I bought the 13" MacBook Pro Retina earlier this year. I got it from the Dixon duty free shop at Heathrow when I was on my way to the US. It cost about £1,000 instead of the normal £1,250. I'm delighted with it, and it's a lot lighter than my previous MacBook Pro. Derek
Sent from my iPad On 25 Aug 2013, at 19:53, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure if it still applies but I shaved a lot of weight off my MBPS (2-3 > years old?) by having an SSD. > > then again, I still want an Air;) > > Sent from my iPad > > On 25 Aug 2013, at 18:12, Ray Packham <[email protected]> wrote: > >> HI all >> >> I am wondering if anybody on list still acts as a re-seller as I may be in >> the market for a new laptop soon and would happily give the business to a >> local dealer rather than the apple store. Shop locally as they say, either >> way I will be adding to Apples burgeoning cash pile. >> >> When looking I cant decide whether to get a MacBook air or a MacBook Pro, >> the reason being I will be lugging the thing about (MB Air) and I am a lazy >> git at heart. All I will be using it for is writing documents surfing the >> net and research & not much else,so the Pro does seem excessive. The retina >> screen is a nice touch though and I do use my MacBook to watch Netflix when >> away, so retina screen would be a plus. (MB PRO) >> His >> My justification for this expenditure is that I am about to start an >> International Security MA part time at Sussex University, Well it beats >> forensic courses and iv'e done most of the good ones. Oh and before anybody >> asks, this course & laptop are not being funded by the public purse alas I >> am funding this all myself. LOL ;-)) >> >> I think it will come down to a MB AIR with maximum memory and SSD size, also >> the 15" model as the 13" seems a wee too small for my liking. Does anybody >> have any thoughts? >> >> >> >> Ray >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
