2012 macbook pro ram upgrade#

I feel like my 2012 still has a few good years left in her, but the M1 chips have been enough to make me strongly consider biting the bullet and buying a new model.

2012 macbook pro ram upgrade#

If I were to upgrade a MBP pro today I would actually probably consider a 2015 model with user-upgradable storage over another 20s have soldered RAM, but if you can find a deal on a 16GB model then that's plenty to run alongside a SSD upgrade. I've gotten to the point where the iMac HDD has become burdensome enough to where I'm finally willing to crack it open and attempt an SSD install. The 2012 MBP is actually significantly snappier than the iMac which is 5 years younger, but has an internal HDD.

I have an iMac and PC gaming rig in addition to the laptop, so for my particular use case it serves me very well. 2.6GHz 8GB of 1600MHz DDR3 memory Storage 1 2. Memory 2.3GHz 4GB of 1600MHz DDR3 memory Configurable to 8GB. However, I would only suggest it if you don't need a laptop for anything that taxes the GPU or gaming purposes. Technically you could swap out the entire main logic board but by that point you might as well just sell your computer and buy one with more RAM. 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz) with 6MB е…ѓ cache Configurable to 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz) with 8MB е…ѓ cache. That 2012 is still my daily laptop and the SSD makes it feel snappier than ever. I finally had to replace it around 2019 due to a screen crack, but I opted for a used 2012 MBP rather than a new model for the reason that it's the last fully upgradable model. My first macbook was a late 2008 that lasted me throughout college + an extra 4 years after upgrading the HDD to a SDD and adding RAM. This post is 4 months old at this point, but FWIW I wholeheartedly think a 2012 MBP w/ SSD upgrade is still usable today. The MacBook Pro 'Core i5' 2.5 13-Inch (Mid-2012/USB 3.0) features a 22 nm 'Ivy Bridge' 2.