I Spent $150 on this MacBook Pro - Why It's Still Great!

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In today’s video we’re going to see why this cheap, used 2012 13" Apple Macbook Pro is a great deal for $150. I got it off of eBay, is it going to need a restoration? Will I use some eucalyptus oil? Let’s find out :) #Apple #Macbook #restoration
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@psivewri 3 года назад

Thanks for watching! I forgot to mention that the battery cycle count was about 300 with a health of 91.2%.

@d0ddod 3 года назад

your welcome psivewri

@sl33pless12 3 года назад

hey loved the video, but can you do a video where you go in depth on how to take appart the logic board? Im having a bit of trouble doing it

@psivewri 3 года назад

@@sl33pless12 if you're looking for a great disassembly guide I'd suggest using iFixit. Look up the specific model you've got and you'll find a guide 😊

@NotKapiFromFNF 3 года назад

Hi, just asking, do you give your Minecraft server IP publicly because I would like to join.

@itsmrma 3 года назад

I have a 2012 i7 mac mini and it works perfectly. Upgraded with a 500gb ssd and it seems new!

@peterwesterman2613 3 года назад

Cleaning time: EUCALYPTUS OILING INTENSIFIES

@ElectrikNT 3 года назад

ikr lol.

@JustinLimWC 3 года назад

scrolled down to find this comment heh!

@grizzzlay7389 3 года назад

How on earth do I get that Eucalyptus spray here in the United States. I Facebook Messaged the company and they don't ship to the US. I NEED to try this stuff!

@xxhpshrebyba 3 года назад

do you know where we can get some ?

@peterwesterman2613 3 года назад

@@xxhpshrebyba I don’t unfortunately

@Diceacious 3 года назад

I recently patched my 2012 to Big Sur, it is a very reliable computer and is pretty speedy.

@alejandrocervantes4523 3 года назад

I did the same to my mid 2010 with an SSD and 8gb ram it runs fucking great I love it

@asianflex 3 года назад

can you tell me were to download the patch

@alejandrocervantes4523 3 года назад

@@asianflex just search mojave patcher or big sur patcher or whatever version u want patcher by dosdude

@SAvlogsyt 3 года назад

how

@Diceacious 3 года назад

@@asianflex go on Reddit and go to the r/BigSurPatcher, it’s still not very stable so i don’t know if I would recommend it right now

@ChrisTechmp3 3 года назад

Ooo! I can’t wait to watch this video! Looks amazing! The 2012 MacBook pro is honestly the best value MacBook in my opinion!

@SebKaz 3 года назад

Can't you just comment after you've seen the video XD? You guys really want to be first but hide it by writing a poor message. BTW I'm joking, k'..

@Jbscddnz 3 года назад

I had one last year but upgraded to the mba 2019. Prefer the keyboard and durability on the 2012

@user-nw1xf5hb7j 3 года назад

@@Jbscddnz If you only knew that in 2 years there will be a MacBook on m1.

@theartistchair_ 3 года назад

I have a mid-2012 Unibody 13” MacBook Pro and is going strong to this day! I upgraded it and it’s really buttery smooth. The screen is not that bad, but the viewing angles are a little bad. I love this MacBook! It’s one of my personal favourite MacBooks! Cheers!

@frixed18 3 года назад

I have my mid 2012 with 2 ssd, 16gb ram and patched big sur and still rocks!

@sammymarrco47 3 года назад

Ah a Luis rossman viewer I see

@JP-bh7wb 3 года назад

@@FlyboyHelosim How does it spy?

@frixed18 3 года назад

@@FlyboyHelosim For me big sur works great better performance comparated to catalina and the patcher fix me a weird bug that sometimes i turn on my mac not boot and goes black that doesn`t happen with big sur

@maybelbdidit 3 года назад

@@FlyboyHelosim not to mention it is a macbook. if it has an apple logo on it, you can pretty much guess the outcome lmao

@RealCobby 3 года назад

@@frixed18 Patcher?

