Best MacBook Up To $500

[Matthewfofficial]

I am looking for the best possible MacBook at $500 or less - could be refurbished, open box ect 

[KodokuJ]

Personally, I'd give it to a refurbished M1 Air. While the Intel line is fine (I'm rocking a 2015 15 inch with an i7) they do show their age, and I have to run opencore to even be on macos 15.

https://www.backmarket.com/en-us/p/macbook-air-2020-13-inch-m1-8-core-and-7-core-gpu-8gb-ram-ssd-256gb/01c45687-0465-4c8d-93cf-d52b35747910?l=11#scroll=false

8GB on mac isn't the worst if you aren't doing anything heavy like video rendering (or other tasks that require a lot of ram) and using it just for like Photoshop, internet browsing, etc. It'll be WAY more than enough!

[UNIXNETWORK]

Go for any Mac starting with M1+.