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Apple Begins Selling Refurbished M4 Macs
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Not so in Canada.
I have bought two M series Mac Book Pros for two daughters in university and I was never asked to provide proof.
Not second hand, brand new (almost) since some parts are completely new !
Awhile back they tried to use a organization associated with education in the states where it required proof then they quickly abandoned that, too much hassle for students.
Apple's reasoning: The M2 Mac mini has a bigger aluminum body/enclosure vs the M4 Mac mini. You're paying up for that extra aluminum 😂
For in store purchases in Canada (and also in the US I believe), they sometimes may ask for proof. However, they never ask for online edu purchases, even if you pick up in store.
However, the prior point was that it's not the same outside of Canada and the US.
It wasn't quickly abandoned. Proof was required in the US and Canada for a very, very long time. However, if you weren't buying Macs in the early days you may not have known this.
And they still require proof in many other countries to this day.
The premium price for USB A ports
You are right, base M2 Mini is just 50 less than the base M4 in the German store, no refurbished M4 there at the moment.
Great discounts for nano-texture MBPs and on par with glossy third party discounts (plus the up-charge for nano-texture). Everything else seems meh.
I would be concerned that these Minis all had overheating problems. So many returns so soon? Red flag. I'll keep my M2 mini
I have a 4x USB-A 3.2 Hub on one of my front ports now and the cable goes around the side and it's hanging in the air. It's always moving the Mini if nothing heavier is laying on it.
I don't want to waste a TB5 port for this. On the front alone is space for at least 5 USB-A Ports in addition to 2x USB-C.
Just to clarify for the others here: The 649€ M2 on the German store is a 16/256 GB refurb, while the 699€ M4 16/256 is brand new.
Yes, but not at Apple. The refurbished prices normally stay the same until there is a newer version.
Perhaps not Canada, but they backed off it here in 2022, and yes it was about a week.
I'll bet that you, and the person who gave you a thumbs up, knew full well that your comparison was disingenuous when you knowingly omitted the fact that you were comparing prices with an educational price that isn't generally available. Integrity should matter, yet it rarely does anymore.The $509 price of refurb M4 Mac mini is silly. A brand new one direct from Apple is $499.
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Mac mini with the M4 and M4 Pro chips. Built for Apple Intelligence. With front and back ports. Financing options available. Buy now from apple.com.www.apple.com
Well, here it’s different. You need a student ID or a verified school account.
Oh, that's what you mean. What I meant is long before that proof was required for edu purchases. For example, when you bought in the early 2000s, Apple required proof for edu purchases or to buy at a campus computer shop which had the student pricing built-in.
Those are all base versions i think. M2 Pro, M3 Pro, and M4 Pro with 512GB storage and 16, 18, 24GB RAM:
Yeah, we were talking only about the M2 non-Pro Mac mini. I didn't look into any of the laptops.
This refurb 16/256 Gigabit M2 Mac mini is only 50 Euros less than the brand new 16/256 Gigabit M4 Mac mini.
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Yes, but the thread is about M4 in general and it looks like the price differences for MacBook Pros are also wrong.