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expiredwildbird12 posted Jul 17, 2025 10:02 PM

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

$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.

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

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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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Written by wildbird12
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Deal Details
Community Notes
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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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Written by wildbird12

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back2basics
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I'm a heavy user and the M1 8gb was my main computer for 4 years. These days, it's my secondary but I still use it when I don't want to bring my main M4 16gb 15". My m1 8gb hit the swap super heavy. I didn't feel a performance drop, but was worried at the amount of SSD wear it would do. 5 years later, my ssd still has 78% life remaining accord to the SMART data.
This M1 8gb won't be good for AI or heavy workloads, but is more than enough power for the average internet based user. At this price point, they only have premium chromebooks or crappy Windows laptops. I'd take my M1 8gb over any other if this was my price cap or giving it to a basic user.
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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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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.
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LavenderPickle7682Jul 18, 2025 12:46 AM
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Quote from vertical2394 :
well its not taking them to play games thats for sure, bc its just a phonetop
Dude, you're the ONLY person I've ever heard call it a "phone top". It's not normal.
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vertical2394Jul 18, 2025 12:46 AM
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
Dude, you're the ONLY person I've ever heard call it a "phone top". It's not normal.
they dont call it that bc the psy op is working
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ibuythingshereJul 18, 2025 12:46 AM
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
Because intelligent people don't trust other people's servers for the things that matter.
adult stuff!
Jul 18, 2025 12:47 AM
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kungpowchicken123Jul 18, 2025 12:47 AM
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Quote from vertical2394 :
news flash windows has memory compression and its better than mac os
Wowzers. Another emphatically, objectively incorrect statement. You and LavenderPickle are full of them today lmao
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vertical2394Jul 18, 2025 12:47 AM
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Quote from kungpowchicken123 :
Wowzers. Another emphatically, objectively incorrect statement. You and LavenderPickle are full of them today lmao
windows has memory compression is an objectively correct statement.
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Jul 18, 2025 12:47 AM
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LavenderPickle7682Jul 18, 2025 12:47 AM
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Quote from vertical2394 :
they dont call it that bc the psy op is working
It's a computer company....not 1984. calm down there buddy.
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vertical2394Jul 18, 2025 12:48 AM
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
It's a computer company....not 1984. calm down there buddy.
its actually not a computer company which is my entire point, they dropped computer from the name several years ago, it was apple computer inc now its apple inc look it up.
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Jul 18, 2025 12:50 AM
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LavenderPickle7682Jul 18, 2025 12:50 AM
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Quote from vertical2394 :
its actually not a computer company which is my entire point, they dropped computer from the name several years ago, it was apple computer inc now its apple inc look it up.
chill man.
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Luigis3rdcousinJul 18, 2025 12:53 AM
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
8gb of ram is the real detriment on this. It's 2025 -- 32gb is considered the bare minimum standard anymore. Such a paltry 8gb amount was the low end back in....what, 2013?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. Just with that stuff alone, I'm occasionally hitting that swap memory like it owes me money. 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.
Just FYI on M series apple silicon 8gb is the SAME as 16gb. So I would agree otherwise if this was an intel based Mac from years ago. But Apple does memory way more efficiently than windows. There's a reason why for example on davinci resolve the pc vs Mac system requirements, it says to run fusion, which is the visual effects page, windows requires 16gb minimum memory or 32gb recommended but on M series Macs it's 8gb minimum but 16gb recommended.
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skilaufenhaseJul 18, 2025 12:55 AM
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8GB isn't optimal but it's perfectly fine for what this is.
9999+ GB is optimal
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Luigis3rdcousinJul 18, 2025 12:56 AM
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Quote from IPrince :
If you can afford the difference, this sells for $599 brand new at Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-.../715596133
This is a way worse value considering there's newer M series MacBooks showing up for 700$ with 16gb memory
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marlon177Jul 18, 2025 1:01 AM
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
8gb of ram is the real detriment on this. It's 2025 -- 32gb is considered the bare minimum standard anymore. Such a paltry 8gb amount was the low end back in....what, 2013?

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. Just with that stuff alone, I'm occasionally hitting that swap memory like it owes me money.

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.
I have 8GB M2 air and 24GB M2 MacBook pro. 8Gb is plenty for daily use when it comes to Mac, so please don't use windows logic on mac OS.
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LavenderPickle7682Jul 18, 2025 1:04 AM
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Quote from Luigis3rdcousin :
Just FYI on M series apple silicon 8gb is the SAME as 16gb. So I would agree otherwise if this was an intel based Mac from years ago. But Apple does memory way more efficiently than windows. There's a reason why for example on davinci resolve the pc vs Mac system requirements, it says to run fusion, which is the visual effects page, windows requires 16gb minimum memory or 32gb recommended but on M series Macs it's 8gb minimum but 16gb recommended.
Wow. I didn't realize apple users were that bad with math. 8gb is not the same as 16gb. In fact, it's 8gb more.

See, if you use your fingers and count out eight....then count out another eight, you get sixteen.
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DougSaveAroundJul 18, 2025 1:11 AM
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Would snag a mini M4 for a bit more vs this unless you really needed the laptop form factor

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kungpowchicken123Jul 18, 2025 1:13 AM
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Quote from vertical2394 :
windows has memory compression is an objectively correct statement.
Yeah, but that it is better than MacOS is not correct. I would have let it go if you just said that Windows also had it but you had to include your empirical tidbit as well which means other will read and and be all the dumber for it. Is MacOS compression so good that it's the "8gigs equals 16gigs" bs that Apples peddles? No, of course not, but it's still considerably and, most importantly, MEASURABLY better than how Windows handles it.

Windows memory compression is actually such dogshit half the time, that I have it disabled on my computers. But whatever helps you sleep at night, chief.
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