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Refurb: Apple MacBook Air: 13", M1, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD $498.99

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Today 05:45 PM
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SithDealerToday 05:45 PM
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Good for a beginning college kid for basic use? Anyone have experience with the eBay seller?
Today 06:13 PM
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ShrewdHome556Today 06:13 PM
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Was thinking about switching my windows laptop to MacBook for use with Serato DJ pro. Wonder if this is future proof enough.
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JK1982Today 06:15 PM
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Would be worried about battery health with these
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CrimsonRailway821Today 06:16 PM
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Quote from SithDealer :
Good for a beginning college kid for basic use? Anyone have experience with the eBay seller?

The M1 is a good chip for basic uses, yes. However, based on what I have seen with other deals, you can pick up a brand new macbook air for around $600 with 16GB ram and 256GB SSD. It won't have 1TB of storage, but the new mac's will have better resale value and will update for many more years as this model is already 5 years old. According to your post as far as usage for a college student, it will be enough, but a college student also shouldn't need 1TB of storage. A new laptop for $100 more will last a lot longer is a better value overall
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nleeumdToday 06:26 PM
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Quote from CrimsonRailway821 :
Quote from SithDealer [IMG]https://slickdeals.net/images/misc/backlink.gif[/IMG] :
Good for a beginning college kid for basic use? Anyone have experience with the eBay seller?

The M1 is a good chip for basic uses, yes. However, based on what I have seen with other deals, you can pick up a brand new macbook air for around $600 with 16GB ram and 256GB SSD. It won't have 1TB of storage, but the new mac's will have better resale value and will update for many more years as this model is already 5 years old. According to your post as far as usage for a college student, it will be enough, but a college student also shouldn't need 1TB of storage. A new laptop for $100 more will last a lot longer is a better value overall
Agreed, Much of Apple Silicon is depreciating pretty quickly as each new chip generation is starting to compound into a meaningful benefit
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monkey02Today 06:29 PM
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battery health problem?
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LavenderPickle7682Today 06:30 PM
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Quote from CrimsonRailway821 :
Quote from SithDealer
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Good for a beginning college kid for basic use? Anyone have experience with the eBay seller?

The M1 is a good chip for basic uses, yes. However, based on what I have seen with other deals, you can pick up a brand new macbook air for around $600 with 16GB ram and 256GB SSD. It won't have 1TB of storage, but the new mac's will have better resale value and will update for many more years as this model is already 5 years old. According to your post as far as usage for a college student, it will be enough, but a college student also shouldn't need 1TB of storage. A new laptop for $100 more will last a lot longer is a better value overall
"college student also shouldn't need 1TB of storage"

Source?

Because in today's storage-hungry world, we always need more storage. If this student is doing ANYTHING media related (photo/video), they'll gobble up 1tb like it's nothing. That's one project's worth of storage. If they're working with anything software development, some projects there can grow in size very quickly.

And you're not just buying it for them, today, in their freshman year. This is something that'll last them 4+ years. Imagine what their storage needs will be in 2029.

You know what, instead of "imagining" what their needs would be, why don't you ask them yourself? Ask them, ask the school. Find out what they need/recommend...instead of buying a garage-sale used item off ebay without consulting ANY of the parties affected by the decision.
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stacks3000Today 06:38 PM
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Quote from ShrewdHome556 :
Was thinking about switching my windows laptop to MacBook for use with Serato DJ pro. Wonder if this is future proof enough.
My guess is this tech will be good for another four years at the very least. Most heavy apps can be ran in the cloud which would further extend its lifetime. Battery might need to be replaced first.
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WandToday 06:41 PM
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Like others said I would be worried about battery health too. The main reason for buying macbook air is for battery life, if the battery is only 50% of it's useful life, you'd have to charge it more often.
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insensibleoneToday 06:43 PM
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
"college student also shouldn't need 1TB of storage"

Source?

Because in today's storage-hungry world, we always need more storage. If this student is doing ANYTHING media related (photo/video), they'll gobble up 1tb like it's nothing. That's one project's worth of storage. If they're working with anything software development, some projects there can grow in size very quickly.

And you're not just buying it for them, today, in their freshman year. This is something that'll last them 4+ years. Imagine what their storage needs will be in 2029.

You know what, instead of "imagining" what their needs would be, why don't you ask them yourself? Ask them, ask the school. Find out what they need/recommend...instead of buying a garage-sale used item off ebay without consulting ANY of the parties affected by the decision.
True. Get a laptop with at least 8TB of storage built in.

