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[Feeler] MacBook Pro 15" (Late 2011, 2.2GHz i7, 10GB RAM, 500GB SSD) - Please Read

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** Please read the issues below **

I'm not sure how much this thing is worth now with all it's issues, so trying to get a feel for the price

Item: MacBook Pro 15 inch (Late 2011) ("Sandy Bridge" 2.2 GHz Core i7, 10GB RAM, 500GB SSD, AMD Radeon HD 6750M)
This is the 1440x900 resolution display.
Age: 9 years
Price: R2500 R2000
Warranty: None
Packaging: Have the original box + MagSafe charger
Condition: Not too great (Read below)
Location: JHB
Reason: Upgraded a while back, this one is lying around doing nothing
Shipping: Yes, but cost & risk on buyer
Collection: Yes
Link: MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) - Technical Specifications

List of issues with this MacBook:

  1. The touchpad is a bit stiff to click, but otherwise the trackpad works fine (just don't click it)
  2. The battery is not great, take it off charge and it doesn't last more than 15min, needs a battery replacement (the battery is removable)
  3. The AMD discrete graphics card is KAPUT. This is the MacBook pro model that had an overheating graphics card, and sadly the graphics card on this one failed around 2 years ago (read: Some 2011 MacBook Pros Experiencing GPU Glitches, System Crashes). It was eligible for a repair from Apple, however the period of the repair was long gone way before the graphics card on this machine died, so it wasn't eligible for a repair when the time came (nor did I know of the issue until it happened). So the only way the laptop now works is to disable the graphics and to move the AMD kexts to another location. After following the steps from this video (
    ) I managed to disable the AMD graphics card completely and am now only using the integrated Intel graphics, which seems to be working fine as long as nothing graphics intensive is done. The caveat here is that if/when there is a OS update (of which there are far and few since this one isn't supported on the latest macOS's), the laptop will go into a boot loop once the OS has updated and you have to go through the process of "disabling" the graphics card again as in the linked video to use the laptop.
  4. Naturally, because of the graphics card being pretty much dead, the thunderbolt port doesn't work (I've tried to connect the laptop to an external display, and nothing).
  5. The laptop at times does randomly shut down and not switch on again, I have to then leave it for 10/15 min, reset the SMC and then it powers on just fine. It can heat up quite a bit while just doing normal stuff on the PC.

Please let me know if you need more info on the laptop and its issues. If I remember any other issues after opening this thread, I'll update the post.

EDIT:

  • Battery health is 33%, 390 charge cycles


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