I Bought the MOST Expensive Refurbished MacBook Pro 14
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Today lets look into the the MacBook Pro 14 now that its hit the Apple refurbished website.
Can you get a great deal without any problems that can come with owning a refurbished product?
Lets find out!
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I didn’t know the phrase “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses all the keys. I learn something new everyday.
go read the book "Ella minnow pea"
He said “jumped” though, which doesn’t use an s
@@JustinSulak let’s pretend he uses “jumps” does it uses all the letter now? Inquiry wants to know
My teachers used to get us to write this over and over in pre school to practice our writing and calligraphy
Yes @@vincentnnyc
I bought my IPad Pro through apple refurbished program and I gotta say….. I am impressed for how clean and prestige the product look. It’s like buying a new product w/out spending that much money. Great video Gary. Keep up the good work.
They put them in new cases and a new battery. I’ve had 2 iPad mini 2s and a 10.5in iPad Pro for my dad that way. All were as new. The minis are still fine for Netflix, newspapers, web etc. and more than 6 years old. I just took one for a week in Spain as it’s book value is about £25. My IPad Pro, its cases and smart keyboards are worth a lot (high spec).
When I looked at the refurbished site a few days ago, I saw the most expensive 16 inch MacBook Pro you could buy, the M1 max, then above that for a few more hundred you could buy the most expensive Intel MacBook Pro 16. I’d like to know who is actually going to buy the Intel one over the M1 Max one.
Any of us who work with bootcamp W10 pro and the full professional Microsoft business suite such as Project Pro, Visio Pro, Access, etc. and work with up to 4 4K monitors.
Hence I need an MBP 13 16/512 for its lightness, outstanding battery life and day to day stuff but an i9 16/1Tb for Microsoft stuff.
@@andrewcrossley2448 ah make sense. I actually need a few windows apps in my workflows as well but they all work with crossover.
@@harrisontu264 as a secondary issue my 2019 MBP 16 will drive my new 27 Studio Monitor and my Dell 4K P2715Q using 2 of its 4 outputs. My 2021 MBP13 16/512 will only drive the Studio as my expensive Startech hub which spits one output from the MBP13 to drive 2 4K monitors will not give me the full function of the new Apple monitor whilst feeding the Dell. This is the issue with having all the computer tech inside the Studio monitor.
Hence I may need to swap out my great MBP13 from work, and the hub, with the newer MBP14 as it can feed the studio monitor and the Dell via HDMI or get a Mac mini or even the basic new studio Mac as we get great discounts at the Uni where I work. The MBP16 and Studio monitor are mine so I’m heavily invested in Apple. To cap it all I just got an iPhone 13pro 512bg for photo and on the fly video. That is superb. I just spent a week visiting the historic sites of Andalusia in Spain and the phone was amazing especially the ultra wide angle lens, pro res and 4K. I took my canon M5 and a few lenses to compare. The iPhone is much better in low light.
@@andrewcrossley2448 that’s good to know, I have the iPhone 12 pro, and I’m visiting London and looking forward to taking lots of video. I’ll be honest, I love the MacBook Pro 14, I do coding in music production work and it’s just really nice to have all the headroom, I got 64 GB of RAM, and an M1 max processor. What can I say, I’m aware that it’s more than I need, but I wanted it and could afford it so I got it. It’s been a wonderful machine, but I’ll caveat this with the fact that I’m so used to working on a laptop display that I don’t have experience plugging it into other monitors for working, although I have gotten it to work with an HDMI TV when I wanted to show a movie that was only on a file. And if you are a case kind of person, I would preemptively recommend the in case hardshell for 14 inch MacBook Pro, I think they also have a 16 version. It has given me amazing peace of mind on such an expensive machine
@@harrisontu264 enjoy London. Good things for photos are St Paul’s, the Cutty Sark and buildings at Greenwich, Tower of London, around Parliament, Westminster Abbey but it’s expensive and long queues, Highgate Cemetery and Kenwood House (bit of a trek), take a river bus, Hampton Court (magnificent), the great parks, the fabulous art galleries, museums in Kensington, the west end for people and see a couple of shows. Moulin Rouge, Tina Turner, and Les Miserables were all great this year. Try and get to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall too. That’s enough for a week…..
