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Apple Begins Selling Refurbished Mac Studio With M4 Max and M3 Ultra Chips at a Discount
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At a quick glance on the DE store all the M4 Max models have the default ram.
I wouldn't recommend buying a "pro" machine that you're supposed to keep for years with less than 64 gb today...
Edit: Oh or not. The asses have linked the 64 Gb option to the more expensive M4 Max CPU submodel.
I wouldn't recommend buying a "pro" machine that you're supposed to keep for years with less than 64 gb today...
Edit: Oh or not. The asses have linked the 64 Gb option to the more expensive M4 Max CPU submodel.
Refurbished prices have always* been better than education prices. The difference can range from maybe $100 to several hundred. If you can be patient when new devices are released, buying refurbished is a great way to save money. There are, however, times when third party deals on new computers beat Apple's refurbished prices.
*I can't be 100% certain there was never a higher refurbished price than an education price for the same product.
Duh, that was not the point. It is the same manufacturer that, because of cost cutting, the bugs in both hardware and software are on an exponential curve upwards.
Now that it's generally possible to get a modest discount from resellers (assuming you don't qualify for Apple's own modest educational discount, which usually comes out right around the same), refurbs aren't that great of a deal, but on the other hand every one I've gotten in the past has been functionally indistinguishable from a new one apart from the packaging, so it's also not a terrible deal.
Does anyone know what the source of Apple's refurbs are? They seem like open-box returns, so I've always kind of assumed that's where the vast majority (if not all) come from.
Does anyone know what the source of Apple's refurbs are? They seem like open-box returns, so I've always kind of assumed that's where the vast majority (if not all) come from.
It's true that Amazon has better pricing but they only offer base. They don't offer other specs unless via specialist third parties who usually don't generally discount and often just order through Apple so there's still a wait time.
I wish Apple would increase the range of specs options available to purchase across all retailers or allow at least some retailers to request alternative specs instead of the standard ones. Apple used to have some additional configurations available in their stores to take away immediately (such as larger SSDs and additional RAM) but they don't seem to do that anymore (at least not in the UK).
Specially on Amazon the refurbs can be littered with ‘sketchy’ sellers.
For new stuff buying directly from Amazon saved me €100 on an Apple Watch 10 purchase compared to buying straight from Apple.
My wife wants a Mac Studio and I think this might be the ticket over her MacBook Air M2.
“refurbished M4 Max configurations starts at $1,699”
“refurbished M4 Max configurations starts at $1,699”