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by et-al 3025 days ago
fwiw, you can still buy a new 15-inch 2015 MBP from Apple and B&H Photo. Apple tries to downplay it on their site, but it's there:

apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MJLQ2LL/A&step=config#

(Purposely omitting hyperlinking for referral logs.)

Of course you're limited to the hardware that came out in 2015.
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durkie 3025 days ago
any idea if they do this for the 13" version? how did you even find this? i was just looking for the older models and couldn't find them anywhere on apple's site.
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tortilla 3025 days ago
You can get refurbished Macbook Pros and Thinkpads from ArrowDirect:

https://www.arrowdirect.com/refurbished-laptops/

FYI - If you sign up for a free dealer account, the discount is anywhere 10-30% off regular prices.

Their inventory changes daily. If you get an A grade refurb, they are in very good cosmetic condition.

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et-al 3025 days ago
I've been casually keeping an eye out for a 15" mid-2015 MBP and someone had mentioned in their ad that Apple still made them, and sure enough. If you're looking at 15", B&H has slightly cheaper offerings and they won't charge you tax.

Unfortunately I haven't seen anyone retailing the 13" 2015 MBP. If you're in the Bay Area, there's a fully loaded (3.1GHz i7 / 16GB / 1TB) 13" early-2015 covered by AppleCare until 2019.

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/sys/d/2015-macbook-pro-13-i...

If you happen to go the second-hand route, I highly advise you to check if the machine is still under some device management (MDM) by running:

   sudo /usr/libexec/mdmclient dep nag
More info: https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/24774/dep-naggi...
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