Not in the US. In other countries, they use Unidays.People refer to the Education Discount as if anyone with a pulse qualifies for it. Does Apple not even verify this?
Not in the US. In other countries, they use Unidays.People refer to the Education Discount as if anyone with a pulse qualifies for it. Does Apple not even verify this?
Apple disagreed with you, as the linked model now shows a $459 price (and probably already did before you posted, based on the post immediately prior to yours).No reason to get an M2 version. Wonder who will buy this. Not expecting Apple to change the prices on the M2 models.
That is the real "problem". Good for consumers to get brand new, with no verification, for that price, but why would anyone choose refurb?
In the UK you must verify your status.
Is it different in the US?
They'd never do that. Key rule of profit is keep all the sales in-house. Their warehouses are already there and are massive. Until they full up it's not an issue and costs them nothing to have a listing on the refurbs.Very odd indeed
Nobody should be buying those base M2's at those prices
Apple maybe needs a non first party channel to offload those at lower prices
(see: eBay)
They'd never do that. Key rule of profit is keep all the sales in-house. Their warehouses are already there and are massive. Until they full up it's not an issue and costs them nothing to have a listing on the refurbs.
Considering the recent upgrade to the base model specs, we've honestly only been conditioned to think they're good prices after years of overpriced RAM/SSD upgrade pricing to achieve that level (24gb/1tb). Meanwhile the true cost of such an __upgrade__ from the (new) base configuration, let alone the starting cost of the base configuration itself, isn't even close to $100.On the other hand, the M4 prices are in some cases, ridiculously good.
MBP with 24 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage for only $100 more than the retail price of the base model? That’s pretty good.
I think you misunderstood my point. The issue wasn't with eBay as a third party but the seller. In this case Apple is believed to be the seller. Since Apple sells at scale they can negotiate much better commission prices with eBay vs a standard seller that are likely the same or better sorts of commission they would pay to Costco or B&H.Ahh! Not so fast my friend!
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Apple's "Secret" eBay Store Returns [Updated] | TechCrunch
In fall 2012, a mysterious eBay store appeared that only sold Apple products at prices that undercut Apple's own online refurbished store. The store was widely speculated to have been run by Apple, despite the company never confirming its involvement. That store disappeared last year, but now...techcrunch.com
I agree about being able to run full Mac OS on the iPad pros. They make the peripherals for iPad that effectively turn it into a laptop. Meanwhile Microsoft has been very successful with the Surface family. I actually bought one in 2017 (wife prefers Windows, :/ ) and they're extremely nice and flexible in terms of usage. I just upgraded her to the latest model. It's nice having a touchscreen on a laptop. Granted these days it seems that most PC laptops have touch screen... I can't tell you how often I try to touch the screen on my MBA/MBPs... Lol.We knew it was bad when the M4 hit the iPad Pro first, a device that clearly didn't need it first.
iPad Pros should have the option to "boot camp" into macOS. Give it something special for the $1000+ they cost. It's a niche device intended for Pros. Let the Airs/base iPads not run macOS -- nobody expects it for $299 but for $1299? I sure do.
They'd never do that.
Don't do it. I did and didn't benefit the way I thought I would and returned it to Costco within the return window. Especially now that 16 GB is the base, it's more than enough to do pretty much everything. RAM was the only thing holding me back previously. And then only in very specific instances of having Adobe Lightroom open all afternoon...I noticed that too. I've always been a big fan of the Air because I travel a lot, but some of these M4 MBP prices are really tempting me to just carry around the extra weight.
I'm not so sure. There have been reports of a lot of m4 Mac minis having an issue with the usb-c ports on the front of the device. At least I think it's the front of the device. Either way one set of the usb-c ports has an issue.I'm surprised they're releasing refurbed Mini M4s so soon. There are a lot on the UK store too, both M4 and M4 pro, as well as M2s. They must have had a lot of people trying and returning them.
Yeah, US requires no verification. You can just go to the edu store and buy your product.
That's a red flag to me. That tells me they have either a design flaw or quality issue with the early production Mini M4.I'm surprised they're releasing refurbed Mini M4s so soon.
Yes, company likes profits.Considering the recent upgrade to the base model specs, we've honestly only been conditioned to think they're good prices after years of overpriced RAM/SSD upgrade pricing to achieve that level (24gb/1tb). Meanwhile the true cost of such an __upgrade__ from the (new) base configuration, let alone the starting cost of the base configuration itself, isn't even close to $100.
This is especially true if you consider the market price the of SoC and the SSD. Namely the way SoCs are binned and then sold (24gb is an otherwise rejected 32 with any functioning RAM/GPU/CPU that would render it a higher-end model disabled). This binning is industry standard practice for all chip manufacturing to keep costs relatively low - especially SoCs given the risk of bundling everything on a single chip. Base specs go up when average chip yields improve to the point where risk is mitigated to make the jump. Most manufacturers are willing to take the risk to profits and bump specs to boost sales. Apple is more protective of that margin of rush to the bottom line. To be fair to Apple though, as noted, SoCs cram all your eggs (RAM, CPU, GPU) in one basket so the risk of failure ruining a chip or entire wafer of chips is much higher.
Or it could just be that the sales volume is much, much larger than usual because they are the first mini models that has seemed like a really good value in years. I haven't had any issue with mine, which was the first Mac I've bought as an impulse buy when I didn't actually need a newer one. The kid at the Staples where I picked it up was talking about trying one, so there could also be some Windows users dipping their toes, and then taking advantage of Apple's return policy when they don't enjoy the change as much as they hoped.That's a red flag to me. That tells me they have either a design flaw or quality issue with the early production Mini M4.
So does my city, Vancouver Canada.Apple does provide free recycling,
That's ridiculous.
What's the point?
Anyway, lucky you.
I would expect he meant what's the point of having an education store which doesn't require that you are actually getting an education, as that does seem ridiculous. I wish it had been that easy years ago when I was in university and actually eligible.$499 ($100 off).
I would expect he meant what's the point of having an education store which doesn't require that you are actually getting an education, as that does seem ridiculous. I wish it had been that easy years ago when I was in university and actually eligible.
That's ridiculous.
What's the point?
Anyway, lucky you.
I would expect he meant what's the point of having an education store which doesn't require that you are actually getting an education, as that does seem ridiculous. I wish it had been that easy years ago when I was in university and actually eligible.