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Is it worth dramatically more in an eBay sale? These machines were: A. Ludicrously priced in this configuration new to begin with and B. Have been thoroughl
by giobox 4y ago
Is it worth dramatically more in an eBay sale?
These machines were:
A. Ludicrously priced in this configuration new to begin with
and
B. Have been thoroughly "osbourned" by the ARM macs.
although we don't have a direct replacement machine (e.g. ARM mac with PCI-E slots), a Mac Studio off the Apple store floor will outperform it in so many tasks at a fraction of the price, power consumption and size.
I wouldn't want to buy this computer 2nd hand at any price other than fire sale low, personally. For those of us who lived through the PowerPC to Intel transition, the speed at which G5 PowerMac towers became worthless was pretty impressive and I suspect the same happens for the intel - ARM transition, if not more so.
- hnthrowaway0315 4y agoOn ebay I see price point for the 2019 model from 6k to 10k in CAD.
- lockhouse 4y agoThis! Why would I buy a used Intel powered Mac Pro instead of a brand new Mac Studio? Even a maxed out M2 Pro Mac Mini looks like a better value proposition for a lot of workloads.
- itake 4y agoI've had issues running old versions of node on the m1. Maybe the time to upgrade legacy systems isn't worth it.
- goosedragons 4y agoWorkloads the Mac Studio just can't handle. Like anything that needs more than 128GB RAM. Although I'm not sure why you'd buy the Mac Pro and not a PC workstation with newer parts for something like that.
- irrational 4y agoIn the article they show screenshots from ebay, so... yes, they are worth dramatically more in an Ebay sale (assuming the screenshots are legit).
- FearlessNebula 4y ago> Have been thoroughly "osbourned" by the ARM macs. Moot point, Apple won’t delay the release of their new chips to preserve resale value on customers devices, that’s nonsensical.
- giobox 4y agoI'm not arguing they should delay anything? Merely pointing out the availability of much cheaper and faster ARM Macs has accomplished an Osbourne like effect already - that Mac Pro is outdated and overpriced right now, and buyers on the new and used markets know this.