@antariksavvan 3 года назад

I still use this macbook to this day and it's a literal Tank! Survived a motorbike accident and a thunderstorm (was stored in my backpack but still heavily drenched). I upgraded with 860 evo ssd and 8gigs of ram, and it's smooth as butter

@dontbethatguy7186 2 года назад

Sweet!

@propjoe1060 3 года назад

Typing this from the exact model in this video. One of the best MacBooks that Apple ever released. Rock solid!

@restorationtech294 2 года назад

me too! great mac

@EfftingES 3 года назад

This channel is awesome. I've been around since the 20k subscribers and videos have always been at this pro level. Keep on going

@EvoStarIX 3 года назад

Great video Nathan! I've always loved your tech videos.

@mykhailohladkyi199 3 года назад

Glad you're back!

@tehcooler 3 года назад

00:00 Hey man Again see macbook there! ;)

@psivewri 3 года назад

It's actually more reliable at recording the video's audio than my Dell G7 😅

@tehcooler 3 года назад

@@psivewri Sick Speaker time Bro :D

@BananaPlaysGames 3 года назад

yikes lol

@yunalesca_night_sky8998 3 года назад

@@psivewri my dell g7 cooked itself with the intel cpu heat i7 8750h and gtx 1060

@depress10n60 3 года назад

you guys use pc’s / macbooks? IM STUCK WITH THIS GODDAMN iphone 6s its good but still, i dont have an ACTUAL pc

@suave-alpaca8412 3 года назад

I bought this back in early 2013 and I still use it as my daily driver. Applied new thermal paste and clean it regularly. However one of my RAM slot failed around a year ago, so now only runs on single RAM. Aside from that, I still can recommend this model. Here where I live this model still sells for 300 USD++

@hagihayusiwi6527 3 года назад

its so satisfying seeing your cleaning process..

@cas9564 3 года назад

I'm actually using this same MacBook Pro right now! Been doing so for about 2 years and while I've had some issues with heat dissipation, this thing has saved my butt when it comes to needing a proper computer for college, especially since I upgraded it to have 16GB of RAM and replaced the battery and SSD. Still need to replace the thermal paste but this thing has been a very wonderful laptop and I'm planning on keeping it until it cannot function anymore.

@DarenStratton 3 года назад

Nice one Psivewri! Time for me to feel nostalgic as this is my very first MacBook Pro you’re covering

@stevec.2702 3 года назад

I have a 2011 MBP. Bought 3 years ago, did a HDD to SSD and Ram upgrade. Its a good solid machine. Nothing flash or fast but I love the ports on offer.

@Darskovia 3 года назад

One of my oldest memories on Runescape was talking to a Black Knight, not realising it was an NPC and not an ignorant player ;_;

@jaspercowan6671 3 года назад

Ur videos are so informative! Keep it up!

@LalondeJonathan 3 года назад

I have this exact model. Was getting sluggish over time. Did almost the same, but put 16gb of ram and the dvd was replaced by enclosure with the old drive I use as a in-computer Time Machine. It’s amazing. The SSD actually proved that the biggest bottleneck on this computer was the HDD. It now runs blazingly fast - as long as it’s basic laptop things. I wouldn’t game or edit videos on this thing. But it’s great, and greater than any 8 year old laptop I’ve seen lately.

@philwolf6721 3 года назад

Lol, I'm actually doing this exact thing for my mother. She has a 13.3 inch macbook pro that I opened yesterday and began disassembling and cleaning. Thank you so much for the camera angles showing what you did. It'll help me a lot finishing this project.

@fixingfaming 3 года назад

Nice one man! The 2012’s still have plenty of power left in them. I’m still rocking my 15in 2011 with 8gb of ram 1tb 7200 hdd and a 2.4ghz 2nd gen i7 it’s still Pretty fast considering it’s age .

