PCs

MacBook Pro Laptop

Information

Video card stopped working on April 30th, 2022.

Name: MacBook Pro 2.0 GHz 15.4" Antiglare (Early 2011) CTO (customized)

- order number for this customized antiglare product is MC721CTO

- order number (general): MC721LL/A

- model indentifier: MacBookPro8,2

- model number: A1286

Comments: my second Mac computer, used since June 2011. Very poor balance in my backpack, which falls easily.

Hardware

Processor: 2.0 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 (2635QM)

- 32 nm "Sandy Bridge"

- level 3 cache memory: 6 MB

Memory: 4 GB (2 x 2 GB), 1333 MHz PC3-10600 DDR3 SO-DIMM SDRAM (two memory slots, max. 8 GB).

Enclosure: Precision aluminum unibody.

Dimensions: 36.4 cm (W) x 24.9 cm (D) x 2.41 cm (H).

Weight: 2.54 kg (5.6 lbs).

Optical drive: 8x Superdrive, slot-loading

- DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW, CD

Hard drive:

- 500 GB, 5400 rpm, Serial ATA (SATA)

Battery and power adapter:

- 77.5 W, lithium-polymer battery, up to 7 hours wireless web

- 85 W MagSafe Power Adapter

Video card and graphics chip integrated with processor:

- AMD Radeon HD 6490M, 256 MB, GDDR5

- OpenGL 4.1 (source 1, source 2)

- OpenCL 1.2 (source 1, source 2)

- Intel HD Graphics 3000, 384 MB DDR3 SDRAM (shared with main memory)

- OpenGL 3.3 (source 1, source 2)

- OpenCL: N/A (source 1, source 2)

- dual display: full native resolution on the built-in display and 2560 x 1600 pixels on external display

- automatic graphic switching for power saving

Display:

- matte

- aspect ratio: 16:10

- resolution: 1440 x 900 (native)

I/O connections and slots:

- two USB 2.0 ports (480 Mbps)

- FireWire 800 port (800 Mbps)

- Thunderbolt port (10 Gbps)

- SDXC memory slot

- stereo speakers with subwoofers

- omnidirectional microphone (under left speaker grille)

- audio line in minijack (digital/analog) and audio line out/headphone minijack (digital/analog)

- Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) wireless technology

Networking:

- Wi-Fi wireless networking (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n)

- 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)

Keyboard, trackpad and camera:

- full-size backlit keyboard with 79 keys

- Multi-touch trackpad

- FaceTime HD Camera (720p)

Battery Test

Introduction: after years of use, I wanted to know how long I can keep the laptop turned on in the worst case scenario with the old original laptop battery.

How the test was taken: the laptop played YouTube videos non-stop until the sleep mode was forced. The screen brightness was at full and energy saving settings did not let the computer turn off the display or the hard disk.

Test taken: 8/2018.

Time playing videos until sleep mode was forced: 1 h 39 min.

Laptop settings in general:

- screen brightness: full

- keyboard brightness: off

- sounds: off

- Bluetooth: off

- Wi-Fi: used for the Internet connection

MacOS Energy Saver settings:

- Computer sleep: Never

- Display sleep: Never

- Automatic graphics switching: off

- Put hard disks to sleep when possible: off

YouTube:

- browser: Google Chrome

- resolution for the played YouTube videos approximately: 720p

- Autoplay: on

- Full screen setting on YouTube (not browser's setting)

- skip advertisements with a trackpad click

Interesting results:

- MacBook Pro's metal surface was hot near the function keys F3 ... F5

- MacBook Pro's metal surface was clearly warm to the left of the trackpad

- MacBook Pro's metal surface was a little bit warm to the right of the trackpad

Software

Operating system: macOS 10.12 Sierra.

iLife '11:

- GarageBand '11 (v6.0)

- iDVD '11 (v7.1)

- iMovie '11 (v9.0)

- iPhoto '11 (v9.4)

- iWeb '11 (v3.0)

FaceTime 3.

Xcode 7 (or later).

