Which Macbook & How much?
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Dear All,
My laptop needs upgrading in the next few months or so.
Currently have a Dell 6400 - (i think).
Running XP.
I had the hard drive upgraded & the battery upgraded when i got it as a 21st birthday present.
It's served me very well, but is beginning to slow up as most laptops seem to afrer a few years of use.
I use it for Music (DJ'ing using Serato Scratch Live) updating my Ipod occasionally, uploading my pics & a bit of light internet browsing, facebook / ebay / emails.
A friend of mine has just bought a Macbook off Ebay, he paid about £750 for it (Second hand).
The Seller said he bought it in Jan & i must say it's absolutely immaculate & a very smart bit of kit!
I'm looking at getting an Apple next, it'll be my first, but i don't want to be paying upwards of £1000 for a laptop, nor do i want to be paying ridiculous amounts for a second hand one, are they really worth £750 second hand?
I don't know anything about apple so it'd be much appreciated if you could give me some advise / point me in the right direction.
Needs a fairly large hard drive as i have about 60GB of music on it, about 20GB of pictures.
Decent processor / ram so it does'nt freeze up when running Serato.
I don't use it for games or anything like that either.
Cheers
My laptop needs upgrading in the next few months or so.
Currently have a Dell 6400 - (i think).
Running XP.
I had the hard drive upgraded & the battery upgraded when i got it as a 21st birthday present.
It's served me very well, but is beginning to slow up as most laptops seem to afrer a few years of use.
I use it for Music (DJ'ing using Serato Scratch Live) updating my Ipod occasionally, uploading my pics & a bit of light internet browsing, facebook / ebay / emails.
A friend of mine has just bought a Macbook off Ebay, he paid about £750 for it (Second hand).
The Seller said he bought it in Jan & i must say it's absolutely immaculate & a very smart bit of kit!
I'm looking at getting an Apple next, it'll be my first, but i don't want to be paying upwards of £1000 for a laptop, nor do i want to be paying ridiculous amounts for a second hand one, are they really worth £750 second hand?
I don't know anything about apple so it'd be much appreciated if you could give me some advise / point me in the right direction.
Needs a fairly large hard drive as i have about 60GB of music on it, about 20GB of pictures.
Decent processor / ram so it does'nt freeze up when running Serato.
I don't use it for games or anything like that either.
Cheers
Biggest discounts are for university students & staff. Otherwise take a look at the refurbished section:
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/specialdeals...
There's a Macbook on there for under £700
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/FC207B/A?mco=MTU...
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/specialdeals...
There's a Macbook on there for under £700
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/FC207B/A?mco=MTU...
If you can live without the alluminium body I think the MacBook White makes most sense. £694 for a nearly new one in the refurb store, or £701 in the HE store if you know a student. The latter would come with a 3 year hardware warranty included. Much better value for money than the MBP IMO
If you get a white MacBook (like I did) make sure you get one of the cheap clear skeleton cases off Ebay.
The white case marks like anything, but the cheap clear case really does keep in much better condition. My only mistake was not having the clear case for the first couple of months of ownership of this one. But even after 2.5 years, the clear case is scratched all over, but the MacBook is in pretty good shape overall (especially for the abuse mine gets).
The white case marks like anything, but the cheap clear case really does keep in much better condition. My only mistake was not having the clear case for the first couple of months of ownership of this one. But even after 2.5 years, the clear case is scratched all over, but the MacBook is in pretty good shape overall (especially for the abuse mine gets).
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