Oooohhh! You got it from an Apple store...you lucky thing! The closest ones to me are a couple hours away...
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Would it be silly to purchase 13" MBP now?
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Oooohhh! You got it from an Apple store...you lucky thing! The closest ones to me are a couple hours away...
Can you tell us where we can find out more info about uni bookstores getting rid of old inventory? Any other resellers you know of that are getting rid of previous gen?
I'm thinking of going with the 13.3" model. And honestly, who cares if they do release a retina display in August? If today is any indication, a Retina display 13.3" model is going to be a seperate lineup...um, and expensive seperate lineup. You will be looking to spend over $1500 at the very least for a retina displayed entry level MBP. Yeah, that's too much for me.
The two universities that I personally know of are the University of Oregon and UCLA. I would suggest contacting the bookstore that you are affiliated with to see if they buy previous-generation Macs. You have to stay on top of what is happening because the Macs tend to go very fast when they are in stock. If they have a mailing list it pays to subscribe.
I haven't found the same kind of deals at online retailers except for one time at MacMall. The store had a new BTO 24" 2006 iMac with an upgraded GPU. If I remember correctly it was selling for $1200-$1300; its original price was in the neighborhood of $2300. Online retailers generally discount the previous-generation Macs much less than the college bookstores.
Expercom has some previous-generation 13" MBPs for $100-$150 off the regular price: http://www.expercom.com/browse_by_category.html?CATEGORY_ID=322.
You can set-up automatic e-mail alerts at Dealmac.com. When they find out about a discount for the kind of Mac you are looking for an alert is forwarded to you.
You're welcome!
I'm all for getting great deals on Macs. I have saved a lot of money over the years buying last year's "Latest and Greatest Mac." It's not just the initial purchase price; if you sell the Mac with good timing it's possible to realize additional savings on the back-end too.
I'm all for getting great deals on Macs. I have saved a lot of money over the years buying last year's "Latest and Greatest Mac." It's not just the initial purchase price; if you sell the Mac with good timing it's possible to realize additional savings on the back-end too.
Speak for yourself. The 1280x800 resolution is Jurasic. Awful to work on with excel sheets or word documents, or photoshop, or app development, etc. There is hwrdly any screen real state at all.
The VERY minimum for a 13" should be 1440x900, which is by way what the Air has. Why didnt they match the Air's resolution WTF?!?!
Now you're just being silly. I use Office 2011 and Photoshop on my current (late 2007) MacBook and I have no issues with it at all with how the resolution makes it appear. Things couldn't be better with it.
I just purchased a 2012 13" 2.9ghz yesterday with the same resolution and I can't wait for it to get here.
I have no idea why would you want to have a higher resolution for an Excel sheet.
I understand that we all are disappointed with the fact that they didn't come up with better specs as the other 15" did. But at the same time 13" computer is good enough to read your excel sheet.
I understand that we all are disappointed with the fact that they didn't come up with better specs as the other 15" did. But at the same time 13" computer is good enough to read your excel sheet.
It bugs me slightly that Sony have been able cram all the top end gear into 13" vaio laptops for years.