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And if you were thinking of buying the older 2015 model that’s still on sale – that’s the £1,899/$1,999 15-inch model with a 2.2GHz Broadwell processor, bear in mind that it’s quite a bit heavier. The MacBook Pro isn’t the lightest laptop Apple makes (that’ll be the MacBook) but it is a lot lighter than it was back in 2015. If it’s the 15-inch screen that’s attracting you perhaps a 13-inch MacBook Pro, or other Mac laptop paired with a bigger display would do the job just as well.
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If all you do with your Mac is surf the web and open emails then probably a MacBook or MacBook Air will suffice (although the MacBook Air hasn’t had a significant update in a while). The MacBook Pro is for a demanding user who needs a decent amount of power.

This RAM tops out in the range at 16GB, but works at a higher frequency than last year’s 1,866MHz. Our review unit is the high-end 2.9GHz quad-core Intel Core i7, which can turbo boost up to 3.9GHz and has 512GB storage with 16GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory.
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They offer higher boosted clock speeds than their predecessors, and means Apple has caught up with the HP ProBook 400 range, Dell XPS 13 Touch, Acer Aspire E, and Asus ZenBook 3 that all have Kaby Lake chips. Specification: MacBook Pro Core i5 2.5 13-Inch (Mid-2012/USB 3.0) features a 22 nm Ivy Bridge 2.5 GHz Intel & Core i5 processor (3210M) 8 GB of 1600 MHz DDR3L SDRAM (PC3-12800) installed in pairs (two 4 GB modules) 500 GB Serial ATA (5400 RPM) hard drive 8X DL SuperDrive integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics processor that shares system. There are finally Kaby Lake processors, Intel’s seventh generation chips. In a minor change from 2016, the control and option keys now denote keyboard shortcuts as opposed to the previous markings that helped PC users translate Mac functions.

AMD Radeon RX 580 graphics card recommended for best performance.
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The combination of expansive, responsive trackpad and high quality keyboard in a 15-inch laptop that remains extremely portable is very attractive, but be aware of the changes. OpenCL-capable graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later 256MB of VRAM (1GB recommended for 4K editing, 3D titles, and 360 video editing)1 Discrete graphics card, macOS High Sierra or later, and SteamVR required for VR headset support. I would therefore suggest the following three choices in order of preference.Each key is backlit with its own LED, which is pretty luxurious.

This would have to be a SATA III 2.5" SSD drive like the Samsung 850 EVO, this would be much faster than the current hard drive but still a lot slower than the PCI SSD in the latest MacBook Pro. An option would be to replace this with an SSD drive. However I suspect you still have the original hard drive fitted. As you have 16GB you already have the maximum amount of RAM it supports. On top of that it is only an i5 CPU rather than an i7. Your MacBook Pro being a 2012 model is now five years old and therefore considerably slower than current models. DaVinci, Final Cut Pro X, and some will not.
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Some software will take advantage of this e.g. These specific third-party graphics cards are Metal-capable and compatible with macOS Mojave on Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012): MSI Gaming Radeon RX 560 128-bit 4GB GDRR5 SAPPHIRE Radeon. As others have discussed it is possible to connect an external box via Thunderbolt into which you can fit a standard PCIe vide card. The GPU chip is part of the logic board so cannot be upgraded.
