Experiencing some indecisiveness here.. Both Macbook Pros are the 15.4" mid-2015 model with 16GB of RAM.
Option A: 2.8GHz, AppleCare until May 2020
Option B: 2.2GHz, AppleCare until Oct 2018
The difference between the two laptops is $600. I know AppleCare is only $349 and that in general the speed bump from 2.2 to 2.8 is negligible. I do use Photoshop and Lightroom, but it's for vacation photos, no work.
My concern is moreso what are the prices for repairs outside of AppleCare? Will something break that will be more than $400? I'm wondering if the $600 is worth me not having to worry about my laptop until 2020, and hopefully by then Apple will have fixed the keyboards and USB-C will be everywhere.
I've been fairly lucky with my laptops, but I was one of the unfortunate folks with the 2011 MBP with the GPU failure (Apple did fix it, but it broke again in 8 months).
Option A: 2.8GHz, AppleCare until May 2020
Option B: 2.2GHz, AppleCare until Oct 2018
The difference between the two laptops is $600. I know AppleCare is only $349 and that in general the speed bump from 2.2 to 2.8 is negligible. I do use Photoshop and Lightroom, but it's for vacation photos, no work.
My concern is moreso what are the prices for repairs outside of AppleCare? Will something break that will be more than $400? I'm wondering if the $600 is worth me not having to worry about my laptop until 2020, and hopefully by then Apple will have fixed the keyboards and USB-C will be everywhere.
I've been fairly lucky with my laptops, but I was one of the unfortunate folks with the 2011 MBP with the GPU failure (Apple did fix it, but it broke again in 8 months).