Accessories and Peripherals

Mouse: Logitech Mini Optical Mouse Plus+, silver gray, wired, M-UV94.

Multifunction device (printer/scanner/copier): Epson AcuLaser CX11N

- toners: black (0190), cyan/blue (0189, 0193), magenta/red (0188, 0192), yellow (0187, 0191)

- photoconductor unit: 1104

Hard drive, external:

- LaCie, 250 GB, 7200 rpm, USB 2.0

- LaCie, 2 TB, USB 2.0

Memory stick: Kingston DataTraveler USB Flash drive, 512 MB, read 6 Mt/s, write 3 MB/s, USB 2.0, USB 1.1.

Memory card:

- Canon CompactFlash, 8 MB

- Lexar SD, 512 MB

- SanDisk SDHC, 4 GB

- SanDisk Ultra SDHC, 32 GB

- SanDisk Memory Stick PRO Duo, 4 GB

- SanDisk CompactFlash Ultra II, 2 GB

- Transcend SD, 2 GB

- Transcend microSD, 2 GB

- Transcend microSD, SDHC, 16 GB, class 10 (10 MB/s)

Memory card reader: Kingston Media Reader 19-in-1

- CompactFlash (CF, Type I/II), Memory Stick, Memory Stick (MS, Duo), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO, Duo), Memory Stick Micro (M2), MicroDrive (MD), Secure Digital (SD), SDHC, miniSD, miniSDHC, microSD, microSDHC, Multi Media Card (MMC), MMCplus, RS-MMC, MMCmobile, MMCmicro

Memory card reader: Akasa Combo, Multi Card Reader and USB hub

- USB hub: three USB ports (USB 2.0, type A ports)

- CompactFlash (CF, Type I/II), Memory Stick (MS, Duo), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO, Duo), MicroDrive, MS MagicGate, MS Pro MagicGate, MS Pro Ultra II, MS ROM, MS Select, SmartMedia (SM), Secure Digital (SD), miniSD, MicroSD (insert in T-Flash slot), Multi Media Card (MMC), RS-MMC, T-Flash (previous name for MicroSD)

Modem and Wi-Fi router: TeleWell TW-EAV510 v2

- description: ADSL2+/VDSL2 modem, wired and wireless

- 1 port: 10/100/1000 Mbps

- 3 ports: 10/100 Mbps

- ADSL2+: 24 Mbps downstream, 3.5 Mbps upstream

- ADSL2: 12 Mbps downstream, 3.5 Mbps upstream

- ADSL: 8 Mbps downstream, 832 kbps upstream

Modem: ZyXEL Prestige 660R-61 (ZyXEL P-660R-61)

- comment: works over the analog telephone system, POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service)

- ADSL2+: 24 Mbps downstream, 3.5 Mbps upstream

- ADSL2: 12 Mbps downstream, 3.5 Mbps upstream

- ADSL: 8 Mbps downstream, 832 kbps upstream

Wireless router (and Access Point): Buffalo AirStation Wireless-N Nfiniti WZR2-G300N.

Mobile modems:

- Huawei E1820

- Nokia Internet Modem v3.8

Mobile router: Dovado 4GR, Gigabit Wireless-N USB Router

- mobile network: 2G (GPRS/EDGE), 3G (UMTS/HSPA)

- LAN: 4 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports

- WLAN: 802.11b/g/n (300 Mbps)

- security: WEP (64/128 bits), WEP Open System, WEP Shared Key, WPA-PSK

Mobile router: TeleWell TW-3G Flash-OFDM

- LAN: Ethernet port (10/100 Mbps)

- WLAN: 802.11b/g (54 Mbps)

- security: WEP (64/128 bits), WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2

Stuff No Longer Used With This Mac

Operating system: OS X 10.7 Lion.

Operating system: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

Operating system: OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

Operating system: OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

ADSL modem: TeleWell TW-EA501

- max. throughput: 24 Mbps downstream, 3.5 Mbps upstream (ADSL 2+)

- comments: doesn't work correctly (reboots) for example with net videos

Last modified: May 23rd, 2022

Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)

URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/mbp-laptop

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