i5, 8GB, 128GB SSD.
Where is all the money going here because it's not on the hardware :disappointed:

This got linked from WhatsApp. Nothing else just this. It's not even a good deal?

I think the whatsapp thing is actually quite annoying. "What's for breakfast?" Shut up its 10.45am. The stupid messages they put at the end of each message is so annoying, just link deals, no emoticons, no stupid "peace out" ffs!

Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. :stuck_out_tongue::sunglasses::smirk::man:

People who like OS X but not the hassle of hackintosh? Although saying that, my laptop is an HP 4530s that I got after it was posted here on HUKD in early 2012 for, as I remember, around £200. She's been hackintoshed since day one and currently runs the latest OS X version, perfectly. She's has upgraded RAM and an SSD. Since I have an iPhone and so does the rest of the family, plus iPads, an iMac, a MacBook and Apple TV. So FaceTime and iMessage is perfectly integrated and works well for us as a family. Plus iCloud photo sharing.. Family Apple Music sub... Yes we're totally engulfed in the Apple ecosystem. I wish their hardware wasn't so expensive but we never pay full price. Usually we get refurb iPhones from O2 Refresh, the MacBook and iMac were both bought with student discount and 3 years AppleCare...plus two of the devices are actually hackintoshes, not real Apple products. So I think we're quite thrifty with how much of our money which actually give to Apple, despite us being "all Apple".

I know people talk about Apple sheep and baaaa and that but frankly I don't understand it. A sheep is what, one who just follows blindly the other without thinking? We don't do that. We carefully choose what we want, buy it when and how we want and, in most cases, refrain from buying the latest brand new devices unless the price is right and even then if it serves as a solution to a problem, otherwise we don't bother.

Is this the MF839B/A? If so, it's £898.80 at the Apple store online with NUS discount (£999 without), so at £849 this is a steal.

Decent price, but suspect Currys are stock clearing ahead of the new versions, said to be due next month. If it wasn't for that, I'd probably get a top end 15" version for the 10% off.

This seems a great deal

i5, 8GB, 128GB SSD.
Where is all the money going here because it's not on the hardware :disappointed:

The early 2015 model comes with a 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, a 5th generation ultrabook U-series CPU aimed more at energy saving than at a power user, specifically it's a Broadwell 5257U. The graphics are integrated, being Intel Iris Pro 6100, comparatively decent at the time of release compared to other integrated Intel solutions. The Retina screen has an appealing 2560 by 1600 native resolution at 227 ppi.

Getting back on topic on whether it is a good deal, though you could spend the same money on a PC laptop and get a better spec with 4 physical cores, you then lose Apple's appealing metal-bodied aesthetics and build quality and the Apple eco system/OS and App store. Though I find it hard to vote on this one as a deal because though I would want a non-ultrabook CPU with four physical cores for heavier workloads, the MacBook is a relatively unique product and this is the best price that I can find for that particular model, at the moment, if you can't wait for the I imagine more expensive new model to come out. For instance, Debenhams and laptopsdirect currently have the early 2015 model for about £905. Have some heat.

New system to be announced October supposedly

This got linked from WhatsApp. Nothing else just this. It's not even a good deal?

I think the whatsapp thing is actually quite annoying. "What's for breakfast?" Shut up its 10.45am. The stupid messages they put at the end of each message is so annoying, just link deals, no emoticons, no stupid "peace out" ffs!

So you don't think it's strange that something you can't even reply to asks you questions? And recently links to some kid singing on YouTube? Just why?!?