Looking to buy a Macbook

Highcontrast1

Hi guys.

I am looking to buy a macbook pro and could do with your expertise .

Ok so I am currently looking for a 2nd hand macbook pro on adverts. I do some music production with Ableton and Logic. I also use Dreamweaver, Photoshop, After Effects quite a bit. I am on a 2008 macbook that only goes up to 3gb ram. It's a nightmare I know .
So i wanted to ask if it would be worth it to wait for the Haswell macs and anticipate a drop in older macs i.e 2011, 2012. My budget is 800 - 850.

Ideally, I would love a better processor, lots of ram and a ssd.

Bit of a long shot but thought I ask how best i go about it.

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ZENER

Things like RAM and SSDs can be added afterwards with little effort and far cheaper than Apple will fit them. If someone paid a premium price to Apple for a configuration which included these items then it stands to reason they will ask for more when they sell it on compared to a standard Macbook.

My suggestion is to buy the best Processor/Screen combination you can afford and disregard the RAM/HDD. Getting it cheaper will leave more left over for the RAM and SSD you want later.

I can't see you getting an i7 quad core 15" Macbook Pro for that price though - and certainly not maxed with RAM and a decent sized SSD. If you do, I'd question it's provenance.

Ken

fjon

I am most likely going to upgrade once the Haswell MBPs come out.
My current machine is a 2009 15" 2.53Ghz Core 2 Duo, 8GB RAM and a 500GB SSD (both added afterwards). Older than you're looking for I know, but I don't think for you budget you're going to get a 2011 model.

MillField

Best off waiting for the new Haswell based model to land. It should be here by the end of the month if not sooner.