Apple Mac Mini (2024): M4 10C CPU/GPU, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD $849.99

xlerate

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xlerate

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Just picked up the base at my nearest Microcenter yesterday. $449. How do they consistently have the lowest price?

jayexel

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jayexel

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great deal

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Elon69

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I need $450 16GB/256 upgraded to 24GB/256 for $550. lol. not memory + ssd for $400 more! I rather
just get 2 base M4 Mac Mini for $900 and figured out how to load distribute across them.

Elon69

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Quote from xlerate

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Just picked up the base at my nearest Microcenter yesterday. $449. How do they consistently have the lowest price?

decided to take over the customer base by not making a profit on them I guess

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Backhome77

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Quote from xlerate

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Just picked up the base at my nearest Microcenter yesterday. $449. How do they consistently have the lowest price?

They're willing to lose money to get people in stores, in hopes they'll buy other stuff while they're there. That's why these deals are in-store only.
It's called a loss leader: https://www.investopedia.com/term...leader.asp
Lots of places do similar things on Black Friday, doorbuster sales just to get shoppers in.

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xlerate

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Quote from Elon69

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decided to take over the customer base by not making a profit on them I guess

Could be, they were pushing the service warranty pretty hard.

I declined because it will be sitting on desk

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Elon69

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Quote from xlerate

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Could be, they were pushing the service warranty pretty hard.

I declined because it will be sitting on desk

Oh I never get Apple Care. I am careful most of the time (knock on wood).
Apple Care is a waste of money. I don't even do this for my phone and it's always out of my pocket. Desktop machines def no. laptops I don't do either since seldom charge it and risk of tripping over it is very rare. I also always put my coffee BEHIND the screen if I am at a cafe.

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Quote from Elon69

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Oh I never get Apple Care. I am careful most of the time (knock on wood).Apple Care is a waste of money. I don't even do this for my phone and it's always out of my pocket. Desktop machines def no. laptops I don't do either since seldom charge it and risk of tripping over it is very rare. I also always put my coffee BEHIND the screen if I am at a cafe.

It's not a waste on an expensive macbook pro (which can cost $1500+ to fix), but on a mac mini that'll generally just sit on a desk its whole life, not at risk of damage? No, it doesn't make much sense.

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Quote from Caleo

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It's not a waste on an expensive macbook pro (which can cost $1500+ to fix), but on a mac mini that'll generally just sit on a desk its whole life, not at risk of damage? No, it doesn't make much sense.

I suppose. 10% tax basically to protect it using the $1500 value.

https://www.apple.com/support/products/mac/

I am surprised iMac wasn't more due to the display.

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Quote from Backhome77

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They're willing to lose money to get people in stores, in hopes they'll buy other stuff while they're there. That's why these deals are in-store only.
It's called a loss leader: https://www.investopedia.com/term...leader.asp [investopedia.com]
Lots of places do similar things on Black Friday, doorbuster sales just to get shoppers in.

Yeah I think you're right. I'll say it was effective in my case - I haven't been inside my nearby MicroCenter in years (completely different now), and I was amazed by the experience. Compared to Best Buy etc - much busier, people were just hanging out talking about technology, conversations with strangers, demo stations that were cool and that were actually being used - I didn't know people still did this?? Reminded me of what I imagine Radio Shack was like in the 80's. The first time I'd say I truly enjoyed shopping in a store for tech in many many many years. Mostly an online shopper these days. They didn't get any other purchases from me that day, but I'll definitely be back.

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