Hi Darrell,
Nice choice of controller, jumping right into the pro side of things.
We all would like to use a MAC laptop, even the people who don’t really want a Mac, if they could buy one for a few hundred dollars.
What I mean to say is that Mac laptops keep their value a lot more than PC laptops. So buying a decent quality, decent specs one for a few hundred dollars is not gonna happen.
I bought a 15″, non-retina, i5 MacBook Pro with 4GB of memory, which at the time was 3 years old, and had a dent in it. I paid almost 800 euro (approx. 1.000 bucks) for it. And I had to scramble because others had lined up behind me to buy it if I didn’t.
I am currently in the process of looking at another MacBook. I expect mine will still fetch at least 400-500 euro (500-650 bucks) and I expect to pay at least 1000 euro (1300 bucks) for a used one. Just to give you an idea of the numbers involved.
I think you’ll either have to expand your budget or settle for a (used) PC laptop.
All my two cents worth of course.
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