If you bought a MBP days before the update..

[aahhple]

I called apple to see if they had a specific MBP case. I was telling the sales associate that I had just bought my MBP a week ago and I wanted it to be very protected.

Not only did they have the case I was looking for but he also mentioned that since I bought my MBP right before the update I would get money reimbursed.

Went in to the Apple store tonight with my receipt and was refunded $323!

So for those of you kicking yourselves for buying your MBP days before the update, give your apple store a call and head in there with your receipt.

(I am pretty sure it works the same for all apple stores because they had a sheet of the markdowns and the amount of money that was to be reimbursed.)



cheers!

 

[creator2456]

Why didn't you get the new model?

 

[jshbckr]

Instead of that $300, you could have gotten a faster processor, more hard drive space, better graphics card, and multitouch.

 

[djellison]

Instead of that $300, you could have gotten a faster processor, more hard drive space, better graphics card, and multitouch.

a marginally faster processor, slightly more hard drive space easily trumped by a £80 diy upgrade, a graphics card with more VRAM that wont get used anyway, and the gimmick that is multitouch.

I spent £1100 on my Refurb MBP a couple of weeks ago and I consider it significantly better value for money than any of the 'new' machines. If you want to piss away vast swathes of cash just to have the 'new' thing - then good luck to you.

Doug

 

[aahhple]

I didn't feel like this update was a huge deal for me, i love my MBP.
I also love the fact that I can spend that extra $323 towards an iPhone.

 

[markrivers]

I didn't feel like this update was a huge deal for me, i love my MBP.
I also love the fact that I can spend that extra $323 towards an iPhone.

you're right! i actually bought an SR MBP MEROM last tues. it's the same model as yours.. it is a very good mchine
you can look it as a 300 plus savings..

how i look at it? i got an MBP for the price of a blackbook.

 

[dante@sisna.com]

a marginally faster processor, slightly more hard drive space easily trumped by a £80 diy upgrade, a graphics card with more VRAM that wont get used anyway, and the gimmick that is multitouch.

I spent £1100 on my Refurb MBP a couple of weeks ago and I consider it significantly better value for money than any of the 'new' machines. If you want to piss away vast swathes of cash just to have the 'new' thing - then good luck to you.

Doug

Our conclusion exactly: we just purchased an Apple refurb merom over the penryn on the apple store. We got a second 17" 2.6, 160 gig 7200 rpm, 2g ram, high res matte for $2349 delivered -- smokin deal.

Obviously many others feel the same way: the instant the merom's hit the apple store they sell.

Anyone use the previous gen is giving up nothing to the meager update that is penryn.

 

[wrightc23]

Same here, I've just bought a new 17" matte 2.6ghz for £1499 in the UK. On my budget I would have ended up with a 15" Penryn mid range model.

The 2.6 ghz Merom is about the same as the 2.5ghz Penryn.

I've already put a WD 320gb drive in and 4gb RAM so for the same money as a mid-range Penryn I've ended up with a maxxed out MBP. 1920x1200 is great.

I wasn't too concerned about Penryn being more energy efficient as it was bought as a desktop replacement.

It's seriously quick and I'm actually quite surprised how portable and light the 17" is. It must be the most portable 17" notebook on the market.