Real buyers looking for a deal just go through the no verification education page for 15% discount on launch day.
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Apple Now Selling Refurbished M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro Models
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Real buyers looking for a deal just go through the no verification education page for 15% discount on launch day.
I've removed this mention as it is indeed not listed this way on the website. I personally have not received a refurbished Mac with any signs of damage or battery issues nor have I heard of anyone receiving such a device, but since it's not explicitly mentioned, I took it out. I apologize for any confusion.
According to their website, the 14" and 16" bases are getting 8% or less?
Where's this 15% Education savings?
16 inch MBP / 10-Core CPU / 16-Core GPU / 16GB Unified Memory / 512GB SSD Storage
Regular price = $2499
Education = $2299 (8% discount)
Refurb = $2249 (10% discount)
16 inch MBP / 10-Core CPU / 16-Core GPU / 16GB Unified Memory / 1TB SSD Storage
Regular price = $2699
Education = $2499 (7.4% off)
Refurb = $2429 (10% off)
16 inch MBP / 10-Core CPU / 132-Core GPU / 32GB Unified Memory / 1TB SSD Storage
Regular price = $3499
Education = $3199 (8.57% off)
Refurb = $3149 (10% off)
14 inch MBP / 8-Core CPU / 14-Core GPU / 16GB Unified Memory / 512GB SSD Storage
Regular price = $1999
Education = $1849 (7.5% off)
Refurb = $1799 (10% off)
14 inch MBP / 10-Core CPU / 16-Core GPU / 16GB Unified Memory / 1TB SSD Storage
Regular price = $2499
Education = $2299 (8% off)
Refurb = $2249 (10% off)
If you're really looking for a deal, Micro Center has the base 14 inch MBP for $1749 (12.5% off regular $1999 price).
Costco has also on occassion sold it for $1749
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Or the 16-inch sales are just generally much higher. Many of the people who actually want a pro machine don't care about that little bit of additional weight, they'd rather have the larger display, larger battery, and better thermals.
You're right, I was thinking of their Back to School promo where you get $159 back on top of edu if you don't pick up the AirPods, but that's definitely not a normal intended discount.
Retailers like B&H Photo carry nearly twice the number of MBP 14-inch SKUs vs. 16-inch.
Many consumers buying these care about the weight and size, or else they wouldn't be in the notebook market to begin with.
1TB of storage is high end? Is it still the 2010s? Some of these "Pros" come with a whopping 16GB of RAM which can't be upgraded. Boot your mac and use the Notes app. So exciting! If they're going to keep hobbling all their products can they at least release an M1 version of Snow Leopard or something so there's memory left to run programs?
They already charge more for a lot of things that should make up for that. Look at how much they charge for storage and RAM these days
Also, when it comes to inflation the number one question is: are we making more? If not, it doesn’t matter if the price went up because of inflation, it’s still more expensive than it was before
Why do you say that? Over the years I have bought at least three refurbs. Refurbs have been more thoroughly vetted than a new MBP. When feasible I always buy refurbs, but more often I need a special configuration not available refurbished.
Apple puts refurbs through more extensive hands-on-by-a-human testing than a new MBP sees. They are excellent choices. My expectation is that the hardware failure rate on refurbs is lower than on untouched new MBPs.
Of course they sell more of the cheaper models. Many folks do want lighter/cheaper; however others want power and display real estate. Folks like me happily carry 1.2 pounds more in exchange for:
A) Substantially larger display
B) More pixels
C) Better battery life
D) Superior performance (view tests at barefeats dot com)
The smaller display of the 14" model provides a very substantial reduction in productivity for most real work. But I do see the attraction of smaller/lighter/cheaper if one is carrying it around all the time. And the 14" can drive external displays when used in desktop mode, losing only a small amount of performance.
I bought a 2014 15" MBP as a refurb and other than replacing the battery, I never upgraded anything. I got it with 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD and that was enough for 7 years. I stopped upgrading Parallels and deleted my windows VM last year after realizing that I only started it up to do software updates. Not so sad.
I need a new laptop but do I want to spend this amount or wait to see the new Airs is the question
Not to me. Too many “content creators” ahem sorry finicky YouTubers with test models or hun I g for views buying so many on credit returning abs also real professional users switching back b force earlier between the various cpu or MBP size options I actually expected refurbs this early on.
I'm not going to comment on the pricing, but with the exception of my current M1 Max MBP 16", I've only bought refurbished from Apple for both home and work use for the last 15-20 years, and every single machine has been near flawless. All have cosmetically looked new, and we've had no real issues over probably about 15 total Macs. A few laptops but mostly iMacs, Mini's (workhorses!) and a pair of 2010 era MacPro's that are still encoding video today. Beyond the basic packaging, you'd never know the machines you buy are refurbished.
