Refurb: Apple MacBook Pro: 14", M3 Pro, 18GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Space Black, 90%+ Battery $1050

KicheonS

Jan 28, 2026 2:23 PM

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KicheonSJan 28, 2026 2:23 PM

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I was looking at some macbook pro nowadays for editing 4k and 8k videos. But in a tight budget. Like 1200, would this be enough power? Any thoughts or advice will be grateful...

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eduardmc

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I was looking at some macbook pro nowadays for editing 4k and 8k videos. But in a tight budget. Like 1200, would this be enough power? Any thoughts or advice will be grateful...

More than enough.

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jenesuispasbava

Jan 28, 2026 2:56 PM

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Quote from KicheonS

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I was looking at some macbook pro nowadays for editing 4k and 8k videos. But in a tight budget. Like 1200, would this be enough power? Any thoughts or advice will be grateful...

Absolutely enough power. Storage will be an issue, but you could just put your videos on an external SSD.

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tigerninety

Jan 28, 2026 3:06 PM

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I was looking at some macbook pro nowadays for editing 4k and 8k videos. But in a tight budget. Like 1200, would this be enough power? Any thoughts or advice will be grateful...

Like so many things, "it depends." If you had just said 4K videos, I'd have leaned mostly toward a "yes, with minor caveats." The RAM is good, but not outstanding, and the built-in storage can get eaten quickly with multiple projects, etc; the M3 Pro horsepower is good for 4K. Multiply the caveats by a factor of four when going to 8K. Just as a for example (not that I'd expect you to do this): at the extreme, you could eat the non-system usable entirety of 512GB with about 20 minutes of 8K ProRes video. Anyway, you can absolutely get a lot done (especially at 4K and on shorter projects at 8K) with this machine, but the constraints will show at the high end.

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DrRad

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USED. Absolutely nothing has been refurbished and only Apple provides genuine parts. Title it correctly. Unless it has been refurbished by the OEM you need to mark them USED or RECONDITIONED.

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KicheonS

Jan 29, 2026 3:25 AM

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Quote from tigerninety

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Like so many things, "it depends." If you had just said 4K videos, I'd have leaned mostly toward a "yes, with minor caveats." The RAM is good, but not outstanding, and the built-in storage can get eaten quickly with multiple projects, etc; the M3 Pro horsepower is good for 4K. Multiply the caveats by a factor of four when going to 8K. Just as a for example (not that I'd expect you to do this): at the extreme, you could eat the non-system usable entirety of 512GB with about 20 minutes of 8K ProRes video. Anyway, you can absolutely get a lot done (especially at 4K and on shorter projects at 8K) with this machine, but the constraints will show at the high end.

Thank you for your thoughts, I would really like to push more so I would really need to think about storage now...

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Jan 29, 2026 6:33 AM

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USED. Absolutely nothing has been refurbished and only Apple provides genuine parts. Title it correctly. Unless it has been refurbished by the OEM you need to mark them USED or RECONDITIONED.

Getting hated on but you're right. I just bought a "refurbished - like new" iPhone from a FP deal. Phone has 82% battery life, body has visible nicks on all sides, and as soon as I powered it on I got a warning about "unknown part detected" re the screen. Literally better off buying off Facebook or something lol

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LavenderPickle7682

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USED. Absolutely nothing has been refurbished and only Apple provides genuine parts. Title it correctly. Unless it has been refurbished by the OEM you need to mark them USED or RECONDITIONED.

SD is the bastion of used garage-sale finds....yes, there's all this flowery language of it being refurbished/reconditioned/et -- it's used. Roll the dice, and hope your seller has a good warranty.

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GreySquirrel365

Jan 29, 2026 11:07 PM

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Thank you for your thoughts, I would really like to push more so I would really need to think about storage now...

just get external storage. If you're limited by RAM then that's near impossible to upgrade. If you're limited by storage, external SSDs are extremely fast and will cost a lot less than Apple tax.

BlueDesk9616

Jan 30, 2026 4:28 PM

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It's not a bad deal but also really not much better than available from other sellers "refurbished" and significantly higher than buying it "used". Similar performance and specs to baseline M5 MacBook Pro which costs $1599 and is probably worth $1350 used.

fuzzycuffs

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USED. Absolutely nothing has been refurbished and only Apple provides genuine parts. Title it correctly. Unless it has been refurbished by the OEM you need to mark them USED or RECONDITIONED.

eh, you have a point but it's all based on words. Refurbished just means that, but who refurbishes it typically defines to what level it was refurbished. Apple refurbish means basically new, others will be varying degrees less than that.

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feng.liyifan

Jan 30, 2026 10:59 PM

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feng.liyifanJan 30, 2026 10:59 PM

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A brand new m5 one is 1349, how's this a deal?

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maddhavikk86

Jan 31, 2026 7:22 AM

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A brand new m5 one is 1349, how's this a deal?

m3 pro not m3

feng.liyifan

Jan 31, 2026 3:43 PM

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m3 pro not m3

This m5 murders that little old m3 pro go check the reviews

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feng.liyifan

Jan 31, 2026 3:44 PM

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Quote from KicheonS

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I was looking at some macbook pro nowadays for editing 4k and 8k videos. But in a tight budget. Like 1200, would this be enough power? Any thoughts or advice will be grateful...

Go get the m5 for 1350, miles ahead

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