What’s my maxed out m3 MacBook Pro worth?

[RyanFlynn]

Hey friends,

I’m probably going to upgrade to the next MacBook Pro m4. I believe I payed around $8k for it. 8tb 128gb 40 core you etc.

Got an offer on one of those we buy Mac’s sites for a little shy of $4k

Any of you guys try selling on offer up or anything like that with better luck than half of retail?

Thanks!

 

[ozreth]

Why? You paid $8k very recently for a top of the line MacBook Pro and want to go through the hassle of selling and buying a new one for a slight spec bump that you won’t notice while losing money in the process?

 

[AeroSatan]

Why? You paid $8k very recently for a top of the line MacBook Pro and want to go through the hassle of selling and buying a new one for a slight spec bump that you won’t notice while losing money in the process?

A lot of people here are just hardware stans. They need to post on Macrumors from their 264GB RAM MacBook Pro’s with 10 Terabytes of disk space for the shows they might binge which has to be downloaded. Plenty of serious users are still happily using their M1 Max 16 inch machines.

 

[ozreth]

A lot of people here are just hardware stans. They need to post on Macrumors from their 264GB RAM MacBook Pro’s with 10 Terabytes of disk space for the shows they might binge which has to be downloaded. Plenty of serious users are still happily using their M1 Max 16 inch machines.

It’s really bizarre. What is it that has people thinking that incremental spec bumps are the equivalent to a new, revolutionary version of the product? In the world of Windows PC builds people are not going out and replacing their processors every time their current model receives a spec bump. People seem to be treating the numbers changing in the M processors as akin to new iPhone models with new features and chassis etc. And this guy already has an $8k machine that for all but the most intense users in the world is going to give him the same performance as an M4 and he’s willing to lose money and time to achieve that.

NOW, that being said, reading his post now that I’m awake in the morning, it very well could be sarcasm and a troll post, in which case I’d applaud it.

 

[RyanFlynn]

Totally get why you guys think it’s silly, but I really can use more than 128gb ram for my line of work. I’ve been scraping buy the last year trying to make it work. A jump to 192 would make a massive difference and easily pay me back the price paid.

 

[ozreth]

Totally get why you guys think it’s silly, but I really can use more than 128gb ram for my line of work. I’ve been scraping buy the last year trying to make it work. A jump to 192 would make a massive difference and easily pay me back the price paid.

Phew, it is a troll post. Well played. Then I redirect my responses to those the OP is directed at

 

[RyanFlynn]

To those of you that think I'm trolling:

 

[dinobear]

I was gonna get an M4, but dang, I'll buy your M3 for a little shy of 4k!

 

[RyanFlynn]

I was gonna get an M4, but dang, I'll buy your M3 for a little shy of 4k!

Im in LA, DM me if you're actually interested

 

[RyanFlynn]

Why? You paid $8k very recently for a top of the line MacBook Pro and want to go through the hassle of selling and buying a new one for a slight spec bump that you won’t notice while losing money in the process?

I would absolutely notice a slight bump. Anything over 10% is worth every penny.

 

[RyanFlynn]

A lot of people here are just hardware stans. They need to post on Macrumors from their 264GB RAM MacBook Pro’s with 10 Terabytes of disk space for the shows they might binge which has to be downloaded. Plenty of serious users are still happily using their M1 Max 16 inch machines.

Honestly, I could really use 256gb ram and I'm waiting for 16TB to be a reality. This is the first laptop from apple I can do serious work on, but I would really benefit from more. I understand that I'm an edge case.

 

[Kay_Ess]

Have you ever tried something like Teradici? Not hating, just very curious why you’d prefer sticking to a laptop instead of just remoting into a purposely-built workhorse. Then you could just keep this MacBook when you work in places without decent network available and remote into something that can really help you improve your workflow when you have decent connection again.

 

[subjonas]

Have you ever tried something like Teradici? Not hating, just very curious why you’d prefer sticking to a laptop instead of just remoting into a purposely-built workhorse. Then you could just keep this MacBook when you work in places without decent network available and remote into something that can really help you improve your workflow when you have decent connection again.

Answering for OP. OP apparently does professional video editing, which is practically impossible to do if there is any discernible lag at all, which remote desktop/cloud computing has.

