Was looking for a new computer to replace my 2017 Macbook Pro. Found this on the refurbished store at Apple and seems to be a good price. A good saving compared to the usual 10% off at Amazon and Officeworks right now ($986) if you don't mind going refurb.
I know it's not the cheapest it's been (was $923 through some Afterpay promotion with eBay before EOFY and $880 back in March) but is definitely the cheapest at the moment from what I could find.
In my experience, Apple refurbs are as good as new, so I’d save the $50, but YMMV.
Bit what's the warranty difference?
No warranty difference. Deal with Apple directly.
Warranty is the same as new, and you can get AppleCare+ as well.
Not according to my friend though. He did get warranty for the refurb, but the iPhone battery did expand.
Purely coincidental, I’d say. Apple Refurbished all have new batteries, screens and chassis.
Could have happened just as easily to a new phone of any brand.
Great value for money, whether refurbed or new.
Really happy with mine
Will tide me over until the bigger iMac gets released
Absolutely!
MAME is great. But if you want something really simple, no fuss with joystick/arcade stick setup it’s awesome.
Better than my default Retroarch?
Show student card and price match apple edu at jbhifi and use 10%off gift card will be cheaper
You can also go through UniDays and get 11% off.
That is "up to" 11% off. The mac mini pricing is $1019.
Thanks, that base Mac Mini (8GB/256GB as above) is showing as $998 brand new at UniDays for me.
even cheaper if you get them to price match the 10% off at officeworks right now!
How to price match a refurbished one
officeworks isn't selling a refurbished one??
I’m just saying if you decide to go this route you might as well get jb to price match officeworks for $986 instead of edu pricing of $1019 and save 10% further from that.
@Glodys: Jb price match is a working solution. Price match at officework and get extra 10% is impossible.
I bought mine during 20% afterpay sale https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/611157
Very happy with the performance
Damn that's such a good price. Kicking myself that I missed it but I didn't need one back then :(
Seems like you can get brand new ones within spitting distance (if not cheaper) if you wanted to hold out. Although Apple Refurb’s are impeccable.
Mini or Air?
Spend the $400 extra and get the Air IMO. Portability is worth it. I had the same dilemma but glad with my decision, I use the MBA as a desktop 95% of the time hooked up to 27" 4K monitor. So snappy compared to my old X1 Carbon.
Thanks. Air is extra $$ but I get the portability in case I need it. Guess that worth the extra $$
Same, plug mine into a little USB C dock with a bluetooth keyboard/mouse and it works great as a desktop, unplug and I'm on the go with the exact same device! I ended up selling my top of the range XPS 15 for a 16gb RAM Air and I am loving the experience.
Just want to check any of you experience issue with bluetooth/usb device with your macbook air m1? Like my wireless mouse (connected via a unifying usb plug) often experiences lag and delay in moving the cursor etc. not sure why but I saw quite a lot of ppl have same problem on the internet. Also my external monitor is connected via hdmi cable to a usb hub. And sometimes the screen blackout for a few seconds before turning back again :(
@Ti94: Yes, my keyboard and mouse disconnect and need to be re-paired every now and then. Also mine is connected by USB-C (the cable apple includes does not work for display (only charging), had to use my own cable) my monitor seems to have an issue where it changes from 4K to 1080p randomly. A few little niggles here and there definitely.
@Ti94: I know when I restart my macbook, the keyboard and mouse do not pair until it is logged in. Apart from that I haven't had any issues with pairing.
Really depends on what you want. Air is almost the same performance and portable but keep in mind you’ll spend a bit on USB C docks to give it the same amount of USB ports, and the Air can only drive one external display.
That said, I got an Air and a Dell USB C monitor and I’m pretty amazed at the power and flexibility of the setup.
Make sure you have considered 7 vs 8 cores
Any good pricing going around on an MB M1 Air? That being said, second hand i5/ 250gb/ 8gb Ram MB Airs are $300 - $400 at the moment..and have USB, display, sdcard ports ready to roll.
Guessing also M1's might have some older Intel software issues? And say printer driver compatability?
Can you tri boot an M1 with say Bootcamp, an older OSX, and latest OSX?
The best you’re gonna find is 10% off.
I picked up an M1 Air for $1349 a few weeks ago. That’s about as good as it gets.
Bootcamp doesn’t exist for the M1.
You’ll need to run Parallels etc to run other OSes.
What's the battery life/ performance like running parallels, vs a proper bootcamp setup?
Also, can you at least dual boot OSX ? Some stuff isn't supported past High Sierra, but IOS will need a newer OS. So will need both.
Keep in mind its the arm version of windows not standard 64bit which limits things a lot
I installed a very old Brother laser printer on my Air without any hassles whatsoever.
Ironically I had more trouble trying to set up an AirPrint printer!
Unless you need the ports and slightly better performance (in certain scenarios) I'd go the Air as well since a key part of the m1 value proposition was the epic battery life when used as an ultraportable.
Then wait in October for Windows 11 with ARM CPUs, 2x performance with Samsung CXL Memory Expander (Terabytes) blending DDR5 & Compute Express Link interconnect via PCIe 5, Android subsystem, Microsoft's Your Phone integration (especially if you own 1 of best Samsung phones), etc.
If you don't have the extra money, Chrome OS is terrific think client (the Post PC that Apple wished but missed & now the new kids know the power of ChromeBooks with the same UX as Chrome on any platform).
There is much more competition that is good for the customers & Apple cannot charge premium for perception & no delivery.
Xiaomi overtook iPhones & many Chinese companies are in the queue to do it.
Lenovo Chromebook Duet for ~$300 is amazing fun including keyboard & cover with touch multiwindow functionality that even iPad pro cannot match.
I'm sure many are happy to pay the premium/appreciate the:
+ longevity and support for their systems/system updates
+ Customer service
+ Simplicity for majority of its users
+ Integration of apple products/ecosystem
+ Most importantly, their stance on Data Privacy and Security vs Google's harvesting of data
I've had much more windows issues/laptops than my 2013 Macbook pro on its 8th year of heavy usage.
But each to their own. I've never had an issue with apple that they could not fix.
Lenovo Chromebook Duet for ~$300 is amazing fun including keyboard & cover with touch multiwindow functionality that even iPad pro cannot match.
As someone who owns both a Chromebook Duet and an iPad Pro 11", and an avid fan of ChromeOS, the two in practice are incomparable… even with Chromebook Duet punching above it's weight, there are many areas where the Chromebook Duet is just a pain to use in comparison.
I enjoy the Chromebook Duet as a cheap device, throw anywhere, can run Android apps, erases quickly, etc… but the iPad Pro (whilst costing 4x the price with accessories and all) is 10x more polished in how it all works together, enterprise support (at least for my organisation), speed of doing anything, screen quality, use when docked with a USB C hub, etc…
so many negs!
you get a + from me.
rocking my 8 core 10700k Mac Pro 2019, i can put as many hard drives in a i like and hookup to as many monitors as i like. oh, wait, i can put in a new 'logic board' for like $150 lol, for $300 i get a 2TB SSD vs Apple 250GB bump ha ha. its a joke.
have a good day
This is a very good machine. Typing from one right now.
Seems a lot of money for a PC with only 8GB and not upgradable. Not much good having a fast CPU if the RAM is swapping.
I know IOS works well with far less RAM than Android or Windows needs. (2GB still is acceptable)
So is MacOS on ARM similarly frugal?
There’s plenty of benchmarks on YouTube, but generally it’ll be fine. If it needs to swap the SSD is so quick you won’t notice.
No, MacOS is not remotely frugal. 8GB is next to useless.
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All depends on use case but I’ve had no issues with video editing, Lightroom and general web surfing as well as having multiple windows open for WFH.
RAM swapping is becoming much less of an issue as apps update to run on M1 natively.
Does this come with 1 or 2 years warranty? Trying to work out if it’s worth the saving. I just put an order in for 512gb one for $1189
Been answered above, sorry
Where are you getting it for this price?
Was on the refurb site but as soon as I purchased it went to sold out
Thanks for that, last one obviously.
Anyone know if you can use the mac mini and an old 27 iMac (2012-13) in Target Display Mode as the screen?
Never been able to try it as my iMac is late 2014 model which doesn’t support it, but have a look here:
https://www.lifewire.com/use-imac-as-monitor-with-target-dis…
That’s what I am doing at the moment until the new 27” replacement is released
I’m using a Late 2009 in target disk mode
I saw there was a 1TB with 16GB version at $1699 this morning.
Check on this
M1 chip processing performance (M1 Macbook Pro 13" with 8GB ram) is nearly in par with Intel i9 (2019 15" Macbook Pro) with 32GB ram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF2ks8wx_go
"Processing performance" has nothing to do with RAM. Only an Apple fan-boy could make such a juvenile mistake.
Processing performance has nothing to do with Ram, but software and OS optimisation and how processor handle tasks does
Not saying ram is not important
But in general, Apple applications need less ram to perform the same task compare to Windows with Intel processor
These are back in stock 👍
![[Refurb] Apple Mac Mini M1 (8GB RAM / 256GB SSD) $929 Delivered @ Apple](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/32/638832.jpg?h=d9135967)
If you have Costco membership
Costco is selling at $980
https://www.costco.com.au/c/Mac-mini-256GB-MGNR3XA/p/101952
Maybe worth paying $50 more for some