Do macbook pros no longer come with an OS disc?

I have a a1286 macbook pro. Do macbook pro's come with disc's anymore? i do not recall seeing one when i got the computer.
Thank you in advance
Brandon

It depends on what OS the computer originally shipped with; A1286 isn't enough to tell. Computers which ship with 10.7 or newer use a preloaded recovery partition instead of a disk.
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