Best Place to get a Used Macbook Pro?

[drakee510]

My old white macbook went kaput so I have been searching like nuts for a Quad Core MBP for gaming. I am on a tight budget of $870. Ebay tends to go over that. Does anybody know of any good sites? (Also craigslist has nothing good)

 

[saturnotaku]

You're not going to find what you're looking for at that price. The going rate for such a machine with decent GPU (Radeon 6750M or better) is at least $1000.

 

[Orlandoech]

Do yourself a favor, save a little more $, buy an Apple Refurb, have the comfort of a 1 year warranty and Apple Care eligibility.

 

[makaveli559m]

You can check on eBay too that could be a good start.

 

[NewishMacGuy]

You're not going to find what you're looking for at that price. The going rate for such a machine with decent GPU (Radeon 6750M or better) is at least $1000.

Don't know where you are but CL is the only place where you're going to find something like you want in your price range; and that can be done, you just have to be in an active CL area (near colleges is best) and keep looking.

I bought one last October for $900 including an unused licensed copy of Win 7. I live in an area with A LOT of universities nearby, still had to drive 2 hrs to get it (big state). If anything they'll be cheaper now.



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[glenthompson]

I found mine on Craigslist. Price was significantly more than your amount but it was only 3 months old. Expand your search area. I bought a Synology NAS out of town but near where my brother lives. Got him to pick it up for me and got it from him when I visited.

 

[gamerish]

You'll have to keep a very keen eye on ebay and craigslist. There aren't a ton of cheap MBPs out there that can handle new, top of the line games. To be frank, I'm not quite sure there are any that can handle graphic intensive games very well at that price range.

I'm sure this won't be a popular opinion on here but if you're looking for a cheap computer that can game well, you're much better off looking at a PC.

*runs and hides*

 

[fskywalker]

Ebay is the place to go, check sellers reputation, if look carefully may find good deals

 

[maflynn]

I'd vote for craigslist because you can check out the machine in person before handing over the cash.