Apple MacBook Pro MPXR2LL/A 13.3″ (2017) – Refurbished
$299.99
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| Manufacturer |
MacBooks, one of the world’s most popular laptop lines, are made by Apple. |
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| Series |
The Apple MacBook Pro series is built for power laptop users. It combines cutting-edge Apple silicon with high-resolution Retina displays in a thin and light traditional laptop form factor. The MacBook Pro laptops are optimized for demanding workflows in design, development, and content creation. |
| Laptop Type |
MacBooks are sleek laptops known for their premium design, seamless integration with Apple’s ecosystem, and components optimized for productivity, creative work, and everyday use. The traditional clamshell laptop design is considered to be the standard one, as opposed to 2-in-1 convertibles. Ultraportable laptops are lightweight, compact devices designed for maximum mobility. They feature slim designs, long battery life, and efficient performance to support professionals, students, and travelers on the go. |
| Performance |
Laptops with standard performance are those with the widely used mid-range and upper-mid-range processors. They are an excellent choice for daily home and office computing, as well as slightly more demanding tasks like light gaming and light content creation. For hardcore gaming and professional content creation, high-performance laptops are the better fit. |
| Typical Use |
Even the cheapest laptops with basic specs, besides smoother running mid-rangers, are suitable for the common everyday tasks like web browsing, emails, or document editing. Having a powerful and power-hungry laptop just to complete these tasks isn’t necessary. Office and productivity laptop tasks typically involve word and spreadsheet processing, presentations, emailing, web research, and multitasking between business applications. Studying, Schoolwork and Online Education Laptops optimal for studying, schoolwork, and online education offer reliable entry-level and mid-range performance, a good battery life, and support for multitasking and communication in a digital learning environment. Web browsing and social media tasks don’t require high-end specs. They can be completed easily on entry-level and mid-range laptops with good network connectivity. Unless you play the latest AAA games for which you need a gaming laptop, lighter games like Minecraft, Roblox, League of Legends, or Sims, you can run decently well on a regular mid-range laptop. Laptops used for movie watching don’t have to include high-performance components. But, they should offer decent screens with wide viewing angles, such as IPS panels. For professional content creation such as high-resolution photo and video editing or music production, a laptop with high performance is recommended. However, for occasional light content creation tasks like 1080p video and basic photo editing, mid-range performance is sufficient, too. In both cases, laptops used for visual content creation should have at least decent screens. |
| Screen Size |
13.3-inch is a small display size, typical for ultraportable laptops. There are however laptops with even smaller screens. |
| Screen Resolution |
This screen resolution provides decent picture sharpness and a lot of space on the display for the user interface and apps. It’s somewhat better than the popular Full HD. However, these resolutions aren’t as good as the premium-class 4K and similar. |
| Screen Features |
Displays based on IPS technology provide much wider viewing angles than the budget-class TN screens. |
| Processor |
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| Graphics |
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| RAM Size |
The 8GB RAM size is the recommended minimum in laptop computers. It provides comfortable multi-tasking for the most home and office users, but 16GB is becoming the new standard in 2026. Keep in mind that 8GB may be not enough for some heavier multi-tasking, demanding programs and many newer games. |
| Data Storage |
128GB is a relatively small storage space. However, it is usable if you don’t store a lot of large files like movies and don’t install a lot of programs. |
| Keyboard & Touchpad | Keyboard without Dedicated Number Pad The keyboard has no separate numeric pad you can usually find on the right side of the keyboard on many laptop models. Keyboard backlight makes typing in dark easier. Touchpad with Integrated Buttons These touchpads have right click buttons are built into the surface of the touchpad, as opposed to separate physical buttons. |
| Battery Capacity | 54.5 WHr Battery |
| Multimedia & Communication | Web Camera in 720p HD This is the most common web camera resolution in laptops. However, it’s low in comparison to camera resolutions of modern smartphones, so it can’t produce as sharp picture. 720p cameras are being gradually replaced by sharper 1080p in newer laptops. Stereo Speakers Modern mobile computers usually have built-in stereo speakers. Built-in Microphone The laptop has a built-in microphone, which is a common laptop feature just like web cameras. |
| Networking & Wireless | Wi-Fi 5 802.11AC Wireless The 802.11AC is one of the older wireless networking standards. It’s also known as Wi-Fi 5. 802.11AC is succeeded by 802.11AX Wi-Fi 6 and 802.11BE Wi-Fi 7 that offer data transfer speed and multi-device connectivity improvements. Bluetooth Bluetooth enables you to wirelessly connect the computer to Bluetooth peripherals like Bluetooth mice and keyboards, as well as to smartphones, and other compatible devices. |
| Ports & Slots | 2 x USB-C The device has two USB-C ports. Video Out via USB-C The device can deliver digital video output via USB-C. Thunderbolt Technology Thunderbolt is a high-speed peripheral connectivity technology for compatible devices. The Thunderbolt connection goes via USB-C interface. |
| Operating System |
MacOS is the operating system of Apple computers, including MacBook laptops. |
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| Laptop Condition |
As opposed to brand new laptops, the refurbished ones may have cosmetic wear, older specs, and shorter warranties. But on the positive side, they cost less than the brand new. In comparison to laptops sold as used, refurbished models are tested and restored. |
| Warranty |
A one‑year warranty is the most common period for laptops. Longer warranties, such as three years, are considered extended warranties. |





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