Dude. It’s a brand new laptop. Only the mother board is refurbished. They are even assembled in the same facilities as other MacBook pros. The only thing that is different is a refurbished mother board.

I just bought my 3rd MacBook in 10 years. My first was a 2012 refurbished 13 in MacBook Pro. It worked great for about 5 years. Definitely nothing wrong with buying refurb from Apple.

I bought a few years ago a 2018 15in macbook pro with 16Go and 512Go of storage refurbished, saved like 3 or 400€, runs like a charm to this day ! Refurbished is way overlooked

Having owned and daily using the M1 MacBook Air and the M1 MBP 14”, I have to say that these are the best laptop offerings out there. The MBA does all you need for on-the-go, online work. And the MBP14 just takes that up to the next level with hardware capabilities that more than any regular consumer would need. It’s incredible value for the price and even if they’re not the most affordable (to some), they are certainly more than their worth if used for productivity and work.

Apple refurbish is top notch… I bought my first MBP in 2009 as a refurbished model and it is still today my main computer!

I just jumped from a 2015 iMac to a maxed out 14” MacBook Pro- saved almost £900 in the process. Couldn’t be happier!

The only reason to go with new is when you do not want to wait until the refurbished store gets the goods. It generally takes about 4 to 6 months, depending on where you reside. Right now the store is very well stocked and you can pick and choose. I always like to see it this way: With the refurbished price you get the AppleCare+ for free. You get the same warranty and the laptops are flawless. Since Apple no longer print the serial number on the outside of the laptop they can easily replace dinged up parts. Most of these products have been returned within two weeks but they also move overstocked into the refurbished market. It is really a great service. When I bought mine there were no units in the refurbished market yet. I could have waited two more months but that is beyond the point. I am hooked into the ecosystem and since I can write the laptops off it does not matter too much. For my wife I did however get a refurbished laptop. Very well thought out content. I will be following the channel.

I’m not really surprised. The only difference between Apple’s new and Certified Refurbished products are the box’s cover and price, everything else is identical to new - so much so you don’t even really need to check for scratches (as the Mac inside is basically new).

I recently bought a 2018 ipad pro refurbished. It’s in perfect condition! My M1 MBA was also bought refurbished last year and still works great. Saved maybe $200 cause I wanted more RAM and storage.

I just bought refurbished MBP 14 from taiwan’s apple store too. And it was my second time of refurbish macbook. For me,it was just brand new. The only difference was no colorful box. By the way, it have same warranty policy as the new one. But it could save more than 300us dollars,so that you could buy higher spec with same budget or save the budget to buy AC+.

So glad I took advantage of the $400 off early Black Friday deal at Best Buy. Love my M1 14” MacBook Pro.

My refurbished Air didn't come in a box like that. It was just a standard white box without all the frills. No wrapping of the laptop either.

It’s worth mentioning the Military Discount still applies to the Apple refurbished store. I purchased an M2 Air with 10c GPU, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB storage for $1,376. It was well worth it and indistinguishable from new. We also got a refurbished M1 Air for my wife from Best Buy because it was the same price to get the 512GB model from them as it was to get the 256GB base model from the Apple Refurbished store. If you’re getting a base model it’s best to buy from a 3rd party but if you want specific specs it’s cheaper to get it from Apples Refurbished store.

My MBA1 M1 is so fast and the battery life is great. I had some memory leak issues, no lie, when using Safari with 16gbs of Ram. I ended up giving up on Safari and moved on to Edge browser and problem resolved.

In my opinion Apple Certified Refurbished is better than new, not just for the cost savings but the refurbished products are likely undergoing more stringent quality checks upon being shipped compared to the products coming off the assembly line in China. In my personal experience back in 2008 I had an iPhone 3G I had purchased new that I took to the Apple Store because I had broken the silent switch and they gave me a refurb'd device. It wasn't until I had the refurbed iPhone 3G that I realized there were other issues with the "new" 3G I had that I had not noticed, battery issues and off-color display were the 2 that stood out. I'll shut up now lolol.

Just bought a refurbished Space Grey M2 MBA 16GB ram and 1TB SSD saving in the process close to 500CDN! Super stocked and excited to get mine tomorrow! :)

Over the years I have purchased many Refurbs including Macs, iPhones and iPads....directly from the Apple Store. With the exception of the packaging, I have never been able to distinguish them from NEW products. Apple QA is top-notch....

