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I don’t know what you need from a creative standpoint but I got a refurbished MacBook pro on amazon for $500, an extra $100 for a warrantee and it’s been great and I’m going on three years with it.

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You can also buy refurbished mac pro directly from apple.

Nobody can tell you exactly what specs to consider without knowing what tasks you plan to use it for. Editing/working on heavy graphics? Video editing/rendering? Just mockups in Photoshop + presentations?

I got a refurb mac off Amazon 2. $900, 2015.

RAM is more important than hard drive space. 16 gigs or more. 32 to be even more future-proof. Hard drive space isn’t a huge deal because you can archive finished client files on an external drive. Also, get a mouse.

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