@barfdragon582 Год назад

the failing graphics

@KingKevin108 3 года назад

I remember in OSRS (This was before the Grand Exchange was introduced) I was level 32 or so before I ever went to Falador. Just had no idea the place existed. I think I had just become a member, too.

@kiratwalia7803 3 года назад

I forgot your channel name so I just typed eucalyptus tech guy now here

@pabloguerrero284 3 года назад

I love your videos man, keep it!

@Crabmax 3 года назад

Hey Psivewri love your videos watching from the US keep up the great work, happy thanksgiving

@gaijin2162 3 года назад

my granpa had this from launch, gave it to me recently and i just love it, especially for document writing.

@itsmrma 3 года назад

Finally a new video!

@Wacypro 3 года назад

Owned my 2012 hand me down since 2014. Swapped two old Samsung SSDs into it and it's still kicking on MacOS Mojave as a video editing machine.

@GadgetGoal 3 года назад

Great making! Actually sometimes i feel that the older mode are the best rather than the newer one in terms of value for money. I have one from early 2015 13.3 inch macbook pro.It really handles the 4k video editing in a goood manner!

@bitcat3909 3 года назад

Fianlly, I thought you died 🤣. Great video! I am always satisfied on every on of your videos!

@gabrielserrano9054 3 года назад

Love your videos

@sammymarrco47 3 года назад

I use one like this and it works fine for most things, it can even edit 4K video. Impressive

@Mohmed-jf2hk 3 года назад

man I LOVE your videos!!

@czsrac 3 года назад

Hi, love your videos. I wonder where u get theese machines so cheap. Whenever i look for cheap mackbook on ebay it costs like 400 dollars or so. Can u make video about buying cheap macbooks? I would love to buy one and clean it up like you!!

@georgesenda1952 3 года назад

How's the arm doing ? And I thought the 2012 is now no longer supported by Apple.

@blakerala5732 3 года назад

Hello good to see you back :)

@benzenegaming3199 3 года назад

I have the 15 and 13 inch models of this MacBook Pro and I love these. They run great after I cleaned them up internally and redid the thermal compound

@enzopissani 3 года назад

Nice vid! I was thinking of buying a macbook, and looking at this model I determined that it's exactly what I need, I have a 2011 mini server and it does still perform awesome, so that machine is definetly going to fit my needs, thank you! greetings from Argentina!

@Xx_BEAST_xX 3 года назад

Bro I love you videos and I’m from Australia Sydney.Good luck with your channel.

@robertdominguez6002 3 года назад

I fond your videos extremely therapeutic.

@leangxd 3 года назад

looking at macbook being cleaned with eucaliptus oil is always satisfying nice hair btw)

@Pendleton115 3 года назад

Still daily drive the 2.7Ghz 15” version of this laptop. Easily the best MacBook, if not the best laptop ever made. Even runs Big Sur using a bit of tweaking!

@tookallyourmoney 3 года назад

Ive got two of these. Once upgraded the ram and a SSD boy does it move along nicely. I use photoshop and other Adobe programs. Aside from being a little heavy they get work done.

@jeyendeoso 3 года назад

Hi Psivewri! I am a big fan of your videos! I have some reccomendations for your next videos! Do you think you could try running youtube videos in 4k as well as 1080p? it would be great to see if those (not so) old machines can keep up with modern videos!

@JackAndersMusic 3 года назад

YAY, New Psivewri video

@WickedRibbon 3 года назад

Can't imagine many 8 year old Windows laptops holding up as well. Great vid!

@Synthentic 3 года назад

I also have a 2011 ThinkPad W520 running Windows 10 like a champ, too.

@ponderingypanda 3 года назад

Old thinkpads are awesome!

