Looking to replace wifes ailing / aging 15" MBP. Shes generally using Safari, prints occasionally, uses Word once in a while. Shes ok with the smaller screen size. An iPad with keyboard cover was out of the question.

Does this seem like a good deal?

1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB RAM
256GB Flash Storage
nVIDIA GeForce 320M GPU
13.3" Glossy Widescreen LED Display
FaceTime Webcam
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
802.11n AirPort Extreme
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Free Item Included:
Apple AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook, MacBook Air & 13" MacBook Pro (very cool)

and free Parallels Desktop 7 Software for Mac or Filemaker Bento (need neither)

Discount price: $949.95

Thanks!

Yes.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

Looks nice to me.

2GB RAM?

Are you nuts?

DO NOT BUY A MAC WITH LESS THAN 4GB RAM.

Have they got a similar deal for a 4GB version?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/01/2012 06:33PM by Chakravartin.

For her needs 2GB should be enough. Relaunch Safari every few hours.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

Agreed - if it was for me, I want 4gb or upgradeability paths.

Ok, I bit. She will be happy. Thanks all.

Free shipping / no tax clinched it.

SSD makes RAM less critical. She will love it.

Congrats! Make sure she loves you for getting it.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

2 GB is fine for a home user - works for me with 10.6.8

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Chakravartin
2GB RAM?

Are you nuts?

DO NOT BUY A MAC WITH LESS THAN 4GB RAM.

Have they got a similar deal for a 4GB version?

You have clearly never used an SSD-booting mac with 2 GB of RAM. It's absolutely fine.

In this particular instance it's the lack of keyboard backlighting that I consider the main downside.

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2 GB is fine for a home user - works for me with 10.6.8

Depends on what you're talking about. 2 GB RAM on any HDD-booting machine running snow or later can be pretty horrible, particularly with i3/15/i7 processors.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/01/2012 07:35PM by Black.

In this particular instance it's the lack of keyboard backlighting that I consider the main downside.

Agreed.

I'll never buy another 'Book without it.


2 GB is fine for a home user - works for me with 10.6.8

That too, is a personal experience.

My 2.0 Santa Rosa MB came with 2G, and it felt truly pokey. Upgraded the HD to a 7200rpm version, couldn't feel any improvement. Went to 4G, same thing. Fewer beach balls but otherwise, it didn't feel any faster. Swapped out the 320G HD for a 60G SSD and WOW!

My next Mac will be a mini, iMac or Book that can take 16G o' RAM (except for an Air) but the *first* upgrade will be an SSD boot drive.

At this moment, I'm working on my Crucial M4, 256G SSD, making it the primary boot drive for my current mini. It's maxed at 8G. One day I might replace the 320G internal HD with a similar sized SSD, but that's not on the Must Do list.

But I won't go back to HDDs. At least not for a primary boot drive.

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evilrobot
Looking to replace wifes ailing / aging 15" MBP. Shes generally using Safari, prints occasionally, uses Word once in a while. Shes ok with the smaller screen size. An iPad with keyboard cover was out of the question.

Does this seem like a good deal?

1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB RAM
256GB Flash Storage
nVIDIA GeForce 320M GPU
13.3" Glossy Widescreen LED Display
FaceTime Webcam
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
802.11n AirPort Extreme
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Free Item Included:
Apple AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook, MacBook Air & 13" MacBook Pro (very cool)

and free Parallels Desktop 7 Software for Mac or Filemaker Bento (need neither)

Discount price: $949.95

Thanks!

Where is this deal?

sorry - should have posted the link yesterday. it WAS on [www.bhphotovideo.com] - i can no longer find the page. sold out?

found new link. same deal -
[www.bhphotovideo.com]

It comes with free Air Conditioning?

Score!