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After shipping costs, ebay fees, paypal fees, and the pain of dealing with ebay customers I rather just save time and trade it in.
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Yeah, it’s not that much of a difference. eBay takes 10% of final value, PayPal takes 4% of what you get, and you gotta deal with shipping and tracking and then hope you don’t get a “item not as described” chargeback a month after. After is all and said and done you take like a 5% hit going through Apple. I sold a Dell XPS last year and had to relist twice due to non paying scammers. The last guy I sold it to it shipped overseas and he tried to scam me with an “you sold me a broken laptop” message and pics of a laptop obviously not the one I sold him. He only gave up when I told him to ship it back so I could verify the serial.
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As a counterpoint, I just sold a 2018 Mini on eBay. $1000 Sale Price - $100 eBay Fee - $30 PayPal Fee - $30 Shipping Cost Total: $840 Apple offered $530
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Anything other than the base model then yeah, eBay is the way to go. Apple trade in doesn’t give two fucks if you have upgraded ram or storage.
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Jan 10, 2021 03:30
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Empress Brosephine posted:Yeah I don't trust that quote of losing 200. I don't know if it's comparable but my mid 2020 mbp lost $900 in trade in value My base model early 2020 air lost $200 in value when I sold it for the m1 in November. It sold very quickly on Offer Up.
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Jan 10, 2021 03:38
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This is what my 16” MacBook Pro sold for on eBay a few weeks ago. 
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Jan 10, 2021 03:41
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Turns out through my discount I’m losing in a 12 days the 4K ultrafine monitor is $630 instead of $700. I wish it had regular USB ports in the back. I’d be more interested in it then.
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Earth posted:Turns out through my discount I’m losing in a 12 days the 4K ultrafine monitor is $630 instead of $700. I wish it had regular USB ports in the back. I’d be more interested in it then. there's a whole line of Ultrafine monitors that are more hardware-agnostic, but still excellent with Macs There are some that come with integrated ergo arms, and at different sizes, connectivity options, etc. there's a bunch on Amazon, etc.
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Ok Comboomer posted:there's a whole line of Ultrafine monitors that are more hardware-agnostic, but still excellent with Macs Yeah, it's tempting because it's on sale and I love sales. I am still planning on buying this one (2020 model): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CVTTNN4/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1. Just wait for it to be on sale.
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I replaced the battery in my mid-2012 MacBook Air (i7, 8GB, 512GB SSD) with an unofficial/off-brand model—it has worked fine for the last couple years. Will Apple still take it if I trade it in for the estimated $130 credit?
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teagone posted:I replaced the battery in my mid-2012 MacBook Air (i7, 8GB, 512GB SSD) with an unofficial/off-brand model—it has worked fine for the last couple years. Will Apple still take it if I trade it in for the estimated $130 credit? I’d have to guess not but you could easily get $200 for that thing on offer up or whatever.
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Earth posted:I wish it had regular USB ports in the back. I’d be more interested in it then. I solved this by connecting a usbc hub and double stick taping it to the back of the monitor I also have a usbc ethernet adapter and usb dac double stick taped back there so my screen is basically a single TB cable dock for my air
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Got an M1 MBA in December and just noticed it doesn't seem to sit completely flat on flat surfaces. I've tried it on a few different tables (at several different angles and I've cleaned the feet thoroughly in case it was the result of an errant bit of debris) and the front left foot consistently seems to sit a bit less than a millimetre off whatever surface it's on. Anyone had any experience with this before? Should I be worried?
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BlackMK4 posted:I solved this by connecting a usbc hub and double stick taping it to the back of the monitor An idea I'll keep in mind. I don't know if I'll order one of those monitors as I did just spend a bunch on the actual laptop and I don't even have a dedicated desk right now to stick the computer monitor. Pandemic has me working at kitchen table since my main desk is my "work" desk now. I am not complaining as I am happy to still have a job. Just explaining circumstance. Since I won't be buying a monitor before I lose my discount I probably won't even be considering the one Apple is selling from LG, but probably buy the one I found on Amazon. Just put in my order for a MBP M1 with 16 gig ram and 512 gig SSD. The discount ended up saving me ~$170.
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I use the apple-sold LG and an amazon basics C->A hub. Was worried I'd still need to plug a wall wart in for juice but it seems to be fine without it for kb/mouse/webcam anyway.
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For those evaluating memory: I now have an M1 mini, 8GB/256GB, and an M1 MBA 16/1TB. The mini just chugs compared to the MBA with the same load in Safari, and when opening/switching to Messages, or Photos. I have to believe it's the RAM difference.
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even this m1 mini with 16gb chugs every once in a while. I keep a lot of poo poo open though  When it works 100% its amazing, a night and day difference even compared to my intel but then the magic fades for a moment. These are going to be so rad on the next generation though
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The only thing that's tripped my M1 up is having multiple Adobe apps open at once. Though I think that might be more of a Big Sur thing than an M1 thing, as it's been happening on my last gen machine more than usual, too.
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Is there a way to tell if an app is M1 native or using Rosetta? Not that it’s a big deal I’m just curious which apps have been updated.
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MarcusSA posted:Is there a way to tell if an app is M1 native or using Rosetta? Not that it’s a big deal I’m just curious which apps have been updated. Activity monitor will tell you under the "Kind" column, at least, that's what it used to do when we had mixed architectures (PPC, 32 bit x86, 64 bit x86). I believe on Apple Silicon it says "Apple" for native.
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MarcusSA posted:Is there a way to tell if an app is M1 native or using Rosetta? Not that it’s a big deal I’m just curious which apps have been updated. Here's one way, via Get Info 
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Startyde posted:I use the apple-sold LG and an amazon basics C->A hub. Was worried I'd still need to plug a wall wart in for juice but it seems to be fine without it for kb/mouse/webcam anyway. Yeah, that is what I have. If I plug in my iPad to charge it'll deactivate the ports though.
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Jan 11, 2021 22:58
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MarcusSA posted:Is there a way to tell if an app is M1 native or using Rosetta? Not that it’s a big deal I’m just curious which apps have been updated. Uni Detector v1.2.1, available on the Mac App Store, will inventory all your current apps and tell you if they have any Apple Silicon code in them.
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Binary Badger posted:Uni Detector v1.2.1, available on the Mac App Store, will inventory all your current apps and tell you if they have any Apple Silicon code in them. This is perfect! Also thanks for the other ways as well!
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kefkafloyd posted:Activity monitor will tell you under the "Kind" column, at least, that's what it used to do when we had mixed architectures (PPC, 32 bit x86, 64 bit x86). I believe on Apple Silicon it says "Apple" for native. In Big Sur the column for it is "Architecture", and yes it says "Apple" or "Intel". If the column isn't displayed, you can right click anywhere on the column headers to select which columns to display.
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Couple of folks on MacRumors forums said they added a thermal pad to their M1 MBA and got 'MacBook Pro'-like performance. Sounds like they voided their warranty because they removed the black thermal tape on the bottom case to do it. In reality, it looks like it did give them a 14-15% boost in Cinebench R23 scores, but another MRF user mentioned that sustained elevated temps might shorten the life of the battery..
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Wait, are you telling me that overclocking might cause wear on the hardware?
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Binary Badger posted:Couple of folks on MacRumors forums said they added a thermal pad to their M1 MBA and got 'MacBook Pro'-like performance. Sounds like they voided their warranty because they removed the black thermal tape on the bottom case to do it. Also it will be too hot to run on your lap, which is the main reason apple made it that way to begin with.
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Perplx posted:Also it will be too hot to run on your lap, which is the main reason apple made it that way to begin with. MacRumors forums 'engineeers' to the rescue
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Bob Morales posted:MacRumors forums 'engineeers' to the rescue I really wanna find that pic of the guy who made a homemade copper heatsink for his 2020 Intel MBA edit: found it FCKGW posted:You joke, but there's an insane man on MacRumors currently building the perfect homemade Macbook Air heatsink and chassis
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https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1348995317958660097 Big announcement by Tim on CBS This Morning tomorrow.. supposedly not a new product Gayle King said: Gayle posted:This was an interview that was scheduled because they have a big announcement that they want to announce tomorrow. What could it be? Bigger iPad Pro? New iPhone? Return of the Apple //?!
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Apple is starting their own social media site to push back against fascism, fully contained within the iTunes app, called Ping.
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Binary Badger posted:https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1348995317958660097 well since those are all new products and they said twice they're not announcing a new product, im going with apple car announcement but foreal, given the current climate im leaning towards a global social initiative or shifting their manufacturing out of china idk
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Spime Wrangler posted:apple is shifting all their cash reserves into bitcoin and $TSLA Tesla stock has been a wild ride. AMA about daily five figure swings!
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Binary Badger posted:https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1348995317958660097 apple's gonna reverse course on privacy and start cooperating with the feds /s in all sincerity I hope it's apple putting some teeth to the rumored "upcoming big shift that will kill facebook's business" that people have been talking about wrt social media/ad tracking, etc. pipe dream would be Apple blocking Facebook's apps until changes happen, but that one's most definitely not gonna be the one. Probably not gonna be all that big of a thing, IMO. trilobite terror fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Jan 12, 2021 |
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Jan 12, 2021 18:46
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Apple finally taking on Samsung in the weapons division, and will be covering the capital in surface to surface missiles that senators can fire off from their watches. Magic!
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"Siri, launch drone strike at the rioters"
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jabro posted:Tesla stock has been a wild ride. AMA about daily five figure swings! why yes please regale us and share your investing secrets
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