Refurb MBA 1.86, Referb 2010 MPB 2.66 , New MBP 2011 2.3

[tke878]

These are all within my budget, will be doing photoshop/music production.
What do you think?




Refurbished MacBook Air 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Originally released October 2010
13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display

2GB memory

128GB solid-state drive

NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics

Built-in iSight Camera
$1099


Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Originally released April 2010
13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display
4GB (2 x 2GB) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
320GB Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm
8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
$1019


2011 13-inch: 2.3 GHz
2.3GHz dual-core
Intel Core i5
4GB 1333MHz
320GB 5400-rpm1
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Built-in battery (7 hours)2
$1099 with student discount

 

[acedickson]

i5

 

[Evil Spoonman]

These are all within my budget, will be doing photoshop/music production.

2011 i5, absolutely no contest.

 

[elpmas]

You can buy my 2010 13" for 1k :}
I'd go with i5

 

[tke878]

thanks guys thats what i was leaning towards.

the only other thing id do with my computer (if it comes out) is diablo iii

 

[Buck987]

i5...easy choice

 

[acedickson]

thanks guys thats what i was leaning towards.

the only other thing id do with my computer (if it comes out) is diablo iii

The 13" is weak when it comes to gaming though, as I'm sure you've already read.