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Kate288

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I have been saving up for a new laptop for a couple months and would love some buying advice. I have been considering a MacBook Air as I need one I can easily take with me from location to location for my intern position. At the moment I'm tossing up between a 13" refurbished one (from Apple) with 256gb storage, 1.4GHz. Or a brand new one with 128gb, 1.6GHz. There is a price difference of $227 and I will primarly be using it for some marketing programs and Adobe indesign. I would love it go Pro but don't have the money right now. Which one would you choose? ...Any advice would be much appreciated :)
 
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Kate288 said:
I have been saving up for a new laptop for a couple months and would love some buying advice. I have been considering a MacBook Air as I need one I can easily take with me from location to location for my intern position. At the moment I'm tossing up between a 13" refurbished one (from Apple) with 256gb storage, 1.4GHz. Or a brand new one with 128gb, 1.6GHz. There is a price difference of $227 and I will primarly be using it for some marketing programs and Adobe indesign. I would love it go Pro but don't have the money right now. Which one would you choose? ...Any advice would be much appreciated :)
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Can you tell from which year the refurbished model is? If it's the 2014 model I would go with that one. 128 GB is not that much if you have some music/video, also the adobe indesign files.. The 2015 version is more a little speed bump form the 2014.
 
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Kate288

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Yes it is the 2014 model. in terms of speed vs memory I was thinking of saving majority of my bulky files to an external hd but it might be easier just getting the bigger memory to begin with...
 
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jdechko

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There are some small differences between the '14 and '15 models, but I don't think they'll matter all that much for you. Personally, I'd save the money and buy the refurbished model.
 
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I would have to agree. Because the difference between the two is minimal, I would go for the refurb for the larger memory and cost savings.
 
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