I'm at a crossroads on what to do with my 'stuff'.
I own a 2008 17" macbook pro laptop that needs to be fixed. Genius bar prices a refurbish of the item at $350 since it is not yet a legacy item. I have done this in the past so I trust that I will get at least anoterh 4-5 years out of the device.
I also own an operational 2009 24" iMac desktop. The only not working is the cd rom ( an external is $79)
I just got for the holidays a Wi-Fi iPad mini valued at $500 along with th slim case another $50.
I don't use an iphone. I do graphic design sometimes and photography but strictly as a hobby or donation.
I assume i can return the mini to an apple store for credit. I'm not sure if the credit can be applied to svs (ie: pay them with the credit to fix my laptop).
Question: Get the store credit and buy a new laptop outright ($1200-1800 purchase btw)
or
fix my laptop and sell the desktop on ebay and use the apple credit for a larger ipad
or
sell my laptop broken on ebay, get the bigger ipad.
Why is this hard to decide? Well, I also own a kindle which is Wi-Fi enabled so keeping the mini is like haveing the same device twice. AND, i like my kindle i love Amazon Prime. Its way cheaper than itunes store for sure!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!