And they just did this after the back to school period 😂
Students starting in fall 2024 have hobbled MacBook Airs.
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Apple Announces MacBook Air Now Starts With Increased 16GB of RAM With No Price Increase
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ugh and i have a 8GB memory macbook air m3
would be stupid to upgrade to 16GB when m4 is coming..
would be stupid to upgrade to 16GB when m4 is coming..
Honestly I'm surprised it's 16 for the Air and not something like 12
Biggest surprise of the week? The only announcement no one predicted
If Tim wants to know why he still gets none of my money, it's this:
15" M3 MBA base model = $1299
Add 2TB to it, that I need ... it's $2099
$800 for something that's about $150 (max) at retail, and a fraction of that at Apple's cost
15" M3 MBA base model = $1299
Add 2TB to it, that I need ... it's $2099
$800 for something that's about $150 (max) at retail, and a fraction of that at Apple's cost
Congrats to all who bought MBA before today, you paid $200 (or euros or pounds) more for the same 😅
They sat still decent machines of you’re not using lots of AI. Remember there are a huge number of recent Mac’s with 8 GB RAM spec. Those are going to be supported in one way or another for at least another 3 years or so. May not get all features but will be fine for regular office tasks and content consumption.There are going to be so many preowned deals on 8GB RAM Macs out there
Sadly, I want no part of 8GB of RAM
But these updates on RAM mid cycle look like they were caught out with the RAM situation. The same on their tablets and phones lineup, most iPhone and iPad users now have devices with little RAM considering the recent RAM doubling going on. That’s a huge spec bump.
If the Air had mini LED/HDR, I would get it over the Pro, but it doesn't and that's why I bought the Pro...
I'm definitely never going back to 60Hz/LCD on a MacBook, so the day the Air gets that upgrade, I'll switch from the Pro. Power-wise it would be more than enough for me.
That's a surprise to me. Apple is going to go broke!
They have been caught out by the AI train and all its requirements. They probably had urgent meetings regarding not updating RAM significantly in devices sooner.
Yup I paid $282 CAD tax in for the RAM upgrade. Where's my refund TIM
It would have been great to have an M4 MBA but I guess that with the RAM upgrade included, now the M3 MBA looks more appealing.
Apple Intelligence was the best thing to happen to the base-level iPhone/Macbook RAM size.
Edit: and iPad. I'm loving the new iPad mini with 8 GB RAM!
Edit: and iPad. I'm loving the new iPad mini with 8 GB RAM!
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The most interesting part of this for me is the fact that they are using Affinity Photo to benchmark instead of Photoshop.
I wonder if this may be partially related to the subscription and terms/conditions fiasco of recent times from Adobe. Benchmarking M4 on Affinity Photo is a marketing win IMO.
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Oops. That was supposed to be for the MacBook Pro thread. Oh well whatever.
I wonder if this may be partially related to the subscription and terms/conditions fiasco of recent times from Adobe. Benchmarking M4 on Affinity Photo is a marketing win IMO.
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Oops. That was supposed to be for the MacBook Pro thread. Oh well whatever.
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They have been caught out by the AI train and all its requirements. They probably had urgent meetings regarding not updating RAM significantly in devices sooner.
The egregious part of this is that the type of buyer who probably bought a base RAM spec is also exactly who's going to likely want a whole bunch of the Apple Intelligence features that they won't be able to access without buying new hardware again
We could see this coming and it's just SUCH poor form from Apple
Such a screw job to their customers
Well then... Hmm, that is surprising!
I paid way too much to upgrade my M1 Air to 16gb.. money which could have went to more internal storage. Better late than never...I guess...
I paid way too much to upgrade my M1 Air to 16gb.. money which could have went to more internal storage. Better late than never...I guess...
Great. Now 512GB SSD and/or reasonably priced upgrades.
You can get 2TB for a little more than $100 on a PC, asking for 8 time more is just sad.
You can get 2TB for a little more than $100 on a PC, asking for 8 time more is just sad.
So when the M4 version releases, this removes 1 new perk of it for them to promote. That being the increased RAM at base. I wonder what else the new Air will have besides a refreshed CPU.