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One thing to consider is resale value. When I tried reselling old Windows laptops like a Surface or XPS, the value dropped off a cliff from the MSRP. I would sp
by shepherdjerred 4y ago
One thing to consider is resale value. When I tried reselling old Windows laptops like a Surface or XPS, the value dropped off a cliff from the MSRP. I would spend $2000 on a laptop and then it was selling for $700 used on ebay a year later.
With MacBooks (and other Apple products) you can often recoup 70%-80% of your initial cost as long as it's in good condition.
- smoldesu 4y agoIf it's not a base-model. If you're one of the unlucky shmucks running an 8/256 M1 Macbook Pro, you'll be lucky to get $500 for it on the secondhand market.
- shepherdjerred 4y agoSwappa shows that you can get much more. The current average sale price for a Macbook Air, M1, 256GB is $673 respectively. Compared to the $1000 MSRP you're getting about 67% back. Note that Swappa takes a 3% cut, so the buyer would actually see around ~$650. https://swappa.com/guide/macbook-air-2020-13/prices https://swappa.com/guide/macbook-air-2020-13/prices
- r00fus 4y agoIt gets even better. I got my M1 Airs (base model) for like $850 arg (two at $950, 2 at $750 - all brand new). They're still great little machines - like my still-running 2010 Air (so retro I keep it around for kicks) - I expect these to last pretty much forever. Great for the kids/elderly when configured properly. Minimal support effort. My kids treat them like their Nintendos and they just work.
- secondcoming 4y agoI don't tend to upgrade machines all that often. My current laptop is two years old that I maxed out with 128GB RAM and oodles of storage so I won't need to consider upgrading for at least 5 more years at least.