What year did Apple stop making the MacBook Pro 15 inch with optical drive?

2012

You can keep your eyes open here: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac

however they are getting harder to find.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), i7 500GB 16GB RAM iPhone5 iOS8.3, Paralles10.0.2

The Early 2013 also was the start of Retina display and lack of built-in optical drive for 15-inch MB/Pro.

And the 15-inch MacBook Pro (mid-2012) was discontinued in October 2013; while 13-inch wasn't.

Sources of 'refurbished' or repaired/restored previously owned models may include places such as

OWC, and other companies who offer a limited warranty or guaranty. Sometimes companies who do

repairs & get returns from schools or business, in small quantities, may have variable number in stock.

Wegenermedia, PowerMax, powerbookmedic, and probably half a dozen others offer repaired/used.

These can include models no longer seen in the Apple online Special deals refurbished section.

{images and information courtesy of http://mactracker.ca database MacTracker application}

You can see http://everymac.com for other information, and if you don't have it, the download database from

http://mactracker.ca gives you a nice app with occasional updates for free, for a good reference source.

Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

Also MD104LL/A.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-2.6- 15-mid-2012-unibody-usb3-specs.html