Which of these Mac's would be most beneficial for me???

PhaserFuzz · Mar 1, 2008, 12:15 AM

Black MacBook - $1500
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB memory
250GB hard drive1
Double-layer SuperDrive

or

Refurbished MacBook Pro - $1450
2.2GHz
15.4-inch widescreen display
4GB memory
120GB hard drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 128MB of GDDR3 memory

I purchased a White 2.2GHz MacBook a week ago and returned it when Apple announced the new lineup. I was planning on switching to the 2.4GHz BlackBook, until I noticed the Refurbished 2.2GHz MacBook Pro in the Apple store, for a little cheaper. Now I'm in quite a pickle. How reliable are refurbished products from Apple? Will they be absolutely spotless with no scratches or dents? Also, will this MBP still be more powerful than the BlackBook, even though it is older? I plan on doing a lot of recording and Photoshop work, so the MBP would be the obvious choice right?

Thanks and sorry for all the questions on here lately. Just making sure I"m getting the right Mac for me!

mbrydone · Mar 1, 2008, 01:25 AM

Refurbs are awesome! I've been using mine for over a year now, it had one glitch whcih apple fixed immediately, you still get Apple Care and the quality is amazing, pretty much the only difference is the box it comes in!!

Anyways, I would go with the Pro because the video card is seperate, the screen has more workspace, and it is just overall a better machine

cohibadad · Mar 1, 2008, 01:34 AM

tough choice. seems to me that you decision should come down to whether you want the bigger screen or bigger HDD. The processors are pretty comparable and GPU doesn't seem to matter to you.

PhaserFuzz · Mar 1, 2008, 01:53 AM

HDD shouldn't be a problem though because I can always swap it out for a bigger one right? Will that void the warranty?

Ahuckaby · Mar 1, 2008, 06:32 AM

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Unless ur doing lots of video the mb us is perfectly fine. The mbp hd replacement is a little more involved than the mb. It literally takes about 10-15 to swap on the mb. U should look into a refurb blackbook. With the money u save u can max the ram and put a huge hdd in and still save about 100$ or so.

Mar 1, 2008, 12:15 AM	#1
PhaserFuzz macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2007	Which of these Mac's would be most beneficial for me??? Black MacBook - $1500 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB memory 250GB hard drive1 Double-layer SuperDrive or Refurbished MacBook Pro - $1450 2.2GHz 15.4-inch widescreen display 4GB memory 120GB hard drive 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 128MB of GDDR3 memory I purchased a White 2.2GHz MacBook a week ago and returned it when Apple announced the new lineup. I was planning on switching to the 2.4GHz BlackBook, until I noticed the Refurbished 2.2GHz MacBook Pro in the Apple store, for a little cheaper. Now I'm in quite a pickle. How reliable are refurbished products from Apple? Will they be absolutely spotless with no scratches or dents? Also, will this MBP still be more powerful than the BlackBook, even though it is older? I plan on doing a lot of recording and Photoshop work, so the MBP would be the obvious choice right? Thanks and sorry for all the questions on here lately. Just making sure I"m getting the right Mac for me!
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Mar 1, 2008, 01:25 AM	#2
mbrydone macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2008	Refurbs are awesome! I've been using mine for over a year now, it had one glitch whcih apple fixed immediately, you still get Apple Care and the quality is amazing, pretty much the only difference is the box it comes in!! Anyways, I would go with the Pro because the video card is seperate, the screen has more workspace, and it is just overall a better machine __________________ MacBook Pro 2.4 Ghz (Penryn) 2 GB RAM, 200 GB HD, Matte, 15.4" iMac G4 17" 1.0 Ghz, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB HD iPod Classic 80 GB (Silver)
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Mar 1, 2008, 01:34 AM	#3
cohibadad macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2007	tough choice. seems to me that you decision should come down to whether you want the bigger screen or bigger HDD. The processors are pretty comparable and GPU doesn't seem to matter to you.
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Mar 1, 2008, 01:53 AM	#4
PhaserFuzz Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2007	HDD shouldn't be a problem though because I can always swap it out for a bigger one right? Will that void the warranty?
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Mar 1, 2008, 06:32 AM	#5
Ahuckaby macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2008	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A102 Safari/419.3) Unless ur doing lots of video the mb us is perfectly fine. The mbp hd replacement is a little more involved than the mb. It literally takes about 10-15 to swap on the mb. U should look into a refurb blackbook. With the money u save u can max the ram and put a huge hdd in and still save about 100$ or so.
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