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Where to buy older MBP?
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Hey guys,
I am really interested in purchasing a late 2008 MBP. I am thinking fall of 2008.
Anyways, I don't really like the look of the unibody, and the all silver is something I've always loved. And now that I am in the market, I would really like to find something.
My price range is 1,000-1,200. Is there any good sites to buy a good quality one? Anyone know of any users looking to get rid of one? There has to be some out there, but the sites I am viewing only are selling 2006-2007 MBP.
I don't really want to go Ebay.
Thanks!
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You realize that the unibody macs came out in October of 2008 so your search for a non-unibody mac from the fall of 2008 may be a bit fruitless.
Other then ebay, you can try craigslist. I also noticed some sellers in amazon have some older model MacBook Pros as well.
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iMac 24", 2.4 C2D, 1TB, 4GB, 10.5.7
Late 2008 Macbook Pro 2.4 C2D, 500GB, 4GB, 10.5.7
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For old models I'd also keep an eye on the Mac clearance section. There's no MBPs there right now though.
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Last edited by Simon; May 22, 2009 at 03:10 AM.
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If you can find a pre-unibody refurb on Apple.com, you should snatch it up. You get a one year warranty, which is pretty important when buying an older machine. I just checked and there are none listed today, although a 17" was listed (but out of stock when I clicked on it).
Hey, lookie what I found: 15" MacBook Pro Prices at MacPrices, Updated Daily New ones.
(Whoops. Looks like it's not old enough new ones. It the old new ones, not new old ones.)
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Last edited by Eriamjh; May 25, 2009 at 08:04 PM.
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iMac 24", 2.4 C2D, 1TB, 4GB, 10.5.7
Late 2008 Macbook Pro 2.4 C2D, 500GB, 4GB, 10.5.7
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Oops! They're gone again. They don't last long!
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iMac 24", 2.4 C2D, 1TB, 4GB, 10.5.7
Late 2008 Macbook Pro 2.4 C2D, 500GB, 4GB, 10.5.7
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I guess you need to check early every day!
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Great selection on the refurb page today.
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iMac 24", 2.4 C2D, 1TB, 4GB, 10.5.7
Late 2008 Macbook Pro 2.4 C2D, 500GB, 4GB, 10.5.7
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If you trust craigslist, that might work. I just recently sold my early 2008 macbook pro and my power pc g5 through there.
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Originally Posted by Eriamjh
If you can find a pre-unibody refurb on Apple.com, you should snatch it up. You get a one year warranty, which is pretty important when buying an older machine.
The pre-unibody (Early 2008) MBPs are an especially good deal now since Apple extended the repair program for the GPU defect to a full three years from purchase date. That means that even if the MBP you pick up is out of the one year warranty period, you essentially get (an albeit limited form of) AppleCare for free on one of the most important components.
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The Apple Store has the refurm 2.4 Ghz for $1350, now.
Someone else's opinion on another mac forum:
$1350 for the last-gen refurb 15-inch 2.4GHz MBP is pretty darned tempting.
$250 less than the new MBP, 1GHz slower and comes with 2GB less RAM, but you gain the faster video card, an ExpressCard slot and easy swap of HD and battery.
Edit: ...and it has FW 400 on top of 800. And it has a DVI port so (for me) no extra cost for a display-adapter.
Sadly, no education deal on refurbs.
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Any FW800 port also serves as a FW400 port. You just need a different $4 cable.
That said, the model you mention is a UB and they have only FW800. You'd have to go back to the pre-UB 15" to get a FW400 port.
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Last edited by Simon; Jun 11, 2009 at 03:17 AM.
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