I have someone that offered to sell me their 16gb RAM, 500 GB HDD, 2.3ghz i7 Quad core with Intel HD 4000 card for $1400. I might be able to talk them down to 1300ish, but not sure. He also said it has Office 2012, Photoshop CS6, After Effects CS5, and Final Cut Pro X. Either way, I'm pretty sure this is a good deal on this but just want some opinions. My other option was getting the mid-line new rMBP 13in (2.4ghz i5, 8gb ram, 256 SSD, Intel Iris Graphics) through either the education store discount or when Black Friday comes around.
For what I will use it for, I'm just a college student. I have a beast of a windows laptop (Sager 8130np), but the battery life and portability is annoying. I play games, record music in my free time, and sometimes put videos together. I will probably run Parallels and bootcamp. I'd prefer an SSD (obviously), but I'm not sure if this 15in model's hard drive is replaceable. Also, I know the 15ins are a lot more powerful than the 13s but do I even need all that power? Also, I've been told that the 15in's bulkiness gets annoying after a while, can I get some input on that?
I guess I also would be up for just buying the 15 in to try out for a bit, then if I don't like it I can sell it. Which would take me back to the original question of if it's a good deal or not.
For what I will use it for, I'm just a college student. I have a beast of a windows laptop (Sager 8130np), but the battery life and portability is annoying. I play games, record music in my free time, and sometimes put videos together. I will probably run Parallels and bootcamp. I'd prefer an SSD (obviously), but I'm not sure if this 15in model's hard drive is replaceable. Also, I know the 15ins are a lot more powerful than the 13s but do I even need all that power? Also, I've been told that the 15in's bulkiness gets annoying after a while, can I get some input on that?
I guess I also would be up for just buying the 15 in to try out for a bit, then if I don't like it I can sell it. Which would take me back to the original question of if it's a good deal or not.