Looking to sell my Macbook Pro from 2014, hoping to get at most 800 bucks.
I was looking at this model:
Lemme know what you guys think, any help would be great.
Looking to sell my Macbook Pro from 2014, hoping to get at most 800 bucks.
I was looking at this model:
Lemme know what you guys think, any help would be great.
I'd at least upgrade to the 960m video card if possible.
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=34-232-848
$30 more for slightly better graphics and better longevity, plus better aesthetics in my opinion.. And that's without looking at refurbs/used or anything else.
That's a really low estimate. I'm seeing $1,200 as the average resell price on any 2014 model, with some better specs fetching $1,400+.
If you can get that extra cash you open yourself up to some significantly more powerful hardware.
At your budget however:
Lenovo Y40-80 - $800
And the ASUS listed in the post above. That's about it unless you want to buy used.
At the $1,200-ish price range you get much better options such as:
For around $800 I would look at these two:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315164
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232848
I really like the Sager. I actually might pick that one up in a few weeks.
Okay it''s been a while but I think I'm going to get this model:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315164
I still need something that won't really break the bank, and I'd like to have some money left over, and I'm going to need to take this in my backpack everyday to go to school, so this looks like a good choice.
Thoughts?
Be cautious of Acer. They have a huge reputation for cutting corners and building cheap. They look good, but aren't always. I am not saying they do it all the time as they do have some genuinely great products, but just be sure you find reviews, look up the laptop on forums and see if there are reported problems, and be 100% sure the laptop will work and not keel over in a month from just being used.
Should really build a desktop for gaming, even a $400/500 desktop will outperform a gaming laptop that costs 800
Your only other real laptop option aside from the i7+960m would be the Y700 from Lenovo, the CPU would be weaker, but it has a free-sync display for gaming, at least it's supposed to have a free-sync display
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834319906&cm_re=Y700-_-34-319-906-_-Product
I'm mostly going to be using this for school but I wanted a good CPU since some of my classes require me to code and compile software, and the programs they're going to be giving me don't run on Mac, and I'd rather just get a decent windows laptop than run bootcamp
Could always go the desktop route and have way more CPU horsepower, here'd be the CPU heavy desktop for around $660
lol I already have a desktop man I built it last November
Well then why not get a laptop with more focus on battery life and a large SSD? Makes for a much better portable device unless you needed the gaming laptop for lan parties or something
thats a better idea, what would you recommend then?
Well, you could always go for a convertible with a touch screen, always a useful feature
Bit over budget though for this Yoga
That actually looks like a really good option
Found a better one, used, but it's got an i7 and 1800p display
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8TK3N44245
that one has a canadian/french keyboard lol
Probably worth it for the hardware though, otherwise just in general thinkpads seem to have pretty solid construction and what not, aside from lenovo's adware crap they put on their devices, just gotta wipe the hard drive when you get it
Think I might go for the Think Pad then