 

[Kay_Ess]

Answering for OP. OP apparently does professional video editing, which is practically impossible to do if there is any discernible lag at all, which remote desktop/cloud computing has.

Hence I asked about Teradici and mentioned decent network.
I’d love to learn from OP who is obviously way more into video editing than both of us combined

 

[subjonas]

Hence I asked about Teradici and mentioned decent network.
I’d love to learn from OP who is obviously way more into video editing than both of us combined

As far as I know, it doesn't matter how good a network connection is, remoting will always have at least some discernible lag for editing, which again makes it infeasible--unless of course one doesn't need to do precise editing, but that doesn't seem likely for a professional editor. (I do video editing too--it's half my job.. the only reason I'm chiming in.) But OP should also answer for his/herself.

 

[Onimusha370]

I’m in the same boat, which websites have you tried?

 

[Fishrrman]

Unless you're making A LOT of money by using it, I wouldn't pay 8k for any Mac.

Having said that, if you can get 4k back for it, used, you'd better take it... and do so quickly.

Aren't you able to "write off" the cost for taxes, in any case...?

 

[RyanFlynn]

Have you ever tried something like Teradici? Not hating, just very curious why you’d prefer sticking to a laptop instead of just remoting into a purposely-built workhorse. Then you could just keep this MacBook when you work in places without decent network available and remote into something that can really help you improve your workflow when you have decent connection again.

I do use cloud rendering for 3d work, but no lag is paramount for my work.

 

[RyanFlynn]

yes, I do video editing, but I’m also a composer for film and tv. My orchestral arrangements fill up the ram entirely and stress the cpu to the max.

 

[hovscorpion12]

A lot of people here are just hardware stans. They need to post on Macrumors from their 264GB RAM MacBook Pro’s with 10 Terabytes of disk space for the shows they might binge which has to be downloaded. Plenty of serious users are still happily using their M1 Max 16 inch machines.

FACTS

 

[hovscorpion12]

Totally get why you guys think it’s silly, but I really can use more than 128gb ram for my line of work. I’ve been scraping buy the last year trying to make it work. A jump to 192 would make a massive difference and easily pay me back the price paid.

You'll be happy to know that there is 100% Chance the M4 Max caps at 192 GB of RAM.My understanding is the RAM on the Max is always 1 notch below the Ultra. When the Ultra gets bumped to 256GB, Max will get the one below. [192GB]

so one and so forth until both cap at 1.5TB

 

[hovscorpion12]

To those of you that think I'm trolling:


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Just out of curiosity. Have you tried Davinci Resolve or Final Cut?

I do also have the 128GB RAM model and Davinci does slightly play better with the hardware vs Adobe's. Granited i'm not the same workflow as yours.

 

[Mr_Brightside_@]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/why-are-people-using-their-macbook-airs-on-battery.2440624/

According to this guy, it’s worthless if you used the battery.

 

[Onimusha370]

You'll be happy to know that there is 100% Chance the M4 Max caps at 192 GB of RAM.My understanding is the RAM on the Max is always 1 notch below the Ultra. When the Ultra gets bumped to 256GB, Max will get the one below. [192GB]

so one and so forth until both cap at 1.5TB

I think it's simpler than that - the Ultra has historically been 2 "Max" chips bolted together, so the maximum RAM on a Max chip is simply half that available on the Ultra chip. I think its up for debate whether the Max will stay at 128GB or go higher on the M4 family, only an hour left until we find out

 

[G5isAlive]

No clue why someone asks a legit question for their particular purpose, and all the haters chime in ridiculing the question. Why do people feel the need to ridicule how others spend their money? Does it make themselves feel better about their purchases?

Anyway. To answer the question about pricing. Could you find a better price? Almost always selling yourself will net a higher price, but it's more work, and the time it takes depends on market size. I would suggest there are very few people looking for a maxed out MacBook Pro. Typically, the base units sell faster, but it's a race to the lowest price if you will, and thats what your Mac will be compared to. What I find helps with having more ram, or storage (or both) is convincing someone to buy your Mac versus someone else's with lower specs, but rarely is the actual price needle significantly changed. So if timing is critical on the sale, I would accept a slightly lower price for less time and effort, i.e. the deal you have on the table.