Apple MacBook Pro 15in Core i7 2.8GHz Retina (MGXG2LL/A), 16GB RAM, 512GB Solid State Drive (Renewed)

I didn't want to spend all the money for a new machine, so I took a chance on this one which said "like new". It's a MacBook Pro 15in Quad Core i7 2.8GHz Retina (MGXG2LL/A), 16GB RAM, 1TB Solid State Drive (Renewed). They weren't kidding. It was pretty much in "like new" condition. The screen and the keyboard are perfect and the case had a just a couple of really tiny scratches on the bottom. With a Mid 2014 machine, I don't think you could expect it to be any better. It works beautifully. I run a lot of of software, since I'm a software engineer by trade and a musician by passion. I use several audio processing programs along with Sibelius notation software. In general, I have at least 10 apps open at a time. Some of these are not light weight applications. I don't know if all these machines come from the same source? This one came from the seller "Always Less Than Apple" in Richardson, TX. I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them again. They did a really great job, and if I don't kill it, this machine will be worth something when I decide to move up to a machine with Apple silicon. Pesuming that is the architecture at the time. With Apple, you never know.

I cannot recommend this computer. The speaker went out shortly after receiving. But the bigger reason is that Apple does not support upgrades to any computer this old. You can only upgrade is as far as Monterey. The problem with that is other software such as Microsoft 365 can only be upgraded if the OS is higher than Monterey. I’m sure many other softwares would be the same.Yes I contacted the seller when my programs began to not work. They said they could not do anything because it was sold through Amazon fAB or something like that. Long story short. The seller would not support their product nor do they offer a disclaimer in their description. So BUYER BEWARE.