How long do you usually hold on to your computer before you buy a new one? I used to get a new computer every 2 years, but something about this computer made me stick with it for 7. *Also!* Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss next week's video where I collab with The 8-Bit Guy and others! It's gonna be awesome! P.S. captions are now available for this video!
My mom held onto her Early 2011 15" MBP until earlier this year when the GPU failure thing happened. Now she has a 2019 retina 4K iMac. Then I discovered the dosdude1 GPU patcher, and it still works fine. I downgraded it to Mavericks for the old design. My main OS is Ubuntu MATE :)
I hold on to my computers for about 3-4 years because I notice that after that amount of time my PC typically stops working well. After seeing that you're still able to use your 7 year old Mac, I might consider switching to mac when the time comes to switch my computer.
I have many service changes thru the years. Changed the trackpad (broke cause altitud pressure), change the battery twice, the fan once, upgraded ram and changed the hd 3 times.
2011 MBP 15” here. Chugging along nicely in 2020, with its Sandy Bridge quad i7 2.6Ghz, hardware disabled AMD graphics, and no issues running Catalina. Forget about doing any modern video editing, but it handles its purpose of running Logic X and Serato DJ just fine. Not bad for a $150 EBay buy!
JoeBoi You got it, DosDude patcher FTW. Runs great, practically everything works with the exception of Continuity/Handoff due to the outdated Bluetooth 2.0 that was used in that vintage of MBP. Meanwhile, I can’t even get Big Sur to boot with Clover for my Hackintoshes (yet), so I have some doubts that Collin will get 11.0 running on older machines... Unfortunately, it seems like the progression to Big Sur will likely be the end of the road for most hacks - at least for now.
Alvaro León 13 It’s a known failure point on this series of MacBooks. The AMD chip eventually fails, causing all kinds of random problems, from graphical glitches to kernel panics and reboots. It became so predominant, that Apple would eventually issue a repair program on the series.
Yea, same here. But now i am disconnecting them.. bcos watever peripherals i attached to the macbook.. i noticed a significant power draw.. even with a USB flashdrive
@@Onion_Knights I was making a joke, HDMI is for video and Thunderbolt is for peripherals, there is no adapter called an HDMI to Thunderbolt adapter (There is Thunderbolt to HDMI adapters though)
I have been using the same MacBook Pro since early 2014. It’s a great machine, and I find myself grappling with the same upgrade questions. Great video!
When people whine about the expense of Mac, I remind them of how long they last! EDIT: Holy crap, my inbox is wrecked! I know there are exceptions out there but in the last 25 years, I personally, have owned 4 Macs and I got plenty of miles on all of them.
Only thing that kills macs are when the battery’s go out. My 2011 17” MacBook Pro still works fine (when plugged into the wall), only downside is Apple no longer supports it for new software.
Ok, I have a 17 inch MacBook, and it’s amazing, I just replaced the battery, it’s about a 20 minute job, I’d recommend a ifixit battery, makes my 17 inch like brand new with a ssd and 16 gigs of ram!
I have got 8 years out of my 2012 MacBook Air. I am finally considering an upgrade thanks to Apple Card. The crazy part is I can still get value back for it on eBay.
I have a 2012 MacBook Pro and used it everyday until may 2020, one of the best laptops ever built. I'm now using a 2018 MBP, and the keyboard really does deserves all the hate it received, double strokes, horrible feel, and sometimes not registering at all, no esc key and the Touch Bar is a gimmick for sure. The only thing that I really like is the trackpad is amazing, and the screen is gorgeous. I has also decent speakers, and performance has been great, I haven't experienced thermal problems as ppl were saying, and I've been able to even game on it via external drive bootcamp.
Desiinger Getting something used is a lottery ticket. I’d rather spend the extra and get the latest model, and keep it for 8 years like my pro mid 2012
I think Resolve is cool simply because it supports Linux. It's pretty much the only pro-grade video editing software that does. I do like Kdenlive for other school projects and stuff too though
Yeah, I've used a couple pieces of editing software, the best I've found is resolve. The price of free is unbeatable, and it leverages my 2060 quite well.
I did try Resolve in like 2018, but I was not able to fully use it due to the free version's limitations. But I was simply not an adult yet. I did end up cracking Premiere Pro in 2019 (which I fully regret now). But then again, I didn't have many other options as I was too young to afford expensive software. I did stall out of video editing for much of 2020 and 2021 due to issues with Premiere Pro's media offline issue. Finally, when I got old enough, and started working, I was able to get stuff I could never have gotten in much of my early teen years. In June 2022, when I had enough money, I bought Final Cut Pro.
As someone who just purchased my first 2019 MBP to replace a 2011 iMac, I can say from experience calling the cooling system in adequate is in understatement. I needed to buy an app to allow me to disable turbo boost when I don’t need the extra power. It allows me to see the CPU temp and the fan speed as a nice help tool. On my really heavy workload days I have a fan pointed at it in my office just to help out the cooling. The second monitor can really get it cooking. I love the machine, but I feel protecting the internals is more important than looking pretty.
I really miss my MacBook, it was stolen at my school a year ago and I can't afford a new one. Now I'm stuck using a PC with a 2 core Celeron and 2 gb ram🙄
@@ecodev15 He is too late for informing if something gets stolen you should immediately inform to police. And the police will very unlikely open a case for a laptop which was stolen more than year ago.
Cool vid, well presented. I have the exact same late 2013 and it is still more than enough for me. I just did a battery replacement as mine started to swell and now it feels new again. Only reason to upgrade is for Apple SoC in an iMac as I only work at home now. Otherwise I’m quite happy to keep this fantastic MBP with a simple fan control app to keep it from getting so hot on a 2 hour Zoom mtg.
I've held on to my Early 2015 13" Macbook Pro since September 2015. I've encountered practically zero issues for the 5 years that I've owned it. These things are super well built! I think I'll keep using this right until Apple stops supporting Intel based Macs.
Ik I'm kinda late but I've been looking at some refurbed Early 2015 MBPs and I'm wondering If it's still worth it to get one at the moment. I don't do too much outside of browse, play a text based browser game, and remote into a friend's PC for emulation MP purposes. This is my first real attempt to get an apple device, should I get one?
@@malignantjewmor8436 Well, it's definitely still worth it but there is one caveat that needs to be addressed; Apple has dropped support for 2015 Retina Macs (as far as, macOS Ventura is concerned), which means that you'll keep getting patches, as long as macOS Monterey is alive but I suspect that as soon as Ventura arrives, Apple's going to flip the switch. But given your use-case, I wouldn't worry about that, too much. These 2015 Retinas are amazing workhorses. You can easily ride this one out for a couple of years (that's what I am planning on doing and my work flow is pretty much the same as yours). So, the bottom line is: if you're not too concerned about having a Mac that's bleeding-edge AND you find a good deal, just snag it! Hope that helped. :-) PS: I'd highly advise you to go for a non-GPU variant and one with **at-least** 16GB of RAM (this is crucial because the RAM is soldered to the Logic Board and hence, is not user-upgradable).
I have a Mid-2014 MacBook and it's gone through a lot of weddings, events, transcoding, podcast episodes, all the possible beating it could get and still stands strong to date. I could not believe how much value it has given me over the years.
@@rrp6405 mine gave up at 95%. 149 cycles..and the laptop wont turn on. coconut battery said ..the health was down to 23% ...and macOS wont let the CPU past 800 mhz when the battery is damaged.
Still using a MacBook Pro 13" late 2011 model. I've upgraded the HDD (860 EVO 500GB SSD), added a second 500GB SSD (Crucial MX500) and 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM. This thing is fast af and it's running Catalina on Samsung SSD and Win 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 on the second SSD.
