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Grade A Refurb: Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop: M1, 2560x1600, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD

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$400

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StackSocial has Grade A Refurbished: Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop (2 Colors) for $399.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member wildbird12 for finding this deal.

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Specs:
  • Apple M1 Chip 8-core CPU + 7-Core GPU
  • 13.3" 2560x1600 Retina IPS LCD Display
  • 256GB Solid State Drive
  • 8GB LPDDR4X RAM
  • 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
  • Integrated 720p FaceTime HD Camera
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard with Force Touch Trackpad
  • Weight: 2.8 lbs
  • Ports
    • 2x Thunderbolt 3/ USB 4 Ports

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  • About this deal:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this product:
    • This product is listed with a Grade "A" rating. It arrives in a near-mint condition and may have very minimal to zero amounts of scuffing on the case. To learn more about refurbished products, click here.
  • About this store:
    • Returns accepted within 30 days of shipment for orders within the Contiguous US.

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StackSocial has Grade A Refurbished: Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop (2 Colors) for $399.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member wildbird12 for finding this deal.

Available:
Specs:
  • Apple M1 Chip 8-core CPU + 7-Core GPU
  • 13.3" 2560x1600 Retina IPS LCD Display
  • 256GB Solid State Drive
  • 8GB LPDDR4X RAM
  • 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
  • Integrated 720p FaceTime HD Camera
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard with Force Touch Trackpad
  • Weight: 2.8 lbs
  • Ports
    • 2x Thunderbolt 3/ USB 4 Ports

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this product:
    • This product is listed with a Grade "A" rating. It arrives in a near-mint condition and may have very minimal to zero amounts of scuffing on the case. To learn more about refurbished products, click here.
  • About this store:
    • Returns accepted within 30 days of shipment for orders within the Contiguous US.

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PurpleBorder8835
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Now that's a deal! I would take an M1 MacBook over a Chromebook any day.
PurpleBorder8835
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Not everyone has $850 to drop. Some people have a hard cap of $400 or $500, which would have kept them out of the MacBook market until today.
IPrince
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If you can afford the difference, this sells for $599 brand new at Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-.../715596133

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Most likely original battery?
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Quote from FederlineYo :
Most likely original battery?
Grade A refurbished = "...at least 80% battery capacity...". If 100% is 18 hours, as Apple claims, then this is still good for over 14 hours.
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Now that's a deal! I would take an M1 MacBook over a Chromebook any day.
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
8gb of ram is the real detriment on this. With casual admin use (email, discord, onenote, firefox), I'm hitting 65-70% on a 16gb M1 Air. You'll be slamming the swap memory -- or having to treat it like a mobile by single tasking. For $400, you're better off looking at the entry-level M4 Air which routinely hits $850. Yes, it's more than twice the price -- but you're getting a CPU that is significantly better AND twice the ram (just in the base config). For $1000, you can get that same config in a 15" chassis. All with the option to get a spanking fresh 3-year warranty.
Not everyone has $850 to drop. Some people have a hard cap of $400 or $500, which would have kept them out of the MacBook market until today.
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank IPrince

If you can afford the difference, this sells for $599 brand new at Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-.../715596133
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
8gb of ram is the real detriment on this. With casual admin use (email, discord, onenote, firefox), I'm hitting 65-70% on a 16gb M1 Air. You'll be slamming the swap memory -- or having to treat it like a mobile by single tasking.

For $400, you're better off looking at the entry-level M4 Air which routinely hits $850. Yes, it's more than twice the price -- but you're getting a CPU that is significantly better AND twice the ram (just in the base config). For $1000, you can get that same config in a 15" chassis. All with the option to get a spanking fresh 3-year warranty.

You don't understand how ram works. If there's more RAM it will use more of it. If there's only 8 GB available, there would still be probably 20% headroom left running those same apps you're talking about
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Quote from GrummanPilot99 :
You don't understand how ram works. If there's more RAM it will use more of it. If there's only 8 GB available, there would still be probably 20% headroom left running those same apps you're talking about
That's....not how ram works, but hey, keep mansplaining things!
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For most people this would be all the computer they need, for three years…
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Quote from LivelyKestrel847 :
For most people this would be all the computer they need, for three years…
Most people actually don't do all that much -- they just stare slack-jawed at their Streaming+ service, share what their cat ate on TheFaceBook, and fiddle around with some pay-to-win game as they eat dinner.
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If a person has everything stored on iCloud, is there any need for the 256 Gb storage capacity?
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If a person has everything stored on iCloud, is there any need for the 256 Gb storage capacity?
Because intelligent people don't trust other people's servers for the things that matter.
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
Because intelligent people don't trust other people's servers for the things that matter.
Thanks, I have nothing on iCloud that matters; that's stuff is all stored - in duplicate - on digit cards and drives. Your response sounds like, in the situation I've described, more storage is of no use to me, right? Thanks!

Edit: I guess "everything" is not the term I should have use.
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Quote from quattro :
Thanks, I have nothing on iCloud that matters; that's stuff is all stored - in duplicate - on digit cards and drives. Your response sounds like, in the situation I've described, more storage is of no use to me, right? Thanks! Edit: I guess "everything" is not the term I should have use.
It depends on your needs. You know your needs better than anyone else.

For some people, 256gb is more than enough.

For others, you couldn't even install all their applications within that 256gb.
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