I just bought a refurb rMBP 2015 (MF839). I saw a label on the box with the serial numbers, codes, and a date (2015/10/20). Did your refurb MBP have this date and what date is this ?
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Following the announcement of the Macbook and MBA updates I was thinking I'd get the MBA 13" i5 256/8 and was ready to order when I checked the refurbs and found at 13" MB Pro i5 256/8 for not a whole lot more! Sold!
Should be a slight improvement over my 2007 iMac.
Should be a slight improvement over my 2007 iMac.
Just received my 2015 refurb 15" MBP. Starting to get more photo work and my 2009 MBP just couldn't handle it anymore. Was able to find a late 2015 model with the dGPU for a good deal on ebay so I pulled the trigger. What a huge difference the retina display and 6 years newer computer make 
Well I was waiting for Skylake, but I finally cracked. I bought a maxed out 2015 rMBP (2.8/16/1tb) from a friend. It was way too much computer for him so he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. He got money, and I got brand new Pro. Good trade.
So I'm good for the next 3+ years while Apple perfects whatever new hardware they decide to use in the next gen Pros.
So I'm good for the next 3+ years while Apple perfects whatever new hardware they decide to use in the next gen Pros.
Today I found a good discount so I bought an 2015 Macbook pro 15" instead of the 2016 13" rMBP (here in Hungary the starting price of the 15" machine is about 2500 dollar (lower end model with 2.2 Ghz), but I "only" pay about 1900 dollar for it. I hope it's gonna be a good choice and I won't regret it.
Well I bought an open box 15" MBP base model for $1500 from Bestbuy last night...looks brand new. I know the new ones are coming soon but I'll take the $500 discount. My first MacBook since the 2007 poly carbonate one!
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They sure are. Ordered a base Macbook Pro. $1,196 with taxes. Picking it up tomorrow
I'm a little late with the post, but I picked up 8/256 from Best Buy last Tuesday when it was $1249 on a deal of the day, then got a $50 price adjustment when it went on sale for $1199. I had bought gold rMB the week before but returned it when this went on sale. First Mac and first notebook and I absolutely love it!
Found a late 2013 rMBP 15 on Gazelle for $1000. I bit the bullet and ordered it this past weekend. The condition was listed as good but I knew that meant that it was probably messed up externally with scratches on the screen, etc.
Well, I got it yesterday and it's almost flawless! The battery cycle count is 148 but otherwise it runs very well and looks almost new (minus a few indistinguishable marks). Wow!!!
I love having a 15 inch laptop (w/ Retina) again. I didn't realize how much I missed it.
Well, I got it yesterday and it's almost flawless! The battery cycle count is 148 but otherwise it runs very well and looks almost new (minus a few indistinguishable marks). Wow!!!
I love having a 15 inch laptop (w/ Retina) again. I didn't realize how much I missed it.
I was going to either go with a refurb/used '14 MBP 15" (2.5/512) with the 750M or wait for the new '16 machines. However, I was in real need for a notebook since I've been using a Mini (shameless plug: i7 QC 2.3 / 512 GB SSD + 1TB HDD, 16GB RAM, for sale soon), and I'm traveling/developing some AR/VR apps, so I needed a pretty stout GPU (and a truly portable machine).
Cut to the chase: to support me in my development effort my buddy/CEO scored me a new '15 MBP 15" 2.5/512/16 with the R9-370X. He placed the order online from SF, and I drove to my local Apple store and picked it up about an hour later, here on the east coast.
Fired up Migration Assistant last night, across my network between the Mini and the MBP, estimated ~3.5 hours, I woke up, the new machine was 98% ready to go (just needed one small tweak and one password provided).
The machine is awesome, I forgot how good the retina displays look after being non-retina and then 2 different Minis using standard 24" displays.
Cut to the chase: to support me in my development effort my buddy/CEO scored me a new '15 MBP 15" 2.5/512/16 with the R9-370X. He placed the order online from SF, and I drove to my local Apple store and picked it up about an hour later, here on the east coast.
Fired up Migration Assistant last night, across my network between the Mini and the MBP, estimated ~3.5 hours, I woke up, the new machine was 98% ready to go (just needed one small tweak and one password provided).
The machine is awesome, I forgot how good the retina displays look after being non-retina and then 2 different Minis using standard 24" displays.
I just ordered a fully loaded 15r" with 2.8ghz and stuff. I got a good price (for Norway), but I'm wondering if I fscked up. I'm not going to ask if I should have waited, because obviously I would have waited if I could.
BUT should I have gotten the cheaper 2.2GHz version? How big is the performance difference? I don't care about the video card.
And how big will the performance difference be up to the new version coming i june IF the Skylake HQ CPUs and DDR4 are the biggest upgrades? In other words, if there are no surprises.