Another great video! I would love if you did a video on what camera gear you use, including tips for other content creators.

Bought mine Apple refurbished as well. Oddly enough, it had a vertical line on the display out of the box (bad screen). A quick chat to Apple and 3 days later I had a brand new screen on my Mac. These are solid machines. Awesome value for the money with full warranty.

Did you buy apple care also?

The only thing that is reused on a refinished mac is the mother board. The mother board is tested 100 percent as of it was a new product. The case, the battery, the screen, the keyboard and touch pad and the input devices are all new. The mother boards are ripped out of returned products. Then they are shipped back to the assembly facility and they go back into MacBooks as refurbished.

using a mbp 14 for my music in my studio and gotta say since half a year no fan sounds or any trouble with it so am very happy and can recommend it for creative good work flow

Hi Guys, Can you make a video about apple Amazon renew premiun?

I like your cinematics and following you from last 1 year and and your page at instagram the post you post there OMG !!!! can you make a tutorial on photo editing lightroom please

I bought my M1 Max 16" for 500€ off, it was only 2 weeks old and the charger still had its tape. It really was a steal.

Hey Andres, as always great video and information! By chance can you share the music details you used in this video? I really like it and would like to purchase it for my working music playlist.

Bro honestly thanks alot I didn't know u could save that much money when buying a refurbished laptop, pls do a refurbished phone next

Andres excelente contenido! gracias por tu trabajo.

Thank you so much for this video, exactly what I have been looking for!

Give me link where i can buy ?

If i’m not mistaken, refurbished products from apple receive a new battery and brand new enclosure. the only thing you are really getting that is used in the internals.

😂 I love how Andres talks to himself when he’s unboxing ❤

Not sure whats going on but at the time I am looking at the refurb models online, the 16" model is actually nearly $200 cheaper than the 14". Same M1 Max with 32 Core GPU, same 64GB of RAM, same 1TB of storage, and same Silver color. The only difference is the size. the 16" might be the bargain to get right now

my experience with refurbished Apple products is a different story. I got a refurbed iPad pro 10.5 3 years ago, but after like a year or so the battery is like shit. But new iPads I got usually see a significant battery drain after 3 years.

Another great video! Also I've reconsider buying a new unit and just go with hart and buy refurbished . I will give my son my unit (windows machine) - Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 and just buy a refurbished Mac for developing. Keep up the amazing work !

Bought an iPad Pro 2018 recently and a Apple Watch Series 4 three years ago and they were both like new.

Wow never buying brand new apple products. 😂😂

Hooked to your channel Andres. It's so soothing to watch your content.

ATTENTION: M1 MacBook Pro 14” is back on sale at Best Buy for $1,599. Price is good through 12/8.

Quite often refurbs never got out of the factory. They were caught and needed add'l attention for some reason.

Wish i had seen this last week as I just did this. I think it was worth it but still. I got a 14in model in Space Gray, even more noticeable for scratches, and like this vid there was nothing. I am also not convinced that this laptop was ever used. The only clue that I had was that my original box it came it was a little beat up on the sides.

Thank you for this useful video~ I have a knotty problem to choose between silver and space grey, and well... could you give some suggestions about that? I really appreciate it.

Not even past the ads and the answer is yes…goodbye.

Explain the Vivo X80 Pro to us, we want your explanation, please

I want to purchase this from u i am student i am searching for something similar

Super Video Bro Intro Super Coool

You should review the 2018 iPad Pro in 2022 or 2023 for students

thank you for sharing this.

i buy noting refurbished except for apple products. i bought a 2014 mac mini years ago and its still going strong. refurb is the way to go if you want to save money. the only issue is waiting for them to hit the site

man... Good life there in USA.... around here there is no real refurbished market and no official refurbished by apple.

if official apple refurbished program available in my country, I will buy them instead buying a new one.

How to know the number of cycles already carried out of an internal ssd of macbook refurbished? Because the number of cycles has a direct impact on the life of the internal SSD. Because, as we know, this ssd can never be changed.

It's the same thing. Only downside is the resale value...

I want to make a side note that the military discount does work on refurbished macs

So how much did you end up paying ?

M2*

My last laptop was a 2014 MBP that I got certified used from Apple. It was in brand new condition.

You might be able to finance a refurbished MacBook Pro through Affirm with reasonable monthly payments.

