Deals: Woot Introduces Record Low Prices on M1 iMac, 13-Inch MacBook Air, and More (Up to $499 Off)

[Drewps5co0tt]

No, I've been there many times over the years. If you keep updating your Mac (or iPhone or iPad) eventually the OS and other software will become demanding enough to slow your once-snappy machine down to the point where you want a new one. I don't think the M1 Macs are quite there yet. And at the prices they're going for, if you get a few years' good use out of one, I think it could be worth it.

Only a "few years" for a Mac? I've had my Windows laptop for 8 years now. I would expect a Mac to last at least just as long, if not longer.

 

[sideshowuniqueuser]

Then buy the silver one???

Silver just looks old and out of date these days. Even Space Grey is starting to now that Midnight exists. Not a single iMac colour appeals to me.

 

[svish]

Some good prices but they are in open box condition and no standard Apple warranty.

 

[dominiongamma]

Why are the only ones ever on sale the 256GB ones. Does no one want to buy them?

Too small of a size

 

[Algus]

My 2012 Mac mini runs Catalina just fine. Do you guys who are talking about beach balls and such ever reformat your machines or do any kind of housekeeping?

 

[ke-iron]

Umm....

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Should have been more specific. I meant the flat screen design that was silver/ gray for many years. With the black borders on screen.

 

[ke-iron]

Then buy the silver one???

They have this white like border that looks so unattractive to me.

 

[ke-iron]

The silver iMacs used friction stir welding to attach the chin piece. That's awfully expensive - the M1 machines moved away from this and so the cases are likely significantly cheaper to manufacture. I doubt they're ever going back to making them the way they used to.

This design was the best ever!

 

[ke-iron]

I think a lot of people just want non pastel colors and/or a black bezel option.

You nailed it. This is exactly what I want. I cannot stand the way they look right now.

 

[Longplays]

This design was the best ever!

Apple offers a silver iMac M1.

Regardless of color what I want is a larger iMac with M2/M2 Pro.

If the white bezel/frame bothered me that much I'd just overlay it with black electrical tape as a cheap dBrand skin alternative.

This iMac's 11.5mm thick. Imagine what the 2030 iMac would be? It be 6mm or thinner like today's iPad or iPhone?

It would make Apple put the I/O like Thunderbolt 5 80Gb/s where the 3.5mm headphone jack is located.

 

[ignatius345]

Only a "few years" for a Mac? I've had my Windows laptop for 8 years now. I would expect a Mac to last at least just as long, if not longer.

Sure. It'll last as long as you want in absence of a hardware failure.

I'm just saying software/OS tends to get more demanding over time, so it's a slow slide from "zippy" to "sluggish." Also depends on your usage. My grandmother is using a MacBook Air that's probably 10 years old at this point and because she does so little with it, it's fine. Slow as hell if you start doing much with it, but totally usable for email and simpler web stuff.

I'm only going to upgrade her so she can have an up to date OS with current security patches -- which is another issue: the end of the line for OS security, which comes for all Macs after some point.