I’m looking to buy my first Mac for working on the go. And I found a used 14in M1 Max for $1100 on FB marketplace with 32gb ram and 1tb storage.

Seems like a great deal except for the fact that the battery health is at 89%. So I’d probably have to replace the battery for $250.

Is it worth the altogether price of $1350?

Or would it be better to just go with a lower level second hand M2 pro around that price?

My workload I do accounting and bookkeeping so most of my work is done in chrome, excel, and on meetings. I’d like to dock the laptop to two 1440p screens when I’m not traveling.

  • Ricelyfe@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You’ll get a few years of life before even having to consider a battery replacement at 89%. Even after I went in to the Apple Store with a “replace battery now” pop up, they just told me it’s up to me.

    Depending on your use case that might still be “all day” battery life. I have an M1 Pro and it’s fucking nice! A huge step up from my intel 13”. I don’t use chrome any more but that was the main battery killer when I first switched to Mac

  • Rocinante82@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    An m1 at 89% will outlast most new windows pcs.

    Think the rated battery life at 100% is 10-18 hours.

  • MaleficentCollar1258@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I would not do it. Especially if it has heavy prior use. If you need a good reliable machine for work on the go I think your best option is to get a new machine. You may be buying a headache with the other one.

  • chris_ots@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    “Heavily used”… what does that mean? I don’t think it means what you think it does.

    That’s close to a new computer.