apple macbook under £700

clydek2002

Hi there,
I am looking to buy my wife a macbook and have found this.

qtechworld.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&category_id=5&product_id=1923&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1

for only £685!
Now I am a big believer in if things are too good to be true, they usually arn't!
Unfort I am no expert on macs, does anyone have any ideas, why this is so cheap?

Many thanks

Clyde

tronator

clydek2002 wrote: »

Hi there,
I am looking to buy my wife a macbook and have found this.

qtechworld.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&category_id=5&product_id=1923&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1

for only £685!
Now I am a big believer in if things are too good to be true, they usually arn't!
Unfort I am no expert on macs, does anyone have any ideas, why this is so cheap?

Many thanks

Clyde

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2558405

Hammyman

Seriously avoid the plastic macbook. They have a lot of issues. Go into PC World and take a look at them. Pick up the Macbook and you'll feel it flexing. Pick up the Macbook Pro and it won't. Also take a look at the lid on the Macbook - the plastic scratches easily.

RobertoMoir

I had a plastic macbook (upgraded to a MBP after having the MB for 4 years and selling it on for a good price) and my employer has purchased several plastic macbooks, Hammyman, and we've not seen any quality issues.

Clearly a plastic laptop is not as solid as one whose case is made of large metal pieces, but honestly it seems fairly robust to me, both as a personal user and as someone who has to support them professionally.

Clyde,
Have you looked at Apple's website - they have some cheaper ones under the various educational discounts if you or someone in your family qualifies, and you can also spot some bargains in their refurb store - I know people can be a bit leery of "refurb" sections but Apple's refurb gear is generally of very good quality.

Hammyman

RobertoMoir wrote: »

I had a plastic macbook (upgraded to a MBP after having the MB for 4 years and selling it on for a good price) and my employer has purchased several plastic macbooks, Hammyman, and we've not seen any quality issues.

Well there has been a well known and well publicised one of the edge of the lid cracking off where it is in contact with the recessed bit below the trackpad.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/08/apple_addressing_cracks_on_white_macbooks_casings.html

Millionaire

Hammyman wrote: »

Well there has been a well known and well publicised one of the edge of the lid cracking off where it is in contact with the recessed bit below the trackpad.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/08/apple_addressing_cracks_on_white_macbooks_casings.html

That's the old Macbook, not the Unibody one. Having said that, I don't like the Unibody Macbook, as you say, it does scratch easily.

RobertoMoir

Hammyman wrote: »

Well there has been a well known and well publicised one of the edge of the lid cracking off where it is in contact with the recessed bit below the trackpad.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/08/apple_addressing_cracks_on_white_macbooks_casings.html

You're right, I remember people talking about that problem.
Haven't seen it myself though and at the end of the day I can only speak about my experiences with it.