[Apple] Refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro 1.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, $1,194

May 4th, 2021 12:22 am

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ashomar [OP]: Member; Jan 1, 2009; 287 posts; 233 upvotes; Toronto

May 4th, 2021 12:22 am

[Apple] Refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro 1.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, $1,194

Deal Link:: https://www.apple.com/ca/shop/product/F ... fc6da6b7cb
Price:: $1,194
Savings:: $435
Retailer:: Apple

Originally released May 2020
Backlit Magic Keyboard including 4 arrow keys in an inverted “T” arrangement
Touch Bar and Touch ID sensor
13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560x1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch
8GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory
256GB SSD 1
720p FaceTime HD camera
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645

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May 4th, 2021 12:25 am

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martlgore: Member; May 27, 2008; 447 posts; 354 upvotes

May 4th, 2021 12:25 am

Really nice find, won't stay there long...

May 4th, 2021 12:26 am

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CaptainKILL: Member; Mar 14, 2011; 309 posts; 151 upvotes; GTA

May 4th, 2021 12:26 am

M1 MacBook Air blows this out of the water. Either get M1 new or wait for M1 refurb sales Intel is a bad investment for the future on Apple.

+28

May 4th, 2021 12:26 am

#4

Thecheapindian: Member; Dec 11, 2012; 286 posts; 888 upvotes; Waterloo

May 4th, 2021 12:26 am

Rather get the refurbished M1 Air. Seems like a better deal.

+4

May 4th, 2021 12:29 am

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ashomar [OP]: Member; Jan 1, 2009; 287 posts; 233 upvotes; Toronto

May 4th, 2021 12:29 am

CaptainKILL wrote: ↑ M1 MacBook Air blows this out of the water. Either get M1 new or wait for M1 refurb sales Intel is a bad investment for the future on Apple.

Agree, M1 is better. But, You will not get the M1 for that price.

+1

May 4th, 2021 12:29 am

#6

Hahahapxl: Jr. Member; Jul 9, 2019; 177 posts; 504 upvotes

May 4th, 2021 12:29 am

There's a reason for $435 discount, generally it's $100-150. Avoid Intel.

May 4th, 2021 12:33 am

#7

bernieyee: Deal Addict; Mar 13, 2008; 1737 posts; 785 upvotes; Vancouver

May 4th, 2021 12:33 am

ashomar wrote: ↑ Agree, M1 is better. But, You will not get the M1 for that price.

M1 Air is $1169 on the education store and $1099 refurbished.

Even at the MSRP of $1299, the M1 Air is better than this.

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+4

May 4th, 2021 12:35 am

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funt3k: Newbie; May 7, 2015; 74 posts; 124 upvotes; Edmonton

May 4th, 2021 12:35 am

ashomar wrote: ↑ Agree, M1 is better. But, You will not get the M1 for that price.

The base MacBook Air is essentially exactly that price on the education store - $1169 (which anyone can use). Same storage/ram etc. Really a no-brainer unless you *really* need the ports or Windows/VMs support on the Intel Macbook Pro. Especially now that we see the M1 chip is in everything, it'll have a much longer life than anything Intel that Apple sells.

May 4th, 2021 12:35 am

#9

golden: Deal Fanatic; Jan 15, 2004; 6564 posts; 1116 upvotes

May 4th, 2021 12:35 am

Get the M1 version. Got one recently and it's been amazing. It runs cool even watching youtube.

+2

May 4th, 2021 12:38 am

#10

Spinner: Deal Addict; Sep 19, 2002; 3882 posts; 2695 upvotes; Vancouver

May 4th, 2021 12:38 am

No. Way.

+2

May 4th, 2021 12:38 am

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andjuly: Newbie; Apr 11, 2017; 75 posts; 52 upvotes

May 4th, 2021 12:38 am

funt3k wrote: ↑ The base MacBook Air is essentially exactly that price on the education store - $1169 (which anyone can use). Same storage/ram etc. Really a no-brainer unless you *really* need the ports or Windows/VMs support on the Intel Macbook Pro. Especially now that we see the M1 chip is in everything, it'll have a much longer life than anything Intel that Apple sells.

