I updated to an SSD that rendered my machine both faster and safer from unexpected hard drive failures. My next stop was a storage upgrade, as I suffered some massive irretrievable data losses more than once at the hands of HDDs. So I purchased 16 GB of DDR3L RAM (for about £70/$88) and it blew those 4 GB of built-in memory out of the water. Whatever they read off of those iPhones and iPads while you are waiting patiently for them to save your high-value device? You can’t get it elsewhere. It was then that I found out that a visit to the Genius bar is almost always the right thing to do as an Apple customer. This is despite publicly available information posted by Apple online, who recommend a maximum of 8 GB memory for this model.

(And you get to feel like a computer person while doing it.)Īfter loitering in a nearby Apple store and chatting with some of the staff there, I found out that I should be alright to upgrade my RAM to as much as 16 GB. Thankfully, it is very straightforward to swap both for better options. I managed to grab my mid-2012 13' model for a bargain price of about £300 ($376), and it came with 2 x 2 GB sticks of DDR3 RAM, as well as 500 GB of HDD storage. Can it hold up in 2020? Photo by rupixen on Pixabay. Behold one of the best MacBooks ever made.

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