Weird. I got several years' very good user out of my MacBook Air that had 8GB of RAM. My wife is still using one day in, day out to run her business quite nicely. LOL, what a scam!
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Is it a bad time for 8GB RAM owners to sell their Airs?
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just like driving the new car out of the showroom …
M4 MB Airs probably coming sooner rather than later.
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macOS Sequoia 15.2 Confirms New M4 MacBook Air Models Are Coming
Apple today made a mistake with its macOS Sequoia 15.2 update, releasing the software for two Macs that have yet to be launched. There is a software file for "Mac16,12" and "Mac16,13," which are upcoming MacBook Air models.
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Just sold the Air, I got $925. He contacted me earlier asking if I would take $925.
Just met up with him and he was happy after he checked it out. He checked the cycle count and saw it was only at 16.
Good thing I didn't sell it to the guy last night. I would have lost out on $75.
Him and his brother are going to take it to the Apple store and exchange it for a new one. Even though there is nothing wrong with it. They kept asking about the exchange process despite me buying it from Best Buy. So they basically get a brand new. M3 Air for $925CAD.
Doesn't Apple ask to replicate the issue before they do any exchanges? I would be shocked if it's as easy to do an exchange there as compared to Best Buy, where It's an automatic swap.
Im happy with the return. Now I don't have any redundancy with 2 MacBooks. Now I will keep my Mac mini
Just met up with him and he was happy after he checked it out. He checked the cycle count and saw it was only at 16.
Good thing I didn't sell it to the guy last night. I would have lost out on $75.
Him and his brother are going to take it to the Apple store and exchange it for a new one. Even though there is nothing wrong with it. They kept asking about the exchange process despite me buying it from Best Buy. So they basically get a brand new. M3 Air for $925CAD.
Doesn't Apple ask to replicate the issue before they do any exchanges? I would be shocked if it's as easy to do an exchange there as compared to Best Buy, where It's an automatic swap.
Im happy with the return. Now I don't have any redundancy with 2 MacBooks. Now I will keep my Mac mini
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Excellent! You are very lucky.
Huh? Why would Apple agree to exchange it? They might be in for a surprise.
My guess is they're wanting to maximize the deal for them. Even though it is in great used condition, if they can swap it out for a brand new one, then even better for them.
I could be wrong but don't the Apple Store have to verify the issue first before doing exchanges? Not like Best Buy where you can walk in, make up any false reason and they swap it no questions asked.
Yes, but what I'm saying is Apple won't swap it out for no reason. I've gotten Apple stuff replaced under warranty before and while they're much better than other companies about warranty work, they aren't stupid about it.
I was thinking the exact same thing. But if they want to waste their time and try to exchange a perfectly working device and make up a false reason then they can have at it.
Nothing. They just want to maximize the deal for them. Brand new is more appealing to them than used (even though 10/10 condition).
Ya which could still be appealing to them. I wouldn't do it though, you risk getting a unit with other possible issues. If it aint broke, don't mess with it.
no doubt they didn't like the shiny keys..it was used after all. But seriously, why on earth would they even tell you of their plan? Something isn't adding up here...
I traded my macbook m2 with Best Buy today since they had a $200 off sale on the 16 gb, and my MacBook Air trade-in was $ 500, so it was a no-brainer for me to upgrade the RAM alone, much faster, and glad I did it. I stayed on the m2 series since the m3 didn't offer much of a huge difference
Every few days there is a post asking whether they should wait to buy the next gen Mac, and people's responses are always no. And they'll make sarcastic comments such as "you should wait for the M6".
What a lot of people don't understand is that there's always a good time and bad time to buy/sell Macs. There's a timing factor, which is precisely why this very website has a buying guide - M4 MBP is a strong buy now, don't buy the M2 Mac Studio. This is mostly based on how soon Apple is expected to refresh the product line.
There is an additional factor, which is the generation changes Apple makes (or doesn't make) YoY. Just because Apple refreshes a product, it doesn't necessarily mean big improvements compared to the previous gen. The changes that cause significant drops in previous gen value are the change to M1, decrease in retail price (M2 Mac Mini), and RAM upgrade to 16GB. Conversely, if the year didn't have much upgrade (2017-2019 MacBooks), or the retail price increased (M2 MBA), then the previous gen holds its value extra well.
If you bought a 2020 Intel MBA after release it absolutely sucked. But if you bought an 2020 M1 MBA after release it would have held its value quite well up until recently.
If you selling, you're on the other side. You want to sell before any big changes are made that drops the value of your gadget. Buy low and sell high. Otherwise you have to eating the loss because of bad timing.
What a lot of people don't understand is that there's always a good time and bad time to buy/sell Macs. There's a timing factor, which is precisely why this very website has a buying guide - M4 MBP is a strong buy now, don't buy the M2 Mac Studio. This is mostly based on how soon Apple is expected to refresh the product line.
There is an additional factor, which is the generation changes Apple makes (or doesn't make) YoY. Just because Apple refreshes a product, it doesn't necessarily mean big improvements compared to the previous gen. The changes that cause significant drops in previous gen value are the change to M1, decrease in retail price (M2 Mac Mini), and RAM upgrade to 16GB. Conversely, if the year didn't have much upgrade (2017-2019 MacBooks), or the retail price increased (M2 MBA), then the previous gen holds its value extra well.
If you bought a 2020 Intel MBA after release it absolutely sucked. But if you bought an 2020 M1 MBA after release it would have held its value quite well up until recently.
If you selling, you're on the other side. You want to sell before any big changes are made that drops the value of your gadget. Buy low and sell high. Otherwise you have to eating the loss because of bad timing.
We got a 2020 Intel MBA for my husband and when the M1 models were announced I immediately sold it. As a result, we only spent about 1/3 of the price to upgrade to the base M1, 8/256, which he is going to use for years to come. (Current resale value: approx. €300. Current use: no need for improvement of any sort.)
I got a quote of €662 for my own M1 8/1TB – it’s a bit… bumped… here and there, so I’ll see whether rebuy.nl actually pays out €662. Together with the 2016 rMB I sold for €385 (8/512) that covers more than half the price of the new M4 MBP 16/1TB I am using right now. And truth be told I didn’t really have to upgrade – it’s not like I was suffering from horrible lags from Teh Horrorz of 8GB RAM except when I opened my DAW and iZotope audio editor at the same time, I saw the Beach Ball of Doom then sometimes and the Air got hot. But I got a nice discount on the M4 MBP… and if I waited longer, the resale price of the MBA would either only drop or maybe rise by €30. I decided to take €662 rather than pray for €700 and end up with €630.