Who else is rocking a thickboi MacBook Pro?

[TSE]

Anyone else rocking the classic MacBook Pro?

Still operate a 2012 MacBook Pro as my main machine -

-I run Windows 10 over Boot Camp fulltime
-Ivy Bridge Quad i7 is still plenty for my needs
-the 650M GT is ancient so I can't play any games, but it does everything else alright
-Upgraded the RAM to 16GB
-Swapped out the DVD Drive for a 512 GB SSD - now have 1TB SSD
-The Anti Glare, "Matte" Display is cool because of the silver border, but sucks compared to modern options
-The battery surprisingly is holding up - still get 4-5 hours

When do you guys plan on upgrading? Still happy with it? Have you considered switching to the new ones?
[doublepost=1546723672][/doublepost]I personally share the sentiments with a lot of users on the current MacBook Pros - stellar products, terrible pricing.

If I need a new laptop, I will for the first time ever consider a Windows laptop - while I know I’ll still be disappointed in the attention to detail - build quality, trackpad, keyboard, durability, battery longevity, etc. it just makes no sense to pay a thousand dollars extra over, say, an Aero 15x.

Still happy with mine though so unless it fails on me I’m sticking with it!

 

[rex450se]

I've got a 2012 also. It's been upgraded to 16Gb Ram and a 512Gb SSD and is a great machine. I've got a new 2018 Vega 20 model I am usually on now but the 2012 is still great for 90% of the stuff I do and is more than enough for the kids who use it now.

 

[StellarVixen]

Uh...me. I have 2012 one. But it never leaves my apartment. It is heavy af, and desktop is just better experience overall. I am using mine in clamshell mode.

That is why I am switching to Mac Mini now.

 

[b0fh666]

count me in! use 2 of them, 15 and 13”

 

[AlexJoda]

The 2012 non Retina is a real classic and one of the milestone MBPs (another one of these is the 2015 MBP). It is the last modular MBP (without glued and soldered main components) that runs the most recent MacOS Mojave and Windows 10. I use it till today because it grows with my needs trough easy upgrades. It now has 16 GB RAM and a 512GB SSD. The battery is also easily replaceable. This is sadly not possible anymore with the modern MBPs.

The 2012 MBP is also the last one with a „real“ Ethernet port, a DVD drive, USB3 ports, FireWire, MagSafe, Thunderbolt and a SD card reader. It is thicker and heavier than the new MBPs but it feels like a tank and has this undestroyable keyboard. A real workhorse! With W10 the display is still very good and much better than with MacOS (because of the bad anti-aliasing). The i7 Quad Core CPU and the separate NVIDIA GPU are still running circles around e.g. a 2018 MBA...

 

[Bending Pixels]

I have a new 2018 15" MBP and a late 2013 15" MBP. I prefer the 2018. Love the keyboard, enjoy the Touch Bar, and am ok with the four USB-C ports. My 2013 has had the screen replaced once, and is starting to show signs of 'stagnate' again.

 

[klemsaba]

I use an Early 2011 13" with 8GB Ram and 1TB SSD running a hacked Mojave. It's dinged up but runs good. Video editing is a little painful but I don't do that everyday.

I just bought my wife a base model 2017 NTB 13" MBP to replace her 2009 MBP. Wow, that screen is really nice and faster than my MBP. Feels like a feather compared to my cinder block! I'll just borrow her computer when I need to edit video.

Still going to hang on for another year before potentially upgrading.

 

[jerryk]

The thickness and weight were part of the reasons I upgraded. But the biggest reason was the screen. Compared my other Windows laptops at the time, my 2012 13" MBP was terrible. I actually thought there was something wrong with my eyes when I first used it. Then I discovered the screen was just bad.

 

[ghostface147]

I did until this past August. 2011 17" MB Pro. Loved the screen real estate.

 

[stevemiller]

Just over the holidays I made use of my thicky 2011 to transfer some old family camcorder tapes since its the last device I have that uses firewire. its held up pretty well, and I still remember when I bought it being blown away by the jump in performance. it was like 2.5x faster than the 2008 MacBook Pro from just a couple years prior, and its since taken 8 years to barely double again.

