Seems like a pretty good deal for a pretty recent system and have seen people raving about the performance of these things. Don't have a use for one myself, but thought I'd share anyway.
Normally $999 from Apple, so $887 is a decent discount. eBay Plus is required for the code to work I believe.
Do you not need to prove or justify the education pricing for that one? If so, absolutely, good deal.
redeem gc into account and purchase online and get it delivered. No need to prove edu. Got a ipad mini last week at 719 and piad with 15% off gc
Where did you score 15% off Apple GC? I must have missed it! :(
@lostinsydney: last year before black Friday? Can't remember. Purchase 10k and redeemed into 2 accounts. Also from coles gift card website.
nice!
Which GC deal was 15% off?
Yeah thats exact what I did and i picked up the macbook pro m4pro yesterday. they didnt check anything in the store just checked drivers license and handed me my product. so easy
Do you have a child attending school? if yes then you should be eligible?
Yep. but only 3 yrs old. I do purchase for him but not for education only for entertainment. lol. anyway online purchase won't verify the eligibility of education.
The Apple on Campus store states it is for "current and newly accepted university students, parents buying for university students, and teachers and staff at all levels".
@axyh: I’m sure one your distance relatives will fit that criteria if it shit hits the fane. They don’t ask when you buy but I heard they sometimes ask if you take it back for repair under warranty.
How do you get discount for Apple Gift Cards?
20 x EDR @ Woolies, or other GC Merchants like Macquarie Bank discounts etc
Yeah 5% off thru maqcuarie all year round or offers from other merchants worth more but you got to keep an eye out. Currently at coles worth 10% back to your flybuys account.
The terms and conditions clearly state that the store is only available to "current and newly accepted university students, parents buying for university students, and teachers and staff at all levels".
Sure, the store may work, and most orders won't be checked, but it's a violation of the terms and conditions. I'd rather pay a bit extra to buy the product legitimately without any TOC violations.
Overthinking it there, surely.
Just because something “works”, that doesn’t mean it’s legitimate.
@axyh: Yeah but morally this can't be an issue for you surely? With a top 3 largest company in the world?
Then logically, what's the worst that will happen if your order gets checked, cancellation and refund? Not a biggie
@axyh: don't be naïve. Apple know exactly what happening, they haven't fixed for a reason, we just don't know what it is, that's why we are looking for a bargain while they making millions per day.
@OzBerghainer: Plus, if taking into account that none of the biggest world companies do not hesitate to thief from all Australians by not paying their tax in Australia, which cost of billions $$.
@axyh: “Parents buying for university students…” you have a wildly strong moral compass. Good on you.
LOL. This is their workaround to discount and sell below RRP on their own store and selling lower than other stores (JB, HN, Myer, etc).
They do this openly, at least Microsoft … I was in the USA years ago at an official Microsoft store…when I told them I'm not a student..the store employee pretended to have seen my student ID and gave me edu discount.
Good point! JB have those 10% off Apple quite often
The deal is so deceptive on eBay.. says 30% off with BFRI30 on a picture with the Mac Mini, but if you use it it limits it to $100 off.
bro renders
oh I missed the actual BFRI30 party
You literally didnt miss anything
I didn't even notice that one. I remember there was like a 50% for a weekend a year ago.
How would this handle Dota 2, and The Sims?
Or way better off getting a similar 4060 gaming PC?
as long as it's compatible, i think it would be fine. i played various games on my base m1 macbook air and it went OK. currently have an m3 pro and it also runs various things perfectly well.
Buying mac for gaming is something, you'll need to watch VLDL video about it.
this would be fine but dota is like 60BG.
That level should be fine, the storage is the main issue, those types of games are close to 100GB nowadays.
Man I wish I had a use for this, it's such a good buy.
yeah for a general use desktop computer that would be great. Apples hardware will last ages
i've had my base m4 mac mini for a couple weeks now and man, it's such a steal. haven't done anything heavy on it yet, but i traded in my og m1 macbook air which i had sitting in a drawer and got it for like $400.
it's the perfect solution for me, and perhaps you too. my use case was to replace my m3 pro macbook pro as the wfh pig. it worked great for that, but having my personal stuff on there was too distracting. highly recommend picking one of these up as a laptop alternative if you are running a pretty low-key wfh setup from a personal laptop. takes up less space and everything!
I've had my M2 Mac Mini base model since launch. It's my daily driver for work (WFH). I tend to have lots of tabs open in Safari, Emails, PowerPoint, Excel, many VC calls etc. mostly all productivity use cases and I've never been able to get it to break a sweat. Everything I have read say the base model M4's are ball tearing and I really want an excuse to get one, but at this stage it would be such a first world move…
I use an iPad Pro as my road device when I have to put pants on.
I have a Macbook Air 15' which does both perfectly. iPad for me is only good for consumption not for productivity.
Can I ask best price to get Apple TV 4K 3rd gen 128Gb with ethernet?
I was hesitate when macbook air M2 discounted.
Thankfully it this one goes down as well.
The base spec Mac Mini is a great buy if you can get by on the base specs. But if you double the RAM & storage you could buy a second base model again with the absurd Apple upgrade cost markups.
If you need to double the ram/storage that means Mac studio is a better deal for you. Mac mini is for people who are happy with the base specs.
The AOC approach is $815.10 - and then you purchase with / combine with the 20x Everyday Rewards points from Woolies offer to get the apple gift cards - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/879916
815.10 - 81 ~= $734
For anyone wanting extra storage, Satechi has announced for a dock which allows for m.2 SSDs. No idea how the power button works or the pricing (but would cheaper than paying apple for 1gb).
Anyone feeling safari is bit slower than ms edge browser in a m4 mac mini?
Whats a mid priced 27” monitor to pair with one of these?
Nothing fancy, first time mac user and will be using it as a family desktop computer to tie in with phones, ipads etc.
Dell. 27” 4K usb c.
Best value monitor.
Great adjustability.
![[eBay Plus] Apple Mac Mini M4 (10-Core, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $887 Delivered @ MacApp eBay](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/30/880730.jpg?h=8a4e1b19)
Buy it through AOC:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/874044
$815.10
(and use Apple Gift Cards, if you want it cheaper)