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mac-mania

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Jun 12, 2005
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Hello all.

Quick question, basically coming back to the cult and I've got a bit of a conundrum. I work for a certain big box retailer and I can get last gens display 17 for a substantial discount putting it at the same cost of this generations 13. I don't know a lot about performance, I'm guessing last gen graphics performance will outshine the new 13 but overall is it still a beast?

As for condition it is pretty much spotless and I'll pick up a service plan so I'm not terribly afraid of it being used it's really just at the end of the day is it as good a deal as I think it is? The bigger screen and similar or better performance?
 
You get slightly better performance... but then the 17" is almost too big to carry around. I would just go with the 13", maybe add SSD or do the high-end model?
 
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