Also the trade-in price for M1 is 50% lower than on the used market.
(Edit: buyout -> trade-in)
Do you mean when using it as a trade-in with Apple? Something else?
Apologies, don't quite follow.
I think the GP poster was referring to that, because (anecdotally but still) when I was selling an M1 Pro, Apple offered me $950 but I was able to sell it for $1500. I probably could've gotten more, but I wanted it out of the house.
Right, have a similar experience. Wanted to upgrade to one with a larger SSD as I'm always running out, but the trade-in price was ridiculous. Decided to keep what I have
Totally nailed it. 2016 to the M1 had Apple release trash product. The touch bar? A keyboard that doesn’t work? Garbage.
(I think there was one final intel round that had a reasonable keyboard, but I don't keep track enough to know if it was as good in other ways...)
Yeah the last intel macbooks were quite good but not so much incentive to upgrade over earlier macs, unlike the M1s.
When do you ever need to upgrade your desktop computer every year?
Upgrade cycles are more like 4-6+ years.
Yes sure. I mean, many people hadn’t had an incentive to buy for several years and then a much improved machine came along, and many people bit. I certainly did, after years of hating my 2016 MacBook Pro.
I liked my 2013 air and the M1 air was the first thing to come along that seemed a fair bit better. Although I still miss the smaller size and weight of the 11" air. Still the M1 has twice the battery life.