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SirStrumalot

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My trusty 2013 MBP finally died. I’m looking to purchase a new laptop but to be honest, I’m poor, and I cannot afford a brand new MBP/mba. On the resale market, I can probably afford a fully stacked MacBook Pro 2015-2016 MBP.

On the other hand, I can probably also opt for a 2020/2021/2022 windows pc from HP/DELL due to the massive price differential.

My usage primary consist of coding (web, mostly vs code / node / express), browsing, some work in audition/photoshop/illustrator.

When it comes to the pros, I would get anything with less than an i7 and 16GB of ram.

Thoughts?
 
Have you looked at the refurbished store in Apple's website? You can get nicely spec'd MBPs or MBAs cheaply.
 
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