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MacBook Pro 17″ (Mid 2009)
A1297 · Unibody
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Identifiers
| Order number | A1297 |
| Machine ID | MacBookPro5,2 |
Reference
| Original price | $2,799 |
| Announced | 2009-06-08 |
| Discontinued | 2010-04-13 |
| Max supported OS | macOS 10.11.6 El Capitan |
| Design era | Unibody |
Configurations
| Colors | Anodized aluminum |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 @ 2.8 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo T9900 @ 3.06 GHz |
| Memory | 4 GB, 8 GB (max) |
| Storage | 500 GB SATA HDD, 256 GB SSD |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (shared), NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT (512 MB) |
| Display | 17″ LED (1920×1200) |
| Operating system | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.1, Mac OS X 10.5.2, Mac OS X 10.5.3, Mac OS X 10.5.4, Mac OS X 10.5.5, Mac OS X 10.5.6, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.5.8, 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 | 8× SuperDrive (DVD±R DL, slot-loading) |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | 3× USB 2.0 · 1× FireWire 800 · Gigabit Ethernet · Mini DisplayPort · 3.5 mm audio out · 3.5 mm audio in · ExpressCard/34 · MagSafe 1 · AirPort Extreme 802.11a/b/g/n · Bluetooth 2.1+EDR |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 393 × 25 × 267 mm |
| Weight | 3.08 kg |
Known quirks
- Final Core 2 Duo 17" — still stuck on El Capitan as max OS
- Dual-GPU 9400M / 9600M GT switching
- Battery is internal and often swells
- MagSafe 1 cable fraying continues
- Nvidia GPU failure risk applies