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Used macbook pro vs new amd apu notebook

jmeister

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Jan 5, 2013
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So my buddy has a mid 2010 macbook pro 13" with the 2.53ghz core 2 duo, 4 gigs ddr3, and 9400m with 256meg vram. He wants $500 for it, but it also includes apeture, and final cut. I was thinking of dual booting with windows 7.

My other option is a laptop with an amd A8 15" with 6gigs ddr3, and the 8560m. I play league alot, and I also need a laptop for college. I would want to run 2 external displays when at home, but it won't be my main machine, because I have a nice desktop for that.

Which do you guys think is the better choice?
 
hmmmmm I would recommend -
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/E1U67AV?HP-ENVY-15z-Notebook-PC-ENERGY-STAR-

because this is cheap and good for the price as both your options aren't very good now and this has the power of amd and the looks of a MacBook