Apple 2020 MacBook Pro with 2.0GHz Intel Core i5 (13-inch, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Storage) - Space Gray (Renewed)

Great condition, works great!

Full disclosure, when i made my purchase back in Sep /Oct, the price was $1449; $70 lower than today's post but I believe this is still the absolute best value that exists (until the 2nd or 3rd gen M1s come out), and here's why: • Current M1 versions lack support, compatibility and stability. Resetting to factory apparently bricks the system, and half the programs are running on an emulator. This is why Apple has not released them in their flagship models yet (ie 16" Pro) ... too many bugs to work out. I felt purchasing an M1 at this time would be like being a free "beta tester" for Apple; no thanks, I'll wait until everything's solid again. • Core i7 upgrade is just negligible. Evaluating online benchmarks as well as real-world use tests seemed to indicate that this i5 works practically identically to the more expensive i7. Paying for the i7 version would be like throwing bad money after good, if you know what I mean. • 128Gb and 256Gb are too little, but 512Gb is perfect for most people and purposes, and if more space is necessary, then an external HD was probably always in the future no matter what, so why pay $300 extra for only 500 more Gbs integrated? My received unit was most likely a floor model based on its battery time and cord condition, which is perfect, and it feels like brand new. Delivery was spot on time. Can't say enough about how well it works and fulfills all needs and purposes at such a higher level than my previous laptop, a 2017 Air 13". Highly recommend if you can get it at such a reasonable price point. This review will be valid until probably early 2022, at which time, or shortly thereafter, the new M1s will blow this one out of the water... and I'll have to upgrade again... {sigh}.

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.

came out great. my college laptop screen broke years ago so i purchased the next year model refurb which is a step up from the Neo or a 1700$ new pro. these guys are legit, it came with a charger and at this price my quality and life have improved significantly. 10/10

The computer came in looking like new. I was delighted, especially after reading a couple of previous reviews. I did have trouble transferring my outer Mac's information over to this one, but that was due to my needing to update the operating system. I just backed up to a startup drive, which downloaded quickly on the new system. I did have trouble with a couple of USB-C ports not working to charge the computer. I reset the SMC, which fixed the problem. Once the charging issue was resolved, everything worked great. I only gave 4 stars because the charger, as others have said, is aftermarket. That would have been ok with me, but the charger works intermittently. The first night I had the computer, you could hear it binging each time the charger went out and came back on. Fortunately, I had my other Mac's charger available, which worked perfectly. Also, the battery life could be better. The cycle count shows 110 left versus 1000 for a new Mac.

This is a good buy, the product exterior look good almost brand new minor scratches one dent. The software is running smoothly as well. I have not had any issues with it. I love the touch screen on it. It runs normal no heating issues or anything. It lbs not fast but it’s still gets the job done. And it still does the auto updates. Keyboard lights up still and it’s light weight. It boost up fast. Was worth it!

The 2000 MacBook Pro that was shipped to me was not space gray as described. It was a silver MacBook Pro that had been covered with gray adhesive vinyl "skins" to make it appear gray. Perhaps this is a normal practice for 3rd party vendors who "refurbish" Apple products, but it was diasspointing and not what I expected. The laptop otherwise seems ok so far, but not what I ordered. Disappointing. The battery is also not in great shape. Battery condition says that the battery should be serviced, which means replacement at an Apple Store service center. Right now the battery goes from fully charged to 20% in about 5 hours. Not great, but I can livie with it until I can get it replaced. Setup was also challenging because I couldn't past the "Term and Conditions" page early in the setup because the "accept" button was grayed out. Fortunately looking online I found others that this had happened to, and that the solution is to go back to the beginning of the setup and do the setup without logging in with your Apple ID/iCloud login, finish the login and sign in after you complete the setup. That got me through the setup. As long as the laptop doesn't have any more surprises it should be ok, but is definitely not what I expected.

The item is used/refurbished but looked new tbh, my son loves it and I will definately buy from this seller again if another is needed. Thank you.

La verdad es que si es un muy buen equipo, tiene pocos ciclos de carga y jala al 100% sin rayones ni nada. Lo único malo es que no viene con cargador original pero si con uno de muy buena calidad. La verdad calidad-precio.

Amazing! Beyond my expectation, the item is like-new and fresh. Thank you for the smooth transaction. Definitely, I will buy again. Thank you so much!

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excelente, prácticamente esta como nueva la he estado probado y esta genial, lo que si note es que al ver películas se ven medio raras, por lo demás esta excelente, solo llego con un pequeño tallón en la carcasa del teclado casi, no se calienta ni nada como es de procesador Intel venia con sistema sequoia y lo baje a ventura el ultimo sistema operativo que Apple lo dedico a Intel, y va genial. si se instala Tahoe la computadora se alenta y los abanicos no dejan de sonar es normal porque es sistema operativo para los chips m1. lo dejo como dato por si lo que quieres es la última versión de macos, aaa por último de ves en cuando el touch id no reconoce la huella como si dejara de responder pero solo se corrige digamos que en un mes me pasa como 2 veces, segun es normal en procesadores intel pasa menos con ventura

amazing. perfect condition. would 100% recommend