chmaynard 4 hours ago

This seems like a rather superficial discussion of a very interesting question. It doesn't discuss factors such as price or custom configurations of MacBooks, for example. Perhaps someone at Ars Technica could give us a better analysis.

bell-cot 8 hours ago

Are you an "Executive" Member and using a Costco-branded credit card, to get their pumped-up cash back %?

muttantt 8 hours ago

the 3 month return policy..

  • Bluestein 8 hours ago

    Heck. That's more or less the Apple new product "upgrade" cycle window ...

    ... buy, use, return, upgrade, repeat :)

    • Jtsummers 8 hours ago

      Since when? Their phones and some tablets are annual. Some computer models are annual now, but not all. The Mac Pro was famously stuck for 4 years, and the current version is 2 years old this summer.

      • Bluestein 7 hours ago

        You are probably correct. It was meant in jest.-