Figured id post my Newest Mac here
got this recently after a lot of saving up and a bit of help. its really nice to own a dream machine and finally a modern mac. its a Mid 2012 Classic MacBook pro 9,1, with 16GB of RAM a 512GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD and the 2.6Ghz 1GB VRAM option (id be happy with the 2.3 one but they only have 512MB of VRAM so 2.6 it was) it has the standard res screen (id love a HR AG screen but this machine is in REALLY nice condition and i got it for a very nice price so i aint going to complain plus less pixels to push means that ever so slightly faster UI
) this thing is REALLY fast, its even faster then my Mac Pro in All departments... (I still use the Mac Pro as my main machine but this 9,1 is my main laptop and some times stands in for the mac pro say if theres a heat wave. 240W worth of CPU in the Mac Pro does make my room quite toasty...) this is my only computer that can run Sierra (Mac or PC) I got this Mac specifically for my main laptop as it was the last of the classic MBPs before the retina and as such it had the best of both worlds so to speak had all the older ports FireWire ethernet a DVD drive normal RAM and HDD etc while also having thunderbolt and USB3 and handoff capable wifi/bt setup also its one of the very few MBPs that dont have any design flaws... (dont have to worry about the GPU Crapping out on me yay) that and its very fast and can stand in for my Mac pro with no issues if i need it too (its my perfect laptop basically)
overall im very happy with the mac and i hope it lasts me for many years to come