Have you seen what they use for cooling in the macbook pro 13in? ITS A TINY PIECE OF COPPER WITH NO FAN DIRECTLY ATTACHED TRYING TO COOL A 28 WATT TDP CHIP!!!!! 28 WATTS!!!!!!!!
@@Dimondminer11 its macbook air and yeah, Apple's not so bright engineers/ designers at it again. They SUCK at designing product with proper cooling, not to mention the fan which only start ramping up after the CPU sitting at 100 degree celcius for few minutes
great video, I still use my i5 13 inch late 2013 MBP and love it, I bought a late 2013 imac a while ago and upgraded SSD/RAM now I use that for any 4K work, the lack of ports and price is why I have keep to older hardware. My battery still lasts about 3 hours.
I just upgraded from that exact model/spec. What made me upgrade was the constant crashing if I didn’t have my Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter connected, the screen started going green, the battery lasted only 25 minutes, I discovered the SD card reader is actually quite slow compared to a USB-C one and my charger died. But I agree, it was the best MacBook Pro, if not the best mac yet. Oh and they added the 5600 gpu, that also made me upgrade.
My 2017 MacBook Pro keyboard completely stopped working after only having a few broken keys, and I recently got the new iPad Pro with the new magic keyboard and it feels amazing to type on, it’s the same keyboard you’ll find in the new MacBooks I’m glad that your MacBook Pro has been so reliable after all these years
I've still got my fully loaded mid 2015 MBP and use it every day. I bought it "scratch and dent" from an Apple distributor for about $1200 and it's been essentially flawless. I'm considering upgrading once the new apple chips come out though and using my 2015 for personal use at the house.
I went from a MacBook Air 2015 to this exact same computer (except mine had 1 TB SSD out of the box) about a year ago and it has been serving me really well. The only issue I have is Apple constantly making software updates that just aren’t really optimized for this computer, espeically with the NVIDIA graphics.
2012 13” Unibody MackBook Pro. The only reason I am considering updating now is because the 2012 will not natively support macOS Big Sur when it comes out later this year. Aside from that, since I’m not a content creator or an artist, this machine suites me perfectly fine. Physically, my computer is almost flawless, because I use the same formula that you do to take care of your MacBook Pro 6:23.
I have a 2014 MacBook Air, that I got in college and I still use it as a field machine, showing presentations to clients writing notes in a meeting, written and reading scripts, etc
I have the exact same MacBook Pro and have had it for the same amount of time. I love it just as much as I did on day 1 and it still handles everything I throw at it with ease
I have the same computer, just with slightly lower specs. It is great, It is being used nonstop since around 2014, it has a corner that is almost broken, the screen hinge is getting loose and has a crack, and the battery is dying. But it still runs anything I throw at it, it never failed me. I really think this is the best MacBook Pro apple ever built.
Bro, we bought a mid-range VAIO laptop back in 2012 and it's still going strong (with a couple upgrades of course). That thing has been through hell and back with me. It was the center of my workstation from 2015-17, and that little i5 rendered countless videos in those two years alone. It has been my field machine up until a couple days ago. It didn't die, I just got a new laptop. We now use the thing as a media center PC in our living room. Maybe it can reach its 10th bday, who knows. We have a couple laptops that are over 20yo, as well. It's surreal how long laptops survive when you take proper care of them. Our perspective on the life of laptops can be skewed by most modern tech reviewers, but I appreciate the fact that you aren't afraid to show us that you can use a laptop that's more than a couple years old. Fingers crossed for my new Zephyrus to be at least half as resilient as my vaio and your mac! Sorry for long comment lol, if anyone read until here, have this *hands cookie*
I used my 2013 15 inch macbook pro for almost 7 years (it died this January). I had the thermal paste replaced and dust cleaned in 2017 and i always pushed the fans to the mac while exporting video (and while editing it). The cpu VRM´s are completely burned and the cpu is also dead since the vrms killed it (Rossman diagnostic). I sold it for parts on ebay and got he new i9 base model macbook pro. The 2013 mac was used soo much and had travelled with me all around the world. It rendered 4k 60 raw videos with crazy color edits and effects on the desert heat and never let me down. That computer has a special place in my art as a photographer and filmmaker.
Late 2013 13" Retina user here. Daily driver laptop, works brilliantly. Replaced the battery the other day and other than that, it's been a fantastic performer, even though it's a 'lowly' 8GB model with an i5. Use it for audio editing all the time and it just works...
I usually hold onto my computers for 5-10 years. I built my family desktop in 2017 and that is running fine. My main machine is a mid-2012 MacBook Pro that I use daily, and I bounce back and forth based on what I want to play around with between a PowerMac G3, a Mac Pro 1,1, and a T42 ThinkPad. Vintage computers are so much fun.
Late '11 trucking along, handling LPX with 5 hour 5 track sessions with no issues. Battery was replaced when I picked it up (and broken camera wire) and some cosmetic issues on some keys, but aside from a clogged fan (cleared) no issues. Upgraded ram to 16gb and replaced HDD with SSD, super happy. Two hard drive cables and a spare fan on hand after the kernel issues related to the clogged fan but still super happy.
2014 MacBook Pro. Just had my first issue with it. Trackpad is depressed (so sad) and cannot lift up. Ordering a pentalobe screwdriver and then taking it apart. Other than this has been a champ for 5 years.
Still on my fully spec 15" Macbook Pro mid-2015. I've been using it every day for the last five years, even though it probably needs a little internal cleaning and the speakers are not as good as they used to be, it works like a charm!
Yea I have a 2015 MBP 15" and I have to say that I got in right before they started goofing them up. I recently bought a new 2020 16" MBP and I'm not thrilled that it's missing some ports but the good thing is they've changed the keyboard back and the CPU and GPU are way better. I still love my old 2015 MBP and I keep trying to find uses for it. Haha. I keep it around as a backup and have it hooked up to my TV just in case I want to transfer a large video to watch, but I admit that this is a rare thing. With how good Prime and Netflix streaming is, there's really no need to download videos anymore.
Still rocking my Mid-2015 15-inch MacBook Pro. Runs pretty much like new for typical computing tasks, even most video and audio editing. I don’t have any reason to upgrade for years to come!
To consider wether upgrading or not makes sense to you is a question of processing power really. The screen was great 7 years ago. Most people still don't have USB-C devices beyond their phone and if they have a mac they most likely have an iphone which is lightning. A professional could probably afford a powerful desktop for rendering and an okay machine for on the go. Having a need for a really powerful machine on the go, powerful by 2020 standards, would be a very niche case.
I purchased nearly the same 15" MBP last November on eBay for $500, and it's been a great machine. I sold my 2015 13" MBP to buy it and I don't regret it. It'll hold me over until the ARM MBPs come out.
I still have a 2013 MacBook as well. Biggest reason I won't upgrade is the lack of ports (especially magsafe) on the newer macs. Besides my old one does just fine
My main computer is my mid 2012 MacBook pro. At the time, I bought the all spec'd out version. I recently switched out the HDD for a SSD and upgraded to 16gb of RAM. Now my computer feels brand new. Before this one I had a 2009 Macbook (with the aluminum body before it became Pro) and it's still being used by a family member. I want a new MacBook but they're so expensive now! I can't get an all spec'd out Macbook Pro now for 2k. So, I built myself a gaming PC and sticking with this until it no longer turns on.
I still use my 2015 MacBook Pro 13. Not only that, but it's also the base model with a dual core. It is still going strong today, and have no plans to upgrade anytime soon.
Got similar specs. Macbook Pro 15" with 4th gen i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD. Works perfectly still and works great with music daws (Ableton Live 10, Maschune, etc...) and Final Cut X. I could use a bit more RAM, but will hold on to this one for a while longer.
