Operating System: Latest macOS Tahoe.
Fully compatible charger supplied with every Mac — tested before dispatch.
14-Day Returns · 365-Day RTB Hardware Warranty (excludes accidental damage)

Apple

Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (2020) M1 8C - Excellent Condition - Silver

£1,549.00 £739.99 Save 52%
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Color: Silver
Condition: Excellent
Fair Good Excellent
Memory: 8GB
Storage: 512GB SSD
Graphics Card: Apple 8-Core
Choose your configuration
Battery Health: 85%+

Standard

85%+ health

Great for everyday use

Maximum New Battery

100% health

Brand-new battery fitted

Even our Standard beats the ~80% most refurb marketplaces guarantee — and every TA1 Mac has under 400 charge cycles.

⚡ Order by 16:00 (Mon–Fri) — ships same day, delivered next working day.

Free insured express delivery — select at checkout.

Prefer pickup? Free collection at The TA1 Computer Shop — usually ready in 24 hours. Evening & weekend slots often possible, just ask.

Every Mac gets a final TA1 pre-ship test, the latest macOS update and photos before packing — so it's ready to go straight out of the box. In busy periods this can add one working day.

  • Beautiful 13.3” True-Tone Retina Display (2560x1600, 500 nits).
  • Powered by the Apple M1 8C/8C chip.
  • Touch Bar + Touch ID — loved by pros & students for speed and simplicity.
  • Up to 20hrs of movie playback — the longest battery of any M1 Mac.
TA1 Suitability
For Casual Computing
For Heavy Workloads

Powerful. Portable. True Tone. Touch-ID. Backlit Keyboard.

TA1-O2-CSIL-2
Memory: 8GB
Storage: 512GB SSD
Graphics Card: Apple 8-Core

Will it do what I need?

The 13” MacBook Pro M1 Is Great For

Everyday & webBrowsing, email, streaming, video calls — instant and near-silent.
Students & universityUp to 20 hours of battery — the longest of any M1 Mac — at 1.4kg.
Business & starting upOffice 365, Google Workspace, Zoom — with Touch Bar shortcuts on top.
Photo editing & musicLightroom, Photoshop, GarageBand and Logic fly on M1 — with a studio-quality mic array.
Programming & devXcode, VS Code and web dev fly on M1 — pick 16GB for Docker or VMs.
Local AI & LLMsLearn AI and run small local models (Ollama, 7B-class) — choose 16GB. For bigger LLMs, M-series Pros with 32GB+ are the sweet spot. Trading & multi-monitorPlatforms run great — but this model drives only ONE external monitor. Multi-screen setups need a 14"/16" Pro. Heavy video editingGreat at 1080p; for 4K multicam or heavy After Effects choose a 14" or 16" Pro.
Serious gamingApple Arcade and light titles only — Macs aren't gaming machines.

Need even more power? The 14” & 16” MacBook Pros take everything here further. Need Windows-only software? We stock refurbished Windows laptops too.

TA1 Grading

Example Excellent Condition

Like new — may have one or two very faint hairline scratches, only visible under direct light; nothing visible beyond 30cm. Screen is clean with no marks. Fully working, battery at 85%+ health with under 400 cycles, and covered by the same 12-month RTB warranty as every TA1 Mac.

(Imagine someone bought this machine and used it carefully for less than a month.)

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Example photos show typical cosmetic condition for this grade — the exact unit you receive is equivalent, tested and verified.

This Refurbished Mac

About this listing

Condition Excellent
Colour Silver
Battery health 85%+ guaranteed minimum — and at most 400 battery cycles
Operating system Latest macOS Tahoe

Delivery & Warranty

In the box Your Mac + a fully compatible charger
Delivery Free express next-day delivery (weekdays only) — allow up to 2 business days
Outside the UK Please don't order directly — reach out first on WhatsApp 07477 143031 and we'll sort a personal shipping quote. We ship worldwide via fully insured DHL Express, qualifying orders export at 0% VAT (you save the UK tax), and you pay your country's customs duty on arrival — no hidden surprises.
Warranty 365-Day RTB Hardware Warranty
Returns 14-day returns

The Details

Chip & Performance

Chip Apple M1 (5-nanometer)
CPU 8-core (4 performance + 4 efficiency cores)
Graphics Apple 8-core GPU — every unit in this family
Neural Engine 16-core
Cooling Active cooling — runs near-silent, sustains long workloads
Released November 2020

Display

Screen 13.3-inch LED-backlit Retina (IPS)
Resolution 2560 x 1600 at 227 pixels per inch
Brightness 500 nits
Colour Wide colour (P3), True Tone technology

Memory & Storage

Memory 8GB unified memory
Storage 512GB SSD
Memory type LPDDR4X onboard unified memory

Battery & Power

Battery 58.2-watt-hour lithium-polymer
Wireless web Up to 17 hours
Movie playback Up to 20 hours — the longest battery of any M1 Mac
Charging USB-C — fully compatible charger included

Camera & Audio

Camera 720p FaceTime HD
Speakers Stereo speakers with high dynamic range, Dolby Atmos playback
Microphones Studio-quality three-mic array
Headphones 3.5mm headphone jack

Connectivity & Ports

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0
Ports 2x Thunderbolt / USB 4 (USB-C) — charging, DisplayPort, up to 40Gb/s
External display One external display up to 6K at 60Hz

Keyboard & Trackpad

Keyboard Backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch Bar
Touch ID Yes
Trackpad Force Touch trackpad

Size & Weight

Height 1.56 cm
Width 30.41 cm
Depth 21.24 cm
Weight 1.4 kg

We offer an Express Next-Day Delivery as standard on all orders now.

14 Day Returns, 365-Day RTB Hardware Warranty (excludes accidental damage!)

Every TA1 Mac is graded against the criteria below, fully tested and battery-verified. Read the full grading guide here.

Excellent Condition

Fully Working & Battery >=85% <400cycles.

Excellent Condition

Like New - May have one or two very faint hairline scratches, only visible under direct light — nothing visible after 30cm. Screen is clean with no marks.

(Imagine someone bought this machine and used it carefully for less than a month.)

Good Condition

Fully Working & Battery >=85% <400cycles.

Good Condition

Light signs of use — a couple of small scratches or scuffs on the casing visible after 30cm, but no dents.

Screen again perfect - may have a little tiny scratch but all screen marks are invisible when the display is on.

(Imagine someone bought this machine and used it for a couple of months.)

Fair Condition

Fully Working & Battery >=85% <400cycles.

Fair Condition

Noticeable scratches, scuffs, or light dents on the casing.

Screen is excellent also - may have the odd tiny scratch but all marks invisible when the display is on.

(Imagine a student bought this machine and used it daily for a year or so.)

Why we love the Apple M1/M2 Architecture

(Some benchmarks comparing vs the Intel Core Variant)

xCode

Up To 2.8X Faster On M1

Final Cut Pro

Up To 5.9X Faster On M1

Unity Editor

Up To 3.5X Faster On M1

Create ML (Machine Learning)

Up To 11X Faster On M1

Operating System

Latest macOS Tahoe. ✅✅

macOS 26 Tahoe brings effortless window tiling, web browsing with fewer distractions, new iPhone Mirroring and support for Apple Intelligence.