US · Aug 28, 2026
Best bang for your buck Mac under $1,500
This is the crowded middle. A new 13-inch Air, a Mini with RAM, and a refurbished 14-inch Pro can all land here depending on the week’s certified-refurb grid.
Best bang
$999
13-inch MacBook Air
M4 · 10 CPU / 10 GPU · 24GB · 512GB · 120 GB/s
Apple Certified Refurbished · list $1,199
- Per GB RAM
- $42
- Per CPU
- $100
- Per GPU
- $100
- Per storage
- $2.0
Best bang for your buck this week: refurbished 13-inch MacBook Air (M4, 24GB / 512GB) at $999 as of Aug 28, 2026, ranked for office + code.
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Cheaper pass
$849
13-inch MacBook Air
M4 · 10 CPU / 8 GPU · 16GB · 512GB · 120 GB/s
Apple Certified Refurbished · list $999
- Per GB RAM
- $53
- Per CPU
- $85
- Per GPU
- $106
- Per storage
- $1.7
Cheaper machine that still clears the bar: refurbished 13-inch MacBook Air (M4, 16GB / 512GB) at $849 as of Aug 28, 2026, ranked for office + code.
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Also in budget
$1,499
13-inch MacBook Air
M5 · 10 CPU / 10 GPU · 24GB · 512GB · 153 GB/s
New
- Per GB RAM
- $62
- Per CPU
- $150
- Per GPU
- $150
- Per storage
- $2.9
Another machine that still clears the bar: 13-inch MacBook Air (M5, 24GB / 512GB) at $1,499 as of Aug 28, 2026, ranked for office + code.
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Retailer searches may include third-party refurbished units — not Apple Certified Refurbished. Read the listing.
FAQ
Why not also a $1,000 page?
It would cannibalize this URL with the same picks. Two budget rungs are enough for v1.