1 It Had MagSafe
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The MagSafe connector was also an awesome idea. It made plugging in your power cable magnetic and incredibly easy. And it undoubtedly saved many Apple notebooks from an untimely demise from tripping. MagSafe survived until 2015, when it was phased out in favor of USB-C.
Apple is unlikely to change its MacBook Pro design philosophy and implement some of the features of the older model into new laptops. Progress marches on, even if it’s a bit sad that the things that made the 2012 MacBook Pro great will eventually go extinct.
But while the model has been killed off, some of us may still be using our old notebooks from six years ago. Thankfully, you can also still find 2012 MacBook Pro models online (and for quite cheap, too).
Buy one and do some of the aforementioned upgrades, and you might just end up with a laptop that features the best of both worlds.