I Bought a Certified Apple Refurbished MacBook Pro for CHEAP
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- Pretty cool MacBook Pro. Very hard to find many of these in great shape now a days.
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They are still headquartered in Cupertino for your information
Yes, I mixed my words up lol. Thank you for your contribution
I scrolled down to the comments right before he made that remark and everything beautifully fell into place.
That's an incredible deal, i know it has very low storage but that can be manually upgraded for a fraction of the cost. I wish i had known that when i was buying my 2015 15" MacBook Pro a few years ago, i would have bought the 128GB SSD version and swapped it out for 4TB SSD (yes, i could actually use that amount of storage over a 5 year period lol) I think the intel macbooks are gonna come down a lot in price over the next few months/years, i'm just glad that Windows 11 will run on the 2019 intel macbooks without any tweaks because i need to use some windows only softwares sometimes.
oofff. a month ago I bought a 2014 13" retina with damaged speakers and dents for the same price.
typing this on my 15" 2015 retina MacBook Pro I bought yesterday for 260€ (~283$)
I feel like deals like this aren't possible anywhere besides the US
I would consider those benchmarks cores within the margin of error. Simply rebooting, or making sure nothing is running will change cores by that much or more.
That is awesome, and the fact that the keyboard has zero wear is amazing too. It’s super hard to find boxed Apple products from this era, let alone boxed refurbished units.
i use a 2010 macbook pro 13 inch 2.66 ghz intel core 2 duo. 10 GB ram and 500 GB hard drive. have ordered a samsung ssd to make my computer a bit faster
Thank you for interesting reviews! I sincerely wish prosperity to your channel! Cuz your content is amazing!
I suggest SSD upgrade as it is very easy to do. The mounted one is useless with so little memory space.
nice video! would be interesting run the benchmark after thermal paste replace to check if the opencl result get any improvement...
thx for sharing!
A better indication of benchmark speeds would be to run the test on each machine 5 times and average the numbers - then compare the two machines. If they have equivalent specs the numbers should come out pretty close.
Nice find, I love buying and reselling used Apple computers. I usually can find some 2011 or 2012 and clean them up, install an SSD, max out the memory and install newer OS via Open Core Legacy Patcher then resell them for some profit. I think my best deal was a barely used Macbook Air M1 16GB 256GB hard drive for about $445. Otherwise my cheapest ended up being a 2011 that I won the auction for about $24.99 did a PRAM reset and reinstalled the OS cleaned it up and resold for $139.
i scored a 2018 MacBook Air 1.6GHz i5 128GB for $173 including shipping and taxes on eBay. there's a lot of good deals on there
That’s awesome!!!
I managed to find a 2013 Pro 13 for about $100 at a second hand store. It just needed a new battery. It is a fantastic computer for anything not too demanding.
I don’t know if you stated it or not but where exactly did you buy this from?
The gpu score is lower because this MacBook might be equivalent to a super used one. Since it’s refurbished the motherboard might have come from a used trade in MacBook
Ever heard of Silicion Lottery? Every Chip has some different Performance.
@@DrFox-wz4ph Yeah, after all it’s impossible to guarantee total uniformity on such complex chips. A recent example are the overheating iPhone 15’s, some overheat while others don’t, most likely some processors came out better than others
@@ilbufalantdellefigurine4488 Yea, all Chip's are different
This is my current laptop right now, upgraded it to 512gb then 1tb, that's why I love it. Mine has almost 1000 charging cycles so it does not hold it well, I wonder if changing it would be worth it ?
I have theory for where this came from. It was likely excess stock that was pennied out to Apples ICT wing - IS&T. It may have been destined to be a floater for the Apple Store Genius Bar/Visuals team, or even to be used for team corporate laptops however sat in a stock room until it was scrapped and some employee took it home (and sold it). It was very common for IS&T to use Apple Certified Refurbished stock.
i love your videos, keep up the great work
I bought a 2015 MacBook Pro with the i5 and aside from loose hinges, was in great shape. I then found an i7 2015 MacBook Pro on eBay with a badly damaged case for $50. I combined the two, maxed the memory and an SSD and was all in for around $150. I then loaded Windows 10 under Boot Camp. I donated it to my pastor for his children. It still has many years left on it.
I’ve purchased many eBay certified refurbished and have never had an issue. Apple is still on California.
I have a Macbook pro 2022 I buy from market place an yet no 1 can bypass the activation lock.the owner pass away.from what grander
Great video buddy!!!
What do you think of Framework Laptop 13?
Swap out that SSD for a m.2 nVME for a big performance boost
I bought a M1 Max refurbished with 16 gigs of ram and 1TB of storage 7 months ago. I honestly haven’t even had to charge it. Don’t over look refurbished from the Apple Store (app). For new the cost was an arm and a leg. Refurbished, just an arm. 😂
That's a nice deal for a 2015 MacBook Pro. I loved the 2015 series of Mac notebooks. I would try upgrading the SSD to 256GB or more.
