8 GB with be more future-proof.
See this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/is-it-worth-buying-a-4gb-ram-air-in-2018.2124171/
The Apple refurb gets you a 1 year warranty plus a new battery and the ability to add AppleCare. The newegg deal is only 128gb and the Apple refurb is 256gb. Newegg is also "grade B" - whatever that means.
But yeah, that is a big price difference. I suppose you get what you pay for?...
I can't imagine anyone in the Apple Store hierarchy is particularly interested in 'future-proofing' a 3-year-old laptop.
I see your point it just seems crazy to sell them for that price whenever you can get a 2017 13" MacBook Air for $650
It may be 3 years old but it's still perfectly usable. I bought an 8gb air 2015 and it's been fine as a daily machine for years. The 2015 and newer models are the same except each year gets a slightly faster CPU while everything else remains the same. The air still seems to sell quite well which means people are virtually buying a 2015 model in 2018.I can't imagine anyone in the Apple Store hierarchy is particularly interested in 'future-proofing' a 3-year-old laptop.
The air still seems to sell quite well which means people are virtually buying a 2015 model in 2018.
I understand but, if apple was still making a 2018 11" air, it would only have a slightly faster cpu, just like the 13" model being sold today.The 11" MBA doesn't sell at all anymore, and that is what the OP is talking about.![]()
$929 is insane when you can get a 13” brand new with double the RAM (if half the storage) for $999...
I understand but, if apple was still making a 2018 11" air, it would only have a slightly faster cpu, just like the 13" model being sold today.
Apple prices have always been seen as overpriced or just right. I know people that see apple products as being incredibly overpriced but continue to buy new models.
I don’t really get the comparison as they’re two different size variants of the same product... perhaps a more apt analogy would be a coupe or 2+2 vs a sports saloon? But then you have to factor in that the coupe is ‘approved used’ and the saloon fresh off the assembly line, the saloon has better performance and you’re only paying about 8% more for the saloon...So... you should buy a truck because it's cheaper, even though you actually want a car?![]()
I don’t really get the comparison ...
I guess but my point was that for a refurbished product, with 4gb of ram that originally sold for $999 it really isn’t a good deal - particularly when being compared to a product which originally sold at $100 more for an equivalently specced product now offers more RAM for just $70 more. More of a complaint Apple haven’t been particularly generous with the discount, if you willMy only point was that it doesn’t matter how good a deal you can get on a 13” MBA if an 11” MBA is what you want.![]()
I guess but my point was that for a refurbished product, with 4gb of ram that originally sold for $999 it really isn’t a good deal
I noticed last night that the MacBook Air page on the Apple Refurb store has a circa 2015 11" MBA listed. I think $929 is a little steep for a 3-year-old machine with 4GB RAM, but I suppose if you need the portability, you can justify the cost.