Talk me into/out of buying a refurb 13" MBP

[Joe91]

So my 2008 Alu MacBook is on its last legs... Nail in the coffin being a whisky spill on the keyboard rendering half a dozen keys on the left side useless. It also gets hot as soon as its used, and is generally quite laggy. A true workhorse though.

Been keeping an eye for news/rumours about a refresh/update but seems relatively quiet, so I jumped on the refurb store. 13" 2.9ghz i7 with 8GB RAM and a 750GB HDD.

So if I bite the bullet on this machine, am I likely to miss anything big/dramatic if an update to the MBP were to happen in the next few months?

I only use it for music, email, web surfing but lately have been getting back into photography so using it for editing also.

Thoughts appreciated!

 

[B...]

The only thing yoy will likely miss is that line being discontinued. If you need a computer with a Superdrive, buy it now. If you love to have the most recent technology, you would be better off getting a Retina which is the future.

Also, Refurbs are the way to go.High quality standards,replaced parts with new ones and a full warantee at a low price. Only thing you do not get is the pretty white box.

 

[xShane]

So my 2008 Alu MacBook is on its last legs... Nail in the coffin being a whisky spill on the keyboard rendering half a dozen keys on the left side useless. It also gets hot as soon as its used, and is generally quite laggy. A true workhorse though.

Been keeping an eye for news/rumours about a refresh/update but seems relatively quiet, so I jumped on the refurb store. 13" 2.9ghz i7 with 8GB RAM and a 750GB HDD.

So if I bite the bullet on this machine, am I likely to miss anything big/dramatic if an update to the MBP were to happen in the next few months?

I only use it for music, email, web surfing but lately have been getting back into photography so using it for editing also.

Thoughts appreciated!

Buy it.

You're going on 5+ years now. I think it's time for an upgrade.

A 13" MBP will handle music, email, and web surfing extremely well, even a little photography/photo-editing.

Just the fact that you made this thread sounds like internally you already want to buy one, but you just want to hear others tell you to, to justify it.

 

[gilsan]

I just bought the 13" with the i5 processor from the refurb store, after my iMac went dead with no warning, bad logic board.

It arrived yesterday, 2 days after ordering. I upgraded the drive with a 500GB SSD and moved the original to the optical drive and added RAM. It is fast and great machine at a great price even with the upgrades. I am happy with my decision.

I plan on picking up an external monitor for photo editing sometime in the future.

 

[mobi]

Have ordered refurb many times, no bad experiences only positive. 1x my machine came with a larger drive than spec'd.

If they have the exact spec's you are happy with, pull the trigger!

Good luck!