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

Recommended models:

Mid-2013/Early 2014 13" MacBook Air [1]

Late 2013 13" MacBook Pro Retina [2]

Late 2013 15" MacBook Pro Retina with dedicated GPU [3]

Mid-2014 13" MacBook Pro Retina [4]

Mid-2014 15" MacBook Pro Retina with dedicated GPU [5]

Lenovo ThinkPad P52 [6]

[1] https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=26...

[2] https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=26...

[3] https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=27...

[4] https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=28...

[5] https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=28...

[6] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ThinkPad+P52

My Late 2013 MacBook Pro 15" broke down last month (wouldn't start). I didn'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.

Total cost: $700. This MacBook is 6 years old and it was totally worth it.