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[jkcerda]

refubished, doesn't make sense.

example.
$2169

Refurbished 15.4-inch MacBook Pro 2.7GHz Quad-core Intel i7 with Retina Display
Originally released February 2013
15.4-inch (diagonal) Retina display; 2880-by-1800 resolution at 220 pixels per inch
16GB of 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
512GB Flash Storage
720p FaceTime HD Camera
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory

$2199

Refurbished 15.4-inch MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-core Intel i7 with Retina Display
Originally released October 2013
15.4-inch (diagonal) Retina display; 2880-by-1800 resolution at 220 pixels per inch
16GB of 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
512GB Flash Storage1
720p FaceTime HD camera
Intel Iris Pro Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M

$30 bucks more for the latest & greatest, why settle for the older one?

 

[Dicholscrn]

Don't know the prices offhand but I assume the different processor speed offsets that $30. I would agree if they were the exact same other than the gpu as you are insinuating, but there not.......

But I just bought a new 15" yesterday and after the last couple of weeks watching refurb prices, I was more than baffled a few times as to how some were priced.

 

[jkcerda]

Don't know the prices offhand but I assume the different processor speed offsets that $30. I would agree if they were the exact same other than the gpu as you are insinuating, but there not.......

But I just bought a new 15" yesterday and after the last couple of weeks watching refurb prices, I was more than baffled a few times as to how some were priced.

haswell VS Ivy bridge, AC wireless VS wireless N, 1GB video card vs 2GB video card, TB1 vs TB2, even the new flash SSD is faster. the "older" one should be cheaper by a long shot.

I am picking up the Haswell one in a week or so

 

[Dicholscrn]

haswell VS Ivy bridge, AC wireless VS wireless N, 1GB video card vs 2GB video card, TB1 vs TB2, even the new flash SSD is faster. the "older" one should be cheaper by a long shot.



I am picking up the Haswell one in a week or so

Like I said, I was more than baffled a few times lol.

I've had mine just over 24 hours and have to say it's an incredible machine. Upgraded from a 2010 13" MBP and after weeks of research and filling my cart (just to wind up emptying it) I'm happy to say I'm a happy camper. Even happier that my screen looks beautiful after reading so many stories of 3/4/5+ returns for some people.

Now to figure out my best storage options as moving from 1.5TB internal to 512GB is quite significant.......

 

[PBG4 Dude]

I have a Toshiba USB3 2TB drive I picked up from Staples the other day for $100. Black Magic speed test rates it at ~95MB/second for read and write. Going to use it this week to capture 32 hours of DV format video. So far it's been quite peppy, for an external drive. The internal SSD in my 2012 MBA gets about 220MB/second for comparison.

 

[zipa]

No, dude, splitting your message between header and body does not make sense.

 

[alphaod]

Based on specs it's doesn't make sense, but based on original pricing it does.

The 2.7GHz 2012 model was the high end $2799 configuration whereas the 2.3GHz 2013 dropped to $2599 for that configuration.


Also:

No, dude, splitting your message between header and body does not make sense.

 

[shansoft]

Because the older one is much faster on it's CPU.

GPU is nearly identical with no performance increase.

The only thing that is better on the latest model is the wireless support.