I'm trying to recommend a Macbook Air to my mom after using my Pro for the last 9 months but the only issue seems to be the price. I checked Apple's website for refurb models and they're considerably cheaper than the new ones. How much different are refurbs compared to new-in-box models? The only refurbished Apple product I've ever bought was an iPad 2 a couple years ago and it looked/felt brand new.
She also prefers the Air to the Pro because of its lighter weight and the screen on the Air seems nice enough for her uses which would be mainly for work purposes (emailing, word docs, messaging etc.) and multimedia (streaming Netflix, Facebook, and TV shows).
This is the model I'm looking at. For her uses, what do you all think? She intends to keep the laptop for as long as possible. She's coming from a standard Windows desktop PC from at least 6-8 years ago that's pretty much on its last leg and slow to a crawl.
http://store.apple.com/us-hed/produ...hed-macbook-air-14ghz-dual-core-intel-core-i5
She also prefers the Air to the Pro because of its lighter weight and the screen on the Air seems nice enough for her uses which would be mainly for work purposes (emailing, word docs, messaging etc.) and multimedia (streaming Netflix, Facebook, and TV shows).
This is the model I'm looking at. For her uses, what do you all think? She intends to keep the laptop for as long as possible. She's coming from a standard Windows desktop PC from at least 6-8 years ago that's pretty much on its last leg and slow to a crawl.
http://store.apple.com/us-hed/produ...hed-macbook-air-14ghz-dual-core-intel-core-i5