Hello all i am looking for some advice on the purchase of a apple laptop. these are the details around which i want to purchase the laptop. I will be mostly using it for browsing the internet messenger watching videos with the possibilty of music production, the idea of being able to play a game is some appealing.
I live in a caribbean country therefore have no access to a apple store and would be making someone bring it down for me. while i know the macbook would meet all my needs and up to 2 days ago figured i would go for that the cracks have lead me away seeing how getting it fixed would meaning giving up my computer for 8 - 12 weeks + the extra 2 inches and alumnium finish on the MBP makes it look that much nicer and less toysih ( Too Me!)
So now the decision is between a refurbished MBP for $1449 or a NEW SR MBP for 1695 from amazon theres a $150 rebate but dont want to stress the person buying it for me for that. Since i dont live in the states i dont want to take the chance and buy a refurbished item which may have been corrupted by a previous owner. So my questions are:
1) Do the cracks occur that often and in all macbooks frequently enough for me not to get one?
2) How good are refurbished apple products most of the time to they come with scratches bumps or malfunction hardware often enough for me to fear this?
3) How much better are the new penryn macbook pros better than the old ones. is it enough to make a notable difference besides from the multi-touch, which i could care less about? and how long would it last before a sr becomes unbearably slow
4) Are They any legitimate websites where i could get a New SR MBP for less than $1600? exculding (ebay, craiglist, stuff of that nature)
Any Advice/opinions/suggestions/questions would be greatly appreciated
I live in a caribbean country therefore have no access to a apple store and would be making someone bring it down for me. while i know the macbook would meet all my needs and up to 2 days ago figured i would go for that the cracks have lead me away seeing how getting it fixed would meaning giving up my computer for 8 - 12 weeks + the extra 2 inches and alumnium finish on the MBP makes it look that much nicer and less toysih ( Too Me!)
So now the decision is between a refurbished MBP for $1449 or a NEW SR MBP for 1695 from amazon theres a $150 rebate but dont want to stress the person buying it for me for that. Since i dont live in the states i dont want to take the chance and buy a refurbished item which may have been corrupted by a previous owner. So my questions are:
1) Do the cracks occur that often and in all macbooks frequently enough for me not to get one?
2) How good are refurbished apple products most of the time to they come with scratches bumps or malfunction hardware often enough for me to fear this?
3) How much better are the new penryn macbook pros better than the old ones. is it enough to make a notable difference besides from the multi-touch, which i could care less about? and how long would it last before a sr becomes unbearably slow
4) Are They any legitimate websites where i could get a New SR MBP for less than $1600? exculding (ebay, craiglist, stuff of that nature)
Any Advice/opinions/suggestions/questions would be greatly appreciated