What's better deal refurbished rMBP or new with student discount ?

[iprime]

In for getting a retina macbook pro.


$1600 - Refurbished 15.4-inch MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-core Intel i7
Originally released June 2012

8GB of 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
256GB Flash Storage
720p FaceTime HD Camera
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory

$2000 - $200 student discount = $1800

Latest version Haswell - 8 Gb/256 Gb SSD
2.0 GHZ i7

Which one is better deal ?

 

[dirtnnasty]

Depends on you...

Refurbished: less battery life, dgpu, 200 bucks less...

New: battery life, weaker graphics...


I would recommend you the new one... Or a refurbished 2013 Model

 

[Hungry&Foolish]

I think Student discount on the Base is 100 not 200.
The 2599 one has 200.

 

[iprime]

Yeah it was $100. I ended up getting the new one for 1900 plus apple care for 250.