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skholla · 11-14-2011, 01:58 PM

I just bought that exact model a few weeks back, early 2011 model refurb... no complaints, no over heating, no freezing or shutdowns. This replaced a 13" core 2 duo mac book pro, in comparison the i5 does run hotter and i can actually hear the fan drone when powered on, its quiet but its there.

I think at $979 its a good price, i was waiting for the late 2011 models, the low end 13" wasn't much of an improvement, a small cpu clock speed increase and hard drive bump. Could care less since i replaced the hard drive and ram anyways (750gb 7200rpm & 8Gb RAM). Education pricing on the new model is $1150, regular price is $1250. An extra $200 for a 200mhz boost wasn't worth it to me. I don't think Apple will drop the price further, they usually don't. What ever you do make sure you get a model with thunderbolt, don't bother with 2010 models that don't have the new interface.

11-14-2011, 01:58 PM	#262
skholla Diagonally parked in a parallel universe Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,486 Thanked 66 Times in 61 Posts Failed 3 Times in 2 Posts	I just bought that exact model a few weeks back, early 2011 model refurb... no complaints, no over heating, no freezing or shutdowns. This replaced a 13" core 2 duo mac book pro, in comparison the i5 does run hotter and i can actually hear the fan drone when powered on, its quiet but its there. I think at $979 its a good price, i was waiting for the late 2011 models, the low end 13" wasn't much of an improvement, a small cpu clock speed increase and hard drive bump. Could care less since i replaced the hard drive and ram anyways (750gb 7200rpm & 8Gb RAM). Education pricing on the new model is $1150, regular price is $1250. An extra $200 for a 200mhz boost wasn't worth it to me. I don't think Apple will drop the price further, they usually don't. What ever you do make sure you get a model with thunderbolt, don't bother with 2010 models that don't have the new interface.