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Is buying refurbished from apple worth it?
Another multiple Apple refurb buyer here. The machine will be indistinguishable from new, aside from a plain shipping box. Same warranty as a new machine. And you can always add AppleCare.
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Is buying from Apple's US Certified Refurbished website worth it if you live outside of the states?
Hi, I'm an American in Spain.
If you trust your friend and you can wait, then having him buy the refurb stateside will save you money and while I don't know the legalese of warranty coverage, I can say that I've personally gotten warranty service on my Mac in Spain, which was originally bought outside of Spain. It's very little advantage to Apple to deny you coverage just because you happened to cross a border.
If you buy local, you are paying a little more, but it is true that returns are going to be absolutely seamless.
FWIW, I also pondered the US vs Spanish keyboard problem but I finally just opted for to buy in Spain with a Spanish keyboard, remap in software to the US layout and retrain myself typing with the tall, narrow return key. It took me like three days to get used to it. I also happen to have a US layout Magic Keyboard so I do type on that most of the time, but I don't feel much hiccup switching to the build-in keyboard now.
More on reddit.comI want to buy a m1 air when I start uni. The price is 850£ instead of 999, and I’ll also be able to use my student discount code for an extra 10% off. Did anyone buy from the refurbished part of the official apple website? Is the one year warranty enough?
Edit- thanks everyone for your responses and for your experiences! As long as they’ll have the air around the end of September I’ll buy it :)
Apple refurb is basically the same as buying new, you honestly can’t tell it is a refurb.
If they have the item you want available on the refurb store and you can still use your discount it’s worth it.
Another multiple Apple refurb buyer here. The machine will be indistinguishable from new, aside from a plain shipping box. Same warranty as a new machine. And you can always add AppleCare.
I am buying a MBA in the next days and I wanna ask you if the refurbished products directly from apple are worth it. Are they slightly used and maybe polished etc or are they changing parts etc? I wanna get either a new base MBA 15” for 1500€ or an 15” M3 16gb/256gb reburbished for 999€, and although I generally tend to buy things brandnew, 500€ is a lot of money for me. Also the Mac is just needed for everyday tasks for about an hour or two per day.