near bulletproof! I've got a 2013 macbook air that refuses to die after eight years

[joshworthington]

This 15 inch MacBook Pro Retina is quite literally my current computer. I purchased it on launch day, June 2012! Apart from the the fact that the battery is garbage, the thing somehow still works fine?! Actually insane. Intend on finally upgrading this year. 10 years for a computer - that's why you go Apple.

[kabadisha]

I bought one of these at the time. Upgraded to Ventura and still daily driving it for work as an IT consultant.

[exablob]

The funny bit with the old graphics card really reminds me of DankPods, you guys should do a video together that would be dope

[HighPeakMapping]

Its always a good day when Nathan uploads, my 2014 MacBook Pro served me well until it kernel panicked and then the screen never worked again...

[nicholashoi]

Great video to watch while eating on my desk.

[X-Records]

10:48 why do I get dankpods vibes here 😅

[bloxycola]

Use OCLP to install MacOS Big Sur or Monterey

[HanabiiiUwU]

You and DankPods should collab at some point! You can take a look at some nuggets, or computers... or nugget computers lol

[jakthebomb]

I do these replacements all the time. I don't use the adhesive remover, I just wedge the plastic cards and shimmy it to break up the adhesive strips. I find this much cleaner.

[KevinBryanRoldan]

The birb productions segment gave off a dankpods vibe