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- Was gonna get the new air but saw the pro that's 200 dollars more and has 2.9ghz dual core i7 processer 8gb ram and 750hd and so far I'm pretty happy with my decision!06-26-2013 02:07 AMLike 3
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- Just to clarify, would it have been better to get the minimum specced Pro if you're going to upgrade the internals yourself anyways? And not to beat a dead horse or anything, but although these may be great machines, they have been on the market awhile which Apple sells at refurb prices with the same warranty as a new Mac would have. Why wouldn't you get a refurb (Refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro 2.5GHz Dual-core Intel i5 - Apple Store (U.S.)) if you're eying a year old product? The end goal after all is to max the RAM and throw a SSD in it right? i7 dual core vs i5 dual core isn't a huge difference IMO.
If you're a student or teacher (my wife is one), there's also the education discounts. I think for MBP it's a 200 dollar discount.06-26-2013 09:26 AMLike 0 -
Just to clarify, would it have been better to get the minimum specced Pro if you're going to upgrade the internals yourself anyways? And not to beat a dead horse or anything, but although these may be great machines, they have been on the market awhile which Apple sells at refurb prices with the same warranty as a new Mac would have. Why wouldn't you get a refurb (Refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro 2.5GHz Dual-core Intel i5 - Apple Store (U.S.)) if you're eying a year old product? The end goal after all is to max the RAM and throw a SSD in it right? i7 dual core vs i5 dual core isn't a huge difference IMO.
If you're a student or teacher (my wife is one), there's also the education discounts. I think for MBP it's a 200 dollar discount.
The i7 is pretty legitimately different than the i5, especially when it it pushed and the speed boost comes into play. He said that he was going to be doing some graphics work (photo and video) so for that, it's always a good idea to have a computer that is worked the least on the internals (I know just from experience that video post production, especially in Pro-Tools software, can really make the computer work depending on what all you're trying to do simultaneously. Plus, at the very least, the i7 model is going to hold more value over time vs. the i5, so even if he never uses the i7 to capacity, he'll still have a more valuable computer down the road.
The education discount is always something good to use, but i know a friend of mine tried to do it when he bought is iMac last year and they asked him for identification (which he had, but from the previous year when he graduated), when they saw it was from 2011, they denied him the discount (I'm sure ordering it online would probably get you around this if they allow for that kind of order to be placed)...he wasn't overly concerned about it, but he did say he thought it was weird since they had never even asked him for I.D. before in that nature.cardfan likes this.06-26-2013 10:18 AMLike 1 - Just to clarify, would it have been better to get the minimum specced Pro if you're going to upgrade the internals yourself anyways? And not to beat a dead horse or anything, but although these may be great machines, they have been on the market awhile which Apple sells at refurb prices with the same warranty as a new Mac would have. Why wouldn't you get a refurb (Refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro 2.5GHz Dual-core Intel i5 - Apple Store (U.S.)) if you're eying a year old product? The end goal after all is to max the RAM and throw a SSD in it right? i7 dual core vs i5 dual core isn't a huge difference IMO.
If you're a student or teacher (my wife is one), there's also the education discounts. I think for MBP it's a 200 dollar discount.jnew619 likes this.06-26-2013 10:32 AMLike 1 - Just to clarify, would it have been better to get the minimum specced Pro if you're going to upgrade the internals yourself anyways? And not to beat a dead horse or anything, but although these may be great machines, they have been on the market awhile which Apple sells at refurb prices with the same warranty as a new Mac would have. Why wouldn't you get a refurb (Refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro 2.5GHz Dual-core Intel i5 - Apple Store (U.S.)) if you're eying a year old product? The end goal after all is to max the RAM and throw a SSD in it right? i7 dual core vs i5 dual core isn't a huge difference IMO.
If you're a student or teacher (my wife is one), there's also the education discounts. I think for MBP it's a 200 dollar discount.06-26-2013 07:46 PMLike 0 - 06-26-2013 09:14 PMLike 1
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- Yeah I didn't think about it that was my fault lol
I'd considered getting an SSD to replace the internal hard drive but I've decided to wait a bit and see if the prices on 500gb models come down now that larger versions are starting to ship. If I can get a Crucial M4 or a decent Samsung drive for $325 or less that might get me to pull the trigger. I need a few extra bucks to get a USB3 enclosure for the current hard drive so I can convert it into an external device. Unlike a lot of others I use my optical drive a LOT so removing it from my MBP and running with two internal HDs is really not an option right now.07-02-2013 11:02 AMLike 0
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