Parallels on M1 with Windows 10 ARM also works amazingly well now.

May 4th, 2021 12:41 am

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martlgore: Member; May 27, 2008; 447 posts; 354 upvotes

May 4th, 2021 12:41 am

Hahahapxl wrote: ↑ There's a reason for $435 discount, generally it's $100-150. Avoid Intel.

Avoid Intel? Apple made great products with Intel chip since 2006 and now it has to be avoided? Laughing...

M1 is for sure great but this MBP pricing is solid...

May 4th, 2021 12:51 am

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Hahahapxl: Jr. Member; Jul 9, 2019; 177 posts; 504 upvotes

May 4th, 2021 12:51 am

martlgore wrote: ↑ Avoid Intel? Apple made great products with Intel chip since 2006 and now it has to be avoided? Laughing...

M1 is for sure great but this MBP pricing is solid...

Intel hit peak 2006-2015, since Skylake (6th Gen) Intel has become a laughing stock. MacBooks from 2016-2019 were some of the worst! plagued by overheating and bad keyboards.

+10

May 4th, 2021 1:00 am

#14

Gin Martini: Deal Addict; May 5, 2010; 1455 posts; 797 upvotes

May 4th, 2021 1:00 am

Intel Macbook are loud. My Macbook Pro 16 inch has the top of the line cooling system and it gets loud really easily. Once, in a phone call with via my Macbook, a coworker asked me if I was outdoor because the fan was spinning so hard and all I have done was using InDesign with a 2nd monitor.

It's too late for me now, save yourself, get a M1 Macbook Air.

May 4th, 2021 1:05 am

#15

umadbrah: Deal Addict; Nov 27, 2011; 2414 posts; 1034 upvotes; EDMONTON

May 4th, 2021 1:05 am

golden wrote: ↑ Get the M1 version. Got one recently and it's been amazing. It runs cool even watching youtube.

Buys M1 mac

Uses it to watch YouTube.

teksavvy sucks

+12

May 4th, 2021 1:06 am

#16

LBJackal: Sr. Member; Oct 21, 2005; 698 posts; 570 upvotes

May 4th, 2021 1:06 am

Brand new 2021 M1 for $1169 vs Refurbished 2020 i5 for $1194. I would advise everybody here against choosing the older, significantly slower, used laptop.

+3

May 4th, 2021 1:09 am

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JoJoCan: Deal Addict; Jul 14, 2018; 3811 posts; 6048 upvotes; Kitchener

May 4th, 2021 1:09 am

Super tempting!! This or wait for Apple M2?

Gaming PC: i9 9900ks, GTX 1070 8gb x2, 64GB RAM
Phone: iPhone 8 64gb

May 4th, 2021 3:54 am

#18

tzunamiiiii: Newbie; Jan 20, 2021; 8 posts; 5 upvotes

May 4th, 2021 3:54 am

Definitely obsolete laptop here with Intel chip. Buy atleast M1 or wait for M2.

+2

May 4th, 2021 7:16 am

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Broskah: Sr. Member; Aug 24, 2016; 545 posts; 344 upvotes

May 4th, 2021 7:16 am

Worst buy of 2021.

+1

May 4th, 2021 8:02 am

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repatch: Deal Fanatic; Mar 5, 2007; 6819 posts; 6687 upvotes

May 4th, 2021 8:02 am

martlgore wrote: ↑ Avoid Intel? Apple made great products with Intel chip since 2006 and now it has to be avoided? Laughing...

M1 is for sure great but this MBP pricing is solid...

Because you can get an M1 laptop for the same price, the pricing isn't 'solid'.

This isn't an Intel vs M1 thing. At the same price, the M1 is better in almost every way than the Intel processors offered by Apple. There is no way around that. Why would you pay the same money for less?