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would a MacBook be worth buying?

Would a MacBook be worth buying?

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Posted on Jan 11, 2013 6:28 PM

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Posted on Jan 11, 2013 7:12 PM

Yes.

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Jan 12, 2013 1:38 PM in response to Brandontischer 232

Brandontischer 232 wrote:


I'll take a look on craigslist and see because I know these are around $300 and that's a reasonable price for me.


I would not touch a stranger's except with a rocket launcher. Unless you get it for $50 and expect that you will get what you pay for. If a friend of yours who you trusted was selling ... different story.


Go to Apple refurbished store (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac) for lower prices on Apple-certified models.

Jan 12, 2013 3:18 PM in response to Brandontischer 232

$300 is very small budget. Usually only "two external drives for backup" fall into that.


As an alternate ...


You can get a mini-tower case, 500 W powersupply, and deals for about $100 on small motherboards/lowendCPUs. Build your own mini-tower for about $400. Post on message board at college (you did not refute that part) saying "Tell me ow to build and what to buy, please".

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