Late to the party, just watched this, then checked the refurbished stock, ordered a 14” m1 pro with 1 tb disk for same price as the m2 air with same specs. Coming from a 2108 Mac Pro I think it’s time to upgrade
It would be good if you did a update video of how this refurbished MacBook is performing months later
I've heard that the thermals aren't as good as the 16" MacBook Pro. I have a 17" laptop now so the 14" would be a little small for me and I'm retired so I don't need to carry it around. I have been looking at the refurbished inventory and I saw a 16" base model for $2249. The lowest price I've seen on Amazon was $2299 but right now I think the price is around $2250 if you get a prime card. Not bad.
Watching while studying on my 14” MBP. Best laptop I’ve ever used in my 43 years, hands down. I have the base M1 Pro and it still blazes through everything I do.
Currently using the 8-Core GPU Air with 16gb RAM. I was able to stack a military discount with the refurbished store, and I think it's such an incredible value.
thank you for your military service to our country.
@@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll I know it's late, but thank you for the support 💪
@@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll *looses to Afghanistan
@@The-ZebraFinch-Channel the wrath of my fellow sand people
I considered waiting for a refurbished 16” MacBook Pro, but decided to buy one new.
I’m still glad I got it new, I needed the machine and the savings aren’t THAT good.
Did you look at the throttling issues with a high spec 14.?
The 16 is far faster on high intensity rendering etc as it doesn’t throttle and slow up.
The downside of buying refurbished is Apple doesn't have the financing program for them, so you're paying full price out of pocket. I love having an apple card so I can make payments on my equipment.
You should check the SSD health... never know what UA-camr had it before you and ran benchmarks 24/7 for a week writing to it... 🤣
Gary, I have a quick question for you. You have 20K unread emails? I about had a panic attack!🤣🤣🤣
I got the 24 core 14 inch refurb store and I love it!
I have the same configuration and it is not a good deal, battery life is around 2:30 hours during any serious work, or using poorly optimised apps, the small form factor cant use the full potential of 32 cores. If you want power with 14" definitely should go with 24 core version.
You gotta use "jumps" over the lazy dog otherwise there is no "s" in the sentence.
Not gonna lie, I feel a little cheated. I anticipate the end of your vids when you say “Click, Click….Click, Click, Click, Click, Click..Thanks For Watching” lol. Anyway always great content. Blessings
Yep just received my 16" M1 Pro MacBook Pro with 32GB unified memory from Apple refurbished. Looks brand new plus saved me $400 and multiple weeks wait for a new one.
You should do more of these ordering Vlogs. I really like them, and I feel that they’re more interactive
If I was creating UA-cam clips for a living at this time I would have of editing the basic Apple Mac Studio with a little bump in memory, and storage. Apple Studio Display with VESA mount and desk arm. Then would have the MacBook Pro 16 (old eyes need larger screen) as backup, and mobile production device.
Have always found in the production world not having a backup if you can will sometimes come to bite you. Favorite computer quote from the very early days of computers that would show on the display as it was loading the program from a floppy disk. "Computers only show how powerful they are...." (sound of read head moving to another disk sector) "When they fail!".
Costco had Macbook 💻 air's for $850 NEW!
thats how i got mine after my mid 2012 MB Pro logic board failed after a literal decade of use
I heard that the refurbished items would show the extra sign like (refurbished) behind the product name in i- cloud. Curious whether it is true since it may affect the resell value for the item
The money saved in my wallet is much more satisfying than the sound of the paper unboxing
I bought the base 16" MBP at MicroCenter (Rockville MD, not Parkville) as an open box just after Christmas for about 12% off. Great deals can be had, especially if you're patient.
Did you ever check hours used on the SSD?
You still got 10% off regular retail price so not terrible. As long as you're happy with it. I bought mine a couple of days after they were announced last year, but I don't mind having paid retail price. I also got AppleCare because I've had a screen go bad on a Macbook before and it's worth the price.