I bought my 2020 iPad 12.9 256/cellular model Refuburbed… :) and have used it more than I have thought and at a discount…love to save!!

yooo king Andresssss !!!

Anyone know how good Dell’s refurbished program is?

They always swap the battery and the outer shell and touch id in all models

I love your contents. 😍

can you make a gaming test review on it it would be so sick

No trade in or financing on the refurbished devices kinda sucks.

One day ,it's going to be affordable 🤗

How can I get 1. I'm in Africa Uganda

You didn’t check how many battery cycles it has gone through. Didn’t check the battery health either

Did you face any issues with your macbook pro

I bought a new base 14’’ for 1599

Opening up the internals of a Macbook probably voids the warranty though.

Ayyyyy T7 gets a show i always use one for all my files

I always was aware of the existence of the refurb , but always bought all my apple products brand new, but I've tried this time for a M2 max MacBook Pro 16 inch 38 cores 32 Gb and 2 Tb , and like you I did a full check up ( I will add the fact to do a hardware diag on startup with magsafe attached to be sure the result are not flawed , and turn off external keyboard and mouse or trackpad too ) . i noticed only 1 cycle for the battery and via Drive DX I noticed that only 600 Gb was written to the internal SSD , everything is like new , and from what I've heard from apple employee , most of the recent Mac that are less than 6 months old are just returned products because of numerous reasons like a change of mind ... and now I swear I'll always buy from the Apple refurb , I've made a 650 euros saving on it . not a single scratch or mark ... really impressive , the only thing I forgot to check was the serial number on the box . thx for the tip. but the hardware diagnostic is important, turn off your MacBook Pro , unplug all things attached to the port , Thun off all; linked Bluetooth accessories, and just leave magsafe on it for the test to test magsafe port , turn hold on on Touch ID key in order to access the recovery partition , then just press command + D for a few second , it will restart in diagnostic mode to check all components. it's important to turn off external magic keyboard or trackpad cos in my case the Mac reported that the keyboard or trackpad could have an issue , same if you do the test without magsafe attached , it will report that it couldn't check the power port and there is maybe an issue with it . but if you follow my tips , you get the expected result P0000 no issues found.

i'd definitely go through apple's website if they didn't charge 15% on financing plans lol

Iirc everything an end user touches is replaced on a Apple Certified Refurbished... So it's pretty much brand new. This checklist would be better utilized when buying a used or retailer refurbished MacBook.

when apple refurbish its only the insides that are refurbished.. the outside, the screen keyboard and battery are all replaced. So its brand new

Thanks man. I didn't know the fact that apple sell refurbished macs.😅

how much did this MacBook cost for you?

This cost a minimum of $2819 refurbed right????

While purchasing refurbished Can add 8 gb ram to this model.

These are NEW and unused, it would not be worth the costs to do as they claim, the same items as new but only a motherboard being original , add the cost of checking and the labour and it goes way over the production cost of the new machine. They just make a lot more and put these out as new with a moderate discount using up the old stock.

What case is he using on his iPhone in this video?

You’re not lucky that it is intact. This apple program changes the chasis of the computer. All the parts are new.

Paid 1700 for mine. 10core CPU 16core GPU 1TB SSD 3 year applecare+ No scratches, just one minuscule dent (about half the size of a kernel) on the left speaker

So, How much did you pay for it!??? After the 13% discount.

I regret not buying a refurbished m2 air I am currently using a base model $1099 m2 air, I could have spent $100 more to get a refurbished M2 air 512GB 10-core GPU and 8-core CPU

Miss you andres

no way they give 780 dollar off.

Boils down to what you need and use it for. And your budget. Refurbished apple products are well worth it to save a few Bob and get the apple warranty.

I have one and it is a beast.

where do you buy this from refurb?

I love how we all do our research on reddit 😂😂😂

I have never had a used Mac from Apple refurbished look used, always new. Even my 2020 27" IMac 5700xt. Brand spanking new. Also 1 year same as new warranty.

I have it ,perfect product Mac

Hi, can you sell me this MacBook?

thats a nice spec.

Did he say how much he paid for it?

Refurb can be something simple that caused the quality tech to do a 2nd examination. It can be a battery that wasn’t fully connected or pinched wire

RO of I(s)?

Nope, MacBooks do not get new batteries, at least in my experience, my MBP had around 300 cycles when i got it. iPhones and iPads on the other hand get a new shell, battery and screen (if it requires replacing).