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Apple 15.4" MacBook Pro (2017, i7, 16GB, 512GB) (Open Box)

$422.09
Condition: Refurbished; Open Box
Screen Size: 15.4"
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Top positive review
31 people found this helpful
Awesome refurbished MacBook Pro - Enjoying it by now.
By David Ruiz Silva on Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2022
Despite I was hesitant to buy a refurbished MacBook Pro, adding that some buyers had a non favorable at all reviews when I was thinking to buy, I decided to try with this vendor Kanga and if any issue happens, to return it before the 90 days period.By now being the third day after "unboxing", the experience has been so pleasant, with the following highlights:1.- Speakers performs like sound bar systems, even better that some bars for TVs. I've been listening this morning a Pink Floyd concert in YouTube and i've found its flawless sound is amazing, much better than my 50 inches Smart TV.2.- It had MacOS Monterey preinstalled, and after a not so long update, I had the latest version 12.4, with all current patches.3.- It has a minor scratch on the back of the screen, and I won't see it when I put the case on the MacBook Pro, so I don't care too much of this. It looks and behave like new MacBook Pro, in a mint condition, despite it is at least 5 years old.4.- Coming from a MacBook Pro 2015, I'm getting used to the touch bar, however the learning curve has been no significant and I'm learning quickly its features. Touch Bar working fine at the moment.5.- Touch ID did follow its procedure to acquire my finger marks, so now its working fine too.6.- I believe those who mentioned bad experiences with their buys, however that is not my case until now.7.- I may think by a moment that I'm using a MacBook Pro with M1 Pro, without paying that hefty price. However when looking that the Apple support status it is out of warranty, so I'm coming back to the reality.8.- I found it required additional hardware to connect with my HDs with Thunderbolt for USB C, so having converters I did the first Time Machine backup with no issues.9.- Battery is above 90% capacity, with no cycles of use, so I understand the degradation may come because of the time and not by a previous use.I'm trying to use adding heavy workloads to the MacBook Pro in order to find any possible issue (like graphic card bugs), however at this moment the behavior is very good as expected.So I congratule Kanga to deliver this excellent device that I'm enjoying by now. However if something changes, I will update this review in the coming days, or to return it at the first failure.
Top critical review
4 people found this helpful
Product description is misleading! Avoid this if you can.
By Goose Grim on Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2022
The laptop itself is in good physical condition, as described. I installed macOS Monterey on it and things usually run smoothly except for about 5 minutes into any usage the fans kick on, even if I'm not doing anything intensive, the position of the machine is such that it has sufficient external airflow. I'll be doing basic web browsing and using non-intensive apps and the fans will just spin up and stay on the entire time. There may be dust build up inside or else there is another problem - maybe it has something to do with the latest macOS version running on the old hardware.After more extensive usage I realized just how spent the battery life is. The number of battery cycles exceeds 200, and it cannot hold a charge for more than 2 hours for basic file system tasks and browsing - practically just the screen being on. The battery drains to 10% within 2 hours and usually only barely makes it to 1.5 hours. This is extremely disappointing, as the description relayed the battery health would exceed 80% and stated that it would last around 10 hours.

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