Recently switched from my 2010 15” MacBook Pro to a brand new 2020 13” MacBook Pro with the 10th gen intel chips, and I’m loving the performance with FCPX and OBS!
My daily driver is a 2012 Unibody (matte screen) Macbook Pro that I purchased in December 2012 (almost 8 years ago). It has a 2.6Ghz Intel Core i7, Nvidia GT 650M GPU, 16 GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD SATA drive. Cosmetically, it is perfect. The only issue I have had, are a blown-out speaker, intermittent SD card recognition and not being able to save data to the SD card (it only reads). Also, the battery died after 5 years and the replacement one from NewerTech only lasted 2 years. The only part that shows some wear and tear is the power cord near the Magsafe connector but I put some tape around it. My favorite features of this computer are: Upgradability, I can even replace the optical drive with a second SSD, the keyboard, the Magsafe connector, and the glowing Apple logo. The things I don't like are: No HDMI port (needs a Mini Display to HDMI dongle), the fastest port is Thunderbolt 1, and the fact that the two USB 3.0 ports are too close together, making it difficult to connect 2 USB devices at the same time (design flaw).
I also use my late 2013 13". I bought it when I had a good job. It's been around the world twice. in the last 5 years. This computer has a great keyboard, an SD reader, a great display, and it's fast enough to use Lightroom. I've held off buying another MacBook because of the lack of ports. Maybe, in 2021, I can finally replace it with something as usable and versatile.
I have the exact same mac, bought in december 2013... It's served me well and sat on a shelf for 2 years after the ssd died. Recently, I replaced the SSD and its alive again. When people complain about how expensive macs get, I remind them that I got 2 systems (mac OS and windows) that's as good as new even after 7 years of use. 7 years, what a crazy number. The closest windows laptop I have had lasted 3 years before it started getting wonky
I've got an early 2015 MacBook Pro and it's been chugging along nicely since new. One of the know problems with it is when I connect certain external hard drives, the wifi just stops working. It has something to do with the wifi module being integrated into the hinge of the display but I've never found a workaround for it.
I stopped the upgrades every 3 years after getting married and having kids. Now, I replace only until the wheel fall off. Replaced my wife’s MacBook Air 2012 battery from ifixit and it’s still going strong for what she needs it to do. Still using a 2013 MacBook Pro and works for me.
I upgraded from a MacBook Pro early 2011 to the MacBook Pro 2017. I loved my old mac just as much as I love my current mac. My old one had everything I needed and more. But for film school, I needed to run Adobe apps and the old MacBook did show it's age when it came to hardcore video editing: color correction, motion graphics & compositing, etc. My current MacBook is great for all that though, however, it does tend to overheat sometimes.
Currently use a 2013 13" macbook pro as my main machine, bought it new and have been using it ever since. Works perfectly fine for the most part despite the 7 year old integrated dual core and integrated GPU with 8GB of ram. Solid purchase. Hoping to get a decade out of it. Battery still sitting at 81% with 1050 cycles on it!
Have the same model. Best computer I’ve ever had. I got a pc with the same spec a few months previously. The Mac replaced it quickly. I bough it a few months after starting my new company. As a CTO I needed to develop algorithms drag the machine every day to test sites and back again to work at home late into the night. To work with Mathcad and Texas Instruments Dev cards I did have to load Windows onto a virtual machine. Only recently have I replaced it with a fast gaming machine in the office, great for simulations etc. Running the laptop in the office day after day was great as I ran multiples screens. It’s still in regular use and I’ve had five pc’s during that time. It has a place in my heart that I can’t see any other machine replacing.
I upgraded to the 13" 2020 MacBook Pro when it came out. Until then I used a late 2013 13" MacBook Pro which was doing me fine tbh. But weirdly enough, what I ended up liking the most with the new one is the force touch trackpad which is much easier to click. :)
I still use a mid 2012 i7 macbook pro! only upgrade I've done is, replacing the HDD with an SSD... and it's a super reliable machine! the battery is on its way out, but it doesn't bother me much as I'm mostly connected to mains while working! and the keyboard is just fantastic! I need to use it the whole day, being a coder; and it never fails to amaze me how well it has aged and performs the same day it was purchased!
Commenting on my mbp 13" 2015. A year ago I replaced the display under apple replacement program for free. Recently replaced the battery and the speaker and I couldn't be more happier.
My Mac ( now December 2021) is going on 10 years old now. The only upgrade I did when I purchased it was to put a digital drive in it. The battery still reads 100%. Mind you, I leave it on 24/7 unless I'm going away for days at a time which is rare. It's been, by far the best computer I've ever owned and about 3 years ago I tried to buy a new Mac pro but returned 3 until I just gave up. They were all garbage. Still waiting for one that is close to as good as this Mac pro. Great show by the way.
I have the same generation 15" mpb. Mine started out as the base model with 8GB RAM and integrated graphics, but I did a logic board swap to upgrade it to the top spec 2.8GHz, 16GB RAM, GT750. That made a huge difference and I'm planning to hold on to it for years to come.
I used to use my laptops until they broke. My 2014 15" MacBook Pro still works, but I had to replace the SSD on month 13 of ownership. I had a gaming desktop, so I ended up shelving the MacBook when the 11" iPad Pro came out and I still use it daily. The iPad Pro does about 85-90% of what I would want to do while on the go comfortably, but I recently got a budget Lenovo 2-in-1 with a Ryzen 4500U for the times iPadOS wont cut it.
I have the same machine. It's state of the art. Only some keys wore out the black painting a bit. And yes, there's some intermittence some times with the right USB port. Other tan that I bought a battery from Amazon and it's working superb. Will stick to it until Silicon processors are more mature and the integration as well.
I have Mid-2014 Macbook Pro and it's also keeping up well. Just works. I even spilled coffee there a year ago. No problem. 6+ years and it still works. And since Apple is switching to ARM this is probably going to be my last Apple computer. Time to move on.
I have an 2013 13" MacBook Pro retina since 2014 and I am astonished to see how well it runs after all these years with intense video editing in FCP and enormous layouts I do in Illustrator. It's so freakin fast! Since I don't need to use it outside my house anymore I bought a cheap 2014 Mac mini and I plan to sell the MacBook. I will use my old iPad Air 1 when going to meetings with my clients. My upgrade to an ARM based Mac shall occur in 2022 or 2023, when 2020 used ones get cheaper (buy an brand new Mac in a third world country its just madness, they're a price of a car). Thanks for the amazing content as always!
My fiancée has been using her 2014 MBP 13 up to the present. Had a service center replace the battery. Replaced one of the buzzing speakers through iFixit. Now the other side speaker is buzzing. She hasn't been wanting for a new computer. She has a Switch for gaming anyway. For myself I've been using a BTO (i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) 2013 MBA 11 initially as my primary work laptop but is now happily used during out-of-city trips for storing my camera's photos and remotely accessing office servers. A bloating battery also wrecked the power control board so I had to replace those both a few years ago. Even having a car, I hate lugging around my current ASUS 15" gaming laptop to business meetings. Since I already have a serious workstation in the office, I'll be planning to just get a PC desktop for home VR gaming and have some kind of ultrabook as an EDC for on-the-go work. Hopefully a future ARM MBP 13" would be sufficient for my needs as Apple products have had the longest lifespans in our household.
I am using MacBook Pro Mid 2012 Model since April 2013. Almost 7.5 Yrs. But since last 1 month I am literally struggling, probably after the last update. It is an i7 model with 8gigs ram. Now it feels like a definite upgrade required. Really happy with the crisp and uneventful usage for last 7.5 years.
Upgraded from a 2009 Macbook white uni-body to a new 2020 MacBook Pro 13 inch. Typically usually keep my Macs for 8-10 years.
