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Old 28 May 2014, 07:50 PM
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Default Apple Mac Pro - cheapest place to buy

Please don't get into the apple / windows discussion. . . .

It's not for me - the new gfx designer needs one for work.

Randomly Debenhams seems to the cheapest place about

http://www.debenhamsplus.com/DE_Appl..._t50WFcxvD_BwE

Any other ideas?

Can you haggle with Apple like you do with Dell?

J
Old 28 May 2014, 08:30 PM
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Not much price difference in shopping around.

Check apple refurb section for some good discounts
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none on sadly
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Do you happen to know anyone with a student card? As the Apple student discounts are quite reasonable.
Old 29 May 2014, 01:48 PM
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I bought a refurb Apple from the Apple Refurb website (Ipod Touch)

bit disappointed tbh - when I replaced that battery after a year or two, the rubber screen seals where crap

not very good quality at all
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Originally Posted by neil-h
Do you happen to know anyone with a student card? As the Apple student discounts are quite reasonable.
Advocating a fraudulent purchase.

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every wednesday the apple refurb store online is open, that may have some discounts
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster
Advocating a fraudulent purchase.

Who said fraudulent
Old 30 May 2014, 10:37 AM
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More on the hardware.

The new mk3 is really restricted. One HD slot, unable to upgrade internal storage bla bla.

The more beefier mk2's seem to be a better machine - OK they don't do 4k, but otherwise seem to perform very well.
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That's one lucky GFX designer, must be doing some outrageous stuff to *need* one.
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He's doing quite a bit of 1080p video editing, 3d modelling etc etc
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Originally Posted by Tidgy
3d modeing then pc for more grunt would be way to go, can run more ram, cpu's etc etc
I've been banned for less.
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Originally Posted by JackClark
I've been banned for less.

Tidgy doesn't have a track record of persitantly doing this (edit: I've also noted that the last PC thread he created was trolled/spoiled by the Mac brigade.).

Any continuation however will be deleted and noted for future reference incase it does become a persitant issue. Afterall, it is a thread about Macs. Not PCs.

So please no Mac vs. PC debate. Which is what the OP has clearly stated. Any further compaints; post in the policy section or PM Stu, not here. Ta.

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Went for a refurbished top spec imac in the end.

27"
i7
3tb hybrid drive
780gt
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Nice buy
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Originally Posted by BlkKnight
Went for a refurbished top spec imac in the end.

27"
i7
3tb hybrid drive
780gt
Nice. I work with a lot of graphics people and all of them are on iMacs, they all want Pro's of course but none of them need them.
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