Yea 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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deaux 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

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brailsafe 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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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valleyer 2 hours ago | parent [-]

This is unethical.

	▲	nirava 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If the return policy explicitly allows "change of mind", I'd say it's in the gray area. Though ofc it isn't sustainable if everyone starts doing this. I assume there's a ((returns:buys)/payment identity) metric to ban the largest offenders. Also, there should be some universally accepted way to have access to your data and a secure personal computer in the duration your device is getting repaired.

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MikeNotThePope 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If a $300 Mac can do the job, a $600 Mac is overkill.

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yreg 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Neo isn't much better than M1.