>> From a practicality standpoint, the top choice would be that last generation 2011 17″ MacBook Pro
This is actually a bad idea - the 2011 15/17" MacBook Pros have dying graphics chips, that Apple stoppped repairing at the end of last year.
This is actually a bad idea - the 2011 15/17" MacBook Pros have dying graphics chips, that Apple stoppped repairing at the end of last year.
And I hate Apple.
my employer still have "late 2012" MBP with the nvidia-of-death cards as I call them, and apple haven't replaced any of them. Even in 2013.
This whole article is a disservice. You do not need a second machine to write. And even if I needed, i'd use a machine that runs the latest linux with all the security considerations of a modern system, and then I would just install my text editor and nothing else.
This is nothing but a gateway drug for people to join the mac cult. Meh. Not even an expensive mac is any good. let alone a free one. As mac fans always reminds us: you get what you pay for. And free+mac tax = lousy machine.