Cheapest place to pick up 13" MacBook Pro?

maninblack

Hey all,

Waited for this 'Black Friday' discount and was left pretty disappointed tbh.

I'm after the 13" MacBook Pro and they're doing it for €1033 with the student discount and friday discount combined.
http://store.apple.com/ie_aoc_121513/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?mco=MTAyNTQzMzk

Just seen the same laptop on amazon for roughly just under €950 delivered.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002COJD1O/ref=s9_sima_gw_s0_p23_t1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1TTFC4D1B9W7EE5NYAPA&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467198433&pf_rd_i=468294

Can someone confirm this isin't an old model or anything? This will be my first Mac and I don't know an awful lot about them! For all I know I could be looking at an 08 model

docdolittle

Something like this? http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/3031979/art/apple/macbook-mc240b-a-white.html

PCPhoto

docdolittle wrote: »

Something like this? http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/3031979/art/apple/macbook-mc240b-a-white.html

thats the old model..... the new model is a unibody aluminium shell.

akadesign

You'll find a lot of online stores will be selling for almost the exact same price as the apple store, this is common with most apple products.

philiporeilly

PCPhoto wrote: »

thats the old model..... the new model is a unibody aluminium shell.

Just make sure its the second version of the aluminium shell with SD card reader and firewire. The 13" 1st gen version didn't have either.

Jev/N

docdolittle wrote: »

Something like this? http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/3031979/art/apple/macbook-mc240b-a-white.html

That's not a Pro

logistic

Laptops Direct
€941.51 + delivery is £17.20 (around €20) for 13" 2.26 GHz model
http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Macbook_Pro/prod.asp
Its the best deal ive seen

mykro28

bought mine in Dixons Tax Free in Heathrow, they have a web site where you can order can collect. At the time (about 4 months ago) it was the cheapest I could find. If you know someone flying in the UK they could pick it up for you??
I got the 13" MBP with 4GB and 250GB HD (higher spec model) for £999

Ham'nd'egger

logistic wrote: »

Laptops Direct
€941.51 + delivery is £17.20 (around €20) for 13" 2.26 GHz model
http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Macbook_Pro/prod.asp
Its the best deal ive seen

They are all shipping with 10.5 only so you would need to get hold of Snow Leopard for them to be fully updated.

maninblack

I got it off the Apple website in the end.

I couldn't live with a 160gb hard drive - had to upgrade it to 250. I could only do this if I ordered off Apple. Cost me 1070

I know I prob could have got that done in some repair shop somewhere but tbh I just didn't want the hassle. Wanna be able to use this straight out of the box.

Will definitely upgrade to 4gb ram somewhere down the line though - is that an expensive/worthwhile process??

ozt9vdujny3srf

2gb memory is plenty for most uses. The main reason you might go for 4gb of memory is if you wanted to regularly run a virtual machine on your mac, or any memory intensive application.

logistic

Hamndegger wrote: »

They are all shipping with 10.5 only so you would need to get hold of Snow Leopard for them to be fully updated.

Nope, they come with Apple MacOS X 10.6 which is snow leopard.

Ham'nd'egger

logistic wrote: »

Nope, they come with Apple MacOS X 10.6 which is snow leopard.

The link says 10.5; are they shipping with 10.6 for sure?

logistic

Cant say for sure as the tech spec lists it as 10.6 and product summary says 10.5

logistic

Got reply from laptops direct, os version is 10.6

conchubhar1

hey I paid that same price for a 2007 model of the white macbook

this has more ram - faster processor and has a much better case and multiouch.... better screen.... etc etc etc

that is a great price

Davexirl

Did you end up ordering from laptops direct???? I am looking at getting a mac and its a great price but I have heard bad things about laptops direct.

logistic

Yeah ordered on Friday 27th for the other half. Wanted to hold off and see if Apples black Friday sale prices were any better than laptopsdirect.

Got a phone call later that day on Friday to say the payment went through sucessfully. Laptop arrive yesterday with snow leppord (os x v10.6) and ilife09. The total cost was €981. Still cheaper than apples sale.

I had no problems with laptops direct. That was my first oder with them.

Davexirl

logistic wrote: »

Yeah ordered on Friday 27th for the other half. Wanted to hold off and see if Apples black Friday sale prices were any better than laptopsdirect.

Got a phone call later that day on Friday to say the payment went through sucessfully. Laptop arrive yesterday with snow leppord (os x v10.6) and ilife09. The total cost was €981. Still cheaper than apples sale.

I had no problems with laptops direct. That was my first oder with them.

Sounds good, and quick delivery. How are there prices so much cheaper than apples site, €274 in the difference on the model I want.

logistic

If theres that much in the difference its a no brainer. Ive seem mixed reports about laptopsdirect. Mainly regarding payment issues. Just make sure your billing address and your delivery address is the same and you should have no issues.

cian_s_obrien

28/12/2009


Here's the low down.
HarveyNorman -little island- Was giving me the 13' 2GB memory and 160GB hardrive with ilife free for E1100

Go harvey go- near ambulance base- apple dude there said hang on till 2nd week in jan because a new macbook pro is coming out.
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PC world Mahon pt- was giving me the 13' 4GB 250GB hardrive with ilife pre installed running on snow leopard.

Laptopsdirect.ie- 13' 2GB memory 160GB hardrive for E980ish