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I upgraded from my 2011 MBP to a 2018 MPB in July 2018; I am a little disappointed with the keyboard but mostly use an external keyboard so here we go. The Trackpad is amazing
Had the exact same model beside a 500 drive. Just like yours, been working perfectly fine. Pretty much never upgraded it due to the same reason. Finally got a new one earlier this year because I accidently burnt by graphic card earlier this year.
I have basically the same MBP (mine’s a 2.5 GHz mid-2014 fifteen-incher with a discrete GPU). Works a treat. I’m still on macOS 10.13 with no immediate plans to upgrade. Had to replace the battery for a third-party one a little over a year ago. I used to upgrade my computers much more often, but nowadays I tend to stick with what works.
I’m still using a 2010 iMac. I’ll admit that it doesn’t get the same level of use that yours is but it still gets the job done. The only problem that I’ve really had with it is that the SuperDrive took a crap a few years back, but it wasn’t really a big deal since I didn’t use it that much. I recently pulled it and swapped in a SSD and some additional RAM and it still runs like new - better than new actually. The only thing that will make me get a new one is the fact that it’s slowly becoming obsolete. I’m also waiting to see the new iMac. Sure, macs might cost more, but what’s the better deal, spending 2-3k once or a few hundred every other year? That’s not to mention all the time lost due to malware and hardware failures.
My last laptop was a Mid-2012 MacBook Pro (pre-retina) that I practically ran into the ground. It was a great laptop and it had all the ports I could ever have wanted + an optical drive. It was also super easy to upgrade the memory and storage on it too. I'm currently using a Thinkpad T480 since MacBook Pros aren't want they used to be, sadly.
I upgraded my PC yesterday from 4 GB of RAM to 16 GB and from a 250 GB HDD to a 500GB SSD. It surely gave the system some more years of life. I can even run Premiere Pro flawlessly now! Also, the new boot time is less than a third of the original. It used to take around 4-5 minutes to boot up fully since a cumulative update (I don't know why) and now it takes around 30 seconds (POST time included). Heck, I can even open some old Ableton Live projects that used to take like 5 minutes to load! They consumed half the RAM, thus forcing every other process to move temporarily to the pagefile which was on the HDD and... yeah. It was sluggish. Now, it can use the full 3 GB of RAM it needs, it loads in 1 minute max and no problem! (As you can tell, I am *really* happy about the upgrade. Especially since modern VSTs use a fair amount of RAM compared to past ones 😅) So, if you ask me, I will stick with a system as long as it does its job well. If I notice some issues, I'll track down the outdated/faulty part and replace it with a better and newer one. If the system is maxed out and can no longer perform as well as it did, then I'm going to consider getting a new PC.
I still use my 15" mid 2015 MacBook Pro and it is humming along gloriously. 5 years of pure class, best computer machine ever built. But alas when that Mini LED ARM bionic 15 comes out in 2021 I will make the jump.
I still hang on to my mid-2014 MacBook Pro, which saw me through uni, both undergrad and postgrad. Still a beast and since I dont do any 4K stuff, it’s been perfectly fine. Will wait until the Apple Silicon comes out to upgrade.
I go way back: 1998: Power Mac 7100 2000: Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) Tower 2009: 15-inch MacBook Pro Unibody 2020: MacBook Air Retina I retired the 7100 after getting the G4 and used it as my Photoshop workhorse (Max upgrade it with RAM/video/storage) until acquiring the MBP. It was my hub for EVERYTHING (iPod/iPhone/iPad, even Android) until buying the Air in June (not worrying about Apple Silicon right now). With the exception of the 7100, all were purchased through Apple's Certified Refurbished
Im still using my 2014 15inch MacBook Pro, It's honestly the perfect portable and defo the best mac Apple has ever made, The perfect sweet spot between performance and functionality, I can see me upgrading to the 16inch MBP with Apple Silicon in the near future, hopefully my workflow switched to USB C by then!
Great video and awesome channel! I’m still plugging away on an iMac Late 2012 (Core i5) -which I recently upgraded the storage to a OWC 1 TB SSD - and a MacBook Pro 2015 (2.2 GHz Core i7). When I’m feeling nostalgic, I fire up the iMac G5 20” running at 1.8 GHz.
i bought a 2015 13" macbook pro, rally like it, i upgraded from a 2011 11" macbook air and the screen is gorgeous, i am also planning to start video editing and with that sd card slot it is gonna be easy, no limitations of usb
I'm still using the same model. I've replaced the battery, everything else still meets my needs perfectly. Looking at Apple's current offerings, I dread the day I have to upgrade.
I got a fairly low-end laptop from school which I used for 5 years. I only replaced it due to problems with its design (no hardware _failures_ to be seen) and the fact that the battery life was 2 hours by that point.
How long do you usually hold on to your computer before you buy a new one? I used to get a new computer every 2 years, but something about this computer made me stick with it for 7. *Also!* Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss next week's video where I collab with The 8-Bit Guy and others! It's gonna be awesome! P.S. captions are now available for this video!
My PC that I built just celebrated it's first birthday a week ago!
My mom held onto her Early 2011 15" MBP until earlier this year when the GPU failure thing happened. Now she has a 2019 retina 4K iMac. Then I discovered the dosdude1 GPU patcher, and it still works fine. I downgraded it to Mavericks for the old design. My main OS is Ubuntu MATE :)
about 5 years
I hold on to my computers for about 3-4 years because I notice that after that amount of time my PC typically stops working well. After seeing that you're still able to use your 7 year old Mac, I might consider switching to mac when the time comes to switch my computer.
Used to upgrade every 3 or so years, hoping to keep my 2019 15" MBP for far longer though, aiming for at least 6 years
Happy still using my MacBook Pro 13” 2009. And it’s in perfect condition.
same!!!!
except it's 2019 😂
Disgusting. How do you use that with so much lag i hate my i mac pro for that exact reason
but it is getting really slow now and Big Sur on it? Wow on my 2010 the fan was nearly constant spinning with Catalina
Christian Grenier I am using Catalina without problems (patched)
I have many service changes thru the years. Changed the trackpad (broke cause altitud pressure), change the battery twice, the fan once, upgraded ram and changed the hd 3 times.
Criticizing conversion technologies while wearing a T-SHIRT that says "conversion", this dude has a big brain
LOL
actually, the bottom of the shirt says "TECHNOLOGY".
2011 MBP 15” here.
Chugging along nicely in 2020, with its Sandy Bridge quad i7 2.6Ghz, hardware disabled AMD graphics, and no issues running Catalina.
Forget about doing any modern video editing, but it handles its purpose of running Logic X and Serato DJ just fine.
Not bad for a $150 EBay buy!
How are you running Catalina? It’s only supported for 2012 and newer?
Kenneth Warren dosdude patcher I presume
JoeBoi
You got it, DosDude patcher FTW.
Runs great, practically everything works with the exception of Continuity/Handoff due to the outdated Bluetooth 2.0 that was used in that vintage of MBP.
Meanwhile, I can’t even get Big Sur to boot with Clover for my Hackintoshes (yet), so I have some doubts that Collin will get 11.0 running on older machines...
Unfortunately, it seems like the progression to Big Sur will likely be the end of the road for most hacks - at least for now.
why do people disable the gpu ?
Alvaro León 13
It’s a known failure point on this series of MacBooks. The AMD chip eventually fails, causing all kinds of random problems, from graphical glitches to kernel panics and reboots.
It became so predominant, that Apple would eventually issue a repair program on the series.
Weird, watching a review of my machine on my machine :)
Machineception
Yep
Computer Clan it informs me a Mac cannot die happy until it has experienced machineception. Must say your taste in Mac vintage is impeccable.
