What's the best Macbook currently available for £1000?

[nervousrhino]

My sister is in urgent need of a new laptop as Windows laptop broke and she has an assignment due; she wants a Macbook.

The budget is £1000 (or £1100 considering she has student discount). She's a student so performance is important as she does a lot of word/document processing and a bit of image editing, in addition to media consumption. Also ideally this should last a couple of years which probably rules out any 128gb options.

Thanks in advance for any help/advice

 

[Glmnet1]

At that price you have the 256gb MBA (https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air)

You could buy refurbished to save money/buy something better but currently the refurbished store in the UK is completely empty, strange.

If you can stretch the budget a little the MacBook (https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/macbook) is worth the price difference IMO.

 

[Ifti]

Could be selling my late 2013 MacBook Pro 15" soon.....
Was configured max spec, including the 1TB SSD option - spec in sig.......

 

[darkpaw]

I'm selling a Space Grey MacBook. Here's the specs:
Apple MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015)
1.3GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD
Model Number: A1534 (EMC 2746)

Your sister can have it for £1000. Saves me trying to sell it on eBay, and paying their exorbitant fees!

It's not the fastest machine in the world, but it easily handles word processing and image editing.

As others have said, you can get a MacBook Air (which doesn't have a retina screen), or a MacBook Pro (more expensive, but faster).

Totally up to you

 

[Tech198]

My sister is in urgent need of a new laptop as Windows laptop broke and she has an assignment due; she wants a Macbook.

The budget is £1000 (or £1100 considering she has student discount). She's a student so performance is important as she does a lot of word/document processing and a bit of image editing, in addition to media consumption. Also ideally this should last a couple of years which probably rules out any 128gb options.

Thanks in advance for any help/advice

256GIg MBA can handle basic stuff, even 128Gig would be enough. with 8gig standard.

 

[Nbd1790]

Hold out for the conference that is literally happening on Monday. From what a lot of people are saying, a new cheaper version of the MBA is supposed to be released. Worse case scenario, you buy the MBA after the conference.

If you're looking for a pro model, your best bet is getting a used 2014/2015 MBP. Aside from a 1tb configuration, you shouldn't have an issue finding one in good condition and within your price point.