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New MacBook every 90 days
Has anyone tried to get a new MacBook like every 90 days via:
1) buy new MacBook from apple
2) sell old one on http://www.sellyourmac.com
3) figure out the price you "rented" your new MacBook for.
Repeat. Any service that automates this?
- wmf 9y agoI had a coworker who did this every 11 months so that the used Mac was still under AppleCare which increases the resale value.
- MBCook 9y agoWhy would you abuse the return policy like that? And don't you think Apple would blacklist your card/address?
- natch 9y agoRead again. The question is talking about selling the old one, not returning it.
- PaulHoule 9y agoI think he said he was selling it to someone else. What I don't get is his motivation, other than estimating a price; many people don't see the value in upgrading a 2yr old laptop, particularly including the hassle of migration.
- andrewfromx 9y agoMy motivation is compressed cans of air to blow the dust out of the keyboard don't work very well. I'd rather just have a fresh Mac in perfect condition every 90 days. Plus, this way I always have the latest and greatest from apple and I get very good at having all my data in the cloud. Getting the new MacBook needs to be very fast to setup with Xcode and all my git repos etc. I might need to image the hard drive or make a very good script that loads everything up. This also reduces my fear of my MacBook being stolen or lost. The 90 days rule means I'm very used to just going to Apple Store and getting a new one and I'll be back to work in less than an hour.
- andrewfromx 9y agoyeah I didn't say return to apple! I said sell and effectively rent. If anything apple should be happy I'm buying more MacBooks. I'm the one taking the hit on the diff between new and used. But that diff is my "rental" fee to have a nice new MacBook with a keyboard that always works. My motivation is compressed cans of air to blow the dust out of the keyboard don't work very well. I'd rather just have a fresh Mac in perfect condition every 90 days.