By Roman Loyola
Publication Date: 2026-10-09 15:59:00
Going through Microsoft’s value finder on its Surface Laptop Ultra website, they’re offering $2,115 for the M5 Max MacBook Pro (128GB RAM, 4TB SSD) that’s on my lap right now. It was worth $6,149 when new. I guess that’s the price to pay for magnetic USB-C!
I also checked to see what I could get for an old 12-inch base model MacBook–remember that laptop? The one with a single USB-C port that’s not even magnetic? Microsoft’s AI behind the value generator probably laughed when it created its offer of $32.37.
But seriously, Microsoft is making a push for MacBook Pro users. Head over to the Surface Laptop Ultra site and you’ll see that Microsoft is advertising up to $1,000 when you trade in an eligible MacBook Pro and buy one of its new laptops, specifically telling buyers to “break up” with Apple:
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