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Totally, After a certain point it gets silly to have a bunch of mismatched office furniture that is inevitably in various states of disrepair. You can save you
by dghlsakjg 2y ago
Totally, After a certain point it gets silly to have a bunch of mismatched office furniture that is inevitably in various states of disrepair.
You can save yourself heaps of money by buying used Macbooks off of e-bay for a startup, but it becomes a nightmare at scale when you get an IT department that needs to manage it all with uniform security updates, and lifecycles.
- mdaniel 2y agoBuying them off eBay is one thing, but for my own money I've had just stellar success with Apple's Refurbished selection, which comes with a warranty and one can purchase Apple Care for them <https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished> Regrettably I don't know if they're compatible with Apple's MDM but I couldn't imagine why not
- ghaff 2y agoFor yourself, it's totally an individual decision based on your personal priorities and risk calculus. I'm a bit skeptical about purchasing refurb computer equipment in general because the support window is ticking down but certainly I have nothing against used and refurb goods for the home in general. For companies, there's a lot to be said for standardization though, for my last job, I just used my own phones and computer gear anyway so it was what I wanted and I controlled it (other than MDM latterly on the phone).
- duskwuff 2y ago> Regrettably I don't know if they're compatible with Apple's MDM but I couldn't imagine why not I doubt they'll ship you pre-MDMed devices from the refurb store, but you should still be able to add them to your account manually: https://it-training.apple.com/tutorials/deployment/dm060/ https://it-training.apple.com/tutorials/deployment/dm060/