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MacBook Pro 13″ (Mid 2012)
A1278 · Unibody
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Identifiers
| Order number | A1278 |
| Machine ID | MacBookPro9,2 |
Reference
| Original price | $1,199 – $2,399 |
| Announced | 2012-06-11 |
| Discontinued | 2016-10-27 |
| Max supported OS | macOS 10.15 Catalina |
| Design era | Unibody |
Configurations
| Colors | Anodized aluminum |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.5 GHz, Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.9 GHz |
| Memory | 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB (max) |
| Storage | 500 GB SATA HDD, 750 GB SATA HDD, 1 TB SATA HDD |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
| Display | 13.3″ LED (1280×800) |
| Operating system | Mac OS X 10.7.4, macOS 10.15 Catalina |
| Removable media | SuperDrive (DVD±R DL, slot-loading) |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | 2× USB 3.0 · 1× FireWire 800 · 1× Thunderbolt 1 · Gigabit Ethernet · 3.5 mm audio out/in (combo) · SD card slot · MagSafe 1 · AirPort Extreme 802.11a/b/g/n · Bluetooth 4.0 |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 325 × 24 × 227 mm |
| Weight | 2.06 kg |
Known quirks
- Sold for four years — last MBP with an optical drive or user-upgradable RAM/SSD
- Max 16 GB officially; swap the HDD for SSD to keep it relevant
- Battery swell is near-universal by now
- MagSafe 1 frays
- Retina replaced everything else but this kept selling to people who wanted ports