/s
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starcaptorToday 06:47 PM
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
"college student also shouldn't need 1TB of storage"Source? Because in today's storage-hungry world, we always need more storage. If this student is doing ANYTHING media related (photo/video), they'll gobble up 1tb like it's nothing. That's one project's worth of storage. If they're working with anything software development, some projects there can grow in size very quickly.And you're not just buying it for them, today, in their freshman year. This is something that'll last them 4+ years. Imagine what their storage needs will be in 2029.You know what, instead of "imagining" what their needs would be, why don't you ask them yourself? Ask them, ask the school. Find out what they need/recommend...instead of buying a garage-sale used item off ebay without consulting ANY of the parties affected by the decision.
I'd be grateful to meet any college age kids who do anything remotely content-focused enough to require more local space. but this just isn't the case for the vast, vast majority, and the ones who will need storage...they'll be shopping for a laptop without your help.many of my students don't even have a primary computing device besides what schools give them (in high school), and use phones for everything. jumping from that low bar to suddenly needing many TB is not likely.the ones with photos and such will use cloud or external storage. the ones who need scratch space for projects will not be looking at this machine (they'll want a stronger SOC)that being said, the m1 still feels plenty fast now in 2025. it was such a huge jump in 2020 that it suffered from the 1080ti effect.
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Quote from insensibleone :
Quote from LavenderPickle7682 [IMG]https://slickdeals.net/images/misc/backlink.gif[/IMG] :
"college student also shouldn't need 1TB of storage"

Source?

Because in today's storage-hungry world, we always need more storage. If this student is doing ANYTHING media related (photo/video), they'll gobble up 1tb like it's nothing. That's one project's worth of storage. If they're working with anything software development, some projects there can grow in size very quickly.

And you're not just buying it for them, today, in their freshman year. This is something that'll last them 4+ years. Imagine what their storage needs will be in 2029.

You know what, instead of "imagining" what their needs would be, why don't you ask them yourself? Ask them, ask the school. Find out what they need/recommend...instead of buying a garage-sale used item off ebay without consulting ANY of the parties affected by the decision.
True. Get a laptop with at least 8TB of storage built in.

/s
Woosh. You missed my point entirely. Let me repeat it -- ASK YOUR OFFSPRING WHAT THEY NEED. Ask their school what they need. Yes, I know that means engaging in open communications with them. I'm sure you'll be allright.
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
Quote from CrimsonRailway821 [IMG]https://slickdeals.net/images/misc/backlink.gif[/IMG] :
Quote from SithDealer
[IMG]https://slickdeals.net/images/misc/backlink.gif[/IMG] :
Good for a beginning college kid for basic use? Anyone have experience with the eBay seller?

The M1 is a good chip for basic uses, yes. However, based on what I have seen with other deals, you can pick up a brand new macbook air for around $600 with 16GB ram and 256GB SSD. It won't have 1TB of storage, but the new mac's will have better resale value and will update for many more years as this model is already 5 years old. According to your post as far as usage for a college student, it will be enough, but a college student also shouldn't need 1TB of storage. A new laptop for $100 more will last a lot longer is a better value overall
"college student also shouldn't need 1TB of storage"

Source?

Because in today's storage-hungry world, we always need more storage. If this student is doing ANYTHING media related (photo/video), they'll gobble up 1tb like it's nothing. That's one project's worth of storage. If they're working with anything software development, some projects there can grow in size very quickly.

And you're not just buying it for them, today, in their freshman year. This is something that'll last them 4+ years. Imagine what their storage needs will be in 2029.

You know what, instead of "imagining" what their needs would be, why don't you ask them yourself? Ask them, ask the school. Find out what they need/recommend...instead of buying a garage-sale used item off ebay without consulting ANY of the parties affected by the decision.
Yeah, you make a good point. 512GB should be enough though for most students as long as they aren't working on giant projects.
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LavenderPickle7682Today 07:13 PM
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Quote from starcaptor :
Quote from LavenderPickle7682 [IMG]https://slickdeals.net/images/misc/backlink.gif[/IMG] :
"college student also shouldn't need 1TB of storage"Source? Because in today's storage-hungry world, we always need more storage. If this student is doing ANYTHING media related (photo/video), they'll gobble up 1tb like it's nothing. That's one project's worth of storage. If they're working with anything software development, some projects there can grow in size very quickly.And you're not just buying it for them, today, in their freshman year. This is something that'll last them 4+ years. Imagine what their storage needs will be in 2029.You know what, instead of "imagining" what their needs would be, why don't you ask them yourself? Ask them, ask the school. Find out what they need/recommend...instead of buying a garage-sale used item off ebay without consulting ANY of the parties affected by the decision.
I'd be grateful to meet any college age kids who do anything remotely content-focused enough to require more local space. but this just isn't the case for the vast, vast majority, and the ones who will need storage...they'll be shopping for a laptop without your help.many of my students don't even have a primary computing device besides what schools give them (in high school), and use phones for everything. jumping from that low bar to suddenly needing many TB is not likely.the ones with photos and such will use cloud or external storage. the ones who need scratch space for projects will not be looking at this machine (they'll want a stronger SOC)that being said, the m1 still feels plenty fast now in 2025. it was such a huge jump in 2020 that it suffered from the 1080ti effect.
"I'd be grateful to meet any college age kids"

You only have to look at their parents to find out why kids behave the way they do.

"Cloud storage" is wildly expensive for what little you get.

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Today 07:18 PM
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iindigoToday 07:18 PM
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1TB will be more than enough for the overwhelming majority of students. Even for those who need more, one can get a USB-C or Thunderbolt external SSD enclosure and a 2/4/8TB NVMe drive on sale and then also have a drive they can easily plug into any other machines they use and upgrade themselves in the future if needed.

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