Apple Sunset

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)

Discontinued 22 Oct 2013

Released

11 Jun 2012

Announced

11 Jun 2012

Launch price from

$1,799

Discontinued

22 Oct 2013

Lifespan

1 year, 4 months

Category
MacBook Pro
Status
Discontinued
Apple support status
Obsolete (Apple no longer services it)
Release type
Refresh of an existing model
Previous model
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)
Official Apple page
No longer available on Apple’s website
Tech specs
Apple specs ↗
Press release
Apple Newsroom ↗
More information
MacBook Pro (Intel-based) on Wikipedia ↗

Notes

Apple sold the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) from $1,799, with a 2.3GHz quad-core processor, 4GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive, or $2,199 for 2.6GHz, 8GB and 750GB. Apple’s own announcement called it the current generation MacBook Pro, to set it apart from the Retina model launched the same morning.

It cost $400 less than that Retina model and used the same NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics chip, though the cheapest version had half the video memory at 512MB. What the extra money bought was the sharper screen, flash storage in place of a hard drive and a thinner body.

An 8x SuperDrive for CDs and DVDs sat in the side, with a Gigabit Ethernet socket, a FireWire 800 port, two USB 3 ports, one Thunderbolt socket, an SD card slot, separate audio in and out, and a Kensington lock slot. The MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) was the last 15-inch model to carry any of the first three.

The battery held 77.5 watt-hours and Apple rated it at up to 7 hours of web browsing. The Retina model matched that figure exactly, from a 95 watt-hour battery.

The screen stayed at 1440 by 900, with 1680 by 1050 available as an option, against the 2880 by 1800 of the Retina machine. Memory stopped at 8GB, half the Retina ceiling, and the body weighed 5.6 pounds at 0.95 of an inch thick, where the Retina one was 4.46 pounds at 0.71.

Storage could be taken to a 1TB hard drive or swapped for flash up to 512GB, and a 720p FaceTime HD camera sat above the screen with stereo speakers and a subwoofer below it.

Apple kept it on sale for sixteen months. It was dropped on 22 October 2013, the day the Retina models were updated, while the 13-inch version of the same design carried on in the range for years afterwards.

It was announced on 11 June 2012 at WWDC, alongside the first Retina MacBook Pro. It went on sale the same day, priced from $1,799.

Check out the MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) announced alongside it.

MacBook Pro release history

  1. 2026

  2. 11 Mar 2026

    MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max ReleasedCurrent

  3. 3 Mar 2026

    MacBook Pro (M4) Discontinued

  4. ↑ 4 months later
  5. 2025

  6. 22 Oct 2025

    Macbook Pro M5 ReleasedCurrent

  7. ↑ about 1 year later
  8. 2024

  9. 8 Nov 2024

    MacBook Pro (M4) Released

  10. 30 Oct 2024

    MacBook Pro (M3) Discontinued

  11. ↑ about 1 year later
  12. 2023

  13. 7 Nov 2023

    MacBook Pro (M3) Released

  14. 30 Oct 2023

    MacBook Pro (M2 Pro / M2 Max) Discontinued

  15. ↑ 9 months later

  16. 24 Jan 2023

    MacBook Pro (M2 Pro / M2 Max) Released

  17. 17 Jan 2023

    MacBook Pro (M1 Pro / M1 Max) Discontinued

  18. ↑ 1 year, 3 months later
  19. 2021

  20. 26 Oct 2021

    MacBook Pro (M1 Pro / M1 Max) Released

  21. 18 Oct 2021

    MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019) Discontinued

  22. ↑ about 2 years later
  23. 2019

  24. 13 Nov 2019

    MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2019) Discontinued

  25. ↑ 6 months later

  26. 21 May 2019

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2019) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2018) Discontinued

  27. ↑ 10 months later
  28. 2018

  29. 12 Jul 2018

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2018) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Discontinued

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2017) Discontinued

  30. ↑ about 1 year later
  31. 2017

  32. 5 Jun 2017

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2017) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2016) Discontinued

  33. ↑ 7 months later
  34. 2016

  35. 14 Nov 2016

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2016) Released

  36. ↑ 1 year, 6 months later
  37. 2015

  38. 19 May 2015

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Discontinued

  39. ↑ 10 months later
  40. 2014

  41. 29 Jul 2014

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) Discontinued

  42. ↑ 9 months later
  43. 2013

  44. 22 Oct 2013

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) Released

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) Discontinued

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) Discontinued

  45. ↑ 8 months later

  46. 13 Feb 2013

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) Discontinued

  47. ↑ 8 months later
  48. 2012

  49. 11 Jun 2012

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) Released

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) Discontinued

  50. ↑ 8 months later
  51. 2011

  52. 24 Oct 2011

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) Released

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) Discontinued

  53. ↑ 8 months later

  54. 24 Feb 2011

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) Launch

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) Discontinued

  55. ↑ 10 months later
  56. 2010

  57. 13 Apr 2010

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) Released

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) Discontinued

  58. ↑ 10 months later
  59. 2009

  60. 8 Jun 2009

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) Released

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) Discontinued

  61. ↑ 8 months later
  62. 2008

  63. 14 Oct 2008

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) Released

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