@@ComputerClan *Mac* ception
*pnumenoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconsosisception*
2:07 Ahh yes, HDMI to Thunderbolt adapters! I use them everyday
Yea, same here. But now i am disconnecting them.. bcos watever peripherals i attached to the macbook.. i noticed a significant power draw.. even with a USB flashdrive
@@Onion_Knights I was making a joke, HDMI is for video and Thunderbolt is for peripherals, there is no adapter called an HDMI to Thunderbolt adapter (There is Thunderbolt to HDMI adapters though)
@@NeoClip oh, my bad lol
"It's called taking care of your shit" literally made me lol. Can't seem to get it through to my wife and kids.
I have been using the same MacBook Pro since early 2014. It’s a great machine, and I find myself grappling with the same upgrade questions. Great video!
When people whine about the expense of Mac, I remind them of how long they last! EDIT: Holy crap, my inbox is wrecked! I know there are exceptions out there but in the last 25 years, I personally, have owned 4 Macs and I got plenty of miles on all of them.
Only thing that kills macs are when the battery’s go out. My 2011 17” MacBook Pro still works fine (when plugged into the wall), only downside is Apple no longer supports it for new software.
They'd last even longer if apple was more friendly towards independent repair.
Ok, I have a 17 inch MacBook, and it’s amazing, I just replaced the battery, it’s about a 20 minute job, I’d recommend a ifixit battery, makes my 17 inch like brand new with a ssd and 16 gigs of ram!
Well the model he has here has a graphics issue that shouldnt happen on a multi thousand dollar laptop
bob theconradgames I fix that by baking the mother board, always fixes it for me!
I have got 8 years out of my 2012 MacBook Air. I am finally considering an upgrade thanks to Apple Card. The crazy part is I can still get value back for it on eBay.
I have a 2012 MacBook Pro and used it everyday until may 2020, one of the best laptops ever built. I'm now using a 2018 MBP, and the keyboard really does deserves all the hate it received, double strokes, horrible feel, and sometimes not registering at all, no esc key and the Touch Bar is a gimmick for sure. The only thing that I really like is the trackpad is amazing, and the screen is gorgeous. I has also decent speakers, and performance has been great, I haven't experienced thermal problems as ppl were saying, and I've been able to even game on it via external drive bootcamp.
I use a MacMini 2012 i5 as a Daily and for my Photography :D
victornpb Why did you buy a 2018 MacBook in 2020?
Mr. IDGAF Simple. Used costs way less than a new one. Why would you need the newest and greatest when you can get good value out of used stuff.
Desiinger Getting something used is a lottery ticket. I’d rather spend the extra and get the latest model, and keep it for 8 years like my pro mid 2012
I switched from Premiere Pro to Resolve. Even on PC I can relate on the "Optimized software" bit as Resolve leverages my GPU very well.
I think Resolve is cool simply because it supports Linux. It's pretty much the only pro-grade video editing software that does. I do like Kdenlive for other school projects and stuff too though
Yeah, I've used a couple pieces of editing software, the best I've found is resolve. The price of free is unbeatable, and it leverages my 2060 quite well.
@@Cobalt985 in my opinion resolve seems to be kinda ass on linux
I did try Resolve in like 2018, but I was not able to fully use it due to the free version's limitations. But I was simply not an adult yet. I did end up cracking Premiere Pro in 2019 (which I fully regret now). But then again, I didn't have many other options as I was too young to afford expensive software.
I did stall out of video editing for much of 2020 and 2021 due to issues with Premiere Pro's media offline issue.
Finally, when I got old enough, and started working, I was able to get stuff I could never have gotten in much of my early teen years.
In June 2022, when I had enough money, I bought Final Cut Pro.
As someone who just purchased my first 2019 MBP to replace a 2011 iMac, I can say from experience calling the cooling system in adequate is in understatement. I needed to buy an app to allow me to disable turbo boost when I don’t need the extra power. It allows me to see the CPU temp and the fan speed as a nice help tool. On my really heavy workload days I have a fan pointed at it in my office just to help out the cooling. The second monitor can really get it cooking. I love the machine, but I feel protecting the internals is more important than looking pretty.
You had to buy an app to that lmao that's sad
Rubeno_24 isn’t it though? For as much as these things cost the CPU hitting 200° F is outrageous.
@@Zahamaru it's outrageous that apple sells basic windows functions for money
I really miss my MacBook, it was stolen at my school a year ago and I can't afford a new one. Now I'm stuck using a PC with a 2 core Celeron and 2 gb ram🙄
Didn't you inform to police.
Call the police mate, last time I checked, the police's job is stopping people from stealing.
@@ecodev15 No, it's to suppress the working class. That's just a side effect of the goal
@@ecodev15 He is too late for informing if something gets stolen you should immediately inform to police. And the police will very unlikely open a case for a laptop which was stolen more than year ago.
I have informed the police everyone, I live in South Africa. Even if the police find the laptop, they'll steal it. It's just the way it is here
Cool vid, well presented. I have the exact same late 2013 and it is still more than enough for me. I just did a battery replacement as mine started to swell and now it feels new again. Only reason to upgrade is for Apple SoC in an iMac as I only work at home now. Otherwise I’m quite happy to keep this fantastic MBP with a simple fan control app to keep it from getting so hot on a 2 hour Zoom mtg.
I've held on to my Early 2015 13" Macbook Pro since September 2015. I've encountered practically zero issues for the 5 years that I've owned it. These things are super well built! I think I'll keep using this right until Apple stops supporting Intel based Macs.
Ik I'm kinda late but I've been looking at some refurbed Early 2015 MBPs and I'm wondering If it's still worth it to get one at the moment. I don't do too much outside of browse, play a text based browser game, and remote into a friend's PC for emulation MP purposes. This is my first real attempt to get an apple device, should I get one?
@@malignantjewmor8436 Well, it's definitely still worth it but there is one caveat that needs to be addressed; Apple has dropped support for 2015 Retina Macs (as far as, macOS Ventura is concerned), which means that you'll keep getting patches, as long as macOS Monterey is alive but I suspect that as soon as Ventura arrives, Apple's going to flip the switch.
But given your use-case, I wouldn't worry about that, too much. These 2015 Retinas are amazing workhorses. You can easily ride this one out for a couple of years (that's what I am planning on doing and my work flow is pretty much the same as yours).
So, the bottom line is: if you're not too concerned about having a Mac that's bleeding-edge AND you find a good deal, just snag it!
Hope that helped. :-)
PS: I'd highly advise you to go for a non-GPU variant and one with **at-least** 16GB of RAM (this is crucial because the RAM is soldered to the Logic Board and hence, is not user-upgradable).
@@KaranDeshmukh Thanks pal, the 16gb was what I was looking at so this reinforces what i was thinking. Thank you
@@malignantjewmor8436 No worries, mate. :-)
I have a Mid-2014 MacBook and it's gone through a lot of weddings, events, transcoding, podcast episodes, all the possible beating it could get and still stands strong to date. I could not believe how much value it has given me over the years.
I still use this machine.
Runs great even today.♥️
although the battery gave up..and the one I replaced it with(cheap China made) gave up too.
Well, every old laptop eventually turns into a desktop :(
@@АлексейГриднев-и7р 😥
same here, original swelled so swapped for china one, doing ok atm. battery age 820 days 200 cycles holding 97.3% design capacity
@@rrp6405 mine gave up at 95%.
149 cycles..and the laptop wont turn on.
coconut battery said ..the health was down to 23% ...and macOS wont let the CPU past 800 mhz when the battery is damaged.
@@TamalCyrus im just hoping it holds on until gen 2 apple silicon, fingers crossed
I have the same model. Still running like a champ today. Only thing it needed was a battery replacement.
9:30 Don't forget the Mid 2012 MacBook Pro's without the retina display.
Ah my one runs windows 8.1 like a treat.
The late 2015 is better in my opinion. The 13" ar least.
Still using a MacBook Pro 13" late 2011 model. I've upgraded the HDD (860 EVO 500GB SSD), added a second 500GB SSD (Crucial MX500) and 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM. This thing is fast af and it's running Catalina on Samsung SSD and Win 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 on the second SSD.
Watch as Apple comes out with a new Apple silicon MacBook Pro that’s 2 times faster and runs 30 degrees cooler.
Have you seen what they use for cooling in the macbook pro 13in? ITS A TINY PIECE OF COPPER WITH NO FAN DIRECTLY ATTACHED TRYING TO COOL A 28 WATT TDP CHIP!!!!! 28 WATTS!!!!!!!!
Dimondminer11 i think that cooling is the macbook air (no fan attached to the cpu) but the pro still has bad thermals
@@Dimondminer11 its macbook air and yeah, Apple's not so bright engineers/ designers at it again. They SUCK at designing product with proper cooling, not to mention the fan which only start ramping up after the CPU sitting at 100 degree celcius for few minutes
@@Dimondminer11 you've mixed devices my man, the air has "wireless" cooling, and a 10 watt tdp chip
*and costs 3x the price!*
great video, I still use my i5 13 inch late 2013 MBP and love it, I bought a late 2013 imac a while ago and upgraded SSD/RAM now I use that for any 4K work, the lack of ports and price is why I have keep to older hardware. My battery still lasts about 3 hours.
I just upgraded from that exact model/spec. What made me upgrade was the constant crashing if I didn’t have my Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter connected, the screen started going green, the battery lasted only 25 minutes, I discovered the SD card reader is actually quite slow compared to a USB-C one and my charger died. But I agree, it was the best MacBook Pro, if not the best mac yet. Oh and they added the 5600 gpu, that also made me upgrade.
My 2017 MacBook Pro keyboard completely stopped working after only having a few broken keys, and I recently got the new iPad Pro with the new magic keyboard and it feels amazing to type on, it’s the same keyboard you’ll find in the new MacBooks
I’m glad that your MacBook Pro has been so reliable after all these years
I also use a 2013 MBP with the reason being final cut
All of my adobe user friends think im crazy.
Mid 2012 here. Changed the battery 3 months ago and it is still my laptop number one. I will wait till apple silicon is full out.
1:58 It works
2 Days Later: IT BROKE!!!!!!!!!
@@tukuliheithmagee6484 it was only a joke, just in case you didn't know!
2012 MBP user here. Owned mine hand me down since 2014. Here's to another 6 years together my friend
Krazy Ken's Tech Talk? More like Krazy Ken Is Too Smart For Me To Understand, haha!
I've still got my fully loaded mid 2015 MBP and use it every day. I bought it "scratch and dent" from an Apple distributor for about $1200 and it's been essentially flawless. I'm considering upgrading once the new apple chips come out though and using my 2015 for personal use at the house.
Computer Exists:
Him: *I Can Milk You*
I went from a MacBook Air 2015 to this exact same computer (except mine had 1 TB SSD out of the box) about a year ago and it has been serving me really well. The only issue I have is Apple constantly making software updates that just aren’t really optimized for this computer, espeically with the NVIDIA graphics.
2012 13” Unibody MackBook Pro. The only reason I am considering updating now is because the 2012 will not natively support macOS Big Sur when it comes out later this year. Aside from that, since I’m not a content creator or an artist, this machine suites me perfectly fine. Physically, my computer is almost flawless, because I use the same formula that you do to take care of your MacBook Pro 6:23.
I have a 2014 MacBook Air, that I got in college and I still use it as a field machine, showing presentations to clients writing notes in a meeting, written and reading scripts, etc
I used to constantly upgrade computers etc, till I bought an imac, it's now ten years old and still going strong rendering large 1080p videos.
I have the exact same MacBook Pro and have had it for the same amount of time. I love it just as much as I did on day 1 and it still handles everything I throw at it with ease
I have the same computer, just with slightly lower specs.
It is great, It is being used nonstop since around 2014, it has a corner that is almost broken, the screen hinge is getting loose and has a crack, and the battery is dying. But it still runs anything I throw at it, it never failed me.
I really think this is the best MacBook Pro apple ever built.
Bro, we bought a mid-range VAIO laptop back in 2012 and it's still going strong (with a couple upgrades of course). That thing has been through hell and back with me. It was the center of my workstation from 2015-17, and that little i5 rendered countless videos in those two years alone. It has been my field machine up until a couple days ago. It didn't die, I just got a new laptop. We now use the thing as a media center PC in our living room. Maybe it can reach its 10th bday, who knows. We have a couple laptops that are over 20yo, as well. It's surreal how long laptops survive when you take proper care of them.
Our perspective on the life of laptops can be skewed by most modern tech reviewers, but I appreciate the fact that you aren't afraid to show us that you can use a laptop that's more than a couple years old. Fingers crossed for my new Zephyrus to be at least half as resilient as my vaio and your mac!
Sorry for long comment lol, if anyone read until here, have this *hands cookie*
I used my 2013 15 inch macbook pro for almost 7 years (it died this January). I had the thermal paste replaced and dust cleaned in 2017 and i always pushed the fans to the mac while exporting video (and while editing it). The cpu VRM´s are completely burned and the cpu is also dead since the vrms killed it (Rossman diagnostic). I sold it for parts on ebay and got he new i9 base model macbook pro. The 2013 mac was used soo much and had travelled with me all around the world. It rendered 4k 60 raw videos with crazy color edits and effects on the desert heat and never let me down. That computer has a special place in my art as a photographer and filmmaker.
Late 2013 13" Retina user here. Daily driver laptop, works brilliantly. Replaced the battery the other day and other than that, it's been a fantastic performer, even though it's a 'lowly' 8GB model with an i5. Use it for audio editing all the time and it just works...
I usually hold onto my computers for 5-10 years. I built my family desktop in 2017 and that is running fine. My main machine is a mid-2012 MacBook Pro that I use daily, and I bounce back and forth based on what I want to play around with between a PowerMac G3, a Mac Pro 1,1, and a T42 ThinkPad. Vintage computers are so much fun.
Im still using the same model too - and because I'm not doing any heavy lifting stuff with it, it's a great machine.
I have the same laptop and use it for work every single day. I still love it!
Late '11 trucking along, handling LPX with 5 hour 5 track sessions with no issues. Battery was replaced when I picked it up (and broken camera wire) and some cosmetic issues on some keys, but aside from a clogged fan (cleared) no issues. Upgraded ram to 16gb and replaced HDD with SSD, super happy. Two hard drive cables and a spare fan on hand after the kernel issues related to the clogged fan but still super happy.
Same here with a 2012 non retina. Upgraded the ram and ssd, runs very well to this day editing 4k and all
2014 MacBook Pro. Just had my first issue with it. Trackpad is depressed (so sad) and cannot lift up. Ordering a pentalobe screwdriver and then taking it apart. Other than this has been a champ for 5 years.
Still on my fully spec 15" Macbook Pro mid-2015. I've been using it every day for the last five years, even though it probably needs a little internal cleaning and the speakers are not as good as they used to be, it works like a charm!
Yea I have a 2015 MBP 15" and I have to say that I got in right before they started goofing them up. I recently bought a new 2020 16" MBP and I'm not thrilled that it's missing some ports but the good thing is they've changed the keyboard back and the CPU and GPU are way better. I still love my old 2015 MBP and I keep trying to find uses for it. Haha. I keep it around as a backup and have it hooked up to my TV just in case I want to transfer a large video to watch, but I admit that this is a rare thing. With how good Prime and Netflix streaming is, there's really no need to download videos anymore.
