Choosing between 2 used 15-inch retinas

[drelton]

Hello everybody,

This weekend I'm gonna buy a 15-inch rMBP. Since I don't live in the States, and hence don't have access to refurbished macs, my only option is to buy used gear.

I've found 2 used late 2013 rMBPs on sale (A and B). I would like to ask your opinion on what would be the best deal according to these facts:

A:
–6 months of use (79 battery cycles)
–In very good conditions (tested personally), save for the magsafe socket, which is worn-down.
–Downside is just 6 months of warranty left
Price: 1,749 (may be able to get a minor discount from that, 85 at most)

B:
–2 months of use (cycles unknown)
–Comes with receipt
–Haven't checked it personally, though it comes recommended by a technician I trust.
–10 months of warranty left
Price: 1,822.

Which one would you choose? Also, should I expect to be able to eventually upgrade the flash drive (OWC still hasn't released drives for this model)?

Thank you!

 

[JTravers]

If you can get A for below 1700, I'd buy that and use the savings to help defray the cost of buying AppleCare.

 

[drelton]

Thank you Jay, that's good reasoning. Anybody else cares to chime in?

 

[thesimplelogic]

I would go with A as well, same reasons.

 

[glenthompson]

There's no significant difference between the two. Based on that I would go for the cheaper one and use the savings to buy AppleCare.

 

[p3ntyne]

Do you have any info on the specs of each? Are they the same? That would also be something to consider when choosing.

And, to answer your other question, just click here. If you don't have time to read, OWC should be releasing them around Q3 this year.

 

[Orr]

Without knowing the specs of either it's impossible to say. It seems odd to not know the precise amount of battery cycles on such a new laptop too.

 

[Hansana]

hello everybody,

this weekend i'm gonna buy a 15-inch rmbp. Since i don't live in the states, and hence don't have access to refurbished macs, my only option is to buy used gear.

I've found 2 used late 2013 rmbps on sale (a and b). I would like to ask your opinion on what would be the best deal according to these facts:

a:
–6 months of use (79 battery cycles)
–in very good conditions (tested personally), save for the magsafe socket, which is worn-down.
–downside is just 6 months of warranty left
price: 1,749 (may be able to get a minor discount from that, 85 at most)

b:
–2 months of use (cycles unknown)
–comes with receipt
–haven't checked it personally, though it comes recommended by a technician i trust.
–10 months of warranty left
price: 1,822.

Which one would you choose? Also, should i expect to be able to eventually upgrade the flash drive (owc still hasn't released drives for this model)?

Thank you!

a