Macbook Pro heats up while charging

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Macbook Pro heats up while charging

Hi Guys,

So I'm planning on buying a mid-2012 Macbook Pro 15", but when I went to see the macbook I noticed that the magsafe connector as well as the top left portion of the macbook gets pretty heated while charging (even with the computer at idle, but screen turned on). Is this normal for macbooks?

Also I noticed that the battery cycle count was 24, which I thought was surprisingly low for a macbook of 2012. But when I asked the seller about it, he claimed that the macbook was manufactured in 2014 even though the model is mid-2012. Is this true, has Apple been manufacturing the 15" MBP mid-2012 version in 2014? or do you think the battery may have been replaced?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated since I don't have much experience with macs. Thanks in advance.

Posted on Aug 29, 2016 10:10 AM

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OGELTHORPE

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Aug 29, 2016 12:45 PM in response to hasara

The 2012 non-retina 15" MBP was discontinued by Apple in October 2013.

24 cycles for any MBP more that 1 year would be extraordinary in my view (unless the battery has been replaced).

The charger connection to the MBP should not get hot while in use.

Look for another MBP.

Ciao.

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hasara Author

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Aug 29, 2016 12:45 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

Thanks a lot for your insights, I think you've answered all my questions perfectly!

Just one last question, say for an example I'm trying to by the 13" mid-2012 mbp which was produced in 2015 since its still available for purchase from the store. Would is say mid-2012 or mid-2015 in about this mac page? how do I find which year it was manufactured in?

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OGELTHORPE

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Aug 29, 2016 1:35 PM in response to hasara

The 13" 2012 non retina MBP is still available as new from Apple. When a particular unit was manufactured, I cannot tell you with authority. There is this web site that may give you a date of manufacture, but it may or may not be correct.

http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html

That is the best I can do for you.

Ciao.

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hasara Author

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Aug 29, 2016 2:08 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

Thanks again, The website should be accurate since it was able to pull the rest of the details of the mac correctly.

According to it, this one was manufactured in October 2013, which must be one from the last batch. But still the 24 cycle count is too less to be justifiable. So I think I'm just going to take your advice and steer clear of this one and keep looking.

Appreciate all your help again! 🙂

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