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Is $1425 for the 15" 2.5Ghz Mid-2015 MBP a good price

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mossme89

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On eBay I found a Mid-2015 15" MBP for $1400+$25 shipping. Seller has a lot of feedback. Good condition. Is has a 512GB internal SSD, 16GB of RAM, the Radeon R9 M370X and has Applecare until May 2019.

Seems like a good deal, right? Unless I'm missing something. What do you think, worth it?

I will sell my current Mac, a 15" Mid-2014 MBP with 2.2Ghz, 16GB RAM, and 256GB internal SSD. Upgrade may only cost me a couple 100 $ tops.
 
This looks like a good deal to me. I bought my MBP with the same specs off the Apple Refurb store for $1949. You're getting the same machine with essentially the same 1 year warranty for $1425.
 
It amazes me that people can still charge almost fifteen hundred dollars for an apple laptop that's 3 friken years old and people will still buy it. Never would happen with a Windows laptop.
 
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For that price, I'd go to the Apple Refurbished store and see what I could find.
The price might be a little higher for what you get.
But one additional thing you get (that an ebay seller can't give) is the 1-year warranty.
 
Fishrrman said:
For that price, I'd go to the Apple Refurbished store and see what I could find.
The price might be a little higher for what you get.
But one additional thing you get (that an ebay seller can't give) is the 1-year warranty.
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The eBay sellers machine has Apple Care until May 2019 according to the OP.

I do agree though that IF you can find one at Apple Refurb shop for close to the price I'd buy there as opposed to eBay..
 
darksithpro said:
It amazes me that people can still charge almost fifteen hundred dollars for an apple laptop that's 3 friken years old and people will still buy it. Never would happen with a Windows laptop.
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On the apple refurbished site, the 2015 15" cost more than the 2016 and 2017
 
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raqball said:
The eBay sellers machine has Apple Care until May 2019 according to the OP.

I do agree though that IF you can find one at Apple Refurb shop for close to the price I'd buy there as opposed to eBay..
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Right, so technically this one has 15 months, total warranty, no additional cost, but no option to extend (funny enough, I have the same machine, same AC warranty expiration). With a refurb, they get 12 months, plus the option for another 24 for $300+ (that I believe is the new AC+).

So pretty close to the same "no cost" warranty (i.e., about another 12 months).


robvas said:
Nope.

you can buy a new 2016 with the same specs for $1600 at B&H
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I was just looking at B&H the other day, sort of thinking about a small upgrade, not seeing a 16/512GB with a dGPU in a 15" for $1600? Link?
 
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mossme89 said:
On eBay I found a Mid-2015 15" MBP for $1400+$25 shipping. Seller has a lot of feedback. Good condition. Is has a 512GB internal SSD, 16GB of RAM, the Radeon R9 M370X and has Applecare until May 2019.

Seems like a good deal, right? Unless I'm missing something. What do you think, worth it?

I will sell my current Mac, a 15" Mid-2014 MBP with 2.2Ghz, 16GB RAM, and 256GB internal SSD. Upgrade may only cost me a couple 100 $ tops.
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I am tempted to do this as well. I bought (from a reputable Mac reseller on eBay) a mid 2014 top of the line MacBook Pro 15" for around $1300 a while back, and love it. If the eBay seller is legit, that is a pretty decent deal.
 
eltoslightfoot said:
I am tempted to do this as well. I bought (from a reputable Mac reseller on eBay) a mid 2014 top of the line MacBook Pro 15" for around $1300 a while back, and love it. If the eBay seller is legit, that is a pretty decent deal.
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Is there a big difference between the 14 and 15 year models? I upgraded from the 2013 15" to 2015" because of the force touch trackpad and spec bump. I really wanted to get a 2017 one this year but at this momment the 2015 > 2017
 
Natzoo said:
Is there a big difference between the 14 and 15 year models? I upgraded from the 2013 15" to 2015" because of the force touch trackpad and spec bump. I really wanted to get a 2017 one this year but at this momment the 2015 > 2017
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Probably not, I made <ahem> a Hackintosh with a current i5 processor (and a nVidia 1060) and was shocked to find that my mid 2015 MBP 15 inch with 2.8 Ghz i7, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD was just a few points slower. I gave up on the Hackintosh and stayed with the MBP. Only problem is that I got a 4k monitor and am running into the nVidia High Sierra problem. So I had to downgrade to Sierra.

Cinebench CPU had 628 for the MBP and 645 for the i5 Hackintosh. Now GPU was a bit different LOL. 101 for the 1060 in the hackintosh and 58.95 for the 750M in the MBP.
 
eltoslightfoot said:
Not really, how much did it cost new? Here are some comparables off of Apple's Refurbished Store:

2016 MBP 16 GB RAM, 512 SSD, Discrete Video Card: $2,359.00; eBay for about $2,249 (although with extra software)
2017 MBP 16 GB RAM, 512 SSD, Discrete Video Card: $2,379.00; eBay for about $2,300, or $2,194

That is what you are saving.
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Where are you getting these crazy eBay prices.

A 2016 macbook pro 512gb with 450 cost 1899.99 at B&h. And that's brand new.

You have to know where to shop to get the good deals not just buy from any seller off eBay with good reviews.
 
kudos212 said:
Where are you getting these crazy eBay prices.

A 2016 macbook pro 512gb with 450 cost 1899.99 at B&h. And that's brand new.

You have to know where to shop to get the good deals not just buy from any seller off eBay with good reviews.
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I found them, you are correct. While I didn't find them for $1899, I did for $1999. That is fair. Still, that is $600 more and no AppleCare. So my conclusion still stands.

Here is the link to which I think the other poster is referring: Good deals if you are willing to pay more... https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=2016 macbook pro&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=hist-ma&Top+Nav-Search=

Hilariously, if you search for 2015 MBPs they are actually MORE money on that site:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=2015+macbook+pro&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=sugst
 
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