@bentownsend1872 2 года назад

I got one of these for free from where I work as it was decommissioned, but it seemed that something was wrong with the original logic board. After getting a replacement (albeit not the i7 that was in there already) it came back to life. The replacement board doesn't have the connection for the keyboard backlight, but that is a sacrifice I'm willing to make for the price of the board and a magsafe charger. You can patch it to run MacOS Monterey and it is still surprisingly usable with 8GBs of RAM and a SSD in comparison to my main windows PC and M1 iPad.

@jonvincentmusic 3 года назад

Still using my mid 2012 MBP. Works great.

@T3CHGY007 3 года назад

I still have a mid 2012 MacBook Pro! Still runs fantastic! I did the samething with it as you did over the time that I have had it! Upped the ram to 8gb and installed a Samsung 500gb SSD! Makes it alot faster!

@MultiStormywaters 3 года назад

It's amazing how viable old Mac hardware still is with newer Mac OS builds. I finagled Catalina onto a 2011 i5/4GB RAM Macbook air, and it still runs much better than a nine year old laptop has any expectation to. The OS and basic applications/web browsing are just as snappy as on a new machine.

@ParadoxdesignsOrg 3 года назад

I just bought a 2012 MBP, upgraded it with a SSD and 16GB of RAM for $60. Works great! just edited my last movie with it no problem. only 71 battery cycles, too. wow!

@amtrix1 3 года назад

G’day mate now where on earth do I buy this eucalyptus oil?

@michael791 3 года назад

Just got one of these with a 3rd gen i7, 16gb of ram and an ssd. I’ve been loving it!

@ryanlu6103 3 года назад

ssd* lol

@michael791 3 года назад

@@ryanlu6103 oops didn’t see that

@TitaniumTronic 3 года назад

@@michael791 how much u got it for?

@michael791 3 года назад

@@TitaniumTronic it was my dads but I put in the i7 for like 200

@TitaniumTronic 3 года назад

@@michael791 cool

@CACressida 2 года назад

I bought a mid 2012 15" with the matte screen. It's been upgraded to 16gb ram and two 1tb SSDs. Its lived a very hard life on a laptop stand in the cab of several tractor trailers getting hammered by the sun and harsh vibrations. Till this day its still on the same laptop stand and moved from semi truck to my FJ Cruiser streaming 3 cameras on OBS on road and off. I've tested some windows laptops and new MacBooks to replace my lovely work horse but I still have a hard time trying to replace it. From crappy butterfly keyboards on newer MacBooks to flimsy and ugly designed windows machines. I'll check out the new 16/14" MacBooks as they gained some girth and look promising.

@Askar_Birmuhammedov 3 года назад

Your English is perfectly clear!

@jacobchurch10 3 года назад

I have one of these unofficially running Big Sur and it runs great!

@ErhanGaming 3 года назад

Your production value is through the roof, but you already know that!

@andersblixt8994 3 года назад

Great video as usuall! Been looking to upgrade my old Macbook pro 2009 to a 2012. But what would be the next step insted of the last Macbook Pro: Retina 2015 on a budget?

@kristenfurey3426 3 года назад

I used to have that exact MBP! Ordered mine with 8GB of RAM and the 750GB HD option, after a few years I discovered that despite what Apple claims you can actually throw in 16 GB and it will work just fine, and replaced the HDD with a SATA SSD and it ran super well for several more years!

@slodoco 3 года назад

This is the model that I have i5 and everything, I bought it new. Upgraded it to 16gb ram with an SSD in 2015. Still gives some of the newer Mac Books a run for their money. The new M1s are awesome, but I wish they were built like a tank like this mid 2012 is.

@mariogambrelli 10 месяцев назад

Hi, thanks for the video! How useable and safe is a 2012 MBP in 2023, please? There are no longer supported now...

@michaelwood9866 3 года назад

I was given a 2010 that I thoroughly cleaned and thermal pasted...put a samsung evo 860 in it and am running Catalina 10.15.7 really smoothly

@vincent.b1392 3 года назад

You're back!

