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MacBook Pro 13" Unibody 2010년 중반기

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Older Mac vs new something else

Hi I will be attending med school in the fall and am in need of a new laptop computer. Everywhere I have visited have recommended a MacBook Pro for me needs (researching, paper writing, notes etc.) I will pretty much only being using my laptop for school and am curious what if you guys recommend me getting an older version I can afford of MacBook (2010ish) or a brand new 2016 model of a different brand? I would like to spend under $500.

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You should be able to buy used either a 13" or 15" older MacBook Pro Unibody pre retina for around $400 - 500 depending on the size of the drive and the amount of RAM it has. I would try to stick with a i7 and one with a Hi Res display. You really don't need the retina screen while its nice to have, many of us still use the older models without any problems.

Upgrading what you get with a SSD and adding more RAM if needed should hold you for a quite a few of years.

Don't forget to get an external drive for backing up, just in case your laptop grows legs or decides to do the back flip off your desk ;-}

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hefty_pegasus @hefty_pegasus 평판: 101 · Answer 1 · 2016-06-19T15:39:38-07:00

Macbook's are great machines. I've had my Mid-2010 MBP since my freshman year of college back in...well 2010 and it's still going strong. If you treat them right and are willing to invest a little TLC into some relatively cheap and painless upgrades (RAM, SSD) they pay great dividends. Plus, if you aren't super techy, OS X does a lot of things really well under the hood that makes life easier for the user.

You should never have to defrag and, while I always recommend some sort of antivirus protection (at the very least a passive scanning app), the risk of getting a virus is much lower than on a device running Windows.

That being said, anytime you pay for an Apple product, a solid third of the price is just for the name. A part of that name price does include the engineering and R&D that goes into creating the product, as well as customer service (if still under warranty.)

Unless you are really into Mac for one reason or another (as I am), you should look into what you can get for the same amount from a PC. Weigh your options and maybe narrow it down to one or two alternatives to a MBP. Then see if you're still interested in picking up a $500 computer that's over half a decade old. If you are, go for it.

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