Hey! I am looking at buying a MacBook Pro and there is a stella deal for the 2019 version:
* Intel Core i9 processor.
* Radeon Pro 560X graphics with 4 GB of memory.
* 1 TB of storage.
* 32 GB of RAM.
Price is ~ $3297 AUD @ Officeworks (work purchase, no GST payable), I think RRP was ~$5200AUD.
[https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/macbook-pro-2019-15-4-32gb-ram-radeon-pro-vega-20-space-grey-mbpctovgag]
Note: I hear the keyboard is not great but it will be docked majority of the time. I plan to travel with it back and fourth to the office but will be docked at home and in the office.
I am eligible to salary sacrifice the laptop - I am running the numbers and it seems too good to be true? My salary is 93K. My understanding is I don't pay GST and the remaining cost is $2,997.27.
This then comes out of my pretax salary which the top end is 37%, so after tax it would end up costing $1888 out of pocket.
I do have HECS so not sure how this plays into it. Am I understanding this correctly?
2.5 years ago you were embarking on a 4-year Uni course. What could you possibly need an i9/32GB RAM premium laptop for a grad job?