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Macbook Pro 17 inch - 2.66GHz Dual Core | 256GB SSD

Macbook Pro 17 inch - 2.66GHz Dual Core | 256GB SSD

£199.00
£199.00
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Nationwide in the UK. Express delivery and international shipping also available

1 Year Warranty

Get peace of mind with a full 1 year warranty covering any hardware issue. We also offer set-up support and assistance along with servicing for any device of any age!

Keyboard and Mouse

Buy any refurbished Mac over £100 and get a free wireless keyboard and mouse combo set included. Just add both to your basket to get an automatic discount

macOS

All our Macs ship with an up to date version of macOS, or we can install a version of your choice if required.

Modern macOS versions are supported using OpenCore - see below for more details. If you need to re-install macOS, you can follow our guidance on the Help page. Please note that re-installing macOS without OpenCore will result in a lower version being installed, and you will have to manually re-upgrade.

Specifications

Processor

Core 2 Duo

RAM

Up to 8GB

Storage

256GB SSD

Screen Size

17 in

Operating System

macOS 13 Ventura

Metal GPU

false

Refurbished

This item has been refurbished - it has previously been sold and used. We inspect, clean, repair, upgrade and recondition the whole system so that it reaches its best possible condition, and can be enjoyed once again by a new user.

Some cosmetic defects may be present on our refurbished devices. Small marks or scratches may be visible.

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Intel Macbook Pro 17 inch - Series 5 (2009)

The largest-display Macbook Pro available. 17 inches of super high-res display and powerful Intel dual core processing.  Dual graphics processors - NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT with 512 MB of dedicated memory plus NVIDIA GeForce 9400M. Fast SSD storage and RAM that's easily user serivcable to increase lifetime. Backlit keyboard, multitouch trackpad and built in Thunderbolt included. Anti-glare 1920x1200 pixel display

Refurbished This Mac is refurbished by us. It has been cleaned, tested, repaired if necessary and upgraded to the specifications above. All our refurbished items come with a 1 year warranty covering any unforseen hardware failure. Some marks may be present on the outer housing of the device, but the viewable screen area will be free of any noticable marks and the system will be fully working. Always make sure you back up your data.

 

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  • Free Shipping

    All computers come with free standard UK delivery. Worldwide tracked and insured shipping is also available for most countries.

  • Accessories Included

    We offer a free wireless keyboard and mosue combo set with any refurbished Mac purchase over £100 - just add the combo set to your basket for an automatic discount.

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  • High Quality Macs at unbeatable prices

    Modern personal computers have come a long way from where they were 10 or 20 years ago. But the most recent advances have been in power-efficiency for laptops or installing dedicated machine-learning cores for AI tasks.

    If you're in the market for an office workstation, home all-in-one or something to use for college assignments, 12-core neural network engines or dedicated HVEC transcoders aren't worth the premium.

    Buying refurbished lets you enjoy excellent hardware without paying through the nose. Plus, it means 100% of your purchase uses fully recycled materials!

  • Upgradable and Repairable hardware

    Like the idea of refurbished but worried about how long it will last? It might seem that an older device is closer to the end of its life, but in reality, it can be the opposite!

    Newer devices are built with space-saving and efficiency as maximum priorities. This means that components are now soldered together or integrated completely to the main board.

    In older devices, things like RAM, processors, graphics chips, or even the USB ports, power supply and wireless networking chip can be easily removed, replaced and repaired - and in many cases also upgraded for more power!

    In newer devices, the failure of just one of these parts can spell disaster for the whole device... meaning its much more expensive to repair and much more likely to end up in the landfill.

  • Modern macOS

    Worried that an older computer won't keep up with updates? Not a problem! All of the refurbished Macs we sell can ship with the operating system of your choosing - from versions like OS X 10.13 High Sierra to version 13 Ventura! We can also install the latest Windows 10 for you via the built in Bootcamp feature of Intel Macs.

    How can we do this when Apple might say that newer updates aren't available? Easy - the hardware itself is perfectly capable of running the latest and greatest, just as long as the right kexts (Apple's equivalent to drivers) are installed. OpenCore is how this is possible - see below for more info

Refurbished with OpenCore

Our refurbished Macs run the latest and greatest versions of macOS, even though Apple categorises them as Vintage or Obsolete. This is possible by OpenCore - a lightweight boot-time software package that seamlessly patches the incompatible parts of newer versions so that they can run perfectly on older hardware.

OpenCore is loaded before the operating system boots, and loads custom kernel extensions (kexts), a built-in function of macOS to fix bugs or other issues that would otherwise be present. Once macOS is running, OpenCore is completely silent - the operating system runs just like it would on any other computer!

OpenCore isn't a hack or other unlicened modification to the system - it uses features that are already built in to the system to update parts that would otherwise cause issues with newer operating systems. For example, newer versions of macOS may not include drivers for the audio device in an older Mac. OpenCore can add the kexts necessary (often just found in an older macOS version) so that those features can work properly again.

OpenCore can be updated itself so that it can work its magic on future versions of macOS, when the time comes. Security updates and other essential patches can be installed properly just like on any other Mac, so your refurbished computer can get the full benefit of running up-to-date software. We offer full warranty-based support for our refurbished computers, which includes set-up support and assistance if you need help.

If you purchase a Mac with OpenCore installed, take extra care to ensure that any operating system updates are compatible - many large OS upgrades will require OpenCore to be reconfigured. If in doubt, get in touch with us and we can guide you through the process.

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