So, I'm looking to buy a MacBook Pro. Any suggestions on the best place to buy it from?

Will anywhere have it cheaper than http://www.apple.com or the Apple Store?

5/15/2011 7:26:11 PM

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"Will anywhere have it cheaper than http://www.apple.com or the Apple Store?"

You really just asked that???

ebay
craigslist
newegg
apple outlet
tigerdirect
slickdeals.net

5/15/2011 7:28:01 PM

NCSU student store, edu discount

5/15/2011 7:31:52 PM

Is this that cheap just because it's recertfied? How reliable is stuff from Newegg?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834100113&cm_re=macbook_pro-_-34-100-113-_-Product

5/15/2011 8:59:09 PM

ive never gotten anything re-certified on there, but i have ordered tons of stuff from newegg and they are great.

if re-certified is like refurbished, that isn't always a bad thing. Considering with a refurb the product is kicked back because something was wrong, but then it is inspected and fixed. other units may never see the same level of inspection, especially if manufactures only do a random sampling to find defects in a batch.

5/15/2011 11:24:18 PM

^^ Keep in mind that is a 3 year old MBP.

And I'm willing to bet that the reason that MBP is recertified is because of the video card on it crapped out. All 8600m GTs are doomed to fail.

5/16/2011 12:48:49 AM

Just buy a refurbished Macbook Pro directly from Apple if that's the way you want to go:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC374LL/A?mco=MTgwOTc3Mjg


Lower price and a MUCH newer model (2010) than the Newegg one (which looks like a 2007 Santa Rosa), and you get the standard one year Apple warranty that you can extend to 3 with Applecare (which is always worth it). As a bonus if it breaks you can just take it to the Apple store.

And yeah, 8600m GT video is always a bad plan.

5/16/2011 10:53:49 PM

Wow, $900 and still only a core 2 duo? pass

5/17/2011 1:05:17 AM