Unless something has changed in the past 4 months, these are Apple refurbs. My open box refurb from Microcenter was an Apple refurbished device and Apple updated the purchase date and I got the full warranty.
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can confirm this. Also a few months ago. M1 Max MBP 64gb for $1800 was too good to skip for me (refurb open box). How the prices went up instead of down is crazy.
I just got off chat with MC and confirmed the one available at my store is NOT Apple refurb and only comes with the standard 90 day warranty. YMMV. Hard pass for me.
How does this M1 Pro compare to current M3?
This seems like it could be a better deal than MB Air. Would there be a significant difference from a purely performance standpoint?
I'm seeing 1 available listed as "New in stock". is there a chance this is actually new-old stock and not Refurb?
It depends on what type of taks you are planning on doing. Personally I would take the M1 Pro just for the display and speakers alone.
I just got off chat with MC and confirmed the one available at my store is NOT Apple refurb and only comes with the standard 90 day warranty. YMMV. Hard pass for me.
Yeah, it's a hit or miss. Placed an order once and had it canceled due to item out of stock. Next day I placed an order and there were 2 in stock. After pickup, everything looked fine but keyboard had heavy wear and MacBook is out of apple warranty (purchase date 2021). 94% battery capacity and 168
Cycles. Debating if I'll return within the 30 days.
Yeah, it's a hit or miss. Placed an order once and had it canceled due to item out of stock. Next day I placed an order and there were 2 in stock. After pickup, everything looked fine but keyboard had heavy wear and MacBook is out of apple warranty (purchase date 2021). 94% battery capacity and 168
Cycles. Debating if I'll return within the 30 days.
Just FYI it's 15 days unless there's something I missed
These are 90 day warranty. There was a similar deal with Best Buy for $200 less for the 16" model. I played the refurb lotto on that one and lost. Mine came with physical damage and looking at the thread that isn't a rare incident.
So I thought I'd give this deal a try. I went to MC and they had two left. One had physically worn down keys. It was pretty bad. Other one was perfect so I got that one. Also opted for 3 year warranty for $150. At that point I'm creeping into 15" M3 with similar specs but I really want the slightly larger/better screen since I need a lot of real estate and my eyes aren't so great. Plus if I ever want to go multi monitor plus screen.
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This seems like it could be a better deal than MB Air. Would there be a significant difference from a purely performance standpoint?
I'm seeing 1 available listed as "New in stock". is there a chance this is actually new-old stock and not Refurb?
I just got off chat with MC and confirmed the one available at my store is NOT Apple refurb and only comes with the standard 90 day warranty. YMMV. Hard pass for me.
Yeah, it's a hit or miss. Placed an order once and had it canceled due to item out of stock. Next day I placed an order and there were 2 in stock. After pickup, everything looked fine but keyboard had heavy wear and MacBook is out of apple warranty (purchase date 2021). 94% battery capacity and 168
Cycles. Debating if I'll return within the 30 days.
Yeah, it's a hit or miss. Placed an order once and had it canceled due to item out of stock. Next day I placed an order and there were 2 in stock. After pickup, everything looked fine but keyboard had heavy wear and MacBook is out of apple warranty (purchase date 2021). 94% battery capacity and 168
Cycles. Debating if I'll return within the 30 days.
Just FYI it's 15 days unless there's something I missed
So I thought I'd give this deal a try. I went to MC and they had two left. One had physically worn down keys. It was pretty bad. Other one was perfect so I got that one. Also opted for 3 year warranty for $150. At that point I'm creeping into 15" M3 with similar specs but I really want the slightly larger/better screen since I need a lot of real estate and my eyes aren't so great. Plus if I ever want to go multi monitor plus screen.