Agreed.
Quote from: TheZookie007 on July 08, 2023, 08:43:25 PMAgreed.I been thinking about refurbished for my next laptop.
The biggest con to purchasing any M1/M2 Mac: the solid-state drives are soldered to the motherboard. The SSD you get at purchase is what you're stuck with for life; if the computer conks out, you're SOL. Apple is super-eco-unfriendly for doing this, still.Kyle Erickson, 15 October 2023: "SAVE Your Mac And Your MONEY! External SSDs For Mac Explained"
Quote from: TheZookie007 on November 11, 2023, 07:30:27 PMThe biggest con to purchasing any M1/M2 Mac: the solid-state drives are soldered to the motherboard. The SSD you get at purchase is what you're stuck with for life; if the computer conks out, you're SOL. Apple is super-eco-unfriendly for doing this, still.Kyle Erickson, 15 October 2023: "SAVE Your Mac And Your MONEY! External SSDs For Mac Explained" And I bet they do that with the M3 iMacs as well. Which would explain why changing the size of the drive is so damn expensive at the time of the order... they all default to the meager 256 gb solid state drive. And it's like nearly $400.00 to upgrade that to 1 TB.Its cheaper to get a separate monitor, keyboard, mouse and a decked out M2 Mac Mini.
I never buy any Apple product brand-new; always refurbished or second-hand. That's better for my pocket and better for the environment.I'm waiting for them to come out with a 27" iMac M1; that (or a maxed-out Mac mini) will probably be the only M1/M2 Mac I ever buy with my own money. In the meanwhile, if they give me one of these at work, I would not say no to it! Matthew Muniz, 25 October 2021: "MacBook Pro 16 (M1 Pro) Review - The Best Laptop of 2021!"
