MacBook Pro at an affordable price

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Posted by Carlos Pereira on Nov-04-2008 22:19:

MacBook Pro at an affordable price

So I finally decided I'd give the Dell a rest before it sees the end of its days in a few weeks when I can get to the nearest pasture with a gallon of gasoline and some matches.

My next big thing is to get my hands on a Mac Pro....however, I do not want a brand new one. I don't believe in spending that much money on a laptop. I've seen them all, rebuilt them, broken them, and in a few weeks my first experimentation in frying one. I am looking at getting something refurbed. A friend of mine has just finished refurbing one, and is asking $1800 for it. I think that's gone overboard. Then again I'm not a Mac person.

What is a reasonable price for a Mac Pro refurb?

Posted by Zild on Nov-04-2008 22:28:

New ones with a student discount start at $1899 + tax, so you decide if that is a good deal or not.

Posted by DJSpectre on Nov-04-2008 22:34:

Desperate measures... I don't blame you in a way... However, its not the dell... It is truly Vista that is the shits.

Since buying my m1530 i have been having audio problems. The DPC latency goes through the roof when i am surfing the internet at the same time listening to tunes and even worse, the dpc shoots up when i am spinning on my tech12's with traktor scratch timecode system. IE. the audio stops. People on forums thought it was a hardware issue (mobo) so i got to the mobo replaced, however, this didn't solve the problem.

Then one day i said F it and i formatted my computer and installed XP professional on it and it has been crisp ever since, not one problem with the audio.

I don't know what problems your having but if you have vista, it wouldn't hurt if you formatted it and go back to xp.

I hope this makes sense

Posted by progress on Nov-04-2008 23:01:

You can buy refurbished MBP's from the Apple store for $1300 bucks. Go to Apple.com, search for refurbished mac. Store will come up. There are a bunch.

Posted by jonas on Nov-04-2008 23:25:

Affordable Mac Book, hah!

That's like calling Dirk's mom prude.

Posted by davemolina on Nov-04-2008 23:34:

quote:
Originally posted by jonas
Affordable Mac Book, hah!

That's like calling Dirk's mom prude.

...or tight.

Posted by progress on Nov-05-2008 00:05:

quote:
Originally posted by davemolina
...or tight.

oh snap!

Posted by D Dubya on Nov-05-2008 00:44:

quote:
Originally posted by davemolina
...or tight.

i'm going to quit being friends with you one of these days

Posted by thirdlevelbeat on Nov-05-2008 01:16:

you're gonna burn your dell? why don't you sell it instead

Posted by D Dubya on Nov-05-2008 01:23:

or repair it. because when you think about it, the same thing happened to those refurbished macbooks before you're going to be buying one.

Posted by thirdlevelbeat on Nov-05-2008 01:56:

btw im interested in buying a laptop soon

Posted by daydreamer on Nov-05-2008 03:31:

why buy refurbish for that much when you can buy previous gen, new for cheaper that.

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MB133LL...25855692&sr=8-1

check that out.
according to giz, the difference between these and the new ones aren't that drastic, and for that price. it is a good deal.

Posted by Rememberence_ on Nov-05-2008 03:53:

RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE

Posted by Carlos Pereira on Nov-05-2008 04:51:

quote:
Originally posted by daydreamer
why buy refurbish for that much when you can buy previous gen, new for cheaper that.

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MB133LL...25855692&sr=8-1

check that out.
according to giz, the difference between these and the new ones aren't that drastic, and for that price. it is a good deal.

NICE. I like that link.

die.

Posted by Carlos Pereira on Nov-05-2008 04:53:

Thank you thank you fellow TAs. This thread got quick responses. I'm still shopping around and looking to see where that hidden deal lies.

I may or may not sell the Dell. I'll definitely post it up on here forst and foremost if I decide to let it go.

Posted by Zild on Nov-05-2008 08:28:

I don't know my macbook was the cheapest 13" laptop I could find on the market besides a Lenovo which was the same price. I wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't the cheapest smallest laptop I could find at the time.

It looks super joto but whatever.

Posted by Rememberence_ on Nov-05-2008 15:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Zild
It looks super joto but whatever.

Carlos - Minus The Bear this saturday in H-town

Posted by digitalbreach on Nov-05-2008 21:30:

Posted by Lizandrooo on Nov-05-2008 22:25:

i got my mac book for 1400 on craigslist.

its everything ive ever wanted. it completed me. it made me feel like i added an extra inches to the spaniel.

Posted by Artest on Nov-05-2008 22:41:

My friend just got a MacBook Pro and it looks pretty sick. He told me the main reason he wanted a mac was because of Logic. I believe he spent a pretty penny on it, I'd say around $2800 but thats cause he got it Decked out with everything. I still think thats WAY to much to get a computer for, even it it's just for Logic.

My friend told me he didn't even really like logic and he's gonna start using Ableton

Posted by Artest on Nov-05-2008 22:43:

I wanna get a MBP, but will probably only end up getting the low-end ver.

Posted by Carlos Pereira on Nov-06-2008 04:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Rememberence_

Carlos - Minus The Bear this saturday in H-town

Hey Packer, put your head under an 18-wheeler.

I'm playing in Dallas on Saturday.

I have a friend who's going and is taking vids/pics of that night. Fckn blows I'm going to miss it.

Posted by Rememberence_ on Nov-06-2008 17:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Carlos Pereira
Hey Packer, put your head under an 18-wheeler.

I'm playing in Dallas on Saturday.

I have a friend who's going and is taking vids/pics of that night. Fckn blows I'm going to miss it.

Eat shit! I have the choice to go and I'm choosing not to, just to hurt your feelings.

Posted by Carlos Pereira on Nov-06-2008 18:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Rememberence_
Eat shit! I have the choice to go and I'm choosing not to, just to hurt your feelings.

Go to Dallas mang

Posted by Rememberence_ on Nov-06-2008 20:37:

dallarse FTL!

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