Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 (Mid-2013) (S&D) (Open Box)

The computer arrived and seemed in good shape, but after thorough review problems started to arise. Screen was damaged, bottom cover was loose, screws too tight that damaged cased and battery lasted around 1.5 hours. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg. When I set it up, I got a message saying that “null” had remote management access, I thought it was an old user thing, skipped the step and moved on. Some hours later I formatted it, as I could not remove an user from there, and after doing so I got a message saying “This computer belongs to the Lexington school district”, and it clarified they had access to all the info, internet traffic, and right and access to edit or delete my files. I googled and turned out that is a setting of computers sold to companies. This cannot be undone by the user as apple checks the computer with its servers and detects its on the remote management list. Now you may think because of the amount of positive reviews, that I got a bad one, but your chances are 8 out of 10 of getting a good one, but it’s not like that. It’s not that most people got a good one, it’s that most people don’t know they have a bad one... and they won’t know until they completely format it, which the average user doesn’t do. If you bypass the message on first setup, you ,say continue to use it without knowing the computer belongs to an organization and they can monitor it, block it, erase it whenever they want. If you are ok with that, on top of it being a severely damaged computer, go for it, but please bare in mind that the amount of positive reviews is more of a consequence of user unawareness than of quality products. If you google “remote management MacBook” you will find out more about this. STAY AWAY. The fact that they are backed by Amazon means nothing, as I talked to Amazon customer service and they were quick to say they had nothing to do with the process of the product, they just select some sellers. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT IF YOU DONT WANT TO END UP WITH GOODS OF QUESTIONABLE ORIGIN IN YOUR HANDS.