Cheapest used MacBooks on eBay, live right now.

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How to buy a used MacBook (and which one)

Apple Silicon changed the used market completely. The M1, M2 and later chips are so much faster and more efficient than the old Intel MacBooks that a used M1 is a better buy than a newer-looking Intel model at the same price. As a rule, buy the oldest Apple Silicon Mac you can rather than the newest Intel one; check the chip in the listing (it should say M1 or later).

Check the battery cycle count and coverage. Under System Settings the battery cycle count reveals real use; MacBook batteries are rated for around 1,000 cycles, so a count in the low hundreds means plenty of life. Ask for a screenshot. Also confirm the Mac is not tied to the seller's Apple ID and that Activation Lock / Find My is turned off, exactly as with an iPhone, or it cannot be set up.

Buy enough RAM and storage up front. On modern MacBooks the memory and SSD are soldered and cannot be upgraded later, so choose a configuration with headroom: 16GB of RAM is the comfortable minimum today and 512GB of storage saves you juggling external drives. Paying a little more used for a better spec beats buying a cheap 8GB/256GB model you outgrow in a year.

Used vs refurbished. Apple's own Certified Refurbished Macs come with a full warranty at a modest discount; private used sales are cheaper still, typically 30-45% below new for recent models. Inspect the screen for stains or dead pixels, test the keyboard and every port, and prefer sellers who accept returns.

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Cheapest by model, at a glance

A daily snapshot of the lowest genuine eBay price for every model we track, and how good that price is right now versus its usual level, updated automatically. Prices last refreshed 12 October 2026. Tap a price to see that model's cheapest listings on eBay, or tap a model name for the full live list here.

These are second hand prices, listed by sellers as used or pre-owned, taken from live eBay US listings in US dollars. In collectible categories a sealed or unworn item is sometimes the cheapest genuine listing, and it is included. The same number works both ways: it is what a buyer pays today and the resale value a seller can realistically ask. Every model also carries a price history, the daily record kept since tracking began, which is the part to read before you buy or resell. On a day when a model has no listing that passes these filters, its row keeps the last price we recorded rather than inventing one, and drops off this table if that goes on for more than a few days.

Under each model is the actual listing that price came from, so you can see whether it is the thing you want or a bundle, a variant, or an accessory that happens to share the name.

Over the period we have tracked, this category is up 2.5%, while the used market as a whole is down 0.3%. See the Used Price Index, which is built from these prices and published as a free CSV.

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