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Macbook Pro 13 Mid-2012 Upgrades. ( SSD and Memory )
I bought my Macbook Pro 13 Mid-2012 edition for $500 ( slightly used / Like NEW condition from Amazon.com ).
I upgraded it with 16gb. of ram ($60) and a 500gb. Samsung Evo 850 SSD ($150) Total price with upgrades = $710. I used boot camp and created (2) 250gb. partitions and now run MS Windows-10 and OS-X El Capitan. I have them loaded with most Apple apps and Windows programs from MS Office/Adobe CS6 suite/Video and Audio editing apps and programs, etc... The OS with apps only took up about 120gb. on each partition, So a 500gb. SSD was big enough. This Macbook 13 Mid-2012 edition is the Best deal you can get right now on a Macbook Pro. With the upgrades this Macbook performs very well.
Benchmarks:
SSD benchmarks are 500 mb/s - write, and 513 mb/s read.
Wifi-ac = 1300 mb/s
Nova Benchmarks are 709
Memory Speed - 7498 mb/s
Geekbench score = 2583 single core and 5321 multi-core.
Cinebench score = 15.70 fps and 246 CPU
Graphics - Intel HD 4000
Display = 1280 x 800 non-retina, Or 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display
Battery Life - 7 hours
CPU - Intel i5-3210M , 2-cores and 4-threads.
Webcam - ***** !, Terrible webcam !...( Buy a Logitech C920 1080p Webcam replacement).
These are not the greatest benchmark scores for a $710 notebook.
A $500 Windows notebook with a Haswell Intel-i5 or i7 CPU will perform much better.
However is you want OS-X apps and MS Windows programs on one notebook this Macbook Pro 13 is the way to go.
MS Windows-10 runs very well on this upgraded Macbook. The main reason I did not buy a New model Macbook Pro is because the Webcams SUCK ! Battery Life ***** !.....and they are too expensive for what little memory and hard-drive space they come with.
For Boot camp installation tutorial see this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF2zy07LXuo
Macbook Pro 13 Upgrade Parts list:
Apple MacBook Pro MD101LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD101LL-13-3-Inch-Laptop/dp/B0074703CM/ref=s r_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1458791967&sr=8-3&keywords=macbook+pro+13+500gb
Samsung Evo 850 500gb. SSD
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E500B-AM/dp/B00OBRE5UE/ref= sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458792025&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+evo+500gb
Crucial Memory 16gb.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LTBJFW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_deta ilpage_o03_s00
New Battery
http://www.amazon.com/GreenBox-Laptop-Replacement-Battery-MacBook/dp/B01AKFVS3C/ ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1464531947&sr=8-3&keywords=macbook+pro+battery+13
Sata to USB adapter
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-SATA-Drive-Adapter-Cable/dp/B00HJZJI84/ref=sr_1_4 ?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1458792107&sr=1-4&keywords=usb+sata+adapter
Tool Kit
http://www.amazon.com/JACKLY-Professional-Screwdriver-Extension-Maintenance/dp/B 005JRTAYG/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1458792632&sr=1-1&keywords=torx+screwdrive r+set