Broken-screen M1 Pro MacBook Pro as a Mac mini alternative
A budget of $600 made it hard to find a with at least 24GB of memory. The M2 with 24GB of memory was not easy to find under that price, and a would have required spending more. The chosen was a Pro with a broken screen, bought on eBay for $544.
It has an M1 Pro chip, 32GB of memory, and 512GB of . For a fixed that can run through an external display or , the broken screen may matter less than the stronger chip and larger memory.
Key points
- The goal was at least 24GB of memory within a $600 budget.
- A 24GB M2 was hard to find under that limit.
- A would have meant stretching the budget.
- The final purchase was a broken-screen M1 Pro Pro for $544.
- The machine has 32GB of memory and 512GB of .