Brand new, I was pleased I could keep it intill i get the new one. Otherwise I just would have lived with it, just sad that even my MBP from 2009 didn't have that big scratch/dent, seemed like a bad way to start.
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i am glad it worked out apple customer service is second to none for sure, however the overal direction of the company i am not pleased with, im seriously considering switching to a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme
Hello,
Ordered a refurb MBP 2.8/16/256. Bought it to replace my late 2009 MacBook which is running pretty good still after all this time.
Ordered a refurb MBP 2.8/16/256. Bought it to replace my late 2009 MacBook which is running pretty good still after all this time.
Interesting
Have you received it yet??
There are deals to be had in the refurb land, has anybody had a bad experience with ordering a refurb?
Yes, I received it. I haven't had an issue yet. I upgraded to Mojave, we are good so far.
Thought I'd be able to hold out one more generation but today my work computer bit the dust. That 2010 MBP served me incredibly well, and deserves its hard earned rest.
Put in an order for a 15 MBP 2.6/32/560X/1TB, and hope I'm not affected by either keyboard issues or Bridge OS kernel panics.
Put in an order for a 15 MBP 2.6/32/560X/1TB, and hope I'm not affected by either keyboard issues or Bridge OS kernel panics.
Refurbs sold by Apple are great. I buy them all the time. Never had an issue. But beware "refurbs" sold by anyone else because they're usually just returned computers that have been cleaned up with a rag and reboxed and sold as refurbs. Buy only Apple refurbs from www.apple.com. Done preaching.
I don't think you're being too picky at all. These machines aren't cheap. I'd expect it to be spotless without any scuffs or marks on it.
Thanks for making me feel sane
I'm currently waiting on the third computer, I was told I was gonna receive some discount/compensations for all this. It haven't been fun to deal with during finals. If the third one have any scratch on it I will just return it and get a used 13" -15 and put rest of money on a custom PC/hackintosh...
Hello!
Finally upgraded from my 2015 MacBook 1.1 GHz to a MBP!
Purchased the 2017 15” MBP 2.8 i7 Quadcore with 16gb ram, 256gb ssd from B&H for $1,899 flat!
Couldn’t justify the extra cost for the 2018 model when I mostly will be using it for legal work. And I was able to sell the MacBook to a friend for $400 so in the end it cost me $1,499, which I think is a pretty good price.
Finally upgraded from my 2015 MacBook 1.1 GHz to a MBP!
Purchased the 2017 15” MBP 2.8 i7 Quadcore with 16gb ram, 256gb ssd from B&H for $1,899 flat!
Couldn’t justify the extra cost for the 2018 model when I mostly will be using it for legal work. And I was able to sell the MacBook to a friend for $400 so in the end it cost me $1,499, which I think is a pretty good price.
Well I finally pulled the pin and bought a new macbook pro 2018 I5 / 8Gb / 512.
I plug in 3 cables at home, one does the external monitor, charger and has usb ports for hard drives, and an SD card reader. the other is ethernet to usb-c and the final one runs to my analog speakers. Thankfully they didn't pull the headphone port on this mac.
I use mine with an apple wireless keyboard and magic trackpad, and it makes a great desktop machine for me. I went the 512 as I boot camp to windows on the odd occasion I need to update my DJI drone. This tends to be more reliable in windows, the mac version of the assistant software for the drone is a dog breakfast. Due to a recent strain injury, the light weight of this laptop also has benefits - I'm not aggravating my injury carrying it around. I play a few games on it and the iris plus is plenty for my choice of non triple A titles (mostly emulators and stuff like that).
I use the touch bar when out and about quite frequently, I thought it was going to be a gimmick, but it works great in FCP and a few others. I brought my data across from my old 2013 13" using migration assistant, killed a few seldom used apps, and removed the windows 10 VM, as now I could just boot camp it. The loss of space to windows is small, I went with the stock setup as I don't need a huge windows VM, I only run a couple of apps and utilities along with a pinball emulator in windows. 40Gb is plenty.
I plug in 3 cables at home, one does the external monitor, charger and has usb ports for hard drives, and an SD card reader. the other is ethernet to usb-c and the final one runs to my analog speakers. Thankfully they didn't pull the headphone port on this mac.
I use mine with an apple wireless keyboard and magic trackpad, and it makes a great desktop machine for me. I went the 512 as I boot camp to windows on the odd occasion I need to update my DJI drone. This tends to be more reliable in windows, the mac version of the assistant software for the drone is a dog breakfast. Due to a recent strain injury, the light weight of this laptop also has benefits - I'm not aggravating my injury carrying it around. I play a few games on it and the iris plus is plenty for my choice of non triple A titles (mostly emulators and stuff like that).
I use the touch bar when out and about quite frequently, I thought it was going to be a gimmick, but it works great in FCP and a few others. I brought my data across from my old 2013 13" using migration assistant, killed a few seldom used apps, and removed the windows 10 VM, as now I could just boot camp it. The loss of space to windows is small, I went with the stock setup as I don't need a huge windows VM, I only run a couple of apps and utilities along with a pinball emulator in windows. 40Gb is plenty.
I’m curious why you regret this? The 2018 seems to have some improvements over the 2016, notably quad/six core and a keyboard hopefully less prone to failure.
More of a financial reason, the laptop Is great but I didn’t need to splurge on the highest end version.
Was looking for the 2018 13 TB, but could not justify the price. Got an open-box base 2017 13 TouchBar MBP for $850 from Best Buy with 11 month of AC left.
BB open box items can be a good deal; especially when they have a sale offering and additional % off. I bought my original iPad Pro that way.
Ah okay, yeah I see that now in your signature. I debated long and hard about getting a 2018, but I decided to stick with my 2016 nTB for another few years. It has 16GB of RAM and a 512SSD and with the keyboard replacement program I'm hoping I can get a good four years out of it.
Hope you get a good price for your 2018!
