For just $35, a professional hardware called Reid will swap out your MacBook Pro’s optical drive for a super-speedy SSD drive. Why would you want to do this? Because the SSD drive is an unbelievable ...

Sitting on a shelf in my garage is a 2012 13-inch MacBook Pro. I keep it around because it has an optical drive–it was the last Apple laptop with the feature. Since I’m the go-to tech support guy in ...

Sometimes, it’s worth taking a moment to note the end of an era, even when that ending might have happened a long time ago. Today, Apple announced that it considers the mid-2012 13-inch MacBook Pro ...

The mid-2012 MacBook Pro was the last with an optical drive, and it is finally considered obsolete by Apple. Apple maintains a vintage and obsolete product list that updates based on how long it has ...

The laptop hadn't been for sale in more than seven years. I've still got one and it's still in use as well as the 15" variant. Solid piece of kit that's upgradable enough to keep it viable long past ...