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I bought a top spec Intel mac a month before the M1 came out. Just sold that computer for 1/3 it's original price :\
by fastball 3y ago
I bought a top spec Intel mac a month before the M1 came out. Just sold that computer for 1/3 it's original price :\
- solardev 3y ago1/3 is pretty good for a used computer, TBH. I usually get like 20% or less... sometimes they're hard to even give away.
- fastball 3y agoFair, this one was in literally perfect condition though. No scratches / damage and a brand new battery.
- solardev 3y agoIt's like buying a car. The moment your Mac walks out of the store, the ghost of Steve Jobs comes and personally curses it to 2/3 of its value that very instant.
- gmac 3y agoExcept with cars, that loss is against the sticker price. So if you get a good enough deal on your new car, it can in fact lose nothing when you drive it away (I got close to 1/3 off a new car in 2018, using a web-based buying agent, in the UK). It's very hard to get anything like that much off a Mac, since Apple appears to have pretty tight control over prices, even as charged by third parties.
- michaelteter 3y agoI don't recall if the M1 was a secret/surprise (I doubt it). Before buying any Apple hardware, it's worth looking up a couple of sites that suggest when the next release cycle will be for a given item and what specs are expected in the next release. The one I use is https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/
- 1000100_1000101 3y agoM1 was not a surprise. After years of waiting for a non-butterfly keyboard, they released a working Intel based MBP, but almost immediately made it worthless by announcing the migration to Arm. They even "rented" prototypes using A12Z chips for developers to use to prepare their apps nearly a year in advance. Hardly a stealth endeavour.