Looking at a Refurb MBP

Bes · 15 Oct 2017 at 23:15

Hi

I am looking at replacing my 8 year old 15" MBP with a shiny refurb!

I have a 25" external monitor and am considering dropping to a 13" pro. Has anyone dropped from 15-13? How was it (Remember I am also going from a non- retina to a retina machine).

All the refurb machines are 'only' specced with 8Gb RAM. For tasks like Lightroom, some light development work, and general officey-type-stuff would you go with 8Gb or should I hold out for a 16Gb model?

Thanks

Raymond Lin · 15 Oct 2017 at 23:52

Bes said:
Hi

I am looking at replacing my 8 year old 15" MBP with a shiny refurb!

I have a 25" external monitor and am considering dropping to a 13" pro. Has anyone dropped from 15-13? How was it (Remember I am also going from a non- retina to a retina machine).

All the refurb machines are 'only' specced with 8Gb RAM. For tasks like Lightroom, some light development work, and general officey-type-stuff would you go with 8Gb or should I hold out for a 16Gb model?

Thanks

Hold out for 16G.

Bes · 16 Oct 2017 at 11:22

Thanks. Thought so. Unfortunately everything in the refurb store is 256Gb/ 8Gb! I bet the 512Gb/16Gb models don't come up too often in 13"

Any thoughts on screen size from anyone would also be appreciated.

Cheers!

LiE · 16 Oct 2017 at 12:15

13" is fine if you have an external monitor. The screen on the MBP is very good, so next to most screens it will make them look poor (brightness, colour, retina etc). I would look at getting the LG 4k to pair with with it.