Which Mac Laptop?

[Deleted account 211025001]

Also...........the other way to 'cheaper' Macs is to go for refurbs from Apple (as good as new IMO) or buy one of the 'older' Macs (pre Retina & SSD) which are good value compared to the newer ones.
Or, as I did, get an ex display (15% off and full waranty in my case plus a good deal on some accs.) - both PC World and JL occasionaly have these.

They're still not worth the money they cost though, even with a discount

Andres
Andres

 

[judge]

I got the non retina display with the DVD drive and 500GB HDD, it also has the backlit keyboard.

Very pleased with it. I looked at the retina and non retina displays in the store and honestly saw no discernable difference.

If you don't look hard enough you can miss all sorts of detail Enjoy your new old Mac

 

[shready]

If you don't look hard enough you can miss all sorts of detail Enjoy your new old Mac

Oi

I'm very happy with it, I wanted the model with the DVD player and capability to upgrade memory if reqiured. That rulled out the SSD model, also as it's just to replace a slow windows laptop that the kids use I thought it was just the job. Plus, the price didn't hurt as much as the SSD models properly speced would have.

For my use, I have a new Lenovo laptop.

 

[judge]

Oi

I'm very happy with it, I wanted the model with the DVD player and capability to upgrade memory if reqiured. That rulled out the SSD model, also as it's just to replace a slow windows laptop that the kids use I thought it was just the job. Plus, the price didn't hurt as much as the SSD models properly speced would have.

For my use, I have a new Lenovo laptop.

Now we're cutting to the chase it wasn't for you therefore the old one was just fine for the family. Had that been yours it would've been retina all day long

The higher spec'd unit was offset by the JL discount but you're not a silly boy Jon

 

[shready]

Now we're cutting to the chase it wasn't for you therefore the old one was just fine for the family. Had that been yours it would've been retina all day long

The higher spec'd unit was offset by the JL discount but you're not a silly boy Jon

Spot on

 

[Mad Mac]

Don't get MacBook Air as you can't upgrade them! Got for pro


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Be careful which you choose and how you spec it.
MacBook Pro can be upgraded - particularly the HDD - perhaps to an SSD in later months when prices drop.
MacBook Pro Retina cannot be upgraded.....RAM and SSD are all 'on board'.......

I have the Retina and absolutely love it......I have the 13" i5 with 8Gb ram and 256 SSD
I often run multiple Virtual Machines in the background using VMWare fusion and it never misses a beat.........
Not cheap though! ;-)


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[Mad Mac]

Also...........the other way to 'cheaper' Macs is to go for refurbs from Apple (as good as new IMO) or buy one of the 'older' Macs (pre Retina & SSD) which are good value compared to the newer ones.
Or, as I did, get an ex display (15% off and full waranty in my case plus a good deal on some accs.) - both PC World and JL occasionaly have these.

They're still not worth the money they cost though, even with a discount

Andres
Andres

You could always do what I did.......went into Liverpool store and insisted they gave me a student discount......turned out that university discount was greater than school teacher discount.......saved £300 on shop price and took the 3 year warranty for £45 instead of regular price (think it was £199 but not sure)

Extended warranty is quite important as RAM or SSD failure is terminal - not changeable......


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[Deleted account 211025001]

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Extended warranty is quite important as RAM or SSD failure is terminal - not changeable......


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Shows how much I actually know about these Mac things - is that actually true?

If the SSD fails the computer is toast?

I thought the SSD was expandable (just bogging expensive)?

Andres

 

[stolzy]

Shows how much I actually know about these Mac things - is that actually true?

If the SSD fails the computer is toast?

I thought the SSD was expandable (just bogging expensive)?

Andres

No, you just take it to a MacStore and they replace it. It's not (easily) user-replacable.

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

No, you just take it to a MacStore and they replace it. It's not (easily) user-replacable.

Ah ok, ta. Just like any computer then as no computer has user replaceable parts in my world

Andres

 

[sanqhar]

The only snag has been finding a basic drawing package to replace the one that used to be part of MS Office but seems to have vanished from the Mac version.

Have you looked at Sketchup?

tom