My use-case is pretty typical. I code in vscode/atom/sublime and run Docker containers and Parallels VMs, but I also use this as my normal home-machine with light image editing, tons of websurfing and quite a lot of video-watching. In other words, multitasking is key.
BUT should I have gotten the cheaper 2.2GHz version? How big is the performance difference? I don't care about the video card.
And how big will the performance difference be up to the new version coming i june IF the Skylake HQ CPUs and DDR4 are the biggest upgrades? In other words, if there are no surprises.
My use-case is pretty typical. I code in vscode/atom/sublime and run Docker containers and Parallels VMs, but I also use this as my normal home-machine with light image editing, tons of websurfing and quite a lot of video-watching. In other words, multitasking is key.
if you think you got a good deal, I'd just keep it. You've got a higher spec'd machine, which should theoretically last you longer. Congrats on the new MBP!
There is indeed an issue where I some times worry too much about these things... The disk space in particular is going to be a big improvement from the 2.2. The extra .6 GHz I'll probably never notice, but will still be there in the background...
And I'd never have ordered the 2.8 without the good deal (NIB returned to the store).
And I'd never have ordered the 2.8 without the good deal (NIB returned to the store).
I was bored, so I did a comparison on cpubenchmark.net.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2069&cmp[]=2327&cmp[]=2699
The first CPU is the one I've got on my current machine.
The second is from the supermodel I've got coming this week,
and the third is the highest ranked Skylake CPU for laptops that's out right now. That might not be the one Apple end up using, but I'm just looking at numbers to look at numbers here.
My new CPU is a friggin MONSTER apparently! Fair enough, the single threaded performance isn't going to go up THAT much, but as I've said multithreading is where I'm currently lacking the oomph.
And Skylake is actually performing worse? I have no explanation for that, but with the sample size and everything I'm not trusting that number too much.
And I'm not even replacing my current machine because of CPU, but because of battery issues and hard drive space...
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2069&cmp[]=2327&cmp[]=2699
The first CPU is the one I've got on my current machine.
The second is from the supermodel I've got coming this week,
and the third is the highest ranked Skylake CPU for laptops that's out right now. That might not be the one Apple end up using, but I'm just looking at numbers to look at numbers here.
My new CPU is a friggin MONSTER apparently! Fair enough, the single threaded performance isn't going to go up THAT much, but as I've said multithreading is where I'm currently lacking the oomph.
And Skylake is actually performing worse? I have no explanation for that, but with the sample size and everything I'm not trusting that number too much.
And I'm not even replacing my current machine because of CPU, but because of battery issues and hard drive space...
I bought my first ever intel Mac which is a mid 2012 MBP (13", 2,5Ghz i5, 4 GB RAM). The description was "the hard drive is dead" so I suspected the hard drive cable that I understand is somewhat prone to failure. I was right, because after I replaced that cable everything worked fine again. I got rid of the old drive anyway and put in a SSD.
So the grand total, with repairs and everything, for my "new" MBP came to $110 which I think is really good. Well, I don't know how much one would have to pay for a MBP this old but I'm rocking El Capitan on an SSD as my first intel Mac experience and I must say I'm very, very pleased.
So the grand total, with repairs and everything, for my "new" MBP came to $110 which I think is really good. Well, I don't know how much one would have to pay for a MBP this old but I'm rocking El Capitan on an SSD as my first intel Mac experience and I must say I'm very, very pleased.
Well, I've been trying to wait for the new models to come out, but my late 2008 MBP finally gave up and went to laptop heaven. Lucky for me, a local Apple re seller was running a promotion for recycling old computers and giving a 10% discount on stock configurations, so at least I saved some money.
Got the 2.5 model, and man, what a difference does 7 years make in computer performance...
Got the 2.5 model, and man, what a difference does 7 years make in computer performance...
Just recycled my daughter's old Late 2013 13" rMBP (2.4GHz i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD). Wiped the drive and installed a fresh copy of El Capitain. Working beautifully. 455 cycles on the battery out of Apple's spec of 1000.
On 13th May, I bought a MacBook Pro Retina, with 128GB SSD, and 8GB ram.
Never used or owned a MacBook before, so, yeah trying to get used to it.
I will say, the multiple 'Desktop' option is BRILLIANT. To be honest for a moment there I was getting a little frustrated with moving windows, just so I could 'see' things and move between applications. I've never been a fan of laptops, due to screen real estate. But, here comes the 'Desktop', and BOOM!
Never used or owned a MacBook before, so, yeah trying to get used to it.
I will say, the multiple 'Desktop' option is BRILLIANT. To be honest for a moment there I was getting a little frustrated with moving windows, just so I could 'see' things and move between applications. I've never been a fan of laptops, due to screen real estate. But, here comes the 'Desktop', and BOOM!