I didn't do a whole lot of investigating as I wasn't a serious buyer. Maybe they bought them directly from Apple as a clearance.
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MP All Models Buy cheap 7,1 or Studio
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I bought a 7,1 Rack from that same seller about a month ago. It was an apple refurbished unit, and was still wrapped in all the protective packaging as it comes from apple, only the outer brown box was cut open. I believe they're a liquidator that buys from other companies that are going out of business or otherwise clearing out units from their IT depts.
Some of them look like Apple certified refurbished from what I could see (had the sticker on the box).
Just seems odd doesn’t it.
Who knows, maybe they bought a whole batch from another company that had 100 of them but they were liquidated at some auction...there's a ton of feedback with verified purchases that are positive.
anyway,....haha
FYI, they bumped up the price up to $2699 on eBay or $2499 on their website. Their website, as of yesterday, still had the $2099 cost.
I was on the fence about waiting for an M3 Studio or this for a short-term solution. The bump in price has me in the Studio camp now.
My understanding is this large number of units were from Meta.
I was on the fence about waiting for an M3 Studio or this for a short-term solution. The bump in price has me in the Studio camp now.
My understanding is this large number of units were from Meta.
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Perhaps they lowered the asking price, seeing that there was not many customers. When they get a huge response, they might reason. Well, looks like people still want these machines, so let's bump it back up and see if we can make profit on them after all. As they might have had good enough business for the month.
This is just speculation on my part, of course
I reached out to them and was told it was a promotional price and that it had expired.
It was cool they did that. And the response here was also heartening. So it isn't just some odd stalemates like me who like these machines 😆
Just for fun you. When the Mac Pro 7.1 was launched it cost around four gold coins (1oz), or more.
And now it could have been purchased for 1 gold coin (1oz).
I expect some good joke about that in the comments
In a way I am glad it's not available anymore...I was struggling to hold back on buying one. It was a great price but I am hesitant to buy a 7,1 due to Apple closing off the system. Not to mention I have an M1 Studio Ultra (in stock configuration) which would outperform this Mac Pro.
Fair enough. Glad you are happy with your choice. That is the only thing that matters. When one is happy with whatever one has 👍
If you go to their website, they sell computers there too. This particular model is for sale, but you get to choose the configuration that you want... ram, ssd, etc. Here's the interesting thing, this particular model is $2699 on their site, I guess due to the fact they don't have to pay eBay fees... If you choose for ram, 192gb instead of 96gb, the price drops to $2328. They offer a full 1 year warranty, and the computer is brand new!
Ah crap! So for another $128 I get twice the RAM! As MacGarage said!
EDIT: When you add it to your cart the price changes from $2,328 to $3,261.44.
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I was actually going to pull the trigger this time! I had it in my cart at checkout on Wednesday at the $2099 price and bailed.
All the the better, IMO.
I work in a video production department where we have a few 7.1's. Our editors recently got M2pro laptops and there is absolutely no comparison. The M2pros (laptops!) are so much faster than the 7.1's in every way it's kinda comical.
If you're buying nowadays, I wouldn't buy anything other than an M-series mac. Unless of course you have a very narrow use cases that requires Intel.
Hrutkay managed to pick up one of these for the promotional price. And he also mentions that it was from a Meta inventory.
DANG!!!!! Good thing I pulled the trigger last night! The low price was still in effect this morning when I checked. I figured it was a configuration that just was not "checked" when they increased the prices.
Actually... the price is still $2328. I just checked, for the 192gb version. Make sure when on their website that you select the computer on the left (Brand New). Then select 192gb ram, 2tb SSD and 5500x graphics card.
It shows the $2,328 in the configurator but after I click "Continue" the price bumps up to $3,261.44. Is it not doing that for you?
Thanks, it was a joy to watch him unbox it. Reminded me of when I opened mine up. He didnt quite figure out the cloth cover though!
Hope he has lots of fun with it!
Oh, my! You are right. That's a bummer! I'm not sure when that change occurred... perhaps right after they caught my order this morning.