This is my mid-2012 MacBook Pro and a cup of delicious single origin Cuban coffee. I acquired it back in 2018 when someone offered it to me in exchange for my first MacBook — a mid-2009 white unibody model. I do miss that one and wish I still had it, but this one has been good to me. It’s been my daily driver since then and it’s served me well. I upgraded the RAM to 16 GB and swapped the old spinning disk drive out for a decent SSD, and the thing ran like a dream. I’ve moved more to using my M1 Air for most of my daily work these days, but I still like this one. It’s a solid build with a great keyboard and trackpad, and it’s got all the ports I need along with an optical drive — yes, I’m the one you’ve heard about still using optical drives in 2022.
Personally, I have used every version of macOS from classic to today (though not all when they were current). The early OS X stuff is great! I personally think that the UI has gotten worse over time. Macintosh System 6 and 7 were phenomenal, and 10 - 10.4 were amazing. After macOS Mavericks... it's kind of just down hill. I have a similar feeling for Windows. With Windows, 3.1 or 2k are the best UIs Microsoft achieved, and everything else is kind of bad, and it got worse progressively after Vista.
Personally, I have used every version of macOS from classic to today (though not all when they were current). The early OS X stuff is great! I personally think that the UI has gotten worse over time. Macintosh System 6 and 7 were phenomenal, and 10 - 10.4 were amazing. After macOS Mavericks... it's kind of just down hill. I have a similar feeling for Windows. With Windows, 3.1 or 2k are the best UIs Microsoft achieved, and everything else is kind of bad, and it got worse progressively after Vista.