The serial number will be written in small print, and you can use Apple’s serial number lookup to find your exact model. the macbook pro 'core i5' 2.4 13-inch (late 2013 retina display) features a 22 nm 'haswell' 2. The MacBook Pro 'Core i5' 2.6 13-Inch (Early 2013 Retina Display) features a 22 nm 'Ivy Bridge' 2. To identify your MacBook Pro, look on the bottom of the laptop. I still am unsure if this was the root cause or not so if you are fine staying on Catalina it may be safer.
It may be better to stay in Catalina because a bit after this post my Mac became bricked.
The battery is also glued to the chassis, making it more difficult to replace than earlier iterations of the MacBook Pro. Mine is a Macbook Pro 15inch early 2013 with i7 and a nvidia 650m. On purchase, the computer can be fitted with 8 GB or 16 GB of memory, but this choice cannot be upgraded later. 4 hours ago The SSD in the MacBook Air 20 can be upgraded by the consumer post purchase, and in fact an adapter will allow an M.2 Evo 960 or 970 to be used. A MacBook Pro, even under my abusive use of processing power, at its core, should last a minimum of 5-7 years. Hard drives die, memory gets out dated or fails, and batteries fail.
All these models have only one drive spot. MacBook Upgradability Of MacBook Air 2018 Apple Community. The MacBook Pro offered me the best bang for my buck for a laptop over 2 grand because the core machine was so solid. Late 2013 to Mid 2014 have PCIe 2.0 Gen 3A or 3B format (compatible w/ Gen 4A & 5) Mid 2015 have PCIe 3.0 x2 Gen 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B. Late 2012 to Early 2013 have SATA type SSD Gen 2A format. The computer switches between integrated and dedicated (Nvidia) graphics depending on the task at hand.Įach version of the laptop includes an Intel quad-core processor running at 2.4 GHz, 2.7 GHz, or 2.8 GHz. 15 models have 256GB SSD as default, 16 models have 512GB as default. The reason I got the earlier model was the user upgradability. I bought the base early model 13' in 2015 with 4GB RAM and a 500GB HD. This screen is driven by integrated Intel graphics and an Nvidia graphics chip. I edited on a 13' (Mid 2012 Macbook or 2010 I am not sure which) for almost a year before I bought a 15' Macbook Pro for myself. To warrant its new “Retina“ branding, the Retina MacBook Pro 15” features a 2880x1800 display. This laptop can officially support macOS 10.15 Catalina, but not macOS 11.0 Big Sur.
A year later on February 13, 2013, Apple released the Early 2013 Retina MacBook Pro with an incremental update to the processors and an increase in the base memory configuration. The Retina MacBook Pro design was first introduced in 2012.