Apple advertises a trade-in value of up to $3,850 for an iMac Pro, $1,760 for a MacBook Pro, $1,580 for a Mac Pro, $1,390 for an iMac, $1,100 for a Mac mini, $690 for a MacBook Air, and $480 for a MacBook. The value held in your old Mac hardware can also be quite significant (Opens in a new window) depending on the model and its condition. I'd argue it's easier to carry some Mac products into a store than packaging them up to have shipped, so this is good news. The only exception is that Mac trade-ins are only available online." However, the text has now been shortened to simply state, "Yes, the Apple Trade In program is available on as well as in all our retailer stores." In answering the question, "Can I see what my device is worth online, then bring it with me when I buy a new device in the store?" Apple's response used to read, "Yes, the Apple Trade In program is available on as well as in all our retailer stores. Not anymore, though.Īs Cult of Mac reports (Opens in a new window), the wording has changed on Apple's website as pointed out by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman in a tweet (Opens in a new window). You've long been able to walk into an Apple Store and trade in an iPhone or iPad for store credit, but the Mac trade-in program was online-only.
For $1,299, you still get a Core i5-powered Surface Pro 3, but the RAM jumps to 8GB and storage shoots up to 256GB.įrom there, the price goes up to $1,549, which nets you an Intel Core i7 processor, but keeps the RAM and storage at $1,299 levels. The next step up is the $999 version, which bumps the CPU to a Core i5, keeps the RAM constant at 4GB, and doubles the storage. The base model Surface Pro 3 costs $799, packs an Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. At the end of the day, part of what determines how good of an offer this is depends on how much you could get for an older MacBook Air, and how the amount of credit that Microsoft doles out breaks down as you move up the ladder from older MacBook Airs to newer ones. Also, considering that Microsoft language mentions that consumers could get “up to” $650, this leads us to believe that you would have to trade a 2013 or 2014 model in order to get the maximum trade in value. Plus, only “select” MacBook Air models are eligible for the trade in, but Microsoft doesn’t specify which versions are and aren’t eligible.
That’s $249 more than the full credit you could get from Microsoft. On Swappa, you can get the most money for your MacBook by directly to buyers. Unfortunately, this is only fraction of what you'd get if you sold your MacBook yourself.
Right now at, the entry-level 11-inch Air costs $899. Apple and a variety of retail stores will allow you to trade-in your MacBook offering you store credit or a gift card. After all, even the cheapest MacBook Air you can get today costs significantly more than the maximum value of this credit. Once we learned of this offer from Microsoft, we couldn’t help but wonder whether anyone would actually take them up on this offer. Oh, and don’t even think about giving them one that’s busted. The catch? You have to trade in a MacBook Air in order to get the credit. Right now, Microsoft is offering people a credit of up to $650 towards the purchase of a Surface Pro 3.