It's a nice machine... but I don't get why anyone would buy an Intel Mac at any price these days, other than the display alone. A PC laptop around that price (~$160) would likely include 4 cores, 16GB of RAM, and more serviceable components.
For example, a used ThinkPad T480 would have space for 2 drives, get nearly double the Geekbench score, has two batteries (one of which is hot swappable), and has replaceable RAM. All while still having an acceptable FHD IPS display and a far superior keyboard with a pointing stick. They are regularly available in excellent condition everywhere under the sun for under $200.
I do love MacBooks, but I'll be sticking to M1 and newer. Otherwise PC laptops fill the cheap laptop void for me.
I’m looking at getting myself a 15” 2023 M2 MacBook Air!
I just bought last week a MacBook Pro 15 Retina Late 2013 model (Quad 2.3 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD, Intel Iris Pro 5200) in immaculate condition for 150€. Very happy with it.
Watch out for staingate issues, that model will get it soon or later
Great review. A good deal for a 2015. I honestly thought if it is refurbished and the whole macbook is in such a great condition that the battery would be swapped out to a newer one. Just didn't like the 91.9%.
Yeah. Probably due to the lack of usage. When lithium batteries sit under 40% or are constantly at 100% then the cells will wear down
Battery has been replaced 100% for sure, I have this model, Label text on battery connector doesn't exist on original factory's battery.
No it exists. It’s just paper. I have had over 150 2015 pros come into my hands. All of them have that connector cover.
@@JaydonWalter I mean text on backpaper, Mine is no text on black paper.
The old ones seem better than the new ones.
i love your videos, keep it up!
Thank you so much
5:12 silicon lottery
its amazing that you can get so much mac for so little!
Isn´t 92 Percent with only 80 cycles not the best? My late 2013 battery with over 900 cycles has 88% health
Well, because the battery is old and not used often it was most likely sitting at 0% for a long time. Meaning that the battery cells would slowly degrade. Fortunately the battery didn’t degrade by much. Still holding 92% after 9 years is pretty good. These batteries are rated up to 1,000 charge cycles. I have seen a battery in one of these models last up to 2500!
strange desk handles ?
It’s a foldable work bench haha. The handles when pulled up will collapse the table for transportation
@@JaydonWalter Bahaha ok makes sense
Thats a sweet deal
Would work for me as I run Debian, but my Toshiba was free.
Since owning silicon I wouldn't bother with intel macs any more, I still own a few.
Yeah they are definitely better. But still expensive. I’m planning on getting a 2023 15” air M2
@@JaydonWalter I just have a used 13mbp M1 with a 512 ssd
Overpriced hardware at it's finest.
Quality hardware at its finest 👌
dude, this is sick.
great deal
Enjoy your video 👍
Lucky you ❤
It would be a great linux machine
Sell it to me please
Interested
how much ya selling it for?
$260 😉
@@JaydonWalter Thanks. What's the mercari listing # for the exact one in the video? Does it come with the original box?
Unfortunately I sold it about a week ago 😣. I still have the box though! Haha
@@JaydonWalter Why'd not the box and computer at the same time? Surely as it's a matching serial it'd be worth considerably more with it, plus as additional packing material?
Woah this is sick
Can I get are MacBook I use a MacBook Pro from 2010 it not very good and o can run a good macOS I’m running high sierra from 2017
Great find! I have a 2007 17” MacBook Pro 17”new in box that’s sealed … it wants to be unboxed in front of an audience 😊 *hint hint*
Lmk if that’s something you’d be interested in
Seriously????? That’s amazing. I would be interested 🤔
@@JaydonWalterdunno how we’d coordinate this. Do you have other social media I could reach out on?
get lost, brand new and refurbished
Two different things 😆. Almost the same. Slightly used.
Hate to break it to you but this is not a good deal. It's basically e-waste. You could have gotten a used one off Goodwill for $50. I know this because I have like 6 of them...
I know exactly what these are worth. Buying from goodwill is very risky due to the items being stolen or treated poorly. I have had over 150 of these in my shop. They sell for around $240-$260 refurbished and $150 used.
@@JaydonWalter these aren't worth the space they take up
That’s the price they go for. The displays themselves are worth $110
@@JaydonWalterlmaoooo no they don't. There's no one hunting down this 10 year old tech. It came out when you were 6 years old my dude. Ascendtech has your precious screen for $21
I was not 6 in 2015 lol but thank you. You can think all you want :). Over 300 people enjoyed the video. Sorry you didn’t. But that’s your problem 🙂. eBay has the displays for higher prices than $21. For $21 it’s probably a Chinese display
3:06 there's just a sticker on the keys. it's not a new coating.
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There’s no sticker on the keys
Hope you’re doing okay there bud