https://www.apple.com/shop/trade-in
That page has a link that will walk you through entering your serial number and then your machine specs and it will tell you what it trade in credit it will give you for your Mac.
To actually use it you go to the "Shop" link and when you choose a model, look for the link in blue that reads "Get Started" and use that to go through the steps again about your trade in, and then configure your new Mac. If you do it and pay up front, they send you a shipping box and instructions how to prep it, and then send it back within 14 days.
As my good friend HC Markus rightfully pointed out, you're probably much better off selling it yourself if you have the patience and inclination to do so. I would get $745 trade-in for my M1 Max Mac Studio with 64GB RAM and 2TB internal SSD.
Here's how it would break down for me if I traded it in toward an M4 Max. It's not the first level M4 Max processor either. Apple makes you bump it up a notch to be able to add 64GB of RAM. I also configured for a 2TB internal SSD, so it's basically configured xactly like my current Mac Studio.
Below is the breakdown. And yes... probably Apple is gonna make some money off you if you go this route. I think I'll stick to my plan to give it a year and look for refurbs in my configuration and then move my current machine to my office. If I wait a year I could perhaps save about the same and KEEP my machine. Patience pays off. But still... got my juices flowing thinking about an M4!!
- tradein.jpg (191.87 KiB) Viewed 1432 times
