Casey Liss

removable and serviceable part and so i looked okay well how much is a logic board for my mac pro or my macbook pro excuse me a logic board for my macbook pro they bill you four thousand seven hundred fifty one dollars and twelve cents this is 64 gigs and eight terabytes four $4,700. Now, wait, hold on.

removable and serviceable part and so i looked okay well how much is a logic board for my mac pro or my macbook pro excuse me a logic board for my macbook pro they bill you four thousand seven hundred fifty one dollars and twelve cents this is 64 gigs and eight terabytes four $4,700. Now, wait, hold on.

Yeah, the 8 terabytes part. Well, it's fair. But still, I mean, the whole machine, I think, was like $5,500 or something like that.

Yeah, the 8 terabytes part. Well, it's fair. But still, I mean, the whole machine, I think, was like $5,500 or something like that.

Apparently. Apparently. But in the defense of Apple, I then continued reading down a little bit, and it says replaced part return credit is $4,312. So actually, according to Apple, if I understand this right, the price is, and they list it right there, price after credit, $439.12, which for 8 terabytes and 64 gigs and an M3 Max is...

Apparently. Apparently. But in the defense of Apple, I then continued reading down a little bit, and it says replaced part return credit is $4,312. So actually, according to Apple, if I understand this right, the price is, and they list it right there, price after credit, $439.12, which for 8 terabytes and 64 gigs and an M3 Max is...

That's actually not that bad, but ooh, baby, you got to shell out five grand to get there, and then they'll eventually give you a whole pile back.

That's actually not that bad, but ooh, baby, you got to shell out five grand to get there, and then they'll eventually give you a whole pile back.

Right, so anyway, so I went on a little side quest there, and let me get back to what Ricky was writing. So Ricky writes, and let me repeat, unfortunately, Apple doesn't allow you to simply browse all available parts and you need to enter a serial number. So Ricky continues, I managed to find one from a Mac studio via a YouTube unboxing video. Which makes me so happy.

Right, so anyway, so I went on a little side quest there, and let me get back to what Ricky was writing. So Ricky writes, and let me repeat, unfortunately, Apple doesn't allow you to simply browse all available parts and you need to enter a serial number. So Ricky continues, I managed to find one from a Mac studio via a YouTube unboxing video. Which makes me so happy.

But anyway, and voila, NAND modules are available directly from Apple. And so Ricky was kind enough to send some screenshots. And various different modules are available. 512 gigs, 1, 2, 4, and 8 terabytes. The cheapest at 512 gigs is $395.12. And then you get $44 back if you replace the return part. And then you get... So that means the sum total is $351.12 for 512 gigs.

But anyway, and voila, NAND modules are available directly from Apple. And so Ricky was kind enough to send some screenshots. And various different modules are available. 512 gigs, 1, 2, 4, and 8 terabytes. The cheapest at 512 gigs is $395.12. And then you get $44 back if you replace the return part. And then you get... So that means the sum total is $351.12 for 512 gigs.

On the flip side, 8 terabytes like yours truly, $2,464. Then you get a measly $369.60 back. So your price after credit for an 8 terabyte unit for Mac Studio, $2,094.40.

On the flip side, 8 terabytes like yours truly, $2,464. Then you get a measly $369.60 back. So your price after credit for an 8 terabyte unit for Mac Studio, $2,094.40.

One of my favorite kinds of product is one where there's something that's just generally trash, and someone comes in and says, no, no, no, we're going to do this right. We saw this with the iPod as a great example. You know what another example of this is? And I really mean it. They didn't ask me to say this. It's Aura Frames. That's Aura, A-U-R-A. frames.

One of my favorite kinds of product is one where there's something that's just generally trash, and someone comes in and says, no, no, no, we're going to do this right. We saw this with the iPod as a great example. You know what another example of this is? And I really mean it. They didn't ask me to say this. It's Aura Frames. That's Aura, A-U-R-A. frames.

What these are are a really great, well-designed version of those really chintzy photo frames we got like five, ten years ago that would show digital photos. They were all trash back then, right? Aura has done it and done it right. They're so incredibly good, and there's several different options to choose from.

What these are are a really great, well-designed version of those really chintzy photo frames we got like five, ten years ago that would show digital photos. They were all trash back then, right? Aura has done it and done it right. They're so incredibly good, and there's several different options to choose from.

And they've done everything so right that one of the things you can do is like crack open a little cover on the box for a frame. And there's a QR code or something like that that's in there that lets you pre-hydrate the frame so that the moment it is opened by the person you're giving it to, it will automatically connect to their Wi-Fi network and start downloading photos.

And they've done everything so right that one of the things you can do is like crack open a little cover on the box for a frame. And there's a QR code or something like that that's in there that lets you pre-hydrate the frame so that the moment it is opened by the person you're giving it to, it will automatically connect to their Wi-Fi network and start downloading photos.