The MacBook Pro from 2012, which came with a retina screen, is said to be scrap iron. If Apple removes the device from support, there will be no more official repairs.
MacBook Pro with Retina display was first released in 2012, and the high-resolution display notebook was unveiled at WWDC in June 2012, when other notebook manufacturers were far from incorporating such high-resolution displays. But that was many years ago.
According to a report by Mactechnews, Apple will soon make the device a “vintage product”. This is messy because there will be no more repairs and spare parts from Apple that could be used to repair defective devices. But one detail makes you wonder: The device is even supported by macOS 10.14 Mojave, because its graphics chip is compatible with Metal. The new operating system will not be released until autumn 2018.
The cessation is not yet official. If the device is on the vintage list, authorized service providers can no longer submit repair orders and no longer receive original spare parts from Apple. Only batteries are usually available for a little longer, but if you are thinking of having a new power storage unit installed anyway, you might want to do so soon.
But in most cases, when Apple put devices into vintage status, a market quickly developed that still traded the spare parts. Independent repair services have even specialized in some cases in the repair of such devices and are also happy to help users of much older Apple hardware.
According to Mactechnews, the first MacBook Pro Retina will be vintage on June 30, 2018.