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How should i get a MBP?

Mexbearpig

Mexbearpig

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Ok so I wanted to buy a Mabook pro soon. I am only willing to pay $1,300. I wanted to get a 15' model. In the refurb store they are going for $1299. Hence my budget. Im am in high school right now. Im not sure if that will get me the education discount or whatever. But if i cant, my family is good friends with a teacher that we can purchase it on behalf of her and get the discount.
So what should I do?
-Should I just buy it as a refurb?
-Or should i look on craigslist for a cheaper one?

Which one should i do?
 
Mexbearpig said:
Ok so I wanted to buy a Mabook pro soon. I am only willing to pay $1,300. I wanted to get a 15' model. In the refurb store they are going for $1299. Hence my budget. Im am in high school right now. Im not sure if that will get me the education discount or whatever. But if i cant, my family is good friends with a teacher that we can purchase it on behalf of her and get the discount.
So what should I do?
-Should I just buy it as a refurb?
-Or should i look on craigslist for a cheaper one?
-*Buy the 15" full price with education discount and get the ipod touch and sell it?

*Is this possible? Im not sure about this deal or anything like that.

Which one should i do?
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If you can stand a smaller screen, get a refurbished 2.4 unibody MacBook 13", they are $999. Which mbp are you considering (2.4,2.53)? You could get a 2.33Ghz 17" MBP for the amount you are talking about. I wouldn't go to craigslist first, try eBay. If you have the room, get a PowerMac or an Intel iMac, then get an Apple netbook, the 1.5Ghz PowerBook 12".
 
Quad 2.5 G5 =) said:
If you can stand a smaller screen, get a refurbished 2.4 unibody MacBook 13", they are $999. Which mbp are you considering (2.4,2.53)? You could get a 2.33Ghz 17" MBP for the amount you are talking about. I wouldn't go to craigslist first, try eBay. If you have the room, get a PowerMac or an Intel iMac, then get an Apple netbook, the 1.5Ghz PowerBook 12".
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I am only looking at the macbook pros. Dont need a desktop. And both of my familys laptop have a 17" screen so I will probably die with 13". Hopefully by the end of the week I will go to best buy and compare the screen sizes.
And i was looking at the low end 15"

jmann said:
Is the edu price better than the refurb price? I would go the cheaper route especially as a starving student. The refurbs come with the same warranty a new one does. :)
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With the education discount, it is $100 off. Refurb is $300 off. Im just about to delete the option from my original post. I cant get the ipod so i cant stand to pay 1500 when i can pay 1300 for almost the exact same thing.
 
Mexbearpig said:
I am only looking at the macbook pros. Dont need a desktop. And both of my familys laptop have a 17" screen so I will probably die with 13". Hopefully by the end of the week I will go to best buy and compare the screen sizes.
And i was looking at the low end 15"



With the education discount, it is $100 off. Refurb is $300 off. Im just about to delete the option from my original post. I cant get the ipod so i cant stand to pay 1500 when i can pay 1300 for almost the exact same thing.
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I get where you are coming from, I am in high school, and I had a set budget. The 2.4 15" MBP is a good machine, and you will like it. When you say you don't need a desktop, does that mean you can't get one or you just don't want it? I got a Quad processor PowerMac for a really really good deal, and I love it.
 
Quad 2.5 G5 =) said:
I get where you are coming from, I am in high school, and I had a set budget. The 2.4 15" MBP is a good machine, and you will like it. When you say you don't need a desktop, does that mean you can't get one or you just don't want it? I got a Quad processor PowerMac for a really really good deal, and I love it.
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Sorry but not interested. I want the portability. And at that i dont want anytype of desktop. I am fixed on the current model MBP ONLY.
 
Hellhammer said:
I agree. Rerurbs are great because they are like new and if you have problems with it, it's easiest if you've bough it from Apple
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Ok. Thats what I will do. And also, i am looking at a 15" Refurb. Although it says it has a 2.4GHz. But when I look at the low end 15" it has a 2.53GHz. Am I missing something here?
 
Mexbearpig said:
Ohhhh. Beside the .13ghz is there anything different between the older model and the new one?
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Old one has:

+ Express Slot instead of SD card slot
+ 9600GT + 9400M

- 0.13GHz slower CPU (unnoticeable)
- Worse battery (but user changeable)
- Can only take 4GB of RAM (6GB unofficially)

It's great deal
 
Hellhammer said:
Old one has:

+ Express Slot instead of SD card slot
+ 9600GT + 9400M

- 0.13GHz slower CPU (unnoticeable)
- Worse battery (but user changeable)
- Can only take 4GB of RAM (6GB unofficially)

It's great deal
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Hmmm. The SD card slot would be nice but I think I can last. Have no idea what the bold part means. And I dont plan on traveling a lot with it so the battery part will be just fine. And I dont plan on maxing out the RAM. So I think it will still be a good deal.
 
Mexbearpig said:
Hmmm. The SD card slot would be nice but I think I can last. Have no idea what the bold part means. And I dont plan on traveling a lot with it so the battery part will be just fine. And I dont plan on maxing out the RAM. So I think it will still be a good deal.
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You can get ExpressSlot SD card reader.

Last gen model has two GPUs, intergraded 9400M (found in current model) + dedicated 9600GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory. It is useful in games and with Snow Leopard's OpenCL, it may speed your system.
 
Hellhammer said:
You can get ExpressSlot SD card reader.

Last gen model has two GPUs, intergraded 9400M (found in current model) + dedicated 9600GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory. It is useful in games and with Snow Leopard's OpenCL, it may speed your system.
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I dont need the sd slot. I have a desktop with ports for that. And im not SUPER tech savy so..Computer go fast? Good.

OH! And do you think that they will go out of stock soon?
 
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