@jamesbarreras8548 3 года назад

This is my first MacBook to which I sold to a friend to replace it with 2020 MBP 13” Intel. Honestly this is the best machine I’ve used and when upgraded, IT is on PAR with today’s models. I think I miss my 2012 MacBook Pro 13 :((

@filipegner2396 3 года назад

Nice video!

@DordiHOTS 3 года назад

I use my 2012 macbook pro every day and I love it. Just upgraded the SSD and RAM and replaced the battery. 16GB RAM 3 Ghz i7 1TB SSD

@cammiso94 3 года назад

I remember in 2010, 2011 when we were younger we'd go into one of the stores here, a walmart near by, they had a store inside up at the front that had iMacs there for use and we'd sit there for hours playing RS and other games

@ry60023333 3 года назад

YES I love this model; Still daily driving one of these with the i7, 16 GB of RAM, and two 4 TB SSDs for a total of 8 TB of storage, and I don't plan on getting a new laptop anytime soon!

@Asphaltaperider 3 года назад

I LOVE the 8 TB of overkill!

@BonnieBoi 3 года назад

I'm late but heeyy welcome back, I see your arm is ok

@michaelhill6453 3 года назад

Great stuff! Stupid question I know but how long does the smell of eucalyptus oil hang around?

@insydneytls 3 года назад

love to know what size SSD you used, and the capacity ? i have a 2011 MCP which i still works well and i use it often. however it often drags its ass ...

@leokiri 3 года назад

Which ram should we go for macbook Pro mid 2012 mid 13", 1.5V or 1.35

@geobyjustin 3 года назад

This is a perfect MacBook I have two and I love them

@AlexanderDreams 3 года назад

One of my greatest old school RuneScape memories was getting a Bandos tassett drop a few weeks ago 😬

@randommusings48 3 года назад

What's the best macbook pro with retina display that can be upgraded?

@John-do9ei 3 года назад

I might have said this before, but my 2011 13" i7 MBP has been my main machine recently. I bought it new, fully loaded and it was a workhorse until I updated to a 2017 function keys donglebook. I wanted to set up a semi-permanent zoom teaching station at my desk, so I put an SSD in it and run an external monitor. Now I do most of my browsing and streaming this way from my comfy office chair. The camera is better on my donglebook in low light, but this is plenty good enough for teaching. The second monitor allows me to have a lesson in nearpod or powerpoint on one screen and a chat window open on the other. The built-in ethernet port is a huge plus. The only real negative was the old bluetooth standard but that was fixed with a cheap dongle. It's one of those things where people trying to deal with the pandemic who have two jobs, two kids and two computers, if they know someone who can offer one of these machines cheap, it's a real good option. I cleaned up and put an SSD in a 2011 13" i5 for a friend's daughter and it's been fantastic.

@skyline_741 3 года назад

what was avg temperature on this after applying the new thermal paste?

@computerkiddo7644 3 года назад

You can use the Big Sur Micropatcher on GitHub to run Big Sur on that laptop (and many other "unsupported" Macs). Definitely check it out!

@minhasp1 3 года назад

Hey man, I have mid 2009 MacBook Pro but it is not updated to any latest software. Any suggestions regarding updates it will be really appreciated.

@thepotatomine9372 3 года назад

6:51 now you will get a lot of friend request of steam lol

@honke94 3 года назад

How did you have installed Mac OS on the new SSD? I have the Imac early 2008 and can't installed El Capitan. It's not working with the USB Boot Stick. :(

@basic086 3 года назад

The MacBook Pro 2012 is a classic! On another note, scored a 27inch 2011 iMac for 150au$ haha definitely had to use your cleaning tips and worked a treat, cheers for that!

@imprintedlife 3 года назад

Bought a Macbook Pro 13" recently, had problems with the display. Watching your videos gives me hope I can fix it somehow. Would you have a display kicking around, man?

