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Apple Store has select Certified Refurbished Apple MacBook Air M1 Devices on sale listed below. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member LivelyCheetah5238 for finding this deal
Note, curbside pickup is unavailable at any Apple Store locations
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Thanks to community member LivelyCheetah5238 for finding this deal
Note, curbside pickup is unavailable at any Apple Store locations
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- Certified Refurbished 256GB Apple MacBook Air 13.3" M1 Chip Laptop (Gold) $849
- Certified Refurbished 512GB Apple Mac Mini M1 Chip Device $759
- Certified Refurbished 256GB Apple MacBook Air 13.3" M1 Chip Laptop (Space Gray) $849
- & More
- Rigorous refurbishment process prior to sale
- Covered by Apple's one-year limited warranty
- Covered by Apple's 14-day returns policy
- AppleCare product can be purchased for these products
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Written by Discombobulated | Staff- These products are sold through the official Apple Store; see product details for complete specs/what's included w/ purchase
- Apple Certified Refurbished Products are pre-owned Apple products that undergo Apple's stringent refurbishment process prior to being offered for sale. While only some units are returned due to technical issues, every unit is evaluated to ensure it meets Apple's quality standards.
- These products were originally released November 2020
- Next day delivery is offered with additional cost ranging from ~$8
- Supplies may be limited; offer valid while promotion last
- Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated
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Apple Store has select Certified Refurbished Apple MacBook Air M1 Devices on sale listed below. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member LivelyCheetah5238 for finding this deal
Note, curbside pickup is unavailable at any Apple Store locations
Example Deal(s)
Thanks to community member LivelyCheetah5238 for finding this deal
Note, curbside pickup is unavailable at any Apple Store locations
Example Deal(s)
- Certified Refurbished 256GB Apple MacBook Air 13.3" M1 Chip Laptop (Gold) $849
- Certified Refurbished 512GB Apple Mac Mini M1 Chip Device $759
- Certified Refurbished 256GB Apple MacBook Air 13.3" M1 Chip Laptop (Space Gray) $849
- & More
- Rigorous refurbishment process prior to sale
- Covered by Apple's one-year limited warranty
- Covered by Apple's 14-day returns policy
- AppleCare product can be purchased for these products
Editor's Notes
Written by Discombobulated | Staff- These products are sold through the official Apple Store; see product details for complete specs/what's included w/ purchase
- Apple Certified Refurbished Products are pre-owned Apple products that undergo Apple's stringent refurbishment process prior to being offered for sale. While only some units are returned due to technical issues, every unit is evaluated to ensure it meets Apple's quality standards.
- These products were originally released November 2020
- Next day delivery is offered with additional cost ranging from ~$8
- Supplies may be limited; offer valid while promotion last
- Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated
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Edit: for those who still wonder, read this
M1 Mac Users Report Excessive SSD Wear
https://www.macrumors.c
and
How worried should you be about your M1 Mac's SSD lifespan?
https://www.macworld.co
There are two major causes:
1. small ram (8GB total, including 2-4GB for VRAM, only 4-6GB left for the system and applications) and ARM chipsets' increasing demand for RAM (due to weak RAM management on the legacy Unix/Linux memory/swap system with ARM instruction sets).
Apple's solution: disproportionately increases the size and usage of the swap partition;
2. Rosetta 2 translation demands larger RAM than X86, X64 precompiled apps.
Apple's solution: disproportionately increases the size and usage of the swap partition, again.
So, you would expect a significant reduction in SSD lifespan on an M1 Mac compared to an Intel mac, not to mention a Windows pc which has a much more robust ram/pagefile management system.
https://youtu.be/FyMCoQmsv-I
I posted in MacRumors but the thread is so long it's buried.
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Edit: for those who still wonder, read this
M1 Mac Users Report Excessive SSD Wear
https://www.macrumors.c
and
How worried should you be about your M1 Mac's SSD lifespan?
https://www.macworld.co
There are two major causes:
1. small ram (8GB total, including 2-4GB for VRAM, only 4-6GB left for the system and applications) and ARM chipsets' increasing demand for RAM (due to weak RAM management on the legacy Unix/Linux memory/swap system with ARM instruction sets).
Apple's solution: disproportionately increases the size and usage of the swap partition;
2. Rosetta 2 translation demands larger RAM than X86, X64 precompiled apps.
Apple's solution: disproportionately increases the size and usage of the swap partition, again.
So, you would expect a significant reduction in SSD lifespan on an M1 Mac compared to an Intel mac, not to mention a Windows pc which has a much more robust ram/pagefile management system.
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I posted in MacRumors but the thread is so long it's buried.
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You can't tell an Apple refurb (from Apple directly) unit from an 'new' unit. I've bought many and the cases and exterior parts are always brand new (or so incredibly reconditioned you wouldn't know). My understanding is Apple refurbs are typically frankenstein laptops where they remove the logic board or battery from a returned laptop and reimplement it.
Open boxes can really be anything - a laptop that someone just decided to return due to choice but could also be a laptop someone used for a business trip or for a couple of weeks and chose to return during the window. It could be a laptop someone dropped or scratched and cheekily decided to return it during the window. It could be a shop floor model that's been bashed around.
To me they are entirely different products that carry very different degrees of risk, especially if you can't inspect the open box product before you purchase it.
If the small $ saving of an open box from Best Buy is worth it to you, go ahead, but saving 30% off retail directly from Apple on a laptop that looks and feels brand new, is enough of a saving to make this a smart choice.
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