Help laptop buying (MacBook Pro)

[Alece]

I’m looking to purchase a refurbished MacBook Pro 13 inch preferably with touchbar but has to be 2016 or newer, and I’m having trouble finding a good one that meets my price range.

Budget: $1,600 and lower please (nothing over $1,699). If you manage to find a good 15 inch model for a similar price (doubt it) i would be okay with that too. Also, color does not matter.

heres what I’ve found so far.

 

1. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FPXX2LL/A/Refurbished-133-inch-MacBook-Pro-31GHz-dual-core-Intel-Core-i5-with-Retina-display-Silver?fnode=edbbe20908e15cc00284e348cb9acb3a1383365fc587cf550c4ba04036ac95b51a2ccadce3a618b5569f69986df20f04890925bce05e04842433004910aae2c4e9e9da26f5afb6589518b7e16265d48f
2. 2.9 GHz boost up to 3.3 GHz Intel core i5, 16GB LPDDR3 Ram, 512 GB SSD and Intel Iris graphics 550 (couldn’t link) $1,689.00
3. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FR9V2LL/A/Refurbished-133-inch-MacBook-Pro-23GHz-quad-core-Intel-Core-i5-with-Retina-display-Silver?fnode=da993c620f7d4beb1fb3dfa0ef37febae26d5f16afd5e12365dd914be13a07ac1fb096b3f651d62bd51b165db84f4907781353741dd8a84a84fc6c759bab786c733a471f5bd8b5e5fcdfbe63798ee041

If you have any alternatives, different websites are okay. If not please tell me which of these 3 is the best for me. I do a lot of art, video editing and I’d say light gaming like the sims and gta V. Thanks

[flibberdipper]

Realistically I don't think you're going to be able to find a 13" TB that isn't a shit spec for $1,600 or less. Your best bet for trying to find one would be local ads but I really don't think you'd have a good chance at that either.

 

If I were you I'd just hunt used for 2014 and 2015's and try to snipe a good deal on one of those, or just save up even more for the current era models.

[DrMacintosh]

21 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

Realistically I don't think you're going to be able to find a 13" TB that isn't a shit spec for $1,600 or less.

It's actually really easy. 

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FR9Q2LL/A/Refurbished-133-inch-MacBook-Pro-23GHz-quad-core-Intel-Core-i5-with-Retina-display-Space-Gray?fnode=e07c2ebac92b006317372d27a37397f57ca22f9d880be1af9d32d9e85238ec29e5253c5f026163aa20b2f8d9ae6e02ef53d6c61b7131532aed1961473a1c7d43aca9f702f9fe8019bf0a6498ecaf054b

[Alece]

15 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

Realistically I don't think you're going to be able to find a 13" TB that isn't a shit spec for $1,600 or less. Your best bet for trying to find one would be local ads but I really don't think you'd have a good chance at that either.

 

If I were you I'd just hunt used for 2014 and 2015's and try to snipe a good deal on one of those, or just save up even more for the current era models.

I’m really looking for under $2,000 but taxes can be like $200 which is why I said $1,600 but yeah I get it that I won’t get good specs. I’m just looking for decent storage decent speed and decent color accuracy. I’ll keep looking but thank you so much for replying.

[DrMacintosh]

This is your best option:

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FR9Q2LL/A/Refurbished-133-inch-MacBook-Pro-23GHz-quad-core-Intel-Core-i5-with-Retina-display-Space-Gray?fnode=e07c2ebac92b006317372d27a37397f57ca22f9d880be1af9d32d9e85238ec29e5253c5f026163aa20b2f8d9ae6e02ef53d6c61b7131532aed1961473a1c7d43aca9f702f9fe8019bf0a6498ecaf054b

 

2.3GHz Quad Core i5 (w/ hyper threading) 

Iris Plus 655

8GB 2133GHz LPDDR3

256GB

$1490

 

It's a 2018 model too so it has the second best Butterfly Keyboard. 

[flibberdipper]

1 hour ago, DrMacintosh said:

It's actually really easy. 

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FR9Q2LL/A/Refurbished-133-inch-MacBook-Pro-23GHz-quad-core-Intel-Core-i5-with-Retina-display-Space-Gray?fnode=e07c2ebac92b006317372d27a37397f57ca22f9d880be1af9d32d9e85238ec29e5253c5f026163aa20b2f8d9ae6e02ef53d6c61b7131532aed1961473a1c7d43aca9f702f9fe8019bf0a6498ecaf054b

Genuinely surprising.

[DrMacintosh]

49 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

Genuinely surprising.

Hopefully the prices get slashed when the next generation comes out. All models are about $300 overpriced in their base configurations. 

[Alece]

5 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

This is your best option:

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FR9Q2LL/A/Refurbished-133-inch-MacBook-Pro-23GHz-quad-core-Intel-Core-i5-with-Retina-display-Space-Gray?fnode=e07c2ebac92b006317372d27a37397f57ca22f9d880be1af9d32d9e85238ec29e5253c5f026163aa20b2f8d9ae6e02ef53d6c61b7131532aed1961473a1c7d43aca9f702f9fe8019bf0a6498ecaf054b

 

2.3GHz Quad Core i5 (w/ hyper threading) 

Iris Plus 655

8GB 2133GHz LPDDR3

256GB

$1490

 

It's a 2018 model too so it has the second best Butterfly Keyboard. 

Thank you soooo much! And yeah I agree apples computers are way over priced but I’m a sucker for the eco system Although waiting until next year to see if I can get something better sounds good. We’ll see.