Picture 1 of 4
Stock photo
Picture 1 of 4
Stock photo
Apple MacBook Pro A1286 15.4" Laptop - MC373B/A (April,2010)
Price:
£90.00
+ £5.64 postage
Returns:
Condition:
 | Shop by category |
{"delay":300}
|
Having had Microsoft based laptops and PCs all my life, I was apprehensive to make the change to Mac, but I needn't have worried, I've got the bug now and almost everything in the house is Apple now. To all PC laptops, the Macbook Pro is solid and refined. All other laptops feel like pretenders and mere toys compared to this. Lest we forget, this beast can natively run Windows 7 too! Try doing the reverse, whereas it can be done on some machines, the faff and hassle involved makes it beyond the abilities of the vast majority. Dislikes? If I had to find something then we could say that the SD card reader doesn't allow the card to sit flush, but frankly this is a help for me as I always left the card in my Windows laptop and only remembered when in the field with my Nikon and it smugly announcing there is no card installed....d'oh! And maybe a lack of HDMI, but you can buy an adapter so that's not really valid. Will I go back to Windows? I doubt it. Windows 8 isn't for me (hence the curiosity about OS-X) and it seems Apple is simply taking the direction I want to go in. Its not for everyone, but it certainly is for me.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Good computer and very quick well happy
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
What processor does it have
Verified purchase: No
The macbook pro core i7 is a great laptop. And well worth the money,if you're going to use it to it's full potential. This is my first mac. Although I have used them before, this is the first one I've owned. SO basically I needed a laptop -and had some money to invest in one. (You do invest in a mac by the way...it's not like a PC,if you keep it in great condition 2, 3, 4 years down the line, it'll still be considerably valuable.) SO I choice was to either buy a PC laptop,could buy a decent one of those for about £500 or buy a mac... £1799. I had phases of thinking I prefered the PC-as it was the norm and clearly better value for money? And then phases of wanting the mac. The mac appealed to me because; it's a whole new operating system...which mean't getting away from the slightly troublesome windows. The impressive battery life. The beautiful slim design. The apple software available and it's great reputation for being a great laptop for creative minds and design. And perhaps one of the best things.... no PC viruses. So in the end I bought it. And it's great. Really lives up to it's reputation. Going from mainly using a desktop PC to a laptop is kind of uncomfortable though. And given the choice,I still prefer to use my desktop PC when I'm at home for ease of use, and its so much more comfortable. Rather than hunching over a laptop with a smaller screen, squished keyboard and uncontrollable trackpad! So I've just ordered a wireless mouse (logitech MX performance mouse) and the apple wired numeric keyboard to go with it. Ordered them both from apple, so I can use the mac more like a desktop PC while I'm at home and then benefit from it's portability when I'm out and travelling. This will hopefully also keep it in better condition. As I won't be using the keyboard as much. I would also advise buying a case or 2! For the laptop. Sooner rather than later... to prevent any scratches/bumps. A laptop sleeve and then a hard case aswell if you're travelling around with it. The speck seethru hard case from the apple store is great. £39.99. Well worth it though,really un-intrusive and fits fantastically. A screen protector is also something to consider,as although it might reduce the clarity of your screen...apples screens are pretty high quality,that as soon as you scratch it,its pretty much game over! Ooh and another thing,definitely buy iwork as your base document program rather than office. Office on a PC is great, but iwork was made for the mac...which means it works amazingly with mac. Whereas office,being designed by Microsoft for windows and only adapted for mac. Office is nowhere near as good as it is on windows, on mac. The program has been reduced and definitely doesn't run as smoothly for mac. The program iwork runs flawlessly, and is really designed for the mac user. It's very visual and has some really great features. Another great thing about iwork is that all iwork documents are compatible with Office. So that means that if you are working on your mac at home,you can use iwork and then take it into work/school/college/university and open and edit the document in Microsoft office. Which I think is a great feature considering the majority of offices use windows. Overall this is a very well thought out creative workstation definitely worth investing in! But make sure you buy from an established buyer. Preferably apple or directly from amazon (who sell it for £150 cheaper).Read full review
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best-selling in Apple Laptops
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on Apple Laptops
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- You may also like
