A brand-new 2024 MacBook Pro is a truly awesome machine. It’s also $1,600 at the very low end of its price range, and can run far higher the more you pack it with various bells and whistles and expanded storage and memory. That’s an awfully big chunk of change, and you might not actually need everything the brand-new MacBook Pro has to offer.

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When you’re hunting for a reliable laptop that doesn’t have to be the current flavor of the month, one of the best ways to look for a killer deal is to find a certified refurbished previous model, like the 13.3-inch 2018 MacBook Pro that’s currently available at StackSocial for just $400, a 59% discount from its original $1,000 price tag.

Fast and Powerful

The 2018 MacBook Pro is driven by the quad-core i5 processor, which gives it up to 2.3GHz of speed and processing power, more than enough for browsing, streaming, gaming, or virtually anything else you would want a laptop to do. The Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 card enables smooth delivery of video and graphics-heavy content, which you’ll love to see on the 13.3-inch Retina Display with True Tone technology.

The solid-state drive is a generous 512GB in size, which can be expanded via portable drives connected to any of the four Thunderbolt USB-C ports. The 2018 MacBook Pro has 801.11AC Wi-Fi which, while not as fast as today’s 6E connections, still won’t leave you lagging or spinning.

This is also one of the models which features Apple’s Touch Bar, the added point of control just above the number keys. The Touch Bar lets you adjust the brightness and volume of the MacBook Pro, among other controls, and is the fastest way to use Siri.

Fully Refurbished

This MacBook Pro is rated Grade A refurbished, meaning the body may have light wear but nothing that would be visible from more than 1 foot away. It’s free from dents or cracks, and the screen is scratch-free and has no screen burn. The MacBook Pro’s battery is at a minimum of 80% health, and the entire laptop has been rigorously tested and approved.

This StackSocial sale is a great opportunity to make a very solid budget purchase of a high-functioning MacBook Pro — this one is just $400, which means you can at least $1,200 by opting for this model over a brand-new one, if not considerably more. But this 59% off deal lasts only as long as the supplies do, so don’t delay.

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