Cheapest price I have seen for this, even better than the last deal.
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Uridium
26 Nov 15#1
Bound to go cold as most Macbook threads do as people will just compare with a Windows Laptop of similar spec.
However this is a great machine (personally I'd go for next model up with 256Gb SSD) but £150 cheaper than RRP so a great deal. Heated.
quglarz
26 Nov 151#2
Good Price for MacBook with Retina display. Heat for me
jyjyjy
26 Nov 15#3
Not convinced I absolutely need this (wanted an 'OK' laptop to go with my PC), but at this price it's a really good deal so I bought one.
I was originally considering the Dell XPS 13 but you need to spend >£1000 to get the high res screen, nothing else really tempted me!
tristanhamishm
26 Nov 15#4
Yeah, just get a 200gb Micro SD Card, with a special Macbook adapter so you can't see it, and you can triple the storage for about £80.
Uridium to tristanhamishm
26 Nov 15#5
just be careful what you store on it. MicroSD isn't the fastest medium in the world...don't be using it for virtual machines :-) keep it for documents and music etc and you will be good though. also useful as a Time Machine backup location.
sh1no8i to tristanhamishm
26 Nov 15#8
The problem with this unfortunately, is the Mac will not go into deep sleep with a card inserted, therefore reduces battery significantly, giving you a lot less usage time. You'll have to pull the card out to conserve battery.
Then one may argue why opt for a discreet special Macbook adapter then? why not just use a normal SD Card or external USB HD that is a cheaper option? .. and they'd be right.
neeraj425
26 Nov 15#6
Could you please suggest better way of having more space for 128GB Mac? USB 3 or SSD as portable drive or anything else?
mkaufman
26 Nov 15#7
Best way and most cost effective is to store stuff in the cloud, one drive is excellent.
amirivi786
26 Nov 15#9
do people suggest I buy this or pay 59.00 extra and get apple care for an extra 3 years? as a student I get it free?
sh1no8i to amirivi786
26 Nov 15#10
Personally, I'd pay the extra, but isn't it an extra 2yrs? since you get 12 months anyway?
That's £30 a yr for peace of mind. Having said that I've had an Air for 3yr+ with no issues, then a Mac Retina coming up to 3yrs now, again with no issues therefore never needed to utilise the Apple Care. However.... you never know, given the price of these machines I'd pay the little extra.
evildrneil to amirivi786
27 Nov 15#42
If my experience of Apple ownership is anything to go by get the Apple Care - I lost count of the number of times my machine had to back for repair!
Uridium
26 Nov 15#11
People like the special Macbook adaptors purely because of hoe discreet they are though.
a good workaround is an App named 'Mountain' will auto dismount (not eject) when your Mac goes to sleep (allowing deep sleep to work) and remount when it is woken.
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However this is a great machine (personally I'd go for next model up with 256Gb SSD) but £150 cheaper than RRP so a great deal. Heated.
I was originally considering the Dell XPS 13 but you need to spend >£1000 to get the high res screen, nothing else really tempted me!
Then one may argue why opt for a discreet special Macbook adapter then? why not just use a normal SD Card or external USB HD that is a cheaper option? .. and they'd be right.
That's £30 a yr for peace of mind. Having said that I've had an Air for 3yr+ with no issues, then a Mac Retina coming up to 3yrs now, again with no issues therefore never needed to utilise the Apple Care. However.... you never know, given the price of these machines I'd pay the little extra.
a good workaround is an App named 'Mountain' will auto dismount (not eject) when your Mac goes to sleep (allowing deep sleep to work) and remount when it is woken.
Not sure if it is El Capitan ready but works fine with Yosemite
http://appgineers.de/mountain/