Old Article (2013) https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-store-buying-tip-you-can-get-pricing-matching-up-to-10-percent/ but recent posts on Apple Discussions & macRumors forums confirm Apple will still price match a brick & mortar store up to 10% off but Best Buy's free AppleCare …
Here's an article from 2012 (LOL) talking about Apple's advertised price rules retailers have to follow: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/12/04/apple-among-brands-in-pricing-tension-with-retailers Clearly something changed.
On the day of release for new Macbook Pro’s. BestBuy.com: $50 off for the 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro (10-core/512GB), available at $1,549.00 for My Best Buy Plus/Total members. 16-inch M4 Max MacBook Pro (16-core/1TB) for $3,849.00 for members, down from $3,999.00. So $50-$150 off a brand new computer …
Caveat, M4 Max MacBook Pro 24 hours of battery is the 16" model. It's only 18 hours for 14" Price difference between the 14 and 16" with a similar top-tier config is $300.
Looks like I can get $1850-$2200 for my M1 Max MacBook Pro with 2TB SSD and 64GB of RAM. New model configured is just under $5,000 to replace it or about $3,000 upgrade price. Pretty compelling but I'm going to wait for official benchmarks and maybe for it to appear on the Apple Refurb store …
2024 MacBook Pro M4 Max: Great refresh for what is probably one of the last refreshes of this design. If you're an M1 Max owner, 1.9-2.3x speed increase from your machine, 70% faster memory bandwidth, 400 more nits on the screen brightness (1000 SDR), 3 hrs longer battery life, nano-texture …
@mjtsai Apple adding Qi2 pads to the bottom of their accessories is a great idea. these are premium priced components. I'd drop my trackpad or mouse on a Qi pad once a month for an hour.
I can't wait for Best Buy to price the M4 Mac Mini base model at $450 next Black Friday and scoop one up for home automation / plex usage.
@gruber ---Anxiously awaiting the ability to create a Chef's Kiss emoji in iOS 18.2
Honestly, it’s just been this incredible year probably my best ever which is saying something. I can’t believe how much I achieved this year
Heading to Dubai in 6 days. Thinking back on 2024 which isn’t even over yet. I turned 38, went to Miami for a week long rave, went to the Arctic Circle on my motorcycle, spent 2 months in NH/VT/ME riding around in the woods, lost 50 more pounds this year, camped 40+ days off the motorcycle, earned 3 …
Stars are aligning.
M1 Max MacBook Pro is still performing well for me. Mid-December, AppleCare will expire and I'd like more than 2 terabytes of storage while 64GB of RAM has been more than enough rarely have I gotten close to max utilization. I should wait another year because a replacement will likely cost …
@kolin have you tried an ebook? Might be easier
@mjtsai I recently had Time Machine issues on Developer beta where I wasn’t getting successful backups. I tried everything and finally disabling the MacOS Firewall fixed it for me. MBP wired Ethernet to Synology using SMB on x.1 developer beta.
@oliverames as a work challenge, my team and I reset our cellular usage one month ago and here’s my data usage since 9/20. iPhone is a utility for me since I don’t really do any social media and can’t imagine watching video on a tiny screen.
At Duke today (rode over on the motorcycle) for an executive training course. I’ll be here all week. I’ve heard of Duke. Have never been here.
The older I get, the most things randomly crack when I move.
Heather made these for Matilda's 1st birthday.
This is the second time in one week that I was duped. Someone offered me chocolate which I gladly accepted only to later learn it was white chocolate. White Chocolate is not Chocolate.
One week until Vermont for a few days. It's been a whole (checks calendar) six weeks since I've been up there.
@mjtsai I'm actually curious what BestBuy pays Apple per month of AppleCare. I get AppleCare for $179 per year as a Total Tech member for unlimited devices(about 12 currently). I imagine BestBuy is losing money on me but are they paying Apple $9.99 a month per iPhone applecare plan or are they …
@mjtsai I've been thinking about that for a while. I remember when MacMall would have deals on standard configs but we're talking a couple of bucks less than Apple (single digit percentages). Apple controls things so tightly but I'd wager given how brazen 3rd parties market and sell …
I’m in Dubai on Election Day. Never missed a vote since I turned 18 and cast my presidential ballot for Al Gore in Florida.
@mjtsai It's reached a point that I never order from Apple.com unless I'm building a MacBook that needs more than 1TB of storage. Every other device is 15-25% cheaper than Apple.com almost every day of the year. Ultra 2 was $50 off on launch day at BestBuy. iPhone cases were $36 instead of …