Love ur vids ure my favoriete UA-camr
All of this for him to also return it. Apple should add to the refurbished product an applefax to know how many owners and how long they owned it for etc
Hello Gary, love your content and also i have a question, i wonder your background seamless paper color, is it royal blue or navy blue in this video? Thanks a lot for the answer
Hahah I literally did this on Wednesday. I was just about to purchase from apple and wait 40+ days and then decided, wait let me check the refurbished store. My M1 Max configuration was right there. I had it in my hands 2 days later and saved a few hundred $$ in the process. Win win!
I had ordered a configured M1 Max end of march but when I saw tons of messages about orders even being delayed and apple also notifying me it would take until end of june for mine to be shipped, I cancelled the order. Now I'm waiting for my refurbished (for two more days only) .... so excited
@Anugrah Johnson yes it does
They only give a new battery to iOS products not MacBook
Guys if you are looking at the base model macbook pro's or like any of the common configs, you can typically get them at costco for quite a good deal BRAND NEW. I was able to snag a brand new MBP 14 base for $1750 as every two or three weeks costco likes to slash the price an extra $200 on top of the $50 they already discount. I know best buy also commonly puts the MBP pro on deal as well but with costco, you get a much better return and warrenty policy.
I got my MacBook Air M1 from Costco for 849 brand new... but ya refurb is cool too. Thinking about exchanging this for the MB Pro 14 inch but idk. I have 3 months to decide. Perks of Costco membership lol
i wonder if "Typer shark" is still a thing 😅
when i was in middle school we had a computer class where everyone had an iMac 🖥 and learned how to use different programs and we would "play" Typer shark, but really it was a "game" designed to get you to type the words that appeared on the screen before the shark go to you and ate you lol. I miss when schools had iMacs and Macbooks 💻 now its all Chromebooks 🤮
I have the base model MacBook Air M1 refurbished. Apple’s refurbished products have always been like new.
Sir, save another 10% on top of refurbished models with military/veteran discount--you just can't finance on Apple Card...fyi...
The everyday person doesn’t have $4,500 to spend on a laptop. I get it’s powerful, but talk about excessive!
BTW your commenting on the screen and shell of the mac and hows theres no scratched but to my knowledge an apple refurbished mac is a brand new shell and battery and they only reuse the motherboard. Its essentially a brand new computer.
Redesign MacBook airs with intel are AWFUL please never buy one. They got way too hot and the keyboards are trash too.
You’re from Maryland!! 😍😍
How many battery cicles does come with refurbished macbook comes with? anybody knows?
They just added a ton of refurbs a few days ago. Picked up my m1 air after spamming the site for a while myself!
Interesting for produch Apple. Very good in technology. 😍😍😍❤❤👍👍👍
Got my 16inch M1 pro 32GB RAM 2TB storage 10/16 from here. Don’t regret it! Save yo money
Kindly donate the laptop to me. Thank you
Do you have a Discord server? I would love to join that and be able to communicate with you and make new friends!
I’m surprised they got those laptops in the refurb store already and the m1 ipad pros are not even in there and they have been out since may 2021.
lol happy that you are still getting a discount.....well if there is no discount you would just get the normal brand new one lol
Feeling good buying a NEW 14 inch macbook pro from amazon for only 1799$😌
bought an air (the 8 core gpu model with 512gb storage) for %30 off on amazon when they were out of stock and there was a weird one day price dip on the silver model. All the stars alined for that purchase
If only Mac os had a tiling manager like pop shell on pop os it would make MacBooks perfect for me
Apple should give more than 15% ? But how much apple by it form the owner ?
Should you put vinyl films on the body of a macbook to protect it from scratches?
Missing the old days when you were making camera comparison videos
The best thing about this laptop is that it has a removable power cord. It’s really the only thing that matters.
Battery cycles on this :)
the only thing for me is the 14 is so chunky... decisions decisions...
I did the same. Just picked mine up :) 10/24 + 64 +4TB stunning performance with perfect size. 32c GPU is kind of a waste on the 14" TBH
How a new computer is being sell as refurbished?
Thanks for sharing your video. Blessings on your day.
