Just picked up a 2017 15in MBP on eBay. Reviews I’ve seen online seem pretty positive. Any real world thoughts on this model?
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2017 15in MBP Thoughts
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Don't want to rain on your parade, but it has known issues with the keyboard, Apple has a repair program, I believe your 2017 does not qualify for that anymore, screen is fragile...what did you pay for it if I might ask?
Bought it used for about $700. Figured I’d play with it, if I didn’t like it, I’d put it back on eBay. I’ve asked the seller if the keyboard was replaced with the replacement program, no answer as of yet.
It's not a bad buy, but as Willo34 said - the keyboard on the 2016-2018 models were horrendous (as far as breaking) but the typing experience came down to personal preference (some loved it, some hated it).
From a performance standpoint, the current baseline MacBook Air outperforms that years pro for about 300 bucks more brand new with a much better keyboard and is way less noisy with substantially better battery life as well.
When it comes down to it, you did get it for a good price. As long as it does what you need it to do, I'd just hang on to it until it dies out.
From a performance standpoint, the current baseline MacBook Air outperforms that years pro for about 300 bucks more brand new with a much better keyboard and is way less noisy with substantially better battery life as well.
When it comes down to it, you did get it for a good price. As long as it does what you need it to do, I'd just hang on to it until it dies out.
Arrived last week. Was in much better shape than advertised. Battery has 44 cycles on it, has a manufacture date of March 2020 and shows 98% health. So far, knock on wood, all keys are functional and show no signs of stickiness. Now, just need to keep a lil garlic nearby to ward off display cable issues. 
Battery life is pretty terrible and I hated the keyboard. But you get a nice screen at a decent size in a very portable package. I’m trading mine in for a 14”MBP because I couldn’t handle the top two cons above but if that doesn’t bother you everything else about the laptop is pretty good.