{"id":8901,"date":"2026-03-30T15:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/?p=8901"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:40:02","slug":"macbook-air-m4-refurbished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/macbook-air-m4-refurbished.html","title":{"rendered":"MacBook Air M4 Refurbished"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally I’ve pulled the trigger to get a real MacBook Air since the hackintosh is limited\u00a0 to Intel 10th Generation. This one is M4 2025 model, refurbished by Apple like new. I got it for under $600 with 16GB RAM and 512GB NVME which is cheaper than many used one on Craigslist and it has 1 year warranty.<\/em><\/p>\n

The laptop came with macOS Sequoia and I updated to the latest 15.7.4, I hold off on the new macOS Tahoe because of bugs still.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The laptop does last quite long but not really 18 hrs as it claimed on the specs, but I can use pretty much all day on and off. The construction is solid, the screen is very beautiful, love the finger print feature to unlock the screen.<\/em><\/p>\n

The thunderbolt works fine, the iMovie, Handbrake don’t seem much faster than my Dell hackintosh 5401.<\/em><\/p>\n

Anyhow, at least I have a real Mac to do stuff with, the WiFi is excellent and the thunderbolt Ethernet works well too. HDMI works perfectly.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Since this is a real Mac, I had to use