I second the refurb program. Check daily and see if you can find the immediate last-gen MBP (matte, of course!). I've owned two refurbs and had zero problems and saved $500 - $750 from list price. They showed up on my doorstep and were undistinguishable from brand new machines.
The link can be a little hard to find at apple.com. Here's a direct link: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Dean Cleaver <[email protected]> wrote: > Beware the "Early 2011 MBP" though - they came out in about April/May didn't > they? I have a MBP purchased from Apple in January 2011, and it's a 2010 and > will not take 16GB. > > Best to check the pages on macsales.com people have posted, and check your > model ID closely. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerry High > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 14:14 > To: Jonathan Pryor > Cc: [email protected]; AnthonyLambert; Alex Soto > Subject: Re: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development > > I'm running 16GB on an early 2011 MBP. You can get specs from macsales.com > and then find your ram wherever it is cheapest. I bought mine from newegg. > > Gerry > > On Jun 14, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Jonathan Pryor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Jun 14, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Alex Soto wrote: >>> Abe or Jason or any "Mono-teista" I got a 15-inch, Early 2011 MBP can this >>> one be upgraded to 16 gigs of ram?? >> >> That's what they claim on #mac/freenode.net. I plan on testing this later >> this month. (I hit the 8GB limit so often I need 16GB just to breathe...) >> >>> if so what brand do you have also how many MHz?? my current set up is 8 GB >>> 1333 MHz DDR3 and 2 GHz Intel Core i7 >> >> I've had success with Crucial and Kingston. >> >> - Jon >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MonoTouch mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > > > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch _______________________________________________ MonoTouch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch
