Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage, Magic Keyboard) – Space Gray (Renewed)

Excellent! 10/10
This was an excellent purchase! This product is brand new. Everything works perfectly. Soft keyboard. Perfect fingerprint reader. Not a single scratch. Perfect rubber seals.

Refurbished electronics will break down faster, and repairs are next to impossible
I bought this item refurbished, and due to an issue with the included charger, the laptop shorted out and stopped working within 8 months (beyond when they were accepting returns, naturally). Buying any electronics refurbished is inherently risky since they’ve already got years of use, so I can forgive it breaking down. What I CAN’T forgive is the process for getting it repaired (which, since it’s refurbished, is a pretty important factor).First Issue: most electronic repair shops don’t fix Apple products, so you need to go to a specialized iRepair store to get it fixed. I live in a fairly isolated city without such a store, and the nearest one is about a 2-hour drive from me. Already a pain. Once I bring it in, they tell me the short impacted the motherboard, which has apparently been welded into the laptop and can only be removed and replaced by an even more specialized person, so they have to ship it to a different location, which adds an extra 2-4 weeks to the process. Once this new location got it, though, they realized the motherboard was actually damaged beyond repair, and all they could do was recover my data. Easy, right? No. Thanks to the hard drive ALSO being welded into the motherboard, it’s yet another specialized repair to recover any data, which ends up costing me an additional $600 and still leaves me with no laptop. The alternative is to retroactively buy increased iCloud storage, which isn’t helpful advice at this point, and would STILL require that I buy another Apple product for recovery. So they’re going to make money off of me for this break.To recap, my data essentially got held hostage thanks to Apple designing this laptop to be as difficult to repair as possible to ensure nobody else can do it. How is any of this benefiting the consumer at all? I don’t really care about the scratch resistance or screen quality (the screen for the laptop I received had multiple points of damage that led to discoloration in the display, in case you’re curious) if it stops working quickly and Apple’s gonna charge me an arm and a leg to keep using it!Personally, I think this experience was kind of my last straw with Apple products in general. This product is certainly cheap for an Apple laptop, but thanks to a design focused on making repairs as difficult as possible in order to require you to use Apple’s repair services, you will pay more in the long run, be it with time or with money. You can get a brand-new laptop of the same quality – often with better RAM and compatible with more software – for the same price from basically any other company. Honestly, just buy something else, cuz after this laptop breaks on you, you’re gonna have to anyway.

Arrived in great condition!
I was honestly nervous ordering a refurbished Mac since I know it can be a hit or a miss, but I’m very happy with how things turned out! There are a few small, minor scratches, but I expected a bit of wear and tear. The laptop did arrive dead, but that didn’t bother me much. The touchpad and keyboard are in great condition, the charger works, the screen is bright, colors are more vibrant, and it’s just ten times better than my old MacBook Air. It’s also lighter, which is great because I wanted a laptop that was a bit more portable. Overall, I’m very happy with the product!

Good With Flaws
Firstly came in an off brand packaging so got skeptical. Everything was in it, a charger and the MacBook. You can tell the MacBook has been used, scratches all over it. Came dead so had to charge it. The battery is pretty crappy and it overheats pretty quick. The v key is pretty busted and barely useable. It is my first MacBook and can’t afford a new one so it is good enough for me.

Great quality for refurbished.

Mas que satisfecho con este equipo; dude mucho en comprarlo pero parece que corri con mucha suerte:- Estetica general: 9.95, tiene un pequeño golpe en una esquina pero no afecta nada su uso. Llego con unas micas protectoras que son casi invisibles, tanto que no veo necesidad de quitárselas.- Pantalla y teclado: 10, no tiene la “ñ” pero ya sabia que así vendría, es una nimiedad para el precio comparado con una nueva con teclado en español.- Bateria parece aceptable hasta ahora, a este paso calculo unas seis horas, razonable para una maquina de hace casi cuatro años.- Calentamiento: prendió ventiladores y se calentó un poco por sincronizar 50 GB de google drive, espero que no sea lo mismo para el uso normal (ver fotos, videos, oficina, navegadores); seguramente hara lo mismo si le exijo con procesos mas pesados por mas tiempo.Esto del calentamiento era una de mis principales preocupaciones (que se calentara demasiado con actividades simples) pero lei en varios lugares que eso era mas común en el procesador intel de 10a generación, este modelo que compre es de 8a generación).- Todos los reviews dicen que las M1 administran mucho mejor todo y no se calientan y les creo, pero el precio de esta es mucho mas accesible para lo que voy a usarla, espero que se mantenga así mucho tiempo.- Entrega: 20/10, se supone que llegaba el 23 y llego el 09; la caja bien protegida, cargador genérico pero util.Ojala que dure mucho, hasta ahora, es una compra excelente.

Good stuff