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Hello,
I’m wondering if anyone has any advice on buying a refurbished MacBook from Best Buy?
I know buying from Apple would be ideal, but I found a deal at Best Buy that’s about $200 cheaper than Apple and only a year older.
I’ll be using the laptop predominately for schoolwork, so it doesn’t have to be amazing, just functional.
This may be the wrong subreddit to post this on but any help is appreciated.
Here is a link to both computers if that helps for more context:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-geek-squad-certified-refurbished-macbook-pro-13-display-with-touch-bar-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-128gb-ssd-space-gray/6489774.p?skuId=6489774
https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/product/FGN63LL/A/refurbished-133-inch-macbook-air-apple-m1-chip-with-8%E2%80%91core-cpu-and-7%E2%80%91core-gpu-space-gray?fnode=59da7dc52d602a2196acc51f8f65862024e89cd37ae84d90cca7a069fc16fc11837cf955ac0521c74c4b4ee30750cf2821a56c1ee0c9ca70b22a7e0233a156a51b6c4fc921eb2a661c3bd9c942986ba8
What do we think of Geek squad certified refurbished? i’ve heard mixed reviews, some saying it’s as good as apples and some saying it’s bad. can anyone share their own personal experience?
Hi so I’m a high school senior who’ll be graduating soon and hopefully going off to college ! I’ve been looking to get a macbook that I could afford since I work but I don’t want to go crazy and spend so much money so i’m on a budget that will be doing payments. I have a friend recently started going to college as well and she got a refurbished one who’s had it for a couple weeks already and has no issues; small dent in a corner but no actual issues internally. she ordered this one:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6489774.p?skuId=6489774&sb_share_source=PDP
I’m considering getting it, but I also saw this one:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6489915.p?skuId=6489915&sb_share_source=PDP
They’re both refurbished from best buy, just one has more storage. I’m gonna be a psych major so i don’t think I’ll be working with heavy programs and stuff. which one would be best? and is it worth it to buy a refurbished macbook from best buy?
TLDR; out of the two i linked, which one is better for an incoming college student and is it worth even getting a refurbished MacBook from best buy?