Thanks Jason, There I was, consciously looking to avoid replies to this message clogging up the list; I totally understand what you have written about the usefulness of on-list discussions so here goes:
Budget: around £400 Processor: Intel Everything else: to be considered With thanks Mark On Nov 8, 1:25 pm, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark Schofield wrote: > > My father-in-law is looking to make to switch to Mac but doesn't have > > the budget to buy new. Does anyone have an Apple laptop for sale/they > > are thinking to sell please? I'd be interested to hear from you so > > that I can purchase something suitable on his behalf. > > happy for this to take place on the list but I feel inclined to reduce > the guessing game/make it more helpful by asking for some kind of lead > on the price you're expecting. Seen too many of these turn into guessing > games for everyone. > > If you don't want to do so, that's fine but I ask that all discussion > take place offlist after this prompt. > > It IS helpful to everyone to have it here as it could be a chance to > rehearse the merits/weaknesses of particular models (eg the 12" PB) in > the current Intel world. I'm also interested in anyone who knows posting > about where exactly clearance of old models takes place! > > This goes generally for any discussions of second-hand Macs for the list > in future. > > I'll throw my 2 cents in and say that an older laptop fitted with a SSD > drive (64 gigs at crucial is less than 120 quid) is an operational match > for an entry-level one now (apart from the reduced capacity on the hard > drive, which might not matter anyway if someone doesn't store films > etc). Changing hard drives on older machines varies from really > difficult to very easy. > > ta. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
