13inch MacBook for £179?

[Ca94]

Is this a good deal? the laptop is from mid 2007 but it's refurbished & comes with a year warranty, though I've saw 15inch MacBook pros on gumtree for £350-£400 I'm a bit weary of buying from there in case they don't work or have no warranty

 

[r6mile]

I guess it's an OK deal, but I wouldn't buy it personally because these early C2D Macbooks can feel quite sluggish. Also, they only allow up to OS X Lion to be installed, so you might run into compatibility issues with some later software.

If you are looking for a C2D Macbook, I would personally only look at unibody machines (the white 2009-2010 models, or the silver ones). They have much better graphics, and also can run the latest OS X El Capitan.

 

[CooperBox]

Generally good advise from the previous post - especially if you may wish to run later software and avoid compatibllity issues.
Yes, I think its a reasonable deal, as those are fine little machines. Personaly I would prefer it with the previous Tiger OS - whch I love!
In fact this is being sent from a similar year & spec Macbook, although with 3GB RAM, running (you guessed it) OS 10.6 Tiger.
And as for OS X El Capitan I wouldn't put it on here even if I was able to. My MBPr is still running 10.8.5 Mountain Lion, and will continue to until there's a law to say I must change! 😉

 

[r6mile]

Do you mean 10.6 Snow Leopard? Tiger is 10.4.
Why would you not upgrade to El Capitan? Do you find it runs slower on these older machines?

 

[keysofanxiety]

One thing to bear in mind with these systems is that it doesn't have the full trackpad, it's the one-button trackpad which looks really dated and isn't particularly nice to use. See picture below -- it's the black MacBook version to highlight the trackpad.

Furthermore the Intel GMA graphics are terrible, to put it lightly.