Alrighty all you Mac-o-philes! The killer of Macbooks is finally turning 18, so she can finally buy a Macbook on her own.
The needs: A college (well, almost college) student wanting an 11" or 13" Macbook. Uses Steam liberally. Needs lots of storage space for all her photos and music (amateur photographer, so there's a lot of photos). Can't get her to go above a 13", she wants as small a size as possible. While she games, she's not hardcore about it. So she doesn't need the best GPU available.
The options I've been looking at: rMBP 13", rMBA 13", rMBA 11".
My main concern with MBA is the GPU is the Intel iGPU 5000. Not sure whether that is sufficient enough for moderate gaming.
And with all these models, I am looking into the reman/refurb availabilities to see how much cheaper they are. But I wonder what sort of warranty(s) are offered with a reman macbook. She will be needing the 6 year with accident protection.
Suggestions?
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saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate
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^ Gotta agree with the above, especially when it comes to Apple refurbished systems. Apple's refurbished items are basically the same thing as a brand new system, and they are cheaper as well. You really can't go wrong with a refurbished MacBook Pro.
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Good to know about the MBAs. I didn't look too much into their specs. But I won't recommend a non-retina model macbook to her. Not sure what games she has from Steam, but its not like she's running COD on her macbook.
Not being able to get Apple Care past 3 years kind of sucks. Does any 3rd parties offer extended warranties beyond that? -
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Looks like SquareTrade does. But I don't think they offer it beyond the 3 year mark (like Apple Care).
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saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate
As far as the warranty, even with third parties, 3 years is the best you're going to get. If 4-5 years is a strong consideration, then you're going to be limited to the pro lines from Dell, HP, or Lenovo. -
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Yeah, I really wanted the 6 year warranty with accident protection for her. All my cousins are clumsy as hell.
But the killer of Macbooks is insistent on having another Macbook. She doesn't like Windows in any form.
I'm not too worried about her steam gaming habits anymore. If her old 2008 MBP could install and run the steam games she played, then a new(er) rMBP should have no problems.
Reman MBP or new
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by radji, Sep 3, 2014.