IDK if this is the place to ask this but is this a good deal?

So my roommate wants to sell his old Mac BookPro I think from 2008.

My current laptop is an HP pavilion dv9700

250G HDD 5200rpm

1440x900 res

Nvidia gt 8400m

2.2hz core 2 duo

My roommates computer

250G HDD 7200rpm

1440x900 res

Nvidia 9400m

2.5hz core 2 duo

He wants to sell me his for $700. At the time he bought it for $2200 and I bought mine for $1400. Mines dying from GPU loss which means my screen goes black and the graphics driver constantly recovers in mid watching videos. Do you think it's a good deal or should I save up another grand for a new Macbook pro?

You could buy a brand new laptop for $700 mate... a good one at that. Never mind Mac.

Also, you could fix your laptop. Sounds like you might only be having drivers issues. That can be solved.

Well the reason I focus on MAC is that we use them at work at it would be really nice to take my final cut pro projects home and work on them. On top of that I did reasearch and it is known that my type of HP is poorly made and the heat from the cpu goes over the gpu and then to the fan slowly killing the gpu.

If your friends macbook is in excellent condition and he makes you a better offer I'd consider it. Otherwise I'd buy a new one.

Well the reason I focus on MAC is that we use them at work at it would be really nice to take my final cut pro projects home and work on them. On top of that I did reasearch and it is known that my type of HP is poorly made and the heat from the cpu goes over the gpu and then to the fan slowly killing the gpu.

Gamefreak1296

The problem with buying a second hand mac, is that they degrand in value much slower than PCs. Thats the great thing about selling one though.

For $700 it sounds pretty good to me...

Well the reason I focus on MAC is that we use them at work at it would be really nice to take my final cut pro projects home and work on them. On top of that I did reasearch and it is known that my type of HP is poorly made and the heat from the cpu goes over the gpu and then to the fan slowly killing the gpu.

Gamefreak1296

Will I see any proformance differences with those specs on IOS? I'm currentaly running windows 7 64 bit.

Will I see any proformance differences with those specs on IOS? I'm currentaly running windows 7 64 bit.

Gamefreak1296

Well apart from the Mac being slightly more grunty, you will notice slightly faster boot times etc. Find out if its running Leopard 10.5 or Snow Leopard 10.6

So my roommate wants to sell his old Mac BookPro I think from 2008.

My current laptop is an HP pavilion dv9700

250G HDD 5200rpm

1440x900 res

Nvidia gt 8400m

2.2hz core 2 duo

My roommates computer

250G HDD 7200rpm

1440x900 res

Nvidia 9400m

2.5hz core 2 duo

He wants to sell me his for $700. At the time he bought it for $2200 and I bought mine for $1400. Mines dying from GPU loss which means my screen goes black and the graphics driver constantly recovers in mid watching videos. Do you think it's a good deal or should I save up another grand for a new Macbook pro?

I have a 17 inch laptop which is good for 3d modeling because I need the space so I guess I'll just keep saving.

3d modeling on a laptop? you are a brave, brave man. I can't do that stuff on anything short of a 22" monitor and a computer with all the fixings.

I extend it to my 22inch monitor when i'm at home :P.