Re: Reasonably priced Mac Pro
Build quality is decent. Most of the Macs I see are still useable after 3-5 years. PC laptops are about 3 years tops. (Yes Mac repairability sucks.)
Huh? PC laptops (the quality ones, i.e. business class, not the crap consumer stuff) easily get 5-7 years or more. All while often being in much better shape as, unlike Apple laptops which are made from a soft and dent-prone aluminum alloy, their housings are made from materials that endure abuse much better.
Then there's the comedy that every intel Mac ever made was supported much longer by Apple's direct competitor (Microsoft) than by Apple itself.
Apple does offer a buy-back plan, but I seriously doubt anyone uses it. They really don't pay well for the hardware.
No, they really don't. Just for fun I checked what I would get for my 6 month old Mini M1 (16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 10GBE) which did cost me $1399, and Apple's trade-in website graciously offered me $330 for it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
