macbook deals?
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- dconstrukt
know where you can find any good deals on macbook pros?
- mg330
I'll sell you a 2007 MBP in about a week if you're interested.
- dconstrukt0
thnx dude.... mines from 2008, lookin to upgrade :)
- davey_g0
http://store.apple.com/us/browse…
Apple refurbs, I've bought 3 in the last 7 years, no issues. Same warranty, add Apple Care and you are good to go.
- mg330
I somewhat hastily ordered a new one this after dealing with several issues on my old one for weeks. Turned out it was probably just a permissions issue with my external drives. Things have been working fine since Tuesday...
But I already ordered a new one out of fear that current one was about to crash. Wanted a refurb, but decided on a 128GB SSD, and they just didn't have the combo of that and matte screen. So, bought a new one.
I sort of feel guilty about it. I was supposed to get paid from a friend for work I'm about to do for him, and this was going to be paid with up-front money to get going. But he's flaked on that for a while until things really get going. My lady and I are in the middle of a home renovation, so dropping $2K on a computer kind of sucks, but I am financing it.
Part of me feels like sending it back as soon as I get it in the mail. But the other part of me knows I'll get a chunk of money from freelance to pay it off, and the performance over my 2007 MBP will completely rule, especially as I'm hoping to record a lot more music this winter.
What would you do?
- You are only as good as your tools mg33...ideaist
- (keep the CPU and design better,faster, etc.)... ; )ideaist
- 128gig HD isn't that much...dconstrukt
- it's not, but with an external, or second internal, it's fine.orrinward
- genfourth0
keep it mg33, I love my i7 15" matte. it flies and has the slowest drive...
- mg330
Not to get all nerdy... but my 2.2 Ghz MBP from 2007 gets a Geekbench score of somewhere in the 2,000s. Those new MBPs with SSDs are in the 12,000s. Two coworkers just got them and it's nuts how fast they are.
- ya, i wanna get a new one with a 500 gig SSD - look super fast.... just HATE the new keyboards... i like the old school silver ones betterdconstrukt
- mg330
Question for some of you as well: Should I go ahead with Lion, or reinstall the OS and use Snow Leopard?
And, if I use Lion, is the process pretty easy to install applications from my Time Machine drive?
- I just did a clean install of Snow Leopard two days ago. But my mac is from 2008. It's like new now.GRAC
- dconstrukt0
i hear its not a great time to buy tho.... theres new models coming in a week or so... true?
- genfourth0
I personally love lion