 

[AlexJoda]

The thickness and weight were part of the reasons I upgraded. But the biggest reason was the screen. Compared my other Windows laptops at the time, my 2012 13" MBP was terrible. I actually thought there was something wrong with my eyes when I first used it. Then I discovered the screen was just bad.

Did you compare the MBP to Windows laptops under Windows (e.g. with Bootcamp) or did the MBP run MacOS? The display anti-aliasing is totally different under Windows and much better than under MacOS....

 

[TSE]

Just over the holidays I made use of my thicky 2011 to transfer some old family camcorder tapes since its the last device I have that uses firewire. its held up pretty well, and I still remember when I bought it being blown away by the jump in performance. it was like 2.5x faster than the 2008 MacBook Pro from just a couple years prior, and its since taken 8 years to barely double again.

That's a good point. Until the hexa-core CPUs came out, Sandy Bridge was really the last monumental jump in performance. And it's just crazy to me that the RAM and Storage Space have remained the same since then... 16 GBs in my Pro is the same as the current baselines, and 1TBSSD Storage I'd have to pay an arm and a leg for, although the storage speeds are much quicker nowadays.

 

[VMMan]

I still use my 2011 MBP 17” but I finally got around to setting up my 2018 MBP 15” with Vega 20 today.

I haven’t used the new MBP much, but so far, it’s making me wish I had upgraded earlier.

 

[RabidBear]

Long time MAC user here. I'm still rocking a 2012 15" MBP with an i7. It has 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD in it. It's had a great run. I've been able to keep it going because of how upgradeable it's been. It's starting to show it's age now. Specing out a new 15" MBP with 1TB SSD and 16GB RAM is laughably expensive (~$3199). It looks like I'll be switching back to Win10 because NO computer is worth $3K+. I'll hold out until the 2019 MBP's are released and see if it's worth it.

 

[TSE]

Long time MAC user here. I'm still rocking a 2012 15" MBP with an i7. It has 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD in it. It's had a great run. I've been able to keep it going because of how upgradeable it's been. It's starting to show it's age now. Specing out a new 15" MBP with 1TB SSD and 16GB RAM is laughably expensive (~$3199). It looks like I'll be switching back to Win10 because NO computer is worth $3K+. I'll hold out until the 2019 MBP's are released and see if it's worth it.

That's exactly where I'm at? Which PCs are you considering?

The ones I'm looking forward to being updated in 2019, as possibilities for my next computer:

-LG Gram 15" - if they include a discrete GPU in there
-Aero 15x
-MateBook X Pro - hoping for a 15" Version with a hexa-core & beefier GPU
-Razer Blade 15 Mercury Edition
-Dell XPS 15 - Can't get over the ugly carbon fiber and font on the keyboard, hoping for a redesign
-ASUS ZenBook 15 - I could actually see myself using the in-screen trackpad, but hoping for a redesign where they slim the bezels and make it look a lot better than it is
-Surface Book 3 - Make the negative space slimmer when it's closed, and keep fine tuning it
-Surface Laptop 3 - Maybe if they create a 15" version with discrete graphics and better CPUs
-HP EliteBook X360 15" - I don't like the current decorative industrial design, but it's a nice product
-ThinkPad X1 Extreme - Good product, hope they can put something more like a 1060 or 1070 rather than a 1050 though

 

[jerryk]

Did you compare the MBP to Windows laptops under Windows (e.g. with Bootcamp) or did the MBP run MacOS? The display anti-aliasing is totally different under Windows and much better than under MacOS....

latest MacOS on Mac, latest Windows on Windows NB. This is back when both were new so 2012 or so. Mac was terrible. Hard to read. Windows machines at the time had latest high resolution laptop displays.

Moved on to the retina Macs and love the displays. Especially the one in my 2018 MBP. Bright enough to read in sunlight and has great contrast and color.

 

[RadishTM]

Yep, still rocking a cMBP 13" Mid-2012 with 16GB RAM/500GB SSD and a new battery