Which MacBook Pro?

[markjs21]

Hi

This is the first time I have seriously considered buying a MacBook Pro. I a bit undecided on what option to go for.

I have the opportunity to get either of the base models with 12% off with a 2 year warranty, but have really been looking for a model somewhere in between which means going direct to Apple.

If I go with the base 2.3 8gb version it's likely to cost me about £1575 compared to £2050 if I spec it up to a 2.6 16gb version.

I'm looking for something to do a bit of design, photo editing and website development, I'm not too worried about the hard drive size as you can always use external hard drive.

Interested in people views! Thanks

 

[Orlandoech]

The 2.3 base model is plenty. I recommend addIng 8gb or 16gb ram and SSD yourself however. Apple prices are a rip off with these upgrades.

 

[theuserjohnny]

Are you looking at the cMBP or the rMBP?

If you are looking at the rMBP I would get 2.3/16gb/256gbhd

And then from there you can worry about extra memory via external, however if you have the cash then upgrade to the higher memory. But if not I would rather spend the cash on RAM since you can't upgrade it.

EDIT: I really can't speak on cMBP because I've never owned something (came from white Macbook in 06).

 

[markjs21]

The 2.3 base model is plenty. I recommend addIng 8gb or 16gb ram and SSD yourself however. Apple prices are a rip off with these upgrades.

Are you easily able to do that? Does that invalidate the apple protection?

I want to get something which will still be a goodspeedy laptop in 3 years time.

 

[Orlandoech]

Are you easily able to do that? Does that invalidate the apple protection?

I want to get something which will still be a goodspeedy laptop in 3 years time.

Yes its super easy and it doesnt void the warranty.