Good Used Macbook?

heavyartillary9

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well if your buying a mac then your going to be paying more then you should no matter what , you would be better off going with a microsoft product at 1/4 the price and maybe even better performance

 

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heavyartillary9

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here are the prices on ebay for 2012 macbooks
http/www.ebay.com/sch/PC-Laptops-Netbooks/177/i.html?Brand=Apple&_dcat=177&Release%2520Year=2012&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

 

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heavyartillary9

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here is a non apple laptop better then a mac with an ssd already in it, a newer i7, touch screen, 8gb ram, and yet its still cheaper then the mac book
http/www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Inspiron-13-Notebook-7348-P57G-Touch-Screen-i7-5500U-2-4GHz-8GB-256GB-/131973652014?hash=item1eba3e1e2e:g:iBUAAOSwzaJX-Bm9

 

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Raindog1

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thanks for replying I apologize for my late reply.

I understand what you mean, but I'm pretty set on getting a macbook, I just want to know which one to get.

 

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heavyartillary9

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well what do you plan on using it for ? if you just plan on using it for light browsing and such then you dont need a ton of power, and what is your price range ?

 

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heavyartillary9

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cause for low to mid 2012 macbooks your looking at 300-400

 

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Raindog1

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Mainly for web browsing and word, although being able to play wow and league at mid settings would be awesome. My price range is about 650 rn

 

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heavyartillary9

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oh, then you could easily get aomthing newer then 2012, if all your doing is web browsing ms word, and some wow and lol, a mid range 2012 would be plenty

 

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Raindog1

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yeah but I want a 2012 because its modifiable. with a newer one, I can't change anything

 

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Raindog1

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Ill do some more reasearch on ebay tho thanks

 

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heavyartillary9

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600 will get you high end 2012, but mid end is all you need, and mid end costs around 300-400, so it depends if you want to shell out the extra cash for the high end!

 

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jsmithepa

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First off, buying used laptop, budget another $150 because the original battery is probably on its last leg. Can certainly go for 3rd party (cheaper) battery but hose are crap-shoots.

Macbook, just make sure the model you pick can take standard SSD, I dunno which models take Apple proprietary SSD.

Am not a gamer, but I notice folks into gaming want a dedicated GPU, hence few folks buy MacBooks for gaming.

 

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Raindog1

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I'll be honest- I've just had bad experiences with laptop PCs. My desktop at home is awesome. I had a macbook like 10 years ago and tho the battery is toast now (as well as the screen), the thing still works, and works quite well for something a decade old. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I know that macbooks are just like any computer and that they aren't perfect, but I just want something that is really good quality that'll last me a while.

Yeah I'm definitely going to upgrade to SSD when I get one.

And yeah I know that macbooks aren't great for gaming, although I will say I was impressed with how the gtx 950m was handling GTA 5.

 

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