Apple MacBook Pro Mid 2009 A1278 CORE 2 DUO 2.26GHZ 4GB RAM 160GB HDD
Oct 19, 2019
No matter the year, A unibody Macbook is a quality piece of tech. And will work for years to come. Excellent product for the money.
Just a quality piece of tech. Nothing else needs to be said
HP 15-db0005dx Win 10 AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 2Ghz 8GB Ram 128GB SSD 15.6" PC Laptop
Jan 08, 2020
The best bang for your buck
What other sub $300 laptop can both outperform intel’s 8th generation i5 processors in certain cpu intensive tasks, as well as having the graphical capability of playing most esports titles at 1080p low or most games at 720p low. For example on top of playing csgo and Rocket League, I can also play the Witcher 3 at some really decent settings on 720p and still get a solid frame rate. This is far and away superior to any integrated solution on the Intel side of things and I’m very happy with the choice I made. The few “downsides” I have with this device are that the ram is configured in single channel, and with these Ryzen APU (Ryzen5-2500u in this case) the performance gain we see from using duel channel memory is worth the money to install another stick of ram, although you may be able to configure it this way on purchase, but it would be more expensive. Also the battery life is, at the best, on par with most other extreme budget laptops (maybe 4-5 hours basic use). Lastly for issues, and this is really the only true gripe, the 1366x768 display reminds me of my 2011 MacBook Air. Horrible vertical viewing angels (decent horizontal though), colors are obviously off the worst being how grossly washed out the blacks are, and lastly the pixelation due to the low pixel density is pretty noticeable, especially if you spend your time around high quality displays usually. That being said everything else including the build quality, storage speed, upgradability, thermals, keyboard, trackpad (with dedicated right and left click which is not modern but nice!), and speakers are all passable on the budget laptop scale. Nothing in that list is stellar or impressive at all, but overall for the price I understand why they focused on performance in place of some other things. One day I hope for a computer this price companies can include a decent ips display or even and junky 1080p panel with this much performance and decent build quality otherwise, but for now, and probably for years to come, this is far and away one the most amazing bang for the buck purchases I’ve ever had the pleasure to make Especially consider I got it used, in perfect shape for $270 after shipping and tax, I can’t be more happy with this device even after the junky screen has been in front of me for the past few days. I hope this helps anybody out there looking for a good budget laptop, or for reasonable gaming performance for the money.
Apple MacBook A1278 13.3" Laptop - MB466LL/A (October, 2008)
Aug 03, 2019
Solid laptop for the price
It’s a quality device for the price all things considered!