This feels like the car market during COVID.

In December Best Buy had a $1999 configuration of the M5 MacBook Pro on sale for $1749 and I scooped one up. Now that model is $2199. I suspect I could sell the computer I've been using for 6 months at a profit, which is just bizarre. But then of course it would cost a lot if I wanted to replace it.

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base698 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I was going to upgrade my M3 Max to an M5 Max with more RAM. The machine I priced out was $5400 yesterday and costs $7500 today.

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nocoiner 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Hello, fellow traveler on this particular boat.

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RulerOf 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I was looking at roughly the same, m5 max, 128G with 4T. It was ~$6000 out the door.

The same config on their site is now $8000 before taxes and AppleCare.

A couple weeks' notice would've been nice.

	▲	altano 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I bought exactly that, in 14", last April. Before tax, it was $5,853 and is now $7,849

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mcv 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I just received my new MacBook yesterday. Today it's more than €700 more expensive than what I paid.

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dgellow 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yep, I had the exact same (but in euros), also a discounted m5 in December. I feel pretty lucky with that timing, not that it benefits me in any way but that feels like getting one of the last ticket for a concert

	▲	tempoponet 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I bought an irresponsible pile of homelab equipment in 24/25. Hard drives, SSD, memory, GPUs. I feel bad for people locked out right now, since it's become more interesting and important than ever. At the time it seemed wasteful, but I'm happy to report that I'm putting it all to use now.

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websap 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Naaah, no way anyone buying that for profit

	▲	rogerrogerr 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Why not?