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MacBook Pro 15″ (Early 2011)
A1286 · Unibody
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Identifiers
| Order number | A1286 |
| Machine ID | MacBookPro8,2 |
Reference
| Original price | $1,799 – $2,399 |
| Announced | 2011-02-24 |
| Discontinued | 2011-10-24 |
| Max supported OS | macOS 10.13 High Sierra |
| Design era | Unibody |
Configurations
| Colors | Anodized aluminum |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-2635QM @ 2.0 GHz, Intel Core i7-2720QM @ 2.2 GHz, Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.3 GHz |
| Memory | 4 GB, 8 GB (max) |
| Storage | 500 GB SATA HDD, 750 GB SATA HDD |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 3000, AMD Radeon HD 6490M (256 MB), AMD Radeon HD 6750M (1 GB) |
| Display | 15.4″ LED (1440×900), 15.4″ LED (1680×1050, hi-res option) |
| Operating system | Mac OS X 10.6.6, macOS 10.13 High Sierra |
| Removable media | SuperDrive (DVD±R DL, slot-loading) |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | 2× USB 2.0 · 1× FireWire 800 · 1× Thunderbolt 1 · Gigabit Ethernet · 3.5 mm audio out · 3.5 mm audio in · SD card slot · MagSafe 1 · AirPort Extreme 802.11a/b/g/n · Bluetooth 2.1+EDR |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 364 × 24 × 249 mm |
| Weight | 2.54 kg |
Known quirks
- AMD Radeon 6490M/6750M GPUs prone to REFLOW failure — Apple extended repair program now expired
- First MBP 15" with Thunderbolt 1
- GPU failure causes 'black screen on boot' and kernel panics
- Battery swell very common now
- A pivotal year: Sandy Bridge quad-core brought huge CPU gains