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MacBook Purchasing Dilemma

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ohmsy

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Buying a macbook for wifes birthday which is in 11 days, hate to put the money down and they upgrade it in two weeks but don't really want to wait til after the birthday.

Here are my 3 options

Option A
Order from store
2.4 Ghz
4 GB Ram
500 GB HD
All in one Printer

Total 1,273.95 + Tax
$100 rebate for printer
return printer to wal mart $110 wal mart giftcard

Estimated Net Total after tax $1,100
No interest for a year


Option B
Craigslist
2.26 Ghz
4 GB Ram
500 GB HD
Apple wireless keyboard
Logitech Wireless mouse
2.5 years Applecare
Neoprene cover

Price $995

Option C
Wait a few weeks something new is going to come out
 
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Hellhammer

Hellhammer

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Option D

Buy a refurb and upgrade RAM and HD on your own.

E.g. 759$ for the MacBook, 70$ for RAM and 60$ for 500GB HD

Total price: 889$

Plus, I think refurbs are eligible for the printer rebate so the total would be ~800$ (+tax)

I wouldn't expect anything new anytime soon. MacBook is usually updated about a month after MBPs so you're safe.
 
alust2013

alust2013

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Feb 6, 2010
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Hellhammer said:
Option D

Buy a refurb and upgrade RAM and HD on your own.

E.g. 759$ for the MacBook, 70$ for RAM and 60$ for 500GB HD

Total price: 889$

Plus, I think refurbs are eligible for the printer rebate so the total would be ~800$ (+tax)

I wouldn't expect anything new anytime soon. MacBook is usually updated about a month after MBPs so you're safe.
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That's probably your best bet there. HDD and RAM are easy to upgrade and far cheaper to do so on your own.
 
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ohmsy

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Nov 2, 2010
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Hellhammer said:
Option D

Buy a refurb and upgrade RAM and HD on your own.

E.g. 759$ for the MacBook, 70$ for RAM and 60$ for 500GB HD

Total price: 889$

Plus, I think refurbs are eligible for the printer rebate so the total would be ~800$ (+tax)

I wouldn't expect anything new anytime soon. MacBook is usually updated about a month after MBPs so you're safe.
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is that the best place to buy Ram and Harddrives? what you listed?
 
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ohmsy

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Nov 2, 2010
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Hellhammer said:
If you live in the US, then I would say NewEgg is at least one of the best places to buy from.
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Also the refurb Apple is part # FC516LL/A so will the

"Mushkin Enhanced 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Dual Channel Kit Memory For Apple Model 976643A"

work?
 
Hellhammer

Hellhammer

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Dec 10, 2008
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ohmsy said:
I do, all the reviews on that western digital harddrive are that it's slow... thoughts?
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I can only see handful of reviews that are saying it's slow. Most of the reviews are 5 stars though so I wouldn't worry. Of course it's slower than SSDs or 7200rpm drives
 
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