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Cost of Ownership for Apple Products
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by soorya3
179 days ago
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Recently I have been thinking about how do I spend on apple hardware and I started my inventory and Here's the cost breakdown for a family of four with teenage kids.
Again I started with no zero apple devices and my foray into apple in 2007 with the launch of iPhone 1 (from my employer) Assuming 3 Year Cost of Ownership +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+
| Item Description | Amount |
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| 2 Mac Air (teenagers) = $1k per device * 2 = $2k | $2,000 |
| 2 MacBook Pro (2 adults) = $1.5k per device = $3k | $3,000 |
| 4 iPhones (2 newer and 2 old gen teenager): $1k avg * 2 + $500 avg * 2 = $3K | $3,000 |
| 4 Earbuds (2 Pro + 2 std) $250 * 2 + 100 * 2 = $700 | $700 |
| 2 Watches (Only Parents) - $400 * 2 = $800 | $800 |
| 1 iPad (Whole family) : $500 | $500 |
| Apple Care = 15 devices / $19.99 / 3 devices = $100 per month = $1200 per year * 3 = $3.6k | $3,600 |
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| TOTAL | $13,600 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+ Total = $14k for devices every 3 years. At the end of 3 years you may be left with 30% of value which is $4.2k Other services that you may use
iCloud Storage: 2TB $9.99
App subscriptions
Music Streaming services One more pet peeve of mine with apple is: Most of their starter models (macbooks and mini) have high cpu and low memory (8GB seriously??).
I hope they seriously consider updating all starter models to come with 32GB memory which will make it last justifying the high cost of investment. |
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3 years may or may not be the service life of these things. I still have an M1 Pro MacBook Pro from 2020. Sometimes I think it’s time for an upgrade, but there is no reason to. The hardware I interact with is basically the same, and the M1 Pro still does whatever I need with ease. The AppleTV I’m using right now is 10 years old and running tvOS 26.
Also keep in mind that Apple is similarly priced to other products in the same class, so you would have spent the money either way. At least Apple stuff tends to have a higher resale value.