[narrator]

One data point: 512GB Mac Studios are selling on ebay for double what they were selling for new at the beginning of the year.

[mtmail]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49005798 "I have an M3 ultra mac studio with 512 GB of memory. I want to sell it, [...] Given the high cost of the Mac studio ($20,000 or more)"

[oersted]

I don't understand why, that is not HBM nor a real GPU. Fine the model might fit in RAM, kinda. And it a bit like a server that you can keep on all the time, which must feel nice if you only ever had a MacBook.

But it can still not run truly capable coding agents at reasonable speeds right?

That doesn't make sense for the cost of quite a nice new car. If you want to spend that much, build yourself a proper workstation at least. Clearly a computer with the form-factor of an Apple TV is not going to be ideal for getting the highest performance for your buck.

Is it just wannabe vibentrepreneurs with too much spare money hyping each other up?

[girvo]

My DGX Spark-alike is currently selling in my country for nearly double what I paid for it too. We live in a silly, silly world.

[wmf]

Anything with RAM in it is an appreciating asset.