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Geek Squad Certified Refurbished MacBooks: Select MacBook Air/Pro Laptop

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Best Buy has select Geek Squad Certified Refurbished MacBooks on sale for an additional 20% Off (prices are as marked on product page) listed below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Dr.Wajahat for finding this deal

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  • Includes 90-day manufacturer's warranty w/ purchase (parts + labor)

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  • Geek Squad Certified Refurbished products are thoroughly, painstakingly and lovingly tested, so you can be sure that your device will work right, right away
  • Product is available for shipping only; supplies/stock may be limited
  • Offer valid only for July 26, 2024 or while supplies last
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Best Buy has select Geek Squad Certified Refurbished MacBooks on sale for an additional 20% Off (prices are as marked on product page) listed below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Dr.Wajahat for finding this deal

Note, stock/availability may vary by model.

Available Units(s)Warranty
  • Includes 90-day manufacturer's warranty w/ purchase (parts + labor)

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • Geek Squad Certified Refurbished products are thoroughly, painstakingly and lovingly tested, so you can be sure that your device will work right, right away
  • Product is available for shipping only; supplies/stock may be limited
  • Offer valid only for July 26, 2024 or while supplies last
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thlens
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Yeah… wish there was a 16GB
FeiyeungS
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So all of them are 8GB RAM?
Dfinding
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e-waste

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Jul 26, 2024 02:34 PM
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HailRedskinsJul 26, 2024 02:34 PM
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Just picked mine up at a local BB outlet. M2 Air 512gb. A few scratches but nothing terrible. Apple Diagnostics shows there's no issues. Battery at 100% health but coverage expired in March 2023. So certainly's been owned for some time but otherwise good condition and rarely used it seems.
Jul 26, 2024 02:36 PM
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Mamiww6Jul 26, 2024 02:36 PM
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Why not buy a brand new M1 unit for $650 from Walmart? Brand new and smell fresh.
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Jul 26, 2024 02:43 PM
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highonfireJul 26, 2024 02:43 PM
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Quote from Golgatha :
My first thought and it's sad that this is so, because otherwise those are all great systems.
Absolutely not ewaste. Perfectly fine for a web browsing machine that will likely still get updates and be perfectly usable for another five years. Not everyone needs a beast. I say this as someone with many high powered systems with tons of memory.

Yes. IMO Apple should move their base configuration to 16GB RAM but to call one with 8GB ewaste is ludicrous and leads me to believe you're likely cycling through systems often enough to be an ewaste contributor more than you'll be willing to admit to yourself
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Jul 26, 2024 02:45 PM
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pandanubJul 26, 2024 02:45 PM
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Quote from RayDM :
Surface Laptop with Haptic touchpad and 120hz touchscreen is going to be a better option. Unless you want macOS.
Apple long kept these two advantages which are now no longer relevant.
efficient chip and build quality.
What are you on about lol. The m chips are still monsters,trackpad is still unmatched and apples build quality still surpasses every other laptop manufacturer. Who even uses touchscreen on a laptop.
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Jul 26, 2024 02:54 PM
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wcsJul 26, 2024 02:54 PM
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Quote from Dfinding :
e-waste
Gotta love how they keep pushing "faster processors" while hamstringing base machines with 8GB of memory. Marketing at its finest. I'll take a few gens old with more memory any day of the week.
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Jul 26, 2024 02:56 PM
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Mamiww6Jul 26, 2024 02:56 PM
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Quote from pandanub :
What are you on about lol. The m chips are still monsters,trackpad is still unmatched and apples build quality still surpasses every other laptop manufacturer. Who even uses touchscreen on a laptop.
Agree on most points. But Apple does make questionable decisions to make customers spend more money. I doubt you need to be a Pro to enjoy a smoother refresh rate and more ram on Air line-up. And I understand Apple added notch to improve the camera quality (don't think people WFH need to show more pixels on calls with peers), but why not include a superior and more convenient FaceID if you are engineering a giant notch?
Jul 26, 2024 03:19 PM
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ThriceQJul 26, 2024 03:19 PM
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Waiting for 15 air 16/512 for under $900
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Jul 26, 2024 03:20 PM
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FantasticStag377Jul 26, 2024 03:20 PM
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Just bought the silver one! 🙌 gonna be used for work only.
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Jul 26, 2024 03:28 PM
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Quote from HailRedskins :
Just picked mine up at a local BB outlet. M2 Air 512gb. A few scratches but nothing terrible. Apple Diagnostics shows there's no issues. Battery at 100% health but coverage expired in March 2023. So certainly's been owned for some time but otherwise good condition and rarely used it seems.
I just purchased the same one for shipping. If it looks used with scratches I'll be returning mine. For a refurb I expect it to be mint condition with 100% battery life
Jul 26, 2024 03:30 PM
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AlternautJul 26, 2024 03:30 PM
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I already have a spec'd out M2 Pro Mac mini, but I ordered the 8/512 M1 air. I just need something portable, and this fit the bill.
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Jul 26, 2024 03:40 PM
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pandanubJul 26, 2024 03:40 PM
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Quote from Mamiww6 :
Agree on most points. But Apple does make questionable decisions to make customers spend more money. I doubt you need to be a Pro to enjoy a smoother refresh rate and more ram on Air line-up. And I understand Apple added notch to improve the camera quality (don't think people WFH need to show more pixels on calls with peers), but why not include a superior and more convenient FaceID if you are engineering a giant notch?
Yes Apple has MANY downsides but build quality (recently and generally) and processors are definitely not one of them though lol
Jul 26, 2024 03:41 PM
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adn_m634Jul 26, 2024 03:41 PM
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8 GB RAM is more than enough for my M1 to work flawlessly and it outperforms many of my Windows devics. I've noticed very little slowdown, and when I do, it's usually network-related and not the computer itself. I think personally I'd pay the premium for a brand new M1 at $649 from WalMart, but these devices are great.
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Jul 26, 2024 03:45 PM
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drka0ticJul 26, 2024 03:45 PM
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Quote from WabiSabi :
For those who are interested, there seems to be an i7 MBP w/16gb of ram for ~$800. On its face, it seems like a good deal, but there are complaints about overheating/crashing in the reviews.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/appl...Id=6489615 [bestbuy.com]

To the laptop experts out there, do you think this is a good deal? What are your reservations about buying such a laptop at this price?
$619 on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacB...B08CZT64VP
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Jul 26, 2024 03:47 PM
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pandanubJul 26, 2024 03:47 PM
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Quote from WabiSabi :
For those who are interested, there seems to be an i7 MBP w/16gb of ram for ~$800. On its face, it seems like a good deal, but there are complaints about overheating/crashing in the reviews.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/appl...Id=6489615

To the laptop experts out there, do you think this is a good deal? What are your reservations about buying such a laptop at this price?
It is 9th gen Intel which is now 5 years old, they get hot with way worse battery , they are way less powerful than the m1 and apple is mainly prioritizing and optimizing for their own chipset, OS/software support will be short. These are way cheaper on eBay as well, like $450 and less because no one wants them.

There is absolutely no reason to buy this unless you are aware of the downsides and get it for dirt cheap. I would only ever consider buying m processor MacBooks unless you have a specific use case i.e windows/applications you need Intel architecture for
Last edited by pandanub July 26, 2024 at 08:52 AM.
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