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

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$1,300

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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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  • 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 05:36 PM
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George_P_Burdell
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Quote from jdsteel7 :
Yep, that's why I have yet to pull the trigger on a MacBook Air. Give me 16 GB or heck, even 12 GB as a base, and I'll try it out. 8 GB is just sad for 2024, and super greedy of Apple.
i use downloadmoreram.com subscription. its great
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Jul 26, 2024 05:58 PM
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darius11Jul 26, 2024 05:58 PM
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Quote from highonfire :
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
Lol. How many tabs do you think people want to have open on a "web browsing machine"?
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mr_miyagi_sanJul 26, 2024 06:13 PM
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highonfireJul 26, 2024 06:29 PM
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Quote from darius11 :
Lol. How many tabs do you think people want to have open on a "web browsing machine"?
You know that the number of tabs isn't the issue with memory constraints, right? It's extensions and JavaScript. You could load 100x raw html pages that have a 100 lines of text each on these and it would function fine and snappy or one page making 100s of giantass JS calls and it would tank along with nearly any other system including a i9 w 64gb of RAM.
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masterz13Jul 26, 2024 06:33 PM
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Quote from NhewFone :
In 2-3 years, there will be. iOS 19 will have the Ai goodies that need ram, and then they'll put more ram into the mac.
Or they'll do 10 or 12GB instead knowing Apple lol.
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Jul 26, 2024 06:34 PM
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SuperwizardJul 26, 2024 06:34 PM
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Don't expect "Geek Squad Certified Refurbished products [to be] thoroughly, painstakingly and lovingly tested. I got several items that were not and had to be returned. BB may have a thorough process but it's not followed.
Jul 26, 2024 06:48 PM
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NathanFtJul 26, 2024 06:48 PM
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I know this comment will be downvoted heavily, but lol 8gb in 2024
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Edonlin2004Jul 26, 2024 06:50 PM
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Crazy how much we've regressed. I remember back in the day. 2007ish. Getting a 1tb hard drive and thinking it was awesome. Now we're jumping for a 512GB hat drive. Weird tbh.
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jwr28sJul 26, 2024 07:11 PM
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Quote from highonfire :
You know that the number of tabs isn't the issue with memory constraints, right? It's extensions and JavaScript. You could load 100x raw html pages that have a 100 lines of text each on these and it would function fine and snappy or one page making 100s of giantass JS calls and it would tank along with nearly any other system including a i9 w 64gb of RAM.
Yes, JS heavy pages hog memory. Is this a unique insight?

Onetab, TooManyTabs, Auto Tab Discard are Chrome extensions one can use to keep memory usage down when browsing on a "web browsing machine". Chrome also has a native memory saver function in preferences. I'm sure Firefox has similar tools. No comment on the RAM debate. The prices are where they are because people buy these machines
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George_P_Burdell
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Quote from jwr28s :
Yes, JS heavy pages hog memory. Is this a unique insight?

Onetab, TooManyTabs, Auto Tab Discard are Chrome extensions one can use to keep memory usage down when browsing on a "web browsing machine". Chrome also has a native memory saver function in preferences. I'm sure Firefox has similar tools. No comment on the RAM debate. The prices are where they are because people buy these machines
firefox have proper implementation of ublock origin
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HotWingsAndBeerJul 26, 2024 07:19 PM
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These prices are not very good. I landed a Geek Squad Refurb 16" M1 Pro 16GB/1TB for $1099 last week. 100% battery health in mint condition with correct charger.

The M2 Air 8GB/256GB (which is what I traded in for $780) for $1039 is absurd. I got mine from a Swap website for $850 3 months ago.

Avoid this "deal" like the plague unless you want a M1 MacBook for a kid.
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CoreyC1521Jul 26, 2024 07:50 PM
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So many people say 8 GB is enough but I have a MacBook Pro with M2 Pro from my work with 32 GB. I have never seen it have less than 10GB in use and have seen over 20 GB in use. This is productivity software only. Outlook, Teams, Safari, Word, that type of stuff. No photo or video software. Just saying YMMV.
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George_P_Burdell
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Jul 26, 2024 07:56 PM
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Quote from HotWingsAndBeer :
These prices are not very good. I landed a Geek Squad Refurb 16" M1 Pro 16GB/1TB for $1099 last week. 100% battery health in mint condition with correct charger.

The M2 Air 8GB/256GB (which is what I traded in for $780) for $1039 is absurd. I got mine from a Swap website for $850 3 months ago.

Avoid this "deal" like the plague unless you want a M1 MacBook for a kid.
Any apple warranty on these?
Last edited by George_P_Burdell July 26, 2024 at 01:00 PM.
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George_P_Burdell
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Jul 26, 2024 07:58 PM
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Quote from CoreyC1521 :
So many people say 8 GB is enough but I have a MacBook Pro with M2 Pro from my work with 32 GB. I have never seen it have less than 10GB in use and have seen over 20 GB in use. This is productivity software only. Outlook, Teams, Safari, Word, that type of stuff. No photo or video software. Just saying YMMV.
It's RAM bro. It will use how much ever is left else it will use swap. A faster processor can and SSD can swap work for many

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MellowShoe8104Jul 26, 2024 08:23 PM
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Quote from FeiyeungS :
So all of them are 8GB RAM?
Hello? Everything ok there?
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