Yup, Marco's take on this is a good one. (I bought a 2012 MBP in late 2015 for many of those reasons.) One thing that is often overlooked is that the trackpad

Yup, Marco's take on this is a good one. (I bought a 2012 MBP in late 2015 for many of those reasons.) One thing that is often overlooked is that the trackpad click is much better on the 2012 than on the Force Touch models. There is a really satisfying click, mostly because it has so much more room to travel. That was a big part of my decision to stick with the 2012 over any 2015 MBP or MacBook models. I feel about the 2012 MBP Trackpad the same way some folks feel about a Model M or Das Keyboard.