Whats the best I could hope for around £500?

Morning,

I am slowly consolidating all my tech and a recent move back to iPhone has given me the itch to finally try an Apple Laptop.

I know very little about the Apple hardware and so I am looking for some advice.

Whats the best macbook or macbook air I could do for around £500 ish used?

The reason for the advice is if it were a laptop or pc I'd be on top of it but I literally have no clue where to begin with Apple.

Thanks for any help

£500 should get you a very good condition well-specced mid-2013 13" retina MacBook Pro.

Ok cheers. Anything to look out for?

Everyone seem's to have unrealistic prices on the old auction site.

Well I just sold my MBA in MM for £600, it was one and half years old, with one and half years warranty on it, latest model and upgrade ram.

Prices vary wildly on the bay. I saw a 6 year old MacBook Air go for £500 the other week !!

Cheers guys.

@konicky I know, people have some very unrealistic ideas!

I've stuck a thread in the wanted section, see what turns up.

welshdragon said:

Cheers guys.

@konicky I know, people have some very unrealistic ideas!

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Unrealistic but it sold for that so must be some really clueless buyers out there !!

Well, no dice on my wanted thread so far. And trying to have a discussion with people on the bay they are just so rude!

If you can then i'd hold out for something on here. People generally look after their stuff on this site and are more honest should there be anything wrong with it.

Refurb 11 inch Macbook airs start at £719 on Apple site and Macbooks at £759.

If you can find the extra few hundred then that is the route that I would take - you get warranty, perfect condition and a fresh battery.

I fancy boys said:

If you can then i'd hold out for something on here. People generally look after their stuff on this site and are more honest should there be anything wrong with it.

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Agreed, hoping something comes along.

deaglecat said:

Refurb 11 inch Macbook airs start at £719 on Apple site and Macbooks at £759.

If you can find the extra few hundred then that is the route that I would take - you get warranty, perfect condition and a fresh battery.

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I'll take a look at these cheers mate

Are Core M macbooks much cop? Or would an i5 air be better?

I think the Core M are in the new rMacbooks (I had the 1.3ghz one did everything) and older i5 in the Air, depends if you want the retina display as compared to the Air its a different league.

I think the retina screen would sway it for me. Thanks

I was so close to pulling the trigger on a refurb 2015 13" Air this morning but something held me back. I was looking for the cheapest 8Gb RAM version and it was a tad over £800. By the time I was almost ready, it had gone.

Is the memory on the 2015 MBA user upgradable? I might be better off with the 4Gb version and doing it myself.

Isn't the Core M MB a lot slower than the i5 MBA?

Not that I actually need a laptop, this would be a toy!

it's soldered on Feek on the MBA models. When I bought my 2013 13" I got the upgraded memory and SSD to 8gb/256gb. Looking to sell it as upgraded to the new MBP but really not sure what it's worth.

Yeah the Core M is slightly slower than the i5, depends what your going to be doing on it though. Browsing the web, watching movies etc doubt you will see the difference tbh.

Just caught sight of a 2014 macbook pro. i5 with 512gb ssd, 8gb ram for £585. Worth it?

Sounds good, 13"?

Yeah 13". Seems good although I've now not heard back so think I've missed out