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Review on (Renewed) Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch Core πŸ–₯️ i5 Retina 2.7GHz (MF840LL/A), 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD by Jnis teins

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The right product for me, there were no problems.

This is my first Apple device. And I can say with all confidence - this MacBook Pro is worth every spent for it. And the feeling of buying and starting to use . Approximately the same as from a new car. Progress does not stand still, modern software, web technologies, etc. every year require more and more resources. Equipment becomes obsolete not just because it is many years old, but because it can no longer cope with the assigned load. It just so happens that my previous VAIO laptop turns 5 this year. Speaking metaphorically, if at the moment when I took it, it was flying, now it just walks on the ground and every time it stumbles more and more. Despite the delivered RAM and the replaced hard drive. I can't even sell it, although it looks like new thanks to the magnesium case. And so I began to pick up a new VAIO laptop. But what I saw for 60 I wasn't impressed. Generally. So are classmates Fujitsu, Lenovo, ASUS, etc. Everywhere and in each there were some design flaws that did not suit me much. No, they are all great machines. It's just that I'm a perfectionist. I have never been an opponent of Apple, just had other priorities. If its products were originally presented officially on our market, then the attitude towards it would be different. Not to mention the prices.

Pros
  • 1) Body. The impeccable quality of external materials and the manufacturing itself, there is nothing to complain about. Absolutely silent for the most part thanks to the SSD. A cold start of the system takes 12 seconds. 2) Screen. Fairy. You look at the image as if it were a printed photograph. There is a light sensor that regulates the backlight. I am an opponent of touch screens on full-fledged laptops (not "transformers"). Fortunately, Apple does not and hopefully does not plan to equip laptops with this feature. 3) Management. Comfortable keyboard with nice adjustable backlight. You can spend hours writing odes to the trackpad. It feels like you are moving your fingers across the tablet screen, everything is so convenient and responsive. 4) Sound. Clear and bassy. Large margin of volume. Wide frequency range. Subjectively, the best that I have heard on all other laptops before it. 5) Autonomy. The operating time after laptops on Windows is amazing. All thanks to Mac OS optimization. The good news is that after unpacking and first switching on, you need a minimum of settings. Already "out of the box" there is all the necessary software, almost nothing more. At first I thought to put Windows on it through BootCamp, but now I don’t see the point. The main advantage of Apple computers is the extremely high liquidity in the secondary market. If you buy a MacBook Pro now for +/- 60 keep an eye on it (don't throw it away, don't flood it, keep the packaging), then in a year it can be sold for 40-45 Even after 4-5 years, they are selling very well on all sorts of Avitas for a quarter of the original price. Buying an ordinary laptop for the same 60 after buying and unpacking it at home, it loses 25% of its value. A year later, it can be sold for 15-20 and after two years, no one needs it, except perhaps for spare parts.
Cons
  • Only two USBs. No Mic/Line-in input. Only a year of worldwide manufacturer's warranty. Even less expensive laptops are given two years. This laptop is not for gamers. Very few games are optimized for Mac OS. I think that this is the prerogative of PC desktops.

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May 29, 2023
Some pros: 1) awesome!) 2) design 3) trackpad 4) sound! 5) light 5) retina screen 6) Has cons: 1) bought today. Unusually after Windows. I'm learning slowly