I’m still rocking my 2012 MacBook Pro! You’re so right man. These things are tanks.
Still rocking my Mid-2015 15-inch MacBook Pro. Runs pretty much like new for typical computing tasks, even most video and audio editing.
I don’t have any reason to upgrade for years to come!
To consider wether upgrading or not makes sense to you is a question of processing power really. The screen was great 7 years ago. Most people still don't have USB-C devices beyond their phone and if they have a mac they most likely have an iphone which is lightning. A professional could probably afford a powerful desktop for rendering and an okay machine for on the go. Having a need for a really powerful machine on the go, powerful by 2020 standards, would be a very niche case.
I purchased nearly the same 15" MBP last November on eBay for $500, and it's been a great machine. I sold my 2015 13" MBP to buy it and I don't regret it. It'll hold me over until the ARM MBPs come out.
2014 MBP 15”
Works wonderful. Just added a 1tb fast ssd and it has a new battery. This thing Rocks!!!
I still have a 2013 MacBook as well. Biggest reason I won't upgrade is the lack of ports (especially magsafe) on the newer macs. Besides my old one does just fine
My main computer is my mid 2012 MacBook pro. At the time, I bought the all spec'd out version. I recently switched out the HDD for a SSD and upgraded to 16gb of RAM. Now my computer feels brand new. Before this one I had a 2009 Macbook (with the aluminum body before it became Pro) and it's still being used by a family member. I want a new MacBook but they're so expensive now! I can't get an all spec'd out Macbook Pro now for 2k. So, I built myself a gaming PC and sticking with this until it no longer turns on.
I still use my 2015 MacBook Pro 13. Not only that, but it's also the base model with a dual core. It is still going strong today, and have no plans to upgrade anytime soon.
Got similar specs.
Macbook Pro 15" with 4th gen i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD.
Works perfectly still and works great with music daws (Ableton Live 10, Maschune, etc...) and Final Cut X.
I could use a bit more RAM, but will hold on to this one for a while longer.
Recently switched from my 2010 15” MacBook Pro to a brand new 2020 13” MacBook Pro with the 10th gen intel chips, and I’m loving the performance with FCPX and OBS!
My daily driver is a 2012 Unibody (matte screen) Macbook Pro that I purchased in December 2012 (almost 8 years ago). It has a 2.6Ghz Intel Core i7, Nvidia GT 650M GPU, 16 GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD SATA drive. Cosmetically, it is perfect. The only issue I have had, are a blown-out speaker, intermittent SD card recognition and not being able to save data to the SD card (it only reads). Also, the battery died after 5 years and the replacement one from NewerTech only lasted 2 years. The only part that shows some wear and tear is the power cord near the Magsafe connector but I put some tape around it. My favorite features of this computer are: Upgradability, I can even replace the optical drive with a second SSD, the keyboard, the Magsafe connector, and the glowing Apple logo. The things I don't like are: No HDMI port (needs a Mini Display to HDMI dongle), the fastest port is Thunderbolt 1, and the fact that the two USB 3.0 ports are too close together, making it difficult to connect 2 USB devices at the same time (design flaw).
I also use my late 2013 13". I bought it when I had a good job. It's been around the world twice. in the last 5 years. This computer has a great keyboard, an SD reader, a great display, and it's fast enough to use Lightroom. I've held off buying another MacBook because of the lack of ports. Maybe, in 2021, I can finally replace it with something as usable and versatile.
I have the exact same mac, bought in december 2013... It's served me well and sat on a shelf for 2 years after the ssd died. Recently, I replaced the SSD and its alive again. When people complain about how expensive macs get, I remind them that I got 2 systems (mac OS and windows) that's as good as new even after 7 years of use. 7 years, what a crazy number. The closest windows laptop I have had lasted 3 years before it started getting wonky
I've got an early 2015 MacBook Pro and it's been chugging along nicely since new. One of the know problems with it is when I connect certain external hard drives, the wifi just stops working. It has something to do with the wifi module being integrated into the hinge of the display but I've never found a workaround for it.
I don't do any editing or so but for web browsing and light photo edits my MacBook pro mid 2010 is still totally awesome
Still using my 2012 Macbook Pro 13" that I bought new in 2014. Works great. Still running Sierra.
Still rocking my mid 2012 as my main, though it was manufactured in 2015. I'm watching this on my Late 2009 Macbook for school.
I stopped the upgrades every 3 years after getting married and having kids. Now, I replace only until the wheel fall off. Replaced my wife’s MacBook Air 2012 battery from ifixit and it’s still going strong for what she needs it to do. Still using a 2013 MacBook Pro and works for me.
I upgraded from a MacBook Pro early 2011 to the MacBook Pro 2017. I loved my old mac just as much as I love my current mac. My old one had everything I needed and more. But for film school, I needed to run Adobe apps and the old MacBook did show it's age when it came to hardcore video editing: color correction, motion graphics & compositing, etc. My current MacBook is great for all that though, however, it does tend to overheat sometimes.
Currently use a 2013 13" macbook pro as my main machine, bought it new and have been using it ever since. Works perfectly fine for the most part despite the 7 year old integrated dual core and integrated GPU with 8GB of ram. Solid purchase. Hoping to get a decade out of it. Battery still sitting at 81% with 1050 cycles on it!
Have the same model. Best computer I’ve ever had. I got a pc with the same spec a few months previously. The Mac replaced it quickly.
I bough it a few months after starting my new company. As a CTO I needed to develop algorithms drag the machine every day to test sites and back again to work at home late into the night. To work with Mathcad and Texas Instruments Dev cards I did have to load Windows onto a virtual machine. Only recently have I replaced it with a fast gaming machine in the office, great for simulations etc. Running the laptop in the office day after day was great as I ran multiples screens. It’s still in regular use and I’ve had five pc’s during that time.
It has a place in my heart that I can’t see any other machine replacing.
I upgraded to the 13" 2020 MacBook Pro when it came out. Until then I used a late 2013 13" MacBook Pro which was doing me fine tbh. But weirdly enough, what I ended up liking the most with the new one is the force touch trackpad which is much easier to click. :)
You make some really high quality videos, awesome!!
I still use a mid 2012 i7 macbook pro! only upgrade I've done is, replacing the HDD with an SSD... and it's a super reliable machine! the battery is on its way out, but it doesn't bother me much as I'm mostly connected to mains while working! and the keyboard is just fantastic! I need to use it the whole day, being a coder; and it never fails to amaze me how well it has aged and performs the same day it was purchased!
Commenting on my mbp 13" 2015. A year ago I replaced the display under apple replacement program for free. Recently replaced the battery and the speaker and I couldn't be more happier.
My Mac ( now December 2021) is going on 10 years old now. The only upgrade I did when I purchased it was to put a digital drive in it. The battery still reads 100%. Mind you, I leave it on 24/7 unless I'm going away for days at a time which is rare. It's been, by far the best computer I've ever owned and about 3 years ago I tried to buy a new Mac pro but returned 3 until I just gave up. They were all garbage. Still waiting for one that is close to as good as this Mac pro. Great show by the way.
I have the same generation 15" mpb. Mine started out as the base model with 8GB RAM and integrated graphics, but I did a logic board swap to upgrade it to the top spec 2.8GHz, 16GB RAM, GT750. That made a huge difference and I'm planning to hold on to it for years to come.
I used to use my laptops until they broke. My 2014 15" MacBook Pro still works, but I had to replace the SSD on month 13 of ownership.
I had a gaming desktop, so I ended up shelving the MacBook when the 11" iPad Pro came out and I still use it daily.
