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Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: Jerry®
Date: January 01, 2024 11:39AM
This M1 Mac Mini
16GB
512
$250 (why is it only $250?)

Mini for only $250



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: Speedy
Date: January 01, 2024 12:00PM
Good deal unless it is a scam.



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: PeterW
Date: January 01, 2024 12:25PM
Feeling lucky?
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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: anonymouse1
Date: January 01, 2024 12:51PM
Good deal
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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: January 01, 2024 01:19PM
$250 (why is it only $250?)


I lean towards FB scam.

That's that seems like a really good deal if real.

B&H has the non-Pro M2 16/512 for $999.

Costco wants $1150 for a new M2 Pro config, and I don't know how much better that is over an M1.

Did any M1 mini-types here want to upgrade to an M2 mini?

A quick DuckDuck search doesn't show any NOS M1s around so used or open box might be the best you can do.

So unless the M1 won't fun Fortnight, that M1 looks like a really good deal, if real.

If you get taken, what does FB do for you, in the way of recourse?

IF it is real and you take the deal, consider an NnP before doing anything else.






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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: Gareth
Date: January 01, 2024 01:22PM
"This Listing Isn't Available Anymore"

So, yup, probably a scam.
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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: January 01, 2024 02:05PM
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Jerry®
This M1 Mac Mini
16GB
512
$250 (why is it only $250?)

Mini for only $250

I have a 16GB/1TB M1 Mini refurb. I would not recommend it to anyone due to its major limitations. I can't think of anything I enjoyed about setting that thing up. However, it did make me appreciate even more all of my older Macs that aren't locked-down little throwaway boxes.



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: hal
Date: January 01, 2024 02:54PM
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ka jowct
I have a 16GB/1TB M1 Mini refurb. I would not recommend it to anyone due to its major limitations.

???????? what limitations?



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: January 01, 2024 04:34PM
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hal
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ka jowct
I have a 16GB/1TB M1 Mini refurb. I would not recommend it to anyone due to its major limitations.

???????? what limitations?

Only 2 TB/USB-C ports. Plus the baggage that comes with the security "features". I find nothing to like about it or for that matter, the recent OS versions..



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: hal
Date: January 01, 2024 04:45PM
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ka jowct
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hal
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ka jowct
I have a 16GB/1TB M1 Mini refurb. I would not recommend it to anyone due to its major limitations.

???????? what limitations?

Only 2 TB/USB-C ports. Plus the baggage that comes with the security "features". I find nothing to like about it or for that matter, the recent OS versions..

Oh yeah - I keep forgetting that the lower end only had 2 ports. My m2 mini has 4 TB/USBC, two USB-a and ethernet.
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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: January 01, 2024 05:03PM
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hal
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ka jowct
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hal
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ka jowct
I have a 16GB/1TB M1 Mini refurb. I would not recommend it to anyone due to its major limitations.

???????? what limitations?

Only 2 TB/USB-C ports. Plus the baggage that comes with the security "features". I find nothing to like about it or for that matter, the recent OS versions..

Oh yeah - I keep forgetting that the lower end only had 2 ports. My m2 mini has 4 TB/USBC, two USB-a and ethernet.

Yeah, that's much more useful. I have the M1 Mini connected via a TB hub to the monitor's USB C port at the moment, and it's booted from an external TB drive, so that takes the 2 ports. I had it connected via HDMI when I first got it, but two other computers now share the monitor's HDMI port via a little 2-port IOgear HDMI KVM.

I could just try to sell it, I guess.



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: jdc
Date: January 01, 2024 05:31PM
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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: Jerry®
Date: January 01, 2024 06:03PM
what about this deal - M2 PRO 16GB/512GB Mac Mini with 2 monitors

M2 Pro Mac Mini with 2 monitors on Facebook Marketplace



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: PeterW
Date: January 01, 2024 06:11PM
Do you need or even want two cheap 24” 1080 monitors?
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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: Jerry®
Date: January 01, 2024 07:30PM
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PeterW
Do you need or even want two cheap 24” 1080 monitors?

no, so I am going to ask her how much for just the mini



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: Jerry®
Date: January 01, 2024 07:35PM
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PeterW
Do you need or even want two cheap 24” 1080 monitors?

I asked her how much for just the mini and she said this:

"The computer retails for $1299 plus tax, it is a really great machine. Only about 6 months old. Would you want the keyboard and mouse too? I would say probably about $900. If it was a year or older I would be more willing to drop toward $800, but I really can’t at this time."

EDIT 1: then they said this

"How does $900 sound to you? I could maybe do $850 since I have had offers for $825 to $850 but would have to ship it. Thoughts on those price ranges?"

EDIT 2: They live about an hour and a half away from me and said they would take 800 for just the mini if I came and picked it up. What do you think? I need advice.



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: AllGold
Date: January 01, 2024 08:39PM
I think it's a good deal at $800.
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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: Jerry®
Date: January 01, 2024 08:57PM
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I think it's a good deal at $800.

ok thanks!



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: PeterW
Date: January 02, 2024 05:36AM
For an upgraded M2 Pro, that’s a screaming deal for $800. It’s total overkill for WOW, but…
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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: January 02, 2024 08:59AM
Oh yeah - I keep forgetting that the lower end only had 2 ports.


Was there an upper end of the M1 mini that had more ports?






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All you can do, is all you can do.

There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: Jerry®
Date: January 02, 2024 11:14AM
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For an upgraded M2 Pro, that’s a screaming deal for $800. It’s total overkill for WOW, but…

WoW isn’t the primary reason I need a new Mac, but it’s up there. I do graphic design, sound design, video editing, and then your basic email, web browsing, etc. Plus I am thinking of opening an Etsy store for my digital art.



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: Jerry®
Date: January 02, 2024 11:27AM
I also have a friend in town who is selling her 2020 M1 Mini for $500 but it only has 8GB RAM. It’s got 512GB SSD.

Hmmmm



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Re: Found an M1 Mac Mini w/ 16GB 512 SSD for only $250….good deal or?
Posted by: Jerry®
Date: January 02, 2024 05:28PM
In reality, I don't have the money....I am on a fixed income (SSDI). I drive for Lyft/Uber/UberEats as a side gig (I live in a college town, so they pay poorly when no students are in town. In fact, they pay poorly in general). Sadly, it looks like I won't be able to get a Mac...sucks...anyone want to lend me $800? ugh.............



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