Second hand macpro- beginner!

[thaired]

Hi
A friend of mine has offered to sell me his macbook pro and i am considering it. However I know very little and have only had dell laptops in the past.

It is a 13'' duo core 2.4gh ddr3 ram with 320gb . He will also give me mac office. He is asking for €800.

Im wondering if this is worth the money as it is the duo core and my Dell has the i7 technology. To be honest I dont even know what this means. I just want a decent laptop that will not be slow and outdated in a year!
I would be using it for work-im a teacher.

Any advice would be great thanks!!

 

[iLucas]

Hi
A friend of mine has offered to sell me his macbook pro and i am considering it. However I know very little and have only had dell laptops in the past.

It is a 13'' duo core 2.4gh ddr3 ram with 320gb . He will also give me mac office. He is asking for €800.

Im wondering if this is worth the money as it is the duo core and my Dell has the i7 technology. To be honest I dont even know what this means. I just want a decent laptop that will not be slow and outdated in a year!
I would be using it for work-im a teacher.

Any advice would be great thanks!!

You could get a brand new 2011 MBP for not much more then that. I would get that.

 

[MacSince1985]

You're in the Mac Pro forum. You may get better info in the Macbook Pro forum.

Your friend's price seems a bit high to me.

 

[highdefw]

The current MBPs are extremely fast. I recommend going for that, even the baseline model.

 

[philipma1957]

a new macbook pro is 999 in england. you are a teacher you may get a 50 or 100 discount. go into a store and get a new one. also ask the moderator to move this to macbook pro forum.

 

[ActionableMango]

His asking price is too high. As others have pointed out, you can get a much better one completely new for not much more than he wants for his used one. In fact, if you wait for a refurbished one direct from Apple, you can get really close to his price and still get a much better current model.