Once upon a time I owned a 12" iBook but then the screen died and I felt like I got burned.
Then in October 2014, I ordered a refurbished 2012 15" MBP directly from Apple. My research says that that is the last MBP model that allows user upgrades. My experience is I upgraded the RAM from 4GB to 16GB and have removed the SuperDrive for another hard drive storage. For the boot drive, I upgraded the stock 500GB 5400rpm hard drive to a SSD. I have since then upgraded the SSD from 240GB to 480GB and have swapped in new harddrive when the existing one was full a few times.
It's not retina display but I am OK with that. It can drive an external display at 2560x1080 at the same time.
The keyboard gives me no problem and neither is the trackpad. I like the keyboard and the trackpad right where they are. I mean the trackpad is right there I don't like to move my hand to grab the mouse for a walk. For a desktop I opt for the keyboard and trackpad combo as well. I never like the mouse that much.
Fast forward to the current 2018 MacBook or MBP. I am somewhat leery of their butterfly keyboard. Even the latest third iteration of that design. Apple just started selling the 2018 models refurbished.
Officially, the 2012 MBP is the last MBP hardware that Mojave supports, anything older is not supported. So my 2012 lives another year or two.
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