Today (April 8th) in France, a Mac Studio:
- Apple M4 Max chip with 16 core processor, 40-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine
- 128GB unified memory
- 1TB SSD storage
costs €4,624.
Can you tell me how much it costs in the US? (I don't have a VPN)


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Subtotal : $3699
Shipping : Free
Tax : $305.17
Total : $ 4004.17
edit : _> which is 3,653.20 Euro

 

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give up is better choice

 

But Apple does know its customers. You have to understand Apple customers: they are looking in windows programs section and then ask for mac versions.

 

Yes, computers are produced in China, so it´s bad luck for U.S citizens, not so much here in EU, if Apple plays it right

 

New costs? If the duty is good for every country with each other, minus one, hopefully, price rises will be minimal and not major on most things.

 

USA: 16-inch MacBook Pro with M4 Max chip, 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU, 64 GB RAM and 2 TB SSD for about $4,599.


FRANCE: CPU 16 cœurs - GPU 40 cœurs - Mémoire unifiée 48 Go - Stockage SSD 1 To¹

• Neural Engine 16 cœurs
• Écran Liquid Retina XDR 16 pouces²
• Trois ports Thunderbolt 5, port HDMI, lecteur de carte SDXC, prise casque, port MagSafe 3
• Magic Keyboard avec Touch ID
• Trackpad Force Touch
• Adaptateur secteur USB-C 140 W

Apple Intelligence Footnote ∆
4 799,00 €

www.apple.com/fr/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-pouces

EDIT: It's not necessarily the case that when tariffs rise, products become more expensive. Often, companies simply earn less. Also, consider checking the warranty terms and conditions to see if they apply in your country if you buy abroad. If you order from the US, it will arrive either by ship or plane. This will be very expensive due to the fuel costs and the distance.

 

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Here's a stupid idea, how much would a plane ticket cost for you to go to the us get the Mac studio and get back to France?

 

actually there should be a DETAX section, since he's not a US citizen he will get some money back and if he gets rid of the box he souldnt be paying anything.. not sure where the illegal part comes in.

 

France and America and back costs from approximately 482 EUR...!
Especially since there's always the risk of being stolen, your laptop falling, and a thousand other things.

 

That's less than half of what he would be spending extra if he got it locally, i wouldnt mind a free vacation while also saving money.

Also the mac studio isn't that big physically, i guess it's up to him.

 

Yeah, imagine paying $5000 for 1TB of space in 2025.

"But a shill on the youtoobs says it is 10% faster at WinRAR than that AMD CPU from last year!!1!"

 

I spend around at least 1/2 my time internationally as an American citizen.. so a tad familiar with certain things in regards to buying and moving around with new Apple stuff... first of all, traditionally, it's obviously cheaper to buy apple products in the States in general. Hell, my last MBP cost at least $1400 cheaper than it would if I had purchased in EU or UK etc... it was almost ~40-50% less in other words.. (I'll have to go look, but my friends in UK/EU were willing to buy it from me if I didn't like it no problem)....

and it's not a big deal to fly with a new damn laptop in your possession as is what it is, and they aren't all that concerned about that.... showing up with a palette of them might obviously... or a suitcase filled with them... or shipping it.... but whatever. I buy in the States as cheaper, (also has the keyboard format I am more familiar with ((at this point I have a few mbp's from over the years and different places, and 3 different keyboard layouts lol.... so you kinda have to rewire your brain/fingers or remap things etc)....

and I don't know, I have mine, and if a buddy needs a new laptop and I have to travel with it over from the states with it, I don't give an s, and neither have I ever encountered a problem with a hundred passes through uk/eu customs or more in and out...

 

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Tricky situation, should you buy now before prices escalate further or wait until it all calms down again - nobody knows.

EDIT: I can't see why they would put their prices down again even if the tariffs are reversed, things tend to shoot up in price and come back down very slowly if at all.

 

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Where is it that you have to pay $5000 for 1TB of space in 2025?

I haven't seen that.

 

Buy now; everything will become more expensive, the dollar will lose value, and inflation (money valuation) will persist. Procuring raw materials will also become more expensive. You haven't noticed this yet, but tariffs will ultimately make products more expensive.

 

No tariffed prices yet. Macs and MacBooks are assembled in Cork, Ireland in the EU.
So prices might not change.

 

Is not a mac studio (m3 chip the new one)..is a mac book pro!
Anyway Apple always had ultra profit withprices in EU, Pegatron, Compal Electronics 'nd Foxconn making China gov and Apple rich, iPad iPhone and macs are all made in China and Asia. Anyway Apple devices should cost tons of money less then usual price in Europe! This is a well know story!
Buying a mac from USA is not a bad idea if you travel to USA for work, but is always a risk, once you buy it in USA the serial is registered in USA at the custom control they can check it ...at the control just answer is a second hand bought in France from a USA mate worker, he sold it to me and GOOD LUCK! Personally i will not buy a laptop but a mac studio since the keyboard is USA layout and you know french language has tons of addy on some letters, and the warranty? 1 year only as i remember, maybe a good second hand M2 ultra that will make you happy with full power for the next 6 years...and a bit of patience to wait what is going on