Hello! Since 2013 I've been the happy owner of a mid-2012 MacBook Pro with the matte, high resolution display (silver bezels) and 16Gb of RAM. The only upgrade in its nearly 10 year lifespan has been replacing the original HD with a 1Tb Samsung SSD, plus a couple of (necessary) battery replacements. This machine has served me very, very well, working 12-14 hours a day without a complaint. A real workhorse, even though I work in education and do not use heavy image-processing applications. I cost a princely sum back in 2013.
The SuperDrive stopped working ages ago (got an external disk burner which I no longer have any need for) and the audio out port has recently started playing up. I'm guessing the thermal paste must be mostly gone and the internals pretty gunky, because a handful of YouTube and Safari tabs will soon kick off my fans, which can get quite loud now. Also, the display has lost some brightness, I think, and I have a handful of dead pixels , which I didn't have a couple of years back. Of course, it doesn't support any of the last few iterations of MacOS Everything seems to suggest that it won't last much longer from a hardware standpoint, but sooner than later I will find myself wishing I could benefit from certain Ventura features, not to mention added security, etc.
Question: should I go for the 16" MacBook Pro? My tired eyes need a large, quality display and I'd like to hold on to it for another 8-9 years, if at all possible. I expect a MacBook Air may not last me that long. What do you think?
I appreciate all opinions.
The SuperDrive stopped working ages ago (got an external disk burner which I no longer have any need for) and the audio out port has recently started playing up. I'm guessing the thermal paste must be mostly gone and the internals pretty gunky, because a handful of YouTube and Safari tabs will soon kick off my fans, which can get quite loud now. Also, the display has lost some brightness, I think, and I have a handful of dead pixels , which I didn't have a couple of years back. Of course, it doesn't support any of the last few iterations of MacOS Everything seems to suggest that it won't last much longer from a hardware standpoint, but sooner than later I will find myself wishing I could benefit from certain Ventura features, not to mention added security, etc.
Question: should I go for the 16" MacBook Pro? My tired eyes need a large, quality display and I'd like to hold on to it for another 8-9 years, if at all possible. I expect a MacBook Air may not last me that long. What do you think?
I appreciate all opinions.
