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poing
Original Poster
2,372 posts
70 months
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charltjr
455 posts
65 months
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That'll be them shifting the old stock before the refreshed range hits the stores.
They had to do some discounting given Apple have refreshed the entire range and either cut or kept prices the same.
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boxst
547 posts
15 months
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Yes and the MacBooks are not too badly specified as the new ones (apart from the Retina one) didn't give too much of a boost over the old ones.
Just make sure not to buy memory or anything else as that can be obtained for a third of the price from somewhere like crucial.
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Phooey
6,102 posts
39 months
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I bought a MBA yesterday. 13" @ £849. rrp £1099
I wanted the MBP retina, but for what i use it for, couldn't justify £1800
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tim0409
728 posts
29 months
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Phooey said: I bought a MBA yesterday. 13" @ £849. rrp £1099
I wanted the MBP retina, but for what i use it for, couldn't justify £1800 A 2011 MBA for £849 is a really good deal - I bought the same model around 6 months ago from the Apple refurb store for £950 and it really is the perfect laptop. I was going to sell my 13in for a new model (11in) if they had managed to increase battery life/retina display but given the discounts on old stock it isn't worth it.
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Otispunkmeyer
2,912 posts
25 months
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good deals but with the education discount I can get, I can pretty much get the new ones for the same prices so I'd be dumb not to. Its not actually for me though, my woman wants a new machine to begin writing up her PhD (plus she's been personal computer less for over a year). Cant decide really whether to go for the entry MacBook Pro 13 @£860 or plump for the next one up which gives a faster, Core i7, 8GB of RAM (over 4GB on the cheaper model) and a bigger hard disk for another £200....or get the 256GB Air for the same price. Air has the lightness and the SSD pace going for it, and a better screen. But I'll be able to help her make the standard machines last a bit longer as they offer user upgradable RAM and HDD so I am leaning towards normal pro just from a sort of value for money/longevity position. The airs are nice though! Also the i7 processor in the 13 isn't a Quad core like in the 15's its a dual core. As both i5 and i7 dual cores have HT I can't really see the difference other than a bit of clock speed and an additional 1MB cache. Not sure its worth +£200... that money is probably better spent upgrading to an SSD down the line. We'll see, she's buying it, I may punt her the extra for the faster machine so I can claim some stake in its usage 
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tim0409
728 posts
29 months
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Otispunkmeyer said: good deals but with the education discount I can get, I can pretty much get the new ones for the same prices so I'd be dumb not to. Its not actually for me though, my woman wants a new machine to begin writing up her PhD (plus she's been personal computer less for over a year). Cant decide really whether to go for the entry MacBook Pro 13 @£860 or plump for the next one up which gives a faster, Core i7, 8GB of RAM (over 4GB on the cheaper model) and a bigger hard disk for another £200....or get the 256GB Air for the same price. Air has the lightness and the SSD pace going for it, and a better screen. But I'll be able to help her make the standard machines last a bit longer as they offer user upgradable RAM and HDD so I am leaning towards normal pro just from a sort of value for money/longevity position. The airs are nice though! Also the i7 processor in the 13 isn't a Quad core like in the 15's its a dual core. As both i5 and i7 dual cores have HT I can't really see the difference other than a bit of clock speed and an additional 1MB cache. Not sure its worth +£200... that money is probably better spent upgrading to an SSD down the line. We'll see, she's buying it, I may punt her the extra for the faster machine so I can claim some stake in its usage If it's for mainly writing up a PHd I would be tempted to go for the MBA if your OH is going to be carrying it around a lot. It's so light and the SSD makes it feel really quick as well.
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