Many of us have seen the new Macbooks that were announced by Steve Jobs on October 14, 2008. They have been all over the news and on television. These new Macbooks are truly a beauty with their “unibody” aluminum cases and LED backlit displays. These groundbreaking new features are great and all the questions I’ve been struggling with except one is whether these new Macbooks are worth buying, given the high price tag that comes with them. Let me share my thoughts with you as I present a brief argument for putting off these premium items until they are dropped in price or renewed. Actually, now that this thought has slipped out of my head, I’m going to go ahead and push for a promotion for old Macbooks; more specifically the older generation of Macbook Pros. I think the refurbished units of these models have the most value for those interested in buying a Macbook. There’s no denying how stylish and innovative Apple’s new Macbooks are. They just scream sexy and I want to. However, before we get into all that, you should know that the new Macbook Pros have high prices. Let’s take a standard 15-inch Macbook Pro with a 2.4 GHz Intel processor and the basic settings that accompany the default model. This will cost you $ 1999.00. That’s very expensive.

Now what do you get for that besides the “unibody” chassis and the LED display I mentioned earlier? Well, you get a new chipset and two Nvidia gpus that power the computer. It is certainly nice to have this. Now you can play games or do intensive graphic work. You get a cool chicklet keyboard and one-button glass multi-touch panel; two components very pleasing to the eye. It also loses its FireWire 400 connectivity instead of FireWire 800 and changes a new mini DisplayPort instead of the DVI port. I don’t know if I like these last two changes, but okay, I’ll move on. You also lose your Apple Remote, which was included in older models. So that’s pretty much all that’s new and at least important to consider. Now let me take out the old 15-inch Macbook Pro with similar hardware configurations. I’ll focus on the refurbished model for the biggest savings, and make my point of going the refurbished route after first describing what comes with the laptop. Of course, you won’t get all the new features that I just described in the previous paragraph. But you still have a great computer. The same Macbook Pro with an identical Intel processor, memory, hard drive, and SuperDrive configuration will cost you $ 1099. That’s an absurd $ 900 savings. Heck, you can buy another computer with that! Either increase your RAM or even get a bigger hard drive. Whatever you do, see for yourself if the “unibody” case, LED display and dual gpus are worth so much to you. Because almost everything else is the same. You even get similar factory installed software. I do not know. I have thought about it. How about you think about it too? The revamped nature of the Macbook Pro is probably what gives the item its biggest cost savings. Let me address this part because I am aware that everything that is restored has a negative stigma. Apple Certified Refurbished Products are fully functional units.

Apple undergoes a rigorous restoration process in which it inspects, tests, restores, and repackages these products. They also carry the same 1-year limited warranty as new products. So a refurbished Macbook Pro is essentially a new Macbook Pro. You couldn’t tell the difference. Apple is a large and reputable company. I’m sure there won’t be any fun behind-the-scenes stuff. Apple has always released quality products and I’m sure this would apply to their refurbished units as well. Since the differences between newer Macbook Pros and old refurbished ones are not that important to me, I am more inclined to buy and even recommend others to go for a refurbished Macbook Pro. Perhaps in the future, when the new Macbook Pros drop in price, I will consider buying one of these new gaming toys. You can pocket a great deal of money, a savings of $ 900 simply by refurbishing. Why not consider it today?