For work reasons, I need to get a MacBook to continue working on a new task where I am, I found one for 500 dollars and delivering as payment my equipment a 2017 Dell is left at 300 dollars. The main use I will give it is merely for office and programming.
The specifications are as follows: Intel i7-8559U 16 GB RAM 512 SSD 13.3” and a resolution 2560x1600 Battery has 248 cycles
I’m open to recommendations
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yeah it’s fine at that price. i’m still using a 2017 one and it’s a nice laptop
Nope, the Intel-based MacBooks from 2016-2020 are cursed with display issues (“flexgate”) and the butterfly keyboard, among other issues.
The butterfly keyboard alone made me nope out and run a 2015 until m1
Simply no. It’s a five year old laptop, they’re littered with issues/faults and Apple is killing support as soon as they can.
General rule on this sub “Do not buy an Intel Mac”
No. There are no Intel Macbooks worth buying today except for extremely niche edge cases. Spend a little more and get something running Apple Silicon. It will be faster, quieter, cooler, and will be supported longer (or even, just supported).
2016 - 2020 are not worth anything these days. The 2016 and 2017 suffer from “flexgate” - in which the backlight cable is not long enough and eventually breaks - and they all suffer from “dustgate” - in which dust (or crumbs) can enter into the lower portion of the screen and break the tracks on the data ribbon cables, resulting in a pink screen to be displayed.
You’re better off getting a 2015 macbook pro, or save up for an M series (in which Apple has fixed the dustgate design flaw - even though they’ve not yet admitted it to be a design flaw)
In my opinion, no. It’ll not be supported much longer(as in a few years).