The iPad Pro does about 85-90% of what I would want to do while on the go comfortably, but I recently got a budget Lenovo 2-in-1 with a Ryzen 4500U for the times iPadOS wont cut it.
I have the same machine. It's state of the art. Only some keys wore out the black painting a bit. And yes, there's some intermittence some times with the right USB port. Other tan that I bought a battery from Amazon and it's working superb. Will stick to it until Silicon processors are more mature and the integration as well.
I have Mid-2014 Macbook Pro and it's also keeping up well. Just works. I even spilled coffee there a year ago. No problem.
6+ years and it still works. And since Apple is switching to ARM this is probably going to be my last Apple computer. Time to move on.
I have an 2013 13" MacBook Pro retina since 2014 and I am astonished to see how well it runs after all these years with intense video editing in FCP and enormous layouts I do in Illustrator. It's so freakin fast! Since I don't need to use it outside my house anymore I bought a cheap 2014 Mac mini and I plan to sell the MacBook. I will use my old iPad Air 1 when going to meetings with my clients. My upgrade to an ARM based Mac shall occur in 2022 or 2023, when 2020 used ones get cheaper (buy an brand new Mac in a third world country its just madness, they're a price of a car). Thanks for the amazing content as always!
I love my MacBook Pro 2010. With 16GB of Ram and an SSD. Currently running Catalina nicely with a patcher. Impressive for a 10 year old computer
My fiancée has been using her 2014 MBP 13 up to the present. Had a service center replace the battery. Replaced one of the buzzing speakers through iFixit. Now the other side speaker is buzzing. She hasn't been wanting for a new computer. She has a Switch for gaming anyway.
For myself I've been using a BTO (i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) 2013 MBA 11 initially as my primary work laptop but is now happily used during out-of-city trips for storing my camera's photos and remotely accessing office servers. A bloating battery also wrecked the power control board so I had to replace those both a few years ago.
Even having a car, I hate lugging around my current ASUS 15" gaming laptop to business meetings. Since I already have a serious workstation in the office, I'll be planning to just get a PC desktop for home VR gaming and have some kind of ultrabook as an EDC for on-the-go work. Hopefully a future ARM MBP 13" would be sufficient for my needs as Apple products have had the longest lifespans in our household.
Still on the 2015 MacBook Pro, swapped a gaming pc for it three years ago and it’s still strong 😀
I am using MacBook Pro Mid 2012 Model since April 2013. Almost 7.5 Yrs. But since last 1 month I am literally struggling, probably after the last update. It is an i7 model with 8gigs ram. Now it feels like a definite upgrade required. Really happy with the crisp and uneventful usage for last 7.5 years.
Upgraded from a 2009 Macbook white uni-body to a new 2020 MacBook Pro 13 inch. Typically usually keep my Macs for 8-10 years.
I upgraded from my 2011 MBP to a 2018 MPB in July 2018; I am a little disappointed with the keyboard but mostly use an external keyboard so here we go. The Trackpad is amazing
I still have the Macbook Air from 2013, still on the Latest MacOs Version, still in perfect codition and i still love it.
Had the exact same model beside a 500 drive. Just like yours, been working perfectly fine. Pretty much never upgraded it due to the same reason.
Finally got a new one earlier this year because I accidently burnt by graphic card earlier this year.
I have basically the same MBP (mine’s a 2.5 GHz mid-2014 fifteen-incher with a discrete GPU). Works a treat. I’m still on macOS 10.13 with no immediate plans to upgrade. Had to replace the battery for a third-party one a little over a year ago.
I used to upgrade my computers much more often, but nowadays I tend to stick with what works.
I’m still using a 2010 iMac. I’ll admit that it doesn’t get the same level of use that yours is but it still gets the job done. The only problem that I’ve really had with it is that the SuperDrive took a crap a few years back, but it wasn’t really a big deal since I didn’t use it that much. I recently pulled it and swapped in a SSD and some additional RAM and it still runs like new - better than new actually. The only thing that will make me get a new one is the fact that it’s slowly becoming obsolete. I’m also waiting to see the new iMac. Sure, macs might cost more, but what’s the better deal, spending 2-3k once or a few hundred every other year? That’s not to mention all the time lost due to malware and hardware failures.
My last laptop was a Mid-2012 MacBook Pro (pre-retina) that I practically ran into the ground. It was a great laptop and it had all the ports I could ever have wanted + an optical drive. It was also super easy to upgrade the memory and storage on it too. I'm currently using a Thinkpad T480 since MacBook Pros aren't want they used to be, sadly.
I upgraded my PC yesterday from 4 GB of RAM to 16 GB and from a 250 GB HDD to a 500GB SSD. It surely gave the system some more years of life. I can even run Premiere Pro flawlessly now! Also, the new boot time is less than a third of the original. It used to take around 4-5 minutes to boot up fully since a cumulative update (I don't know why) and now it takes around 30 seconds (POST time included).
Heck, I can even open some old Ableton Live projects that used to take like 5 minutes to load! They consumed half the RAM, thus forcing every other process to move temporarily to the pagefile which was on the HDD and... yeah. It was sluggish. Now, it can use the full 3 GB of RAM it needs, it loads in 1 minute max and no problem! (As you can tell, I am *really* happy about the upgrade. Especially since modern VSTs use a fair amount of RAM compared to past ones 😅)
So, if you ask me, I will stick with a system as long as it does its job well. If I notice some issues, I'll track down the outdated/faulty part and replace it with a better and newer one. If the system is maxed out and can no longer perform as well as it did, then I'm going to consider getting a new PC.
I still use my 15" mid 2015 MacBook Pro and it is humming along gloriously. 5 years of pure class, best computer machine ever built. But alas when that Mini LED ARM bionic 15 comes out in 2021 I will make the jump.
I still hang on to my mid-2014 MacBook Pro, which saw me through uni, both undergrad and postgrad. Still a beast and since I dont do any 4K stuff, it’s been perfectly fine. Will wait until the Apple Silicon comes out to upgrade.
I use my 2015 MacBook Pro 13 - and sill no sign of slowing down... I still get the 8 hours of battery and very A+ build quality...
I go way back:
1998: Power Mac 7100
2000: Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) Tower
2009: 15-inch MacBook Pro Unibody
2020: MacBook Air Retina
I retired the 7100 after getting the G4 and used it as my Photoshop workhorse (Max upgrade it with RAM/video/storage) until acquiring the MBP. It was my hub for EVERYTHING (iPod/iPhone/iPad, even Android) until buying the Air in June (not worrying about Apple Silicon right now).
With the exception of the 7100, all were purchased through Apple's Certified Refurbished
Im still using my 2014 15inch MacBook Pro, It's honestly the perfect portable and defo the best mac Apple has ever made, The perfect sweet spot between performance and functionality, I can see me upgrading to the 16inch MBP with Apple Silicon in the near future, hopefully my workflow switched to USB C by then!
Great video and awesome channel! I’m still plugging away on an iMac Late 2012 (Core i5) -which I recently upgraded the storage to a OWC 1 TB SSD - and a MacBook Pro 2015 (2.2 GHz Core i7). When I’m feeling nostalgic, I fire up the iMac G5 20” running at 1.8 GHz.
i bought a 2015 13" macbook pro, rally like it, i upgraded from a 2011 11" macbook air and the screen is gorgeous, i am also planning to start video editing and with that sd card slot it is gonna be easy, no limitations of usb
I'm still using the same model. I've replaced the battery, everything else still meets my needs perfectly. Looking at Apple's current offerings, I dread the day I have to upgrade.
I got a fairly low-end laptop from school which I used for 5 years. I only replaced it due to problems with its design (no hardware _failures_ to be seen) and the fact that the battery life was 2 hours by that point.