@colonelminus 3 года назад

I just got the latest M1 MacBook Pro. My last one was the one in the video which I upgraded in the meantime but I was just curious about the new M1 chip. But yes, the old upgraded one (16GB RAM - was cheaper than 8GB for some reason) still got the job done properly. Plus it was the last MacBook with a glowing Apple symbol on it when it was switched on as far as I know. ☺️

@nathan_kie 3 года назад

Your videos are the best ever !!!!!!

@ajg7917 3 года назад

Running Big Sur on the same mbp and with its original 4 GB ram, does have an ssd since 2014. Runs great

@janalexandermyhrvold9554 3 года назад

Showing off old school Runescape performance is a good dose of nostalgia for me.

@sitalimwiingahamatuli2024 2 года назад

I like your videos @Psivewri - I got one of these last year and it's my main laptop, with 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, and now with a Patched Sur-enabled installation of MacOS Big Sur 11.6. The battery gives me about 7hours and has 252 cycles (I was fortunate the battery was replaced). It runs well, while I use a Dell Latitude for official work.

@al3xlindberg 3 года назад

do u got a replacment screen formsale perhaps? got mine changed to a scrathed up one.. want it to look mint

@Mr_L1n4x 3 года назад

Hey psivewri if you can I would love to see you reviewing a thinkpad, especially the t430 since it has more or less the same specs as this laptop but it does have diferent quirks and it can be found very cheap on ebay, fun fact a friend of mine has this exact same laptop and we put it in comparison with my t430

@Piquliar 3 года назад

I have an old HP ProBook 4440s, years ago, when I got it it had a dual core Pentium clocked at 2.3 Ghz and 2Gbs of ram. That was the first laptop that I truly upgraded: got a core i5 3210m (same as in this old macbook), 8Gbs of ram and a 500Gb Samsung SSD. That thing was quick AF but sadly the mobo's got some issues. I'll fix it when I have the inclination one of these days since I've got other laptops but the nostalgia of upgrading the CPU and stuff in a laptop is nice when so many laptops are barely upgradable these days.

@thomascobb5514 3 года назад

i just got a mid 2012 and i upgraded it with 16 gb of ram and a 512gb ssd and big sur with a patcher and i can’t tell a difference between newer intel macbooks for what i am doing still a very fast machine

@TheLadyLeprechaun 3 года назад

Finnaly the macbook legend uploaded

@Mr.Plant1994 2 года назад

I still own this exact model. I had the ram upgraded, and switched to a solid state drive but beyond that it hasn’t changed much in years. I don’t use it much anymore but I definelty got my moneys worth out of it so it was worth every penny.

@cadenchurchill4296 3 года назад

I definitely would want to use the M1 MacBook Pro, but the keyboards on these old ones were so good!

@mrbean_1149 3 года назад

i still got my late 2012 iMac with 2 tb of space and it works gr8

@marker_merk 3 года назад

I’m always lowkey jealous when people get deals like this LMAO can’t find a decent 2012 Macbook Pro for less than $200 USD in the US...

@kovyvuri 3 года назад

sometimes, you gotta haggle. Mine was $200, but they really needed it gone so we haggled ang got it down to 150.

@marker_merk 3 года назад

@@kovyvuri Makes sense to haggle, but I find it hard with those. I did manage to get a 2012 Macbook Air for free from haggling a few years back.

@robustta5898 3 года назад

200 usd still very cheap lol

@harrison00xXx 3 года назад

i got in i think 2014 a replacement for my 2009 15" MBP, 300€ for a 2010 15" with 512MB 330M. A cap id dying so my GPU is making kernel panics, will be soon replaced to last for the next few years before i switch to a 2nd, 3rd or even 4th gen ARM Mac.

@nownow1681 3 года назад

Bruh you’re broke

@omegaman1409 3 года назад

I still have a MBP 15 from mid 2010. Incredibly I have been using it for photo editing. I finally got a new laptop. Its not a MBP but the mid 2010 is a winner.