Hi,

I am to purchase a Macbook Pro 13.
When is the best time to purchase it from a physical store such as Switch, Machinese, Mac City, Harvey Norman, etc.?
When will these items usually go on sale at those shops?

Also, is it better to buy a 2016 model MBP 13 or a used 2015 MBP 15?
I have always been using 15 inch laptops so going down to 13inch feels rather strange.
I spend a lot of hours behind the laptop for work thus I feel a bit uncomfortable at the thought of staring at a small screen for hours.

Not really looking for portability as I mainly work from home.
I use the laptop for surfing the web, watching videos and work which comprises of Excel spreadsheets, PDF files and also to store a lot of photos and videos taken on a DSLR.

Thanks

Apple product where got sale?!? If they do have, most probably they provide other bundled stuff or interest free instalments payments etc. I have seen iphones having price reduction when new models comes out but for mac, yet to see one.

13" and 15" both different animals. Buy the one that fit your needs, and not the other way.

Thanks for the reply.

Hmmm if that is the case, when do they have that kind of offer for bundled stuff or interest free?
Sometimes I see promotion in Harvey Norman. Just last Saturday I saw they are running a promotion for an old model.

Yeah 13" and 15" are totally different beasts. I wish Apple would offer the same specs for 2 different screen sizes.

There will always be pros and cons for each the 13" and 15" models. As you are more adapt with the 15", then it is the size that you should opt for. I'm having a 2014 rmbp 13" and it is about time for an upgrade, but looking at the prices nowadays, I'm still on the fence. Also if I do upgrade to the latest specs, I need to also have some spare money for the accessories too. So most probably I'll hang on to my existing unit.

Hi. Why is it time for an upgrade already? I usually use my Windows laptops for 4-5 years. I would imagine a MBP laster much longer than that with the superior build quality, hardware specs plus the non-existent anti virus/malware problems.

Bought 1 unit before GST kicks in for the sake of buying .. now collecting dust .. uses when I go travel only

BTW, you did nt say the purpose of getting one 0.o

Get 15inch liao if u used to its size.

Ahh, I fail to mention that my company have staff facility to purchase it products up to RM5k, easy % instalment with company(24months instalments). So the 2014 model was just under RM5k and instalment completed. Now the price is no longer what it used to be

Hi, I did state it above in the first post;


Btw, why don't you make use of your laptop?
Is it Air?

The thing is the price difference is too much. And I don't need so much power.
Why can't Apple just sell the same specs for different sizes

Check for Machines clearance.
They let go of old stock/open box sets/demo units for slightly cheaper.

I did make use of the laptop when my partner is back for visiting for surfing web. do some minor excel work too (parallel) ...

It's an "Air"

when do they usually have this?
I remember seeing this ad a couple of times in the past but can't recall which month they are having it

Do you have trouble running Excel on Air/MBP?
Whenever I use my gf's Air for work which consists of thousands of columns on Excel, it is laggy as hell.
It gets worse whenever I try to search for a word on the spreadsheet. It'll take at least 5 mins.

So far no issue .. perhaps I'm not having so much data

15" 2015 is definitely faster than 13" 2016....

try checking Machines website under Clearance.

Yup definitely with the much higher specs

Ya most websites have some sort of a clearance. But I know Machines have this yearly thing where it's really cheap.