Towson - you must have 5G around there. Lol
I really wish i had the money to buy it or even to buy an air
I’ve had my 14” MacBook Pro since the end of January and it is my favorite computer ever. I have a studio display to use with the computer at the desk so the size of the laptop itself is absolutely perfect. The computer also makes zero compromises between power and portability. It gets fantastic battery life, suffers no performance penalty while on battery, and is only slightly larger than a MacBook Air. It’s pricy but you get A LOT of computer for your money. But I have to wonder, where are these refurbs coming from? Apple won’t let me trade in my laptop so these can’t be coming from regular consumers.
My guess, these macbooks are the ones people returned. I returned my 16 inch macbook m1 pro becouse i didnt like the silver colour. So i think that could be one possibility.
The Apple refurbished store is amazing!
Lol my friend has this config in a 16"
I gotta wait for the m2 chips then get the Mac book
Nice to have the bacon to buy this kind of thing!
Anyone know what keyboard he is using?
Lmk if u don’t need another MacBook 😂
Where’s the “click click, click click click click click” 😭
😌
Base model MacBook Pro 14” in Australia is around $3000!
Luckily I was able to buy my 14-inch 10/24/64 for $4,599 using my work discount on the education store.
Maybe this has already been asked and I missed it, but if you had to decide, which would you go for: extra GPU cores or higher unified memory?
I would go with the ram upgrade personally I think most people would get more out of it
please do 2018 iPad Pro vs iPad Air 5
The irony is that the max is in the outlet precisely because someone thought was unnecessary and returned it ! The circle of life !
Well, it’s a good thing that Apple allows them to have a new life with someone who actually wants it. And then someone who really wants it doesn’t have to wait five or six weeks. It’s a win-win for everyone
@@harrisontu264 Indeed nice to see machines being channeled to people that want to use them. of course, the one that loses is the people trying to sell their used macs now they have to compete with the outlet.
Where can I get that wallpaper?
You did not check jemjem
Must be nice to have the $$$ 😂
Yes Apple's certified refurbished products are one of the best value deals if you're looking to get an Apple device. Literally no difference from the new ones. I got a refurbished Macbook Air M1 almost a year ago and it still holds up super well to this day
Until today? I hope you mean “to this day”. If your MacBook Air can’t hold up for several years it’s not worth it.
@@itsssssjohnny yeah I mean that lol and it will still hold up 5-10 years later. That's the point of my comment
Dont know about their laptops but their refurb phones are trash!
Ooh you`re the best around
Interesting. Last 5 years or so, I have deliberated the new vs. refurbished approach. So far, the nod has gone to getting the brand new. Refurbished have strongly tempted me, however I just don’t feel 100% confident in Apple’s vetting process for the refurbs. I’d love to see ongoing independent qualification of Apple’s quality assurance process for refurbs before I bet on refurb.
I worked at Apple a short time and sold 100's of all different models (laptops,iMac etc). I can't remember a single out of box issue and by my guesstimate I saw less issues than new. Bottom line is thay if I need to buy and its available in refurbished I do it - the savings covers Applecare and most of the tax .
can you check the number of power cycles on the battery please?
I bought a similar spec to his on Apple refurb store last week and just checked - 7 cycles. (I didn't check until today)
@@TadGilliland That's ...almost brand new. Thank you
Check battery cycle
*small brag*
🤣crazy
It’s cheaper to buy on Swappa
I agree however - refurb still "feels" new when coming from Apple so I think for some that plays into it.
You are the best keep making more videos
Eh, you've already done so many great videos on these MacBooks. Buying such an expensive machine knowing for sure you're returning it, even if it is refurbished, is so not an Everyday Dad move. I understand the motivation and it's not like you're buying $20,000 worth of Macs brand new knowing you're returning all of them, but it still kinda seems oddly seems wrong. It's like seeing a guy throw a food bag on the sidewalk. Yes, it's not the worst thing a person can do but it still is hard to watch.
Ouch on the sales tax. Could almost pay for a nice weekend here in sales tax free New Hampshire.
Although I'm sitting here watching this on a MacBook Pro, I'm really shaking my head. "Yay! A refurbished MacBook Pro for more than your monthly car payment! What value!" ::facepalm::
You should suggest this laptop to your fellow UA-camr not the average consumer I cannot play or run and games or whatever I want on this
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@@essoubhiaymane1561 oh sorry