Macbook buyer's guide: Louis Rossmann's recommendation list

Recommended models:<p>Mid-2013&#x2F;Early 2014 13&quot; MacBook Air [1]<p>Late 2013 13&quot; MacBook Pro Retina [2]<p>Late 2013 15&quot; MacBook Pro Retina with dedicated GPU [3]<p>Mid-2014 13&quot; MacBook Pro Retina [4]<p>Mid-2014 15&quot; MacBook Pro Retina with dedicated GPU [5]<p>Lenovo ThinkPad P52 [6]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;everymac.com&#x2F;ultimate-mac-lookup&#x2F;?search_keywords=2632" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;everymac.com&#x2F;ultimate-mac-lookup&#x2F;?search_keywords=26...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;everymac.com&#x2F;ultimate-mac-lookup&#x2F;?search_keywords=2678" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;everymac.com&#x2F;ultimate-mac-lookup&#x2F;?search_keywords=26...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;everymac.com&#x2F;ultimate-mac-lookup&#x2F;?search_keywords=2745" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;everymac.com&#x2F;ultimate-mac-lookup&#x2F;?search_keywords=27...</a><p>[4] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;everymac.com&#x2F;ultimate-mac-lookup&#x2F;?search_keywords=2875" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;everymac.com&#x2F;ultimate-mac-lookup&#x2F;?search_keywords=28...</a><p>[5] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;everymac.com&#x2F;ultimate-mac-lookup&#x2F;?search_keywords=2881" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;everymac.com&#x2F;ultimate-mac-lookup&#x2F;?search_keywords=28...</a><p>[6] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;duckduckgo.com&#x2F;?q=ThinkPad+P52" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;duckduckgo.com&#x2F;?q=ThinkPad+P52</a>

My Late 2013 MacBook Pro 15&quot; broke down last month (wouldn&#x27;t start). I didn&#x27;t want to go through the setup of a new laptop, so I took it to Apple store. Got a new screen, new chassis, new screen, new keyboard, new logic board (I think). Same SSD, all my data was intact.<p>Total cost: $700. This MacBook is 6 years old and it was totally worth it.