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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 |
| 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 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.1, Mac OS X 10.6.2, Mac OS X 10.6.3, Mac OS X 10.6.4, Mac OS X 10.6.5, Mac OS X 10.6.6, Mac OS X 10.6.7, Mac OS X 10.6.8, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.7.1, Mac OS X 10.7.2, Mac OS X 10.7.3, Mac OS X 10.7.4, Mac OS X 10.7.5, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.8.1, OS X 10.8.2, OS X 10.8.3, OS X 10.8.4, OS X 10.8.5, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, OS X 10.9.1, OS X 10.9.2, OS X 10.9.3, OS X 10.9.4, OS X 10.9.5, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.10.1, OS X 10.10.2, OS X 10.10.3, OS X 10.10.4, OS X 10.10.5, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, OS X 10.11.1, OS X 10.11.2, OS X 10.11.3, OS X 10.11.4, OS X 10.11.5, OS X 10.11.6, macOS 10.12 Sierra, macOS 10.12.1, macOS 10.12.2, macOS 10.12.3, macOS 10.12.4, macOS 10.12.5, macOS 10.12.6, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, macOS 10.13.1, macOS 10.13.2, macOS 10.13.3, macOS 10.13.4, macOS 10.13.5, macOS 10.13.6 |
| 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