Is this deal too good to be true on macbook pro?

I was surfing around and came across this ad:

http://www.e-junkie.com/shop/product/44217.php

The price is very good, but before i paypal this guy almost 1500 bucks, i want to get some opinions on it.

I sent him and email, saying this:

Then he sent back a fairly prompt and readable email that said this:

What do you guys think? is it safe to paypal this "Patrick Greg" guy 1450$ - I know paypal has a claims service, but i also know that it isn't that reliable.

Should i just skip it and buy from a more reliable source, mabye on ebay?

 

All i know is they are going to be rolling out new MBP's i would hold off just for the fact of that.

 

Yeah i was thinking about that, but I'm not going to be able to afford 2000$ for one of those anyway i don't think.

Plus they were rumored to be coming out like at the beginning of the month, and still nothing... when will they come?

next tuesday mabye?

 

Money Gram...sounds scammy to me. Insist on sending 40% then 60% both via PayPal.

To be honest, I don't think the guy is legit...maybe I'm wrong, but IDK.

 

i'm feeling the same way, i should probably follow my instincts

 

sounds scammy.. remember... nothing comes free in this world.

 

I just checked...these guys don't even have a ResellerRatings page. I'd personally say avoid.

 

even with the ADC discount.. t he 2.4GHz doesnt come that cheap.. <_< while most people sell theirs for around the ADC price even if its USeD!
beware. rawr LOL

 

lol i don't consider 1450$ free, but i see your point.

I think i might just man up and wait for the new MBP then pay full price for it from apple.com (-student discount)

 

whats this ADC discount about?

 

lol i knew you were gonna ask about it!
so heres the link
http://developer.apple.com/students/sthardware.html
making a MBP $1600

 

with ADC which is for porgrammers you get %20 off your system.

 

so, am i allowed to get that discount? is there requirements?

I am a student, but not really a programmer

 

oh, you have to pay the 99$ membership fee to become a member? so you can buy the computer?

hmmmm.... am i allowed to do that?

 

yea theres a $99 fee. basically any student is allowed. but it is suggested to know some programming tech since then you will actually have some use for that $99 program.

 

so if i paid the 99$ adc membership fee, then bought the macbook with it, it would be 1600+99

so the cost would be 1699 vs 1799 for the student discount or 1999 for full price.s

So it would save me a hundred dollars plus i get a free 99$ program that i wont use

 

roughly, yes.

 

So, could anything go wrong if i do that? I'd hate to waste 100$

 

Thats a good idea. Else check out compusa, they are selling them cheap as they are going out of business.

 

That sounds like shady deal to me, I say stay away from it.

 

yeah our compusa is all emptied out already, theve got like a few things left and macs arent one of them.

 

Personally I'd recommend a dell D830 or a thinkpad T61P
Better processors (penryn), better availibility of screen resolutions (WUXGA or WSXGA+ as compared to WXGA+ on the MBP), inexpensive 3 year warranty, etc etc etc. You can dual boot with linux (check out our linux forum) if you like unix type OS

And most important, about $600-800 cheaper than an equivalent MBP

 

Brandon,

I hope you are aware that the new MBPs were released today, and thus Amazon is having a huge sell on the old gen MBPs. I think it was like 1600 bucks or even cheaper...