Brand New of Refurbished

Tunage

Hello!

Firstly want to apologise for my absolute ignorance with all things tech (which is why I've arrived at boards for some help!)

I have a MacBook Pro 13" mid 2012 model and last night it gave me the worst fright that it's about to explode and die on me. Turned it on and most of the screen was red. Any photos with dark backgrounds were red. Thankfully today it's back to normal but I'm considering purchasing a new laptop.

What would the best options be? I've got an iphone 6 (buying the 7Plus soon) so I like how everything syncs.

Money isn't exactly flowing so I'm trying to figure out the best thing to do for my wallet.

1. Would there be much hassle in transferring content if I chose to go non Apple on a new purchase?

2. Would I be mad to consider buying a refurbished (but newer model) Macbook?

3. AAAAHHHHHHHHHH

Many thanks!

whiterebel

Tunage wrote: »

Hello!

Firstly want to apologise for my absolute ignorance with all things tech (which is why I've arrived at boards for some help!)

I have a MacBook Pro 13" mid 2012 model and last night it gave me the worst fright that it's about to explode and die on me. Turned it on and most of the screen was red. Any photos with dark backgrounds were red. Thankfully today it's back to normal but I'm considering purchasing a new laptop.

What would the best options be? I've got an iphone 6 (buying the 7Plus soon) so I like how everything syncs.

Money isn't exactly flowing so I'm trying to figure out the best thing to do for my wallet.

1. Would there be much hassle in transferring content if I chose to go non Apple on a new purchase?

2. Would I be mad to consider buying a refurbished (but newer model) Macbook?

3. AAAAHHHHHHHHHH

Many thanks!

There's a dedicated Mac forum here: Mac. You could report the post and ask a Mod to move it there for you.

I don't know about transferring to a PC, the thoughts of doing exactly that is what has stopped me from changing recently, instead going for an exorbitantly priced Macbook Pro.

Refurbished is every bit as good as new usually. They don't have to have been faulty to be returned, it may be returned for a change of mind. In Apple years ago, the engineers reckoned refurbs went through better quality checks as they had to do it on each machine, not a sample as they did at the factory.

Sad Professor

Apple have a few options for transferring data, see here. If you don't have a backup hard drive already, I'd suggest getting one and going the Migration Assistant from Time Machine backup route.

As whiterebel said, refurbs are pretty safe. They are also a great way buying older models if you don't want the latest and greatest. There is, of course, a chance you'll get a lemon, hence the discount, but if so just send it back. Warranty and everything is the same, so there's nothing to worry about.

What Mac are you considering?

Dades

Refurb Macbook FTW!

If you can stretch to it, I'd go for a 2015 13" MBP which still has all the useful ports.

Tunage

Thank you everyone!

I'm not even sure what macbook to go for. I love the lightweight Air and I don't need the CD drive so that would be an option. What prices would we be talking for refurbished? So clueless to all this stuff :-/

whiterebel

http://https://www.apple.com/ie/shop/browse/home/specialdeals

No Macs have DVD drives any more.

Dades

The MB Air doesn't come with the beautiful retina screen the MacBook Pro and the MacBook have.

That's an absolute dealbreaker in my view.

Tunage

Will have to do some serious research to see what I actually need and what will suit my budget (which I must work out as well lol!)

I'd be happy to stick with Macbook Pro 13" This one has never given me a days bother until I turned it on the other day and there were red patches all over the screen which made me verrrrrry nervous!

Tokyo

Dades wrote: »

The MB Air doesn't come with the beautiful retina screen the MacBook Pro and the MacBook have.

That's an absolute dealbreaker in my view.

I'd strongly agree with this. Had a MacBook air that seemed fine to me - until I moved over to a retina display MacBook Pro. In terms of resolution and screen real estate, I'd never go back.

Tunage

So would u guys recommend buying a refurbished Macbook from Apple or would it be ok to chance buying from another source?

Sad Professor

Tunage wrote: »

So would u guys recommend buying a refurbished Macbook from Apple or would it be ok to chance buying from another source?

I would only recommend Apple.

Dades

Yeah, I don't think I'd trust anywhere else for a purchase like this.

Tunage

Thanks everyone, got the phone changed there recently (iPhone 8) and have the lend of an external hard drive. Lots more research to do before I would fully delve into purchasing. This one is keeping me going for now (fingers crossed). Thank you for all your advices :-)