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My experience is only with Windows PCs and OEMs. I know about sites like the Lenovo/Dell outlets and such...but I was just asked about buying a Mac for $500 or less. I kinda laughed at the idea and said "good luck, maybe you'll find something stolen on craigslist". However I did say I'd at least do some browsing to see what I could find. Looking at places like Amazon/Walmart etc show there are quite a few ancient Macbook Pros from 2011/2012 and a light sprinkling of ultra low end Airs from 2013/2014. Most reviews are suggesting that these devices are utterly smashed to heck, have unusable batteries, or other severe issues. I did look for an official apple refurb site, but the only stuff I found was modern units near $1k.
Anybody with more Mac experience or whatnot that may know a good place to find a decent Macbook at $500?
Dream list would be any size/shell 4th gen i5 or better, 8GB RAM, 240+ GB SSD or 7k RPM HDD or any SSHD
Anybody with more Mac experience or whatnot that may know a good place to find a decent Macbook at $500?
Dream list would be any size/shell 4th gen i5 or better, 8GB RAM, 240+ GB SSD or 7k RPM HDD or any SSHD