This Mac was in daily use as my backup machine until yesterday! (March 4). But ebay is forcing me to list it as "for parts".<div><br></div><div>The sordid story:&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>We got our money's worth out of it. &nbsp;My friend bought it new back in early 2011. &nbsp;He upgraded in '14, and sold it to me. &nbsp;Between financial constraints and the bulletproof nature of the machine, I kept it as my "daily driver" for another several years, finally moving to &nbsp;a new M1 MB Pro in late 2021. &nbsp;Since then, it has lived on as a secondary machine in the basement workshop.</div><div><br></div><div>Some of these machines suffered from a motherboard defect, and this one was replaced under warranty back in its early days. &nbsp;The hard drive died four years ago and was replaced with an SSD, which I have harvested for use in an external case. &nbsp;So it is being sold with NO HARD DRIVE of any sort. &nbsp;Adding one is easy... unscrew the bottom cover and install the hardware, then hold Cmd-R during boot, and it will boot into the web-based disk utility to allow an OS install.</div><div><br></div><div>Just a month after installing the SSD, it suffered a drop to the concrete floor... causing the bent case seen in the last pic. &nbsp;The ethernet port is not usable because of this. &nbsp;Otherwise, I never had issues. in four years since the drop.</div><div><br></div><div>The battery is original. &nbsp;It's near end-of-life... but the machine still runs for maybe an hour on battery. &nbsp;Screen is good, with no dead pixels, good backlighting, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>The Specs:</div><div>&nbsp;- Mid-201 A1286 15" MacBook Pro</div><div>&nbsp;- Core i7 processor (2.8 Ghz, I believe)</div><div>&nbsp;- 4Gb RAM (I think - forgot to check before dismantling)</div><div>&nbsp;- NO HARD DISK INSTALLED. &nbsp;Uses a standard SATA 2.5" drive</div><div>&nbsp;- 8x Superdrive 2-layer DVD/CD slot-loading drive</div><div>&nbsp;- SD card slot</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>It comes with an original Apple Magsafe charger, but no discs, box, or paperwork.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll also toss in the off-brand Mini-Displayport adapter which allows attaching to either an HDMI or VGA external display.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>