Opinion on this MacbookPro to buy please?

dariomik

dariomik

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Hii All!

I'm finally looking into buying a mac to start learning FCS2 and here is one option. What do you guys think of it in terms of performance with FCS2?

How future-proof is this?
What max price is it worth?



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Specs:
2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo
3 GB RAM
200 GB hard drive
High resolution 1680 x 1050 matte finish display
8xSuperdrive
ATI Radeon X1600 graphics card with 256 MB video ram
iSight camera
Backlit keyboard

Running OS X 10.5 Leopard - DVD included

Extras:
Clear hard case by Speck - $45 value
Adobe CS4 Master Collection - $2499 value!!!!
Aperture 2 - $199 value
Final Cut Studio 2 - $1299 value
Font Agent Pro - $99 value
iWork 08 - $79 value
MS Office 2008 - $149 value
Parallels - $79 value
Apple USB modem - $49 value
DVI to VGA adapter - $19 value
Total value of included extras = $4516

On Oct-26-08 at 22:30:23 PDT, seller added the following information:A copy of the Leopard disk is included. Disk images for the rest of the included software will be included on the desktop. You can burn them to CD/DVD or keep them on the hard drive.

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Thanks very much in advance,

derek :)
 
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Looks like a good machine. Just two questions -

1) is the 200GB HDD 5400rpm or 7200rpm? 7200 is better for video/audio work.
2) is the software legal? I don't think you can count it as added value if they are bootlegs without DVDs and Activation Numbers.

Just my two cents.


Jason
 
yea unless you get the actual cd's or dvd's the software added should not be included in the cost

but performance wise, it should be very good

i run final cut pro on a macbook with no problems

and i would say about half the mac users here are using a macbook pro similar to that one

used: ive seen ones like that for around 1500 (cdn) on craigslist (minus the software)

check to see if they have an apple care warrenty that is still valid, always nice when buying used

i forget the name of the website but theirs a mac one where you type in the specs of the computer and it will return a street value for it (usually a bit high) but a good place to start - maybe google or someone here will help out with the name for it though
 
Thanks very much guys!

It looks like these are bootlegs.


And how different is this GPU chip compared to the new 9600 gt?

How relevant is it for render times?
 
I wouldn't buy with the pirated copies of all that software. No tech support and no upgrades. Not too mention the bad karma...

Noah
 
Thanks everyone for your input.

I ended up calling 1-800-myapple and got a 15" MBP, 2.5 ghz, 2 gb, 250gb, ge force 8600gt 512mb with MATTE display - brand new on clearance plus some extra discount because I'm a nice guy for $1599 :)
 
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