Price guide
Second-hand MacBook prices in the UK
What a used MacBook is being listed for across UK marketplaces at the moment, and what to look at before you pay.
What sellers are asking right now
We don't have enough recent MacBook listings to give a reliable price yet, and we would rather say so than guess. Save a search and Snaffla will watch for them and show each one against similar listings.
What to check before you buy
- The exact model and year (on the back and in About This Mac), because a MacBook Air and a MacBook Pro of different years are priced very differently.
- That it is not locked: ask the seller to sign out of iCloud and show it at the setup screen. A locked Mac is hard to use.
- The battery cycle count and health, which the seller can read from System Information.
- That the screen, keyboard and ports all work, and the original charger is included.
What moves the price
- Newer chips and more memory or storage are priced well above older machines.
- Within one model, the screen size, memory and storage still change the price a lot, which is why a model's usual range can be wide.
- The condition of the battery and screen changes the price a lot.
- Listings that say locked, faulty or for parts are a different, much cheaper thing.
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