The Mac range in general, is usually renewed throughout the year without this renewal being associated with an event of its own, so it is not surprising that every year and sometimes, almost every month, we find a Mac that becomes part of Apple's obsolete or vintage category.
The next Mac to become part of this select club is the first MacBook Pro that Apple launched in 2012, a 15-inch model that incorporated a Retina display into this range for the first time. If you are the owner of this device, and you do not plan to renew it soon, you should buy, at least, a battery.
MacRumors has had access to an internal Apple memorandum, in which it is indicated that this model will be considered as obsolete by Apple's technical service worldwide. next June 30, 2020, almost 8 years after its launch.
Coming into the Obsolete category, the 2012 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro It cannot be repaired by the official Apple technical service, so if this is your case, you will be forced to look for chestnuts by any other means than the official one.
This specific model became part of Apple's vintage category in 2018, but Apple still offered technical support for this model, although subject to parts availability. Once it is considered obsolete, from Apple we will not be able to get any official replacement for this model, nor batteries, nor components, nor screens ...
If you still enjoy this model and plan to do so in the next few years, you have the iFixit guys at your disposalGuys who not only sell you the components you need, but also offer complete guides on how to replace the components they sell to us.
