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Apple Store Back Up With Previews of New M2 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, Preorders Next Month
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I’m having a heck of a time deciding on options. The 10 core GPU upgrade is mostly unnecessary right?
I’m probably gonna go with 1tb and 16gb ram on the 8 core gpu chip.
I’m probably gonna go with 1tb and 16gb ram on the 8 core gpu chip.
I mean this non-snarkily but you must be new here. Welcome! (There is also still 2 usb-c ports that can be used to charge, the magsafe is just a bonus)
Do they mean only one 6K display? Could someone plug in 2 1080p displays? If not, very stupid.
The 13" Pro does seem oddly positioned. I guess they are keeping it to maintain a price point without making a big investment. Perhaps in a year or two, they will drop the price of the "new" Air (or inflation makes $1199 the new $999) and retire both the older design MacBook Air and 13" Pro. What's interesting is that with the 10-core GPU, the MacBook Air is priced identically to the 13" Pro.
I was starting to regret my recent MacBook Air purchase until I saw the price of the new one! £1249 feels a LOT more than the £887 I paid for my M1 version from Amazon.
If the midnight colourway was a proper black instead of dark blue, I would have stumped up the cash, to be honest. I’ve been longing for an all black MacBook for years.
If the midnight colourway was a proper black instead of dark blue, I would have stumped up the cash, to be honest. I’ve been longing for an all black MacBook for years.
More power to ya but just FYI for those of us in the cheap seats, $1500 is objectively a pretty large amount of money for most people.
I need a new laptop and the M2 MBA would do the trick. However, so far as I am ware Apple hasn't formally announced it is going to kill off the local CSAM-scