Apple Now Selling Refurbished M1 MacBook Air Models Priced Starting at $849

[macdisciple]

Sarcasm?
I’m genuinely wondering how I can check the wear and tear on my own current SSD on my MBP.

Simplest way is to check SSD health on macOS from the system information window. What it gives you is the S.M.A.R.T status of your SSD. Click the Apple menu in the menu bar and select About this Mac. In the window that opens, go to the Overview tab, and click the System Report button. In the System Report window, select Storage in the column on the left. This will show you the current status of the SSD on your Mac. If the status is ‘Verified’, your SSD is in good health. If it’s failing, you need to replace it. But it doesn't tell you how soon it will fail.

 

[MrCrowbar]

Who gets rid of a Mac just after a few months???

Had to return one because it was warped out of the box and wobbled quite a bit on any flat surface.

I didn't like the idea of the "genius" taking it out of sight and doing something to it to make it straight to it. For all I know they just bend it and after a year or so the bent logic board or battery get problems and no warranty because "customer obviously bent the crap out of the device".

 

[peneaux]

Finally a good deal! Affordable M1 Macs!

 

[HappyDude20]

coconutBattery > Preferences > Plus Licence > Start a Trial

Thank you that worked!

 

[Fred Zed]

They’re all good. They’re all Macrumors members returns. 😂🙏

 

[randyhudson]

Who gets rid of a Mac just after a few months???

Perhaps people who were told "you can use your favorite iPhone and iPad apps directly on macOS Big Sur", which is blatant and ongoing false advertising.

 

[mikedude86]

D’oh, paid 899 for a new one just a few hours ago. Oh well.

 

[JosephAW]

All those bench tests wearing out these M1s.

 

[-DMN-]

Heads ups, you can get an additional 10% off this price if your Military/Veteran.

 

[yurc]

As they would have to change the entire machine minus the display, I guess, yes...

But, lets stay reasonable: I own one of the trashcan MacPro 2013. Running almost 7 years now. The original SSD is still up and running. And to stay even more reasonable: I do not feel any need to replace that machine.

Well, your trashcan SSD is not soldered though, just in case unexpected worst case happened you can easily swap with new one (even you can use faster NVMe blades now with proper adapter/carrier board). Not with those soldered SSD on M1 machine.

 

[Wanted797]

Who gets rid of a Mac just after a few months???

Ones they broke that people returned?

 

[Robospungo]

Grabbed a 16/512 Air, nice. Too bad there's no silver ones in Canada, I am not a huge fan of space grey.

Could have waited a few weeks and I’m sure one would have popped up.

 

[Robospungo]

Huh?
He uses a computer, it meets his needs, therefore it needs no replacement.
(I _do_ wonder about not receiving required security updates after a while...)

2013 Pro got Big Sur, so it’ll have security updates for at least a few more years.

 

[axantas]

Well, your trashcan SSD is not soldered though, just in case unexpected worst case happened you can easily swap with new one (even you can use faster NVMe blades now with proper adapter/carrier board). Not with those soldered SSD on M1 machine.

You are right. It is more about the reliability - what you may expect from an SSD at Apple. I do see a refurbished "AIO" motherboard as a critical element in general, but EOL for the machine itself might happen first - the SSD still working.

 

[gnasher729]

Here, this may help you

M1 Mac Owners Are Complaining of Excessive SSD Wear, Even With 16GB RAM Models

It looks like with the 16GB RAM models, M1 Mac owners are complaining of excessive SSD wear, which may reduce the machine’s lifespan

wccftech.com

You should just consider that they are not in fact complaining about extreme wear, they are complaining about extreme wear data displayed by some tool. Which is not quite the same.

 

[michaelsviews]

Refurbished (Gold) M1 8/8/512 16GB Ram I get $1,106.00. 8 Dollars shipping overnight.

So how long before the new one's are released?

 

[alj96z]

764 USD with the edu/vet discount! Perfect for a nice lil' netbook! Then if apple ever decides to bring back a 12 inch macbook I'll trade her in!

Can’t combine EDU with refurb discounts.

 

[0057252]

Can’t combine EDU with refurb discounts.

Thanks for the info! 👍👍👍

 

[vertgo]

Ordered mine 2 days ago. Scheduled to be delivered today. I will report back with the SSD data when it arrives

 

[litmag01]

I personally would pass and splurge for the i7 refurb over the high end M1 any day. The battery difference is nowhere near the performance decrease seen in the M1's. Too bad Apple got rid of their MB line. The M1 would have been a great fit.

 

[0128672]

About time. Where are the mac mini's?

FYI, the 2020 M1 Mac Minis are now in the US Refurb Store:

Refurbished Mac - 2020 - Mac mini - Apple

Save up to 15% on refurbished Mac notebooks and computers. Every refurbished Mac is tested and certified by Apple and includes a one-year warranty. Free delivery and returns.

www.apple.com

 

[Ray2]

Thank you I read the article you linked. But I’m guessing this wouldn’t be limited to only M1 Macs? I have a 2017 MBP and wondering how much of my SSD warrantable usage I’ve used up.

Did you read the comments to the article? We've all been reading luddite stuff like this for a decade. I, for one, am still using the same Crucial ssd's I bought over 10 years ago. Perhaps different applications but trashed even more.

 

[Ray2]

Well many have been bricked like my M1 Pro. If you plug some powered 3rd party USBC docks in it fries the logic board.

Do tell, was it some Chinese brand no one has ever heard of? Selling the same product under a dozen, or more, different "brands". Recently I had an empty USB C to A adapter take my Thunderbolt bus down, 6 drives, 1 display. My dream is to be totally free of anything "USB".

 

[lambertjohn]

These refurb M1 Airs will be snapped up fast, I predict. I love my M1 Air. Had it for a few months now and it performs spectacularly!! 20 hours battery life. Beautiful, bright, clear screen. Fast CPU. Great keyboard. What's not to love?

 

[The Game 161]

Who gets rid of a Mac just after a few months???

Might not just be for not liking it but for others who wanted a different storage size