Hi everyone, I am 11th grade student studying in a IB school. I need to purchase a new laaptop nd my budget cannot exceed $1699 inclusive of all taxes. I am confused whether I should purchase the pro or the air.
I shall be using my mac primarily for studies. Other than that for online gaming and music. Also please suggests the Tech s
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
13"/15" non retna. it is the most upgradeable after purchase of the 2 models.
13"/15" non retna. it is the most upgradeable after purchase of the 2 models.
Perhaps you might like to take portability into account. By today's standard, the non-Retina MacBook Pro's are very heavy indeed.
Not like humans are any less strong now than a couple years back when the "old" and "heavy" MacBooks were the main line
But yeah I agree once I bought a MacBook Air it doesn't seem ultra thin anymore, this size is just normal lol, and anything else is fat and heavy.
But for my answer I would go for the base 15 inch non retina model MacBook Pro and put 8 or 16GB RAM and a SSD in it when you can afford it.
Indeed, hardware-wise, MacBook Air's are not upgradable, so if you buy a MacBook Air and you want it to last throughour college, you had better choose the maximum configuration at the Apple Online Store. But the traditional non-Retina MacBook Pro's can be easily upgraded anytime you want, so you can buy a cheap model now and upgrade the parts as they become cheaper later.
The laptop's gonna be used for a maximun of 3 years! So i am considering the 13 inch Macbook pro at $1499 or the Macbook air with a 256GB SSD, 8gigs of ram and an upgraded processor. 😕
Apple is quite good at this lol.
I mean I am buying a new laptop at the moment and I configured a 13" MBA with the specs I want and saw it was the same price as the base retina 13" model which was just as powerful and only slightly heavier.
So I thought "hmm Ok I'll look at that" and decided to configure it with the i7 processor and 256GB of storage...
Wait...I can get a 15" retina model for the same price as this! It has the same storage, descrete graphics, and a better processor...
Hmm, I can bump the processor up to 2.6Ghz for a minimal price, yea, let's do that.
And 16GB of RAM...can't go wrong, I mean I won't be able to upgrade in future.
My $1700 MacBook Air suddenly becomes a $4500 MacBook Pro retina lol.
edit: UK prices if you were confused, we dont get it cheap like you Americans do
haha.. yes i agree i started off with a mba at 999 and now a mba or a mbp at 1699 had to work hard over summer to raise 700 dollars i will use the balance for accessories. Anyways a mbp is 100 dollars over my budget abd when you are in a boarding school earni.g money is IMPOSSIBLE.
Anyways suggest any MacBook with tech specs and acessories like converters etc that fits in my savings of 1899 dollars
I think for the uses you described the 13" Air with upgraded processor, 8GB RAM and 256GB storage if you need it is good.
I use a 2011 MacBook Air 13" as my main computer and it's not upgraded it's just 4GB RAM and 1.7 i5 processor, and it does what I need to perfectly and I can game on it as well. The 2012 MBA with Intel 4000 (mine is 3000) and the other upgrades would probably exceed mine by another 50% or more.
🙂
Not sure if you knew but you are probably eligible for education discount as well
Am I? i am a 11th grade student.
where I am in "England" we get the discount based on being in education, age has nothing to do with it - someone could be 65 and studying at university and they are eligible
Not sure if it is the same where you are
guess ill check with apple, if i am eligible i owe you a lot as it will save be from asking money from my parents. Thanks a lot.
Hi there. I too am a student. I bought a refurb through apple to save a few bucks. There is no way I could tell this is a refurb and I am glad to have a few more bucks in my pocket. I got a MacBook Air with 1.7 Ghz Intel i5/ 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 and 250 GB of storage for ~1300$. Love it and would do it again in a heartbeat.
My computer is my right and left arm for research and this little charmer has been the best.
I am planning to purchase a new macbook, my budget- $1699
