Would love your input!

[greyhoundrick]

Hello everyone,

I recently cancelled my order for a new 15" MacBook Pro thanks to the wonderful heads up you provided me with regard to the soon to be released Ivy Bridge version. Thanks again for your expertise!

Now i have a question for you.....

I would like to purchase an interim MacBook Pro to tide me over until i can get the new version and then i will give it to our daughter who is ready for her first Mac.

If you were budgeting around $800 or less and were going to use the Mac for Photoshop CS5 mostly what would you look for and where would you look?

Im thinking 8 GIG RAM would be a must. Most else i could live with i think.

Thanks in advance for your recomendations and as always my best to all!

take care,

rick

 

[RedCroissant]

Hello everyone,

I recently cancelled my order for a new 15" MacBook Pro thanks to the wonderful heads up you provided me with regard to the soon to be released Ivy Bridge version. Thanks again for your expertise!

Now i have a question for you.....

I would like to purchase an interim MacBook Pro to tide me over until i can get the new version and then i will give it to our daughter who is ready for her first Mac.

If you were budgeting around $800 or less and were going to use the Mac for Photoshop CS5 mostly what would you look for and where would you look?

Im thinking 8 GIG RAM would be a must. Most else i could live with i think.

Thanks in advance for your recomendations and as always my best to all!

take care,

rick

I honestly don't know why you wouldn't just get a machine now. I know Ivy Bridge is going to be awesome, but a new MBP from late 2011 is going to be a wonderful machine. I have a 15" MBP and love it. I'm also very glad that I didn't wait for the refresh.

I don't know where you could find a MBP for less than $800 that would be reputable; especially when you factor in the need for 8GB RAM. If you have any kind of Apple resellers in the area, then maybe; but it would be an older machine. If you want to save money, I would recommend looking at refurbished products on their website.

Hey! I just noticed that you're in Phoenix! The Orchard is a Mac reseller. They have a lot of Mac machines from fairly recent to even older generations that are PowerPC. I think they have 2 locations in the area as well.
http://orchardaz.com/

 

[merrillmonster]

It is going to be tough to find a MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM for $800.00...

It is possible though. I would search your local listings on craigslist.com, you can find some great deals on there from time to time. I would also look on eBay, its going to run a bit more expensive than craigslist but there are advantages.

Good Luck!

 

[radiohed]

You are probably not going to find a MBP with 8GB in that price range. Take a look on the Apple refurb store. Their deals are quite good and you get a like new machine with the same warranty. You can always upgrade the ram for much less than Apple charges.

 

[JonLa]

Quite frankly 8GB of RAM can be easily added - make sure you get a model that can take 8GB then use one of the websites like Crucial.com to work out how much 8gb would cost you and the part numbers,.

 

[heisenberg123]

Quite frankly 8GB of RAM can be easily added - make sure you get a model that can take 8GB then use one of the websites like Crucial.com to work out how much 8gb would cost you and the part numbers,.

i think the posts above are saying the models that can take 8GB would cost more than $800


i think you need an early 2009

 

[greyhoundrick]

Thank you all very much for the great input!!

RedCroissant, thank you for the referral on The Orchard! Talked with them today. Excellent place!

For now, i am using my daughter's MacBook Pro (when i can ha ha) and will just wait it out! Hopefully the new ones will be out soon!!

thanks again to everyone,

rick