4GB of RAM, a slow hard disk, and a low resolution screen.

Each a valid reason to skip this alone, but bundled all into one machines :confused:

£299 sounds fairer.

​ill vote hot just to bring some balance back

I'm a Mac advocate but £699 for this model is over the top. It's the non retina 13" version, ivy bridge 2012 spec. One to avoid IMO, you can get the retina models for £100 more from time to time.

cold because it's apple

Could someone in the know please tell me, I gather with this model I can swap the hdd for an ssd (any ssd of particular brands?) could I then put the original hdd in the cd drive bay or do I need a special hard drive for that? Many thanks.

Thanks mikeycass - I have just bought one from the Swindon store after telephoning them to confirm that they had stock available. :innocent:

lol look on Ebay you can get the latest 2015 model new or otherwise for

No stock though !!

Oos

1280*800 screen and with a mechanical drive for £700...not voting cold but what a bloody ripoff. Even if I wanted a Macbook badly I can buy a Windows laptop with way better specs and turn it into a Hackintosh with a few hours of work so I really don't see the great deal in this TBH...

I think this is the last model that can be upgraded in terms of both Ram and sticking an SSD in relatively easily - both made a huge difference to my MacBook of this model but then I only paid £320 second hand off a buy and sell site so didn't mind paying a bit extra for the upgrades - it's also the same price in Currys

Apart from the processor which is slightly better, this laptop has identical specifications (RAM, HDD, screen res) as my Dell E5410 from 2010 that I got on eBay for £35 (which, before you ask, also runs OS X fine).
But, of course, it's Apple, and whilst it's a good saving off the retail price, the screen resolution will become infuriating and I'd expect a SSD, even from Apple, at this price.

So, it's an odd combination of specs, but if you must have a brand new MacBook on the cheap, here you go.

People are being hated on for saying they are voting cold because it's Apple. But the only reason I can see people buying this is because it is an apple product. The tech inside is years old and its 700 quid!

If I was to buy this, can the memory be upgraded in-time?
I read the drive can be upgraded to SSD, which sounds like a winner to me.
Not after latest specs and retina display is overrated and only required by the few.

This is the version with a rotational hard disk as opposed to the PCI-E SSD model (£849) it can also be obtained from Apple for this price if the hard drive based model is what you are looking for.

700 quid for these specs is ridiculous. Is this only getting hot because it's Apple and of the 3 years warranty?

A traditional hard drive and only 4gb ram and no retina screen, this should be under £400. I think this is the model Apple discontinued last week. As others have said you would be much better off getting a new Mac.

Clearly off lifting old stock.

I have 4 Apple computers, but could never consider this a 'deal' given its age and a clear intention from Apple to abandon this particular line!

Sold mine for almost this much last year..but cold. Screen is terrible compared to current tech and you'll be adding ~£60 for an SSD anyway. Grab a used x230 or t430 and chuck in an SSD and you've got just as good a package for half the price. Unless you are one of many apple fans who struggle to use anything other than OSX.

Best screen I've seen in a long time

Cold because no SSD

I've got one with a crucial ssd and it flies along. When I buy a MacBook I don't buy it for crazy specs, got my gaming rig for that. I buy it for OS X. Which in my opinion is worth paying the extra for.

It's a bit of a brick compared to the new ones, like buying a car shape from 3 years ago but only get £1,000 off the price.

your better off spending a few more hundred ££ for a way better Macbook

Voted hot. I have this one bought 4 years ago, for £850. Amazing laptop

I posted this in the other thread http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/macbook-pro-699-00-currys-pc-world-2410585 over a week ago, it's the standard price now.

I bought my retina 2015 spec machine with 8gb RAM and 128gb ssd for £799 4 months ago?

This is cold.

I voted hot as it seems a alright price by apple standards despite having older hardware, I would go with a hackinosh personally if you like a challenge, that way you will have the best parts to price ratio while running both windows and mac side by side, could even chuck in remixos to spice things up a bit :P

They've said that so many times "soon". 15" has hardly changed for years.

I bought the exact same model when it first came out over 3 years ago for £860 + £70 Apple voucher + 3 years warranty. I consider this deal a rip off tbh.

New models out soon - though smart money is not for a March refresh of the MBP line which is a complete pain in the backside as my laptop is slowly turning into a useless lump and I'm needing to replace soon-ish.

I like MacBooks but would also recommend against this. The entry level retina version can be had for 850ish if you shop around and is streets ahead - SSD and retina screen, and thinner chassis.

Nah! Saving for the skylake

From a savings perspective this is hot (I have voted hot), however from a specs perspective this is Cold. 4 GB is way too low in 2016.

I had a Macbook Pro with 16 GB RAM 2.5 years ago, and it was treat to work on it. This one is way too underpowered, unless you want an Apple Logo, and the style that it brings with it.

If you want a more portable MacBook that's as powerful, get the Pro Retina, better screen and much lighter. If you don't need the extra power go for the Air

A valid point but still will be obsolete 3 years before the newer model. Its going to cost you in the region of £50 to upgrade it to the current spec of 128Gb SSD & 8Gb RAM. Is the £250 saving really worth it given you have a much faster overall machine with a much better display? Down to personal choice I suppose but to me its a no brainer

Agree with the comments that it's old tech but the components at the time were pretty decent and the build quality will be excellent.

For development I still run a five year old Elitebook with 32Gb RAM, 2Gb nVidia and 500Gb SSD which blows away most current Dell Precision Workstations.

You can swap in an SSD for £25 (look in hot deals today) and some additional RAM and this will be a blazing machine.

I'm sorry but for 4 year old Tech to be this price is outrageous. Dumbfounded that this is Hot. If you really want to buy an Apple product then you are better of getting the current model. Ok it £300 more and as ever with Apple products overpriced but will give you 3 year longer in terms of usability

http://www.johnlewis.com/apple-macbook-pro-with-retina-display-intel-core-i5-8gb-ram-128gb-flash-storage-13-3-/p1911263

£700 for a 2012 laptop? Still very expensive!
Apple have been using this strategy for ages. Take the lowest/oldest spec and make it just £100 cheaper than the current one. Tha'ts why a 2012 laptop is £899 on their website, so you can quickly decide that a 2015 laptop for £999 is not that expensive.

​i can afford it. but cold because it's an apple

It's an okay price but honestly you'd be a fool to buy this one over the 11" MacBook Air which will be faster, have better battery life, and way lighter.

So sick of people saying spend £*** more to get a Retina display/ new model.... Come on. ..This is a very good price for THIS VERY MACBOOK MODEL... Anyone's used a MacBook Pro and know how to upgrade it would know even a 5 year MacBook Pro would handle basic things strongly. You don't ask people to buy a Jag in a VW golf deal post, do you?

Can get a 5th gen i3 with comparative specs for £300. I would rather two of those. I did vote hot though because of three year warranty and the price for the Apple product be it still too much.

Most people here are hardware specs and brand name bigots. We use both, some apps only run OS X. In essence, for specs alone it is painfully expenses especially on lack of upgradability, so if any one brings out its own OS X like platform plus same hardware made in China at half price with hardware upgradability, Apple would be consigned to history in a financial year, but as a total solution inclusive of serviceability, usability, resale value, street cred, interoperability in its Apple ecosphere by severe lock down, it is ace.

I'm a Mac advocate but £699 for this model is over the top. It's the non retina 13" version, ivy bridge 2012 spec. One to avoid IMO, you can get the retina models for £100 more from time to time.

Sorry voted hot only for the reason of the saving, I have to take it a face value that you are getting a saving on it so deal for me

I suppose it's either that, or he returns it for a refund then buys this one.

It is an Apple, what would you expect :stuck_out_tongue:

No. I don't consider this to be expensive.

not really a good price for the specs

Good price for Apple, bad price for a laptop.

More power in my wife's vibrator

Hot. I have two of these. This is the last upgradable MacBook. Buy it and stick an SSD as per your need and upgrade the ram to 16Gb. Great for heavy tasks. You can also put in a second hard drive in place of cd drive.

broadwell cpu is the one to go for this nop

Pretty sure shahidali47 was being sarcastic :sunglasses:

I just upgraded a customer from 4 to 8 for this very reason and now no beachball !

Is that next to the Starbucks coffee machine?

cold because it's apple

very old model and pricey for what it is - cold from me

I'm not 100% convinced we'll see new MacBooks next week but you are probably right about them dumping stock. It must be time for Apple to retire this laptop now! Still very happy with mine.

Good deal, thanks OP

This is a good buy. It's the only fully upgradable Macbook pro and if you don't need the SuperDrive it can be replaced with another SSD. In addition, this version supports 16gb of memory not the 8gb advertised maximum.
Current versions are less upgradable. I bought one last week and I'm a dyed in the wool Windows tech, even the base spec of 4gb mem and 500gb drive is much faster than expected. You certainly won't be gaming on it, but for Office and general stuff it's fine. Ignore the haters I used to be one.

Ah the old "It's expensive so it must be good".

New mac books due next week I believe.

Let's be honest crapple fans would vote it hot at the rrp(899) never mind this price baaa

It's £772.80 in the Apple student store.
£699 with 3yr warranty is better but like others, it's too expensive for 4 year old tech.

get retina..you'll wish you did...

It really depends what you want to do with it, for Office and browsing why would need anything more than a 3rd gen i5?

Hot because it's relatively cheap to the price at Apple but cold since the tech here is utterly ancient. I'm an Apple fan and can appreciate their hardware but to throw £699 at this is simply crazy.

Friend bought this at full whack at JL last week, any chance JL would match the new price like Amazon do?

Great price, well spotted OP.

Had this since release, currently have a 1TB SSD and 8GB ram and it is still lightning fast, never had to be restored, never had a fault, and it has been dropped at least 10 times. Really hot deal.

best macbook pro, as u can upgrade ram from 4gb to 8gb for £50 and 240gb ssd for £50. The new model is nearly a right off if any part of it fails!

4gb works fine in my Mac Mini with an SSD upgrade but I can feel the difference when using this model of MBP with a RAM upgrade (to 16gb) you probably don't need that much but 8gb would be beneficial IMO

Same as at Currys (without the warranty probably):
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/apple-macbook-pro-13-13730045-pdt.html

Seems to be stock dumping - most likely Apple are going to discontinue it on 21/3/16 during their 'Let Us Loop You In' event when they refresh the other machines.

But it's not Apple hating, it *is* overpriced for a 3-4 year old machine and if you really must have a MacBook Pro, then you're better off getting one of the Retina ones.

i have this laptop, reliable and never had a problem for 3 years but is way overpriced now given its a 2013 model

Your first purchase after buying this would be a memory module upgrade to bring it up to 8Gb otherwise you will be seeing a lot of that spinning beachball !

good price but this model is 4 years old

dont buy it i bought this laptop (im writing on it now lol) 4 years ago!!!! its a very good laptop and very fast but wait for a new macbook

Cold, not full HD screen.

Just incase anyone doesn't know, This is 4 year old tech by the way.

Voted hot. £200 saving IS a saving. John Lewis with great after sales. Hot from me.

Voted hot as decent build and warranty but definitely need an SSD. Note - 2012 model

J/k. Voted hot.

Cold. Not a chrome book.

4GB of RAM, a slow hard disk, and a low resolution screen.

Each a valid reason to skip this alone, but bundled all into one machines :confused:

£299 sounds fairer.

this is also the mechanical drive version - so older processor too I think.....not recommended tbh - the difference you see would be massive ----- someone more knowledgeable may also confirm that this is not the exceptionally nice form factor....the SSD MAcbook pro is almost the same size as the Macbook Air - just not tapered to the front

Should really say pro in the title as the MacBook is much dearer! :stuck_out_tongue:

Wait for the anti Apple backlash.. Not enough this,that or the other. :stuck_out_tongue: