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My old laptop has finally died.its only really used for browsing and occassional disc use.ive been looking at the refurbished ones on ebay around €100 mark.i wondered if anyone could recommend a decent model and spec one?any help would be great.thanks.
HP Elitebook worth a look. Lots about, ex-lease business spec so good quality. Your budget may be a bit low.
Dell outlet?
You can get a refurbished MacBook on eBay for 250 quid, with upgraded RAM and a SSD. They put new cases on them too, and it came with the latest OS all installed
I bought one (as Mrs Binners kept nicking my MacBook Pro) and it was absolutely indistinguishable from a brand spanking new machine. It’s been running brilliantly for 12 months now and is used all day, every day. Her work PC laptop hasn’t been looked at since
Seen a few on ebay around £100 mark.could pay a bit more if its worth it.
Just had a look at those binners, thanks. My 16yr old needs a new laptop and that could be perfect.
You can get a refurbished MacBook on eBay for 250 quid,
So triple the OP's budget? Typical Mac owner.
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Oh yeah that’s rich for an stw post. £250 for a laptop, jeez, you could buy a [s]bike[/s] wheel for that!!
Coagar - You’d have a coronary if I told you how much my MacBook Pro cost! 😀
Grtdkad - there’s a few places doing them, but i’ll Dig out the eBay details tomorrow, of the one I bought, and post it up. Couldn’t recommend them highly enough. Like I said, indistinguishable from a brand new Mac.
Got me some serious brownie points, that did!
I've been looking at the tier1 outlet store on ebay after seeing someone on here bought a laptop from them a while ago.
My problem is justifying it as I only need it to play Football Manager as my current laptop is no longer up to it! They must sell and absolute heap of them and of the ones I've been 'watching' they tend to go for the lowest price around tea time - I guess because people are too busy tucking in to their mince and tatties to be bidding on ebay.
binners - MemberYou can get a refurbished MacBook on eBay for 250 quid, with upgraded RAM and a SSD. They put new cases on them too, and it came with the latest OS all installed
I bought one (as Mrs Binners kept nicking my MacBook Pro) and it was absolutely indistinguishable from a brand spanking new machine. It’s been running brilliantly for 12 months now and is used all day, every day. Her work PC laptop hasn’t been looked at since
What spec?
If you have link that would be good too - I need a new laptop and fancy a MacBook.
Some more useful information in [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/laptop-processor-question ]this[/url] thread from yesterday OP.
The guy I got it from on ebay hasn't got any listed at the moment, but there are similar specced ones up.
Spec is
Apple MacBook RE-CASED 13.3" Unibody, 2.26Ghz, 120GB SSD 4Gb Ram, BT Wifi DVD-R
Which is more than adequate for what she's using it for, and it was £290, not £250. Still a bargain for what looks and feels like a brand new Mac
So triple the OP's budget? Typical Mac owner.
Yeah how could anyone possibly not be able to afford a Mac?! Pull yourself together for god's sake!
Cougar - Moderator
You can get a refurbished MacBook on eBay for 250 quid,
So triple the OP's budget? Typical Mac owner.
cheaper than the refurbished elite book mentioned in the 2nd post! 😆
The guy I got it from on ebay hasn't got any listed at the moment, but there are similar specced ones up.Spec is
Apple MacBook RE-CASED 13.3" Unibody, 2.26Ghz, 120GB SSD 4Gb Ram, BT Wifi DVD-R
Which is more than adequate for what she's using it for, and it was £290, not £250. Still a bargain for what looks and feels like a brand new Mac
that the core2duo ones from about 2006?
yeah the actual chip and generation would be useful, or even the age though the DVD drive probably is a clue...
Well, that's me told
Well the other info would be really useful to tell if it's a relic or something more modern, the performance difference between a core2duo and i7 1st gen or i3 7th gen etc is huge....
I don't even know what that means
Nor do I want too.
So I'll just leave you to it.....
Any reason why something like a Mac Book (refurb'd obvs) and a stonking great external hard drive wouldn't work for someone that only needs occasionaly browsing/typing/trainerroad/photo use?
suspect it might be later, actually, if it's got sierra or high sierra on it?
what is the spec binners, actually curious.
was looking at older refurb imacs the other day, 2011 27in i5 2nd gen, can be had for about £550 these days, which is still a very decent machine. processor still scores 5k+ on cpu benchmark.
legend - Member
Any reason why something like a Mac Book (refurb'd obvs) and a stonking great external hard drive wouldn't work for someone that only needs occasionaly browsing/typing/trainerroad/photo use?
The 500 quid I spent on a dell inspiron 7 years ago does all of that without even spinning the fans too hard...
I'm sure it does, but my thinking is having the Mac Book for 95% of the time then just connecting to the HD when required
Well can't answer as it will depend on the min specs and age of the macbook.
For binners (and others) https://www.cpubenchmark.net/laptop.html
Why processor speed isn't much of an indication these days
Min specs for trainer road etc are really low
https://support.trainerroad.com/hc/en-us/articles/201661500-Minimum-System-Requirements-