alt Hacker NewsYea it does look like 5 year old M1's are going for $300 on eBay, but man that's painful a 5 year old machine for that much when you could get a new Neo or Mini for $600, if only you could buy them. I probably should just get the M1, test and sell it back on eBay. Thanks.
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solarkraft • today at 12:18 PM
They are similarly good. In fact I prefer my M1 MBA to the newer models because of its shape.
MikeNotThePope • today at 8:23 AM
If a $300 Mac can do the job, a $600 Mac is overkill.
brailsafe • today at 7:45 AM
If you literally just need to borrow one, I'd just buy an Air from Apple directly and then return it within the 14 day window. I'll sometimes do this if I need an extended repair on my personal one, or there's a new mac I want to try.
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If you're going to do any kind of work on it I'd choose a 5-year old 16 GB memory M1 over a Neo every single time. 8 GB is what's painful. The CPU difference is very small anyway.