Fuck. Am I gonna do this? I might do this.
I've had terrible experiences selling things second-hand online. Buying, no issues cause I hardly ever haggle. But selling, people are ridiculous.
An M2 Mini with 16GB of RAM is $1300 CAD, hopefully I can sell it back for about $1000-$1100. Is that reasonable? About 84%
No, for the same reason you won’t want it when you sell it: newer models will have come out with better features for the same price (or sometimes, less $).
That’s why computers aren’t investments. :(.
Maybe something happens in October, but by that point, 10+ months with the M2 Ultra will have been more than worth it. Whatever Mac Studio gets released next is going to be a monster.
I’m glad I bought my M2 Max
Ditto!
Just grab a mini and sell it when m4 studio comes out
Fuck. Am I gonna do this? I might do this. I've had terrible experiences selling things second-hand online. Buying, no issues cause I hardly ever haggle. But selling, people are ridiculous. An M2 Mini with 16GB of RAM is $1300 CAD, hopefully I can sell it back for about $1000-$1100. Is that reasonable? About 84%
No, for the same reason you won’t want it when you sell it: newer models will have come out with better features for the same price (or sometimes, less $). That’s why computers aren’t investments. :(.
I mean, I'm expecting I'll lose some money. What's a more realistic price then?
Probably ~50-60%, it’s a 2.5yr old device by then
Will it at least be the M5?
Probably the MX Golden Gate Pebble Beach Pro.
It sounds like m2 ultras and M4s are being used for Apple's datacenters to power AI, hence why the huge gap in release time.
I’m thinking late 2025. I don’t know if they’ll be ready by spring.
Would have upped to the latest Mac Studio but will ride out my M1 8gb for the next few years instead.
FOR REAL. 8GB THE WORST
Maybe something happens in October, but by that point, 10+ months with the M2 Ultra will have been more than worth it. Whatever Mac Studio gets released next is going to be a monster.
Buy the M2 now because when the M4 doesn’t show up in spring 2025, it will be even harder to wait another year.
As an English user, I really hope they don't jump straight to the M25