Since the Apple Mac Pro debut in 2006, OWC has offered Apple-compatible memory upgrades for any Mac Pro model. After removing the casing, you can access the original memory modules and replace them with any other Apple-compatible memory. On the top of each Mac Pro, there is a locking mechanism that will allow you to remove the exterior casing when unlocked. It wasn’t until the the 6 core processors debuted in the Macbook Pros Apple MacBook Pro “Core i7″ 2.2 15” Touch/2018 did the Geekbench (MC) score double – 21111.The memory upgrade process for any Mac Pro is easy and should only take about five minutes to complete. Even up to the Apple MacBook Pro “Core i7″ 2.8 15” Touch/Mid-2017, the Geekbench score was less than 14% faster (12069) the 2012 MBPr. That Geekbench score is 30% faster than the latest 2018 MacBook Air – 7379. The Geekbench 4 (MC) score on the page for this computer is 10578. I bought it because of the Retina display and the quad core Core i7 (I7-3615QM), The third generation Intel Core processor, “Ivy Bridge,” has a 6MB cache on the CPU. Why did I upgrade a seven year old MacBook Pro? My MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) was one of the first MacBook Pros with a Retina display. IFixit has a guide to replacing the SSD in the MacBook Pro 15″ Retina (Mid 2012). If you want to use the SSD drive you just removed from your Macbook as a backup drive or other external storage, the easiest solution is to just buy the $59 OWC Envoy Pro case for your SSD. I bought this SHINESTAR mSATA to A1398 Adapter and this Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB mSATA for about $180 and I had 1 TB of internal storage. I knew that my MacBook Pro Retina (Mid 2012) used a proprietary storage drive connector, but until recently, I didn’t know that a standard mSATA drive could be used in it with an adapter. I was always constrained for disk space on my MacBook Pro’s 256GB SSD because I use Boot Camp and rEFInd to run macOS betas and Windows 10 Insider Previews. That’s $700 for a modest CPU speed bump and an extra 256 GB of storage. A speed bump to a 2.6 GHz Core i7 and a larger 512 GB SSD was $3099. In 2012, the MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) with a 256GB SSD sold for $2399.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) SSD Upgrade with Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB mSATA

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