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I have one of these machines. That 16GB RAM bump and an SSD has resulted in it still being usable, 12 years after I bought it.

Ditto! Resource heavy web apps used to make the laptop creak a bit but for 95% of tasks it was a solid machine.

Wow. How has the battery in your MacBook Pro not died after 12 years?

For me, had to replace the battery but just once so far during keyboard replacement.

Did result in losing the power up button (which had a fingerprint mechanism in it).