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Apple Store dropped MacBook, offering new one, advice needed.

MattAKramer said:
So we were thinking we were going to get the base 15 cMBP without the antiglare when the girl for yesterday came in. She said she would check to see if they could do a custom after all. Turns out they couldn't, but instead she offered to give me the 2649 15" cMBP at the 1799 price and I only had to pay the 300 dollar difference.

Edit: this is the 2.7 cMBP 15" with high res anti glare and 1tb HDD. My old Mac was a 2.2 core 2 duo from 07.
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That's very good that you avoided the Air model. You should be happy with your MBP.
 
MattAKramer said:
I figured I would get some comments about the rMBP after this story :). Honestly think they wouldn't have done it since they only did this because I wanted the anti glare. Plus my wife really wanted the anti glare since she uses it a lot and gets migraines often. Hoping this will help relieve strain.

The screen in this is nice enough and while it would be nicer to have a thinner body, this is still about the same weight as our old one and I can upgrade to an ssd later or upgrade ram which will be nice.
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I'm not surprised that Apple had the $2649 model in stock but none of the other CTO models. A lot of smaller stores just have the base configurations advertised on the website, while other stores will have those models plus the "ultimate" with every single option checked such as the one you wound up with. Here in NYC we get spoiled a bit since the stores have a lot of the common CTO configurations in store.

That should last you quite a while. In addition to AppleCare you might look into insurance options for your new windfall. A personal articles policy would cover accidental damage as well.

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MattAKramer said:
Is this the correct cable for hdmi? My old MacBook had a different video output.

http://www.amazon.com/Mini-DisplayP...358278627&sr=8-1&keywords=Thunderbolt+to+hdmi
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Yes, that will plug into the Thunderbolt port and give you HDMI output on the other side.
 
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KPOM said:
I'm not surprised that Apple had the $2649 model in stock but none of the other CTO models. A lot of smaller stores just have the base configurations advertised on the website, while other stores will have those models plus the "ultimate" with every single option checked such as the one you wound up with. Here in NYC we get spoiled a bit since the stores have a lot of the common CTO configurations in store.

That should last you quite a while. In addition to AppleCare you might look into insurance options for your new windfall. A personal articles policy would cover accidental damage as well.
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Maybe I'll check with my home owners and see if they cover it as an add on like I do with my wife's wedding ring.
 
MattAKramer said:
Maybe I'll check with my home owners and see if they cover it as an add on like I do with my wife's wedding ring.
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That's what I did. I pay $60/year to cover my Mac (with a $250 deductible). It came in handy after I lost my MacBook Air at an airport last month.
 
I wish I was you. :)
MattAKramer said:
So the apple store dropped my 2007 macbook and has offered to give me the newest 13" macbook at 1499 for free as it is the most comparable to what I have currently specs-wise. They also said if I want to upgrade I could pay the difference. So basically I have a 1499 credit for a mac.

I'll be using this mostly for normal generic stuff, web browsing, watching movies, etc. I'll also be doing some photo and video editing.

Trying to decide on the following things: Should I upgrade to a retina display, should I upgrade to SSD vs standard hard drive. Should I go to a 15" instead, or see if they would let me get a maxed out air up to 1499 for free. My wife will be using this primarily. She likes to do the photo/video editing and will be using it for school.

Have to make a decision today. Any thoughts/input would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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MattAKramer said:
the larger screen will be better for her, and although I've read the antiglare makes the colors not pop as much, I think it will be better for her at school and hopefully less glare will help reduce eye strain (she gets bad migraines). Does the high res antiglare make sense?
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You know, I honestly have not noticed any color difference going from a 17" glossy to a 17" antiglare. I would now never buy (if given the choice) glossy over matte. The difference in the coloring is very minimal, and to me not noticeable. It is a lot easier on the eyes and it's awesome not seeing reflections in the glass.

That being said, I gave in and ordered an rMBP because my laptop is a 17" and is just not portable enough for me. But the screen is great. I had the 2012 15" antiglare a couple months ago, trust me, you will enjoy it. Especially for the price you're getting it at!
 
MattAKramer said:
I'm shocked how this went down. I got to the store and the girl my wife worked with the day before was on lunch so we talked to someone else. He said, like someone in this thread said, the model I was looking for was a custom order and we couldn't do that. The only anti glare model they had was 2649 and I didn't want to pay that much. So the I looked at the air model I was looking at online and it was also a custom order only.

So we were thinking we were going to get the base 15 cMBP without the antiglare when the girl for yesterday came in. She said she would check to see if they could do a custom after all. Turns out they couldn't, but instead she offered to give me the 2649 15" cMBP at the 1799 price and I only had to pay the 300 dollar difference. I can't believe they let me do this. She also only made me pay the difference between 1799 and 1499 vs 1899 (price of antiglare I came in for). After my employee discount I paid 309 with tax. Add the 50 bucks I paid for the repair on the busted machine and I basically got the computer for 350 bucks.

They are migrating my data right now and I'll have it tomorrow. I'm floored they did this. Seemed to good to be true but it did! I'm ecstatic. Fantastic customer service. Turns out the tech who dropped it has been at that store for 11 years and used to be the store manager which I really think helped the entire situation. I'll buy apple care before the year is up.

Edit: this is the 2.7 cMBP 15" with high res anti glare and 1tb HDD. My old Mac was a 2.2 core 2 duo from 07.
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Nice. I would never have expected them to go that far.
 
MattAKramer said:
I'm shocked how this went down. I got to the store and the girl my wife worked with the day before was on lunch so we talked to someone else. He said, like someone in this thread said, the model I was looking for was a custom order and we couldn't do that. The only anti glare model they had was 2649 and I didn't want to pay that much. So the I looked at the air model I was looking at online and it was also a custom order only.

So we were thinking we were going to get the base 15 cMBP without the antiglare when the girl for yesterday came in. She said she would check to see if they could do a custom after all. Turns out they couldn't, but instead she offered to give me the 2649 15" cMBP at the 1799 price and I only had to pay the 300 dollar difference. I can't believe they let me do this. She also only made me pay the difference between 1799 and 1499 vs 1899 (price of antiglare I came in for). After my employee discount I paid 309 with tax. Add the 50 bucks I paid for the repair on the busted machine and I basically got the computer for 350 bucks.

They are migrating my data right now and I'll have it tomorrow. I'm floored they did this. Seemed to good to be true but it did! I'm ecstatic. Fantastic customer service. Turns out the tech who dropped it has been at that store for 11 years and used to be the store manager which I really think helped the entire situation. I'll buy apple care before the year is up.

Edit: this is the 2.7 cMBP 15" with high res anti glare and 1tb HDD. My old Mac was a 2.2 core 2 duo from 07.
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I have the exact same machine as you! I switched to a 256GB SSD. I love it!
 
GizmoDVD said:
They essentially broke a $300 laptop and are giving him $1,500 credit.

Wish this would happen to me.
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Even better. They gave him a $1500 credit toward a $2650 laptop that they sold to him for $1800 because they didn't have the model he wanted in stock. Apparently his employer has a discount program with Apple (in the 5-10% range) and they applied that, as well. They did charge for the original $50 repair, so the final cost, including tax, was about $360.
 
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