Apple declares last MacBook Pro with an optical drive obsolete

Ars Technica
By Samuel AxonJan 31, 2024, 5:46 pm524 pts
Enlarge / The 13-inch MacBook Pro from 2012. Sometimes, it's worth taking a moment to note the end of an era, even when that ending might have happened a long time ago. Today, Apple announced that it considers the mid-2012 13-inch MacBook Pro obsolete. It was the last MacBook Pro to include an optical drive…

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