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rzc16512

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I'm going to be attending college in the fall. I currently have a 2011 macbook air with 4gb of ram that I bought (and paid for) refurbished in 2012 and I'm thinking it's time for an upgrade. I want a machine that is still portable but I could use vmware with to test out software, operating systems, etc. as that is something I'm interested in. I've been looking at a 2014 13' Retina Macbook Pro 16gb ram and 512gb SSD. Although I do have enough money to pay for it right now, it would leave me with little money. I then saw the paypal installment plan which would allow me to pay less that $300 a month for 6 months (with interest). Has anyone had experience using the paypal credit/installment plan?
 
I'm going to be attending college in the fall. I currently have a 2011 macbook air with 4gb of ram that I bought (and paid for) refurbished in 2012 and I'm thinking it's time for an upgrade. I want a machine that is still portable but I could use vmware with to test out software, operating systems, etc. as that is something I'm interested in. I've been looking at a 2014 13' Retina Macbook Pro 16gb ram and 512gb SSD. Although I do have enough money to pay for it right now, it would leave me with little money. I then saw the paypal installment plan which would allow me to pay less that $300 a month for 6 months (with interest). Has anyone had experience using the paypal credit/installment plan?

You answered your own question really. Other than a mortgage, if you have to finance it you really can't afford it. If you can buy it outright, then do so.
 
Or you could hold til dec & take advantage of the nice 0% offer that apple usually bring out in the run up to xmas, I did it last year with paypal credit.
 
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