What model year is your MBP?

[MacInTO]

You can replace hard drive with a 4 TB Samsung 850 EVO and then replace the optical drive with a data doubler and a second 4 TB Samsung 850 EVO for a total of 8 TB.

Exactly! I've got 2TB of storage in there at the moment. I'm waiting on the prices of the 4TB drive to drop.

 

[JTToft]

You can replace hard drive with a 4 TB Samsung 850 EVO and then replace the optical drive with a data doubler and a second 4 TB Samsung 850 EVO for a total of 8 TB.

- It'd be cheaper to plate it in 24-carat gold.

 

[ajay96]

I got my first MacBook last year, 2015, and so far its awesome.

 

[kevingaffney]

Mine is a mid 2009 15". New battery and extra ram a couple of years back. Recently installed a new sad drive and machine is flying. I'm a heavy photoshop and illustrator user and I've no need to upgrade in foreseeable future

 

[Impatientmac]

My 2009 13 in MacBook Pro just crashed again today after replacing the battery a week ago and having to do a clean instal. Looks like the hard drive is f*ckd. I'm not going to spend any more money on this machine. I already spent too much just to get my files back when it crashed the 1st time during a OS update.

 

[Mildredop]

2014.

 

[Matthew.H]

I have a Mid 2014 rMBP 2.6GHz dual-core i5, 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD. Apple replaced the top case for free this week due to a trackpad fault so I should be fine for a good few more years yet.

 

[Count Blah]

- All of which is also true for classic 2012 models, so it isn't a reason for 2011 to be more widespread.
The 17" wasn't very popular even in 2011, so I doubt that's what's moving the needle.

I suppose there was just a large influx of new purchases in 2011, at least on this forum.

Although the 17" didn't sell the most, the 17" is loved by their owners. And that is a very good reason for them to be held onto, for so long.

I'm clocking in with a 2012 15" cMBP(16Gigs of RAM and multiple SSDs), and a 2008 MBP(8Gigs of RAM and an SSD).

 

[arefbe]

2015 15" Quad Core I7, and I love it!

 

[satchmo]

It's interesting to see the bulk of owners (nearly 60% combined) have 2011-2013 model year MBP's.
I'm guessing a large percentage of this group are holding out for new MBP's.

The spike in 2015 owners are likely those who couldn't wait any longer.

 

[halfbad]

2012 rMBP, 16gb and upgrade the stock blade to a OWC 480gb (very easy to do, highly recommended if you want the space) Running optimal since I got it, has never let me down. The dGPU is the only thing really lagging, along with the network card. CPU gains have been small every since I got it, so I think the 4 year mark is great time to upgrade.

 

[msh]

I am still using my early '08 MacBook Pro. Just upgraded it to 6GB ram and a 500GB Samsung EVO SSD. Good enough for web surfing, email, remoting in to my Mac Pro ('09) and various Mac Minis (HTPCs running JRiver under WIN7). Battery is mostly shot but not needed as I am always plugged in; but even so I can still get a good hour of use on battery. I love squezzing every last ounce of performance out of this thing but do look forward to a retina display and mobile quad core.

 

[calaverasgrande]

I have a cylinder Mac pro with 64gb ram, and about 12TB of storage. So I only use my 2009 MBP for coding, and other stuff that isn't cpu intensive. It's very beat up though. No feet, the corners are really chewed up, and the disk, ram and battery have all been replaced.
When the new MBP drops I'll probably pick up a refurbed 15" MBP. I still need TB ports, not USB C.

 

[Virgo]

My early 2011 is still working, but extremely slow on start-up, the bluetooth is crap, and a little laggy at times. The main reason I want to upgrade is to finally have a retina screen for more screen real estate!!

 

[mrex]

2014 /13"... going to update it if only...

 

[imlovinit]

2014 and loving it.

 

[carlsbergbeer]

Late 2008 unibody 2.4ghz. 500gb SSD. Feels just as fast as it ever was. I tried to upgrade to 8gb but couldn't get the computer to recognize it. Maybe it was the wrong RAM. 4gb works well enough for what I do. No reason to upgrade with an iPad air and iPhone 7!

 

[Brammy]

2011 15" 256gb GPU. I did put a 400g SSD in a while back. Made all the difference.

Its been largely replaced by 2014 Air, which actually runs about the same.

 

[spinergy]

mid 2012 15" matte-screen with two 850 pro in raid 0 and 16gb of ram. don't plan on upgrading anytime soon since my machine has been running smoothly the past 4 years. i really hope with the refreshed mbp's they'll reintroduce the matte-screens. but if the new mbp's get those butterfly switches and they remove all the ports + the magsafe i won't be buying an apple laptop ever again. if apple goes this route, they might as well rename the new lineup to mbc, macbookconsumer

 

[mcmortega]

got my first MBP (second hand) mid 2009. upgraded to max RAM, new battery and new SSD.

 

[macgeek18]

Mid 2012 13". I still haven't even put a SSD in it yet. Should get a few more years out of her. It was the first Mac I ever bought brand new. This year I had bought a 2015 15" MBP and returned it. It just wasn't what I needed.

 

[T5BRICK]

Early 2015. It's been an awesome computer since I bought it in early 2015.

 

[redheeler]

Late 2013 13". If the rumors of the late 2016 having no USB-A, no SD card slot, no MagSafe, and no Kaby Lake are true, I have no problem hanging on to it instead of upgrading.

 

[hamiltonDSi]

Late 2013 15" maxed out BTO
I'll upgrade in 2 or 3 years.

 

[Badrottie]

Stay with 2012 rMBP 15" cuz it doesn't show any major issues after installing Sierra. I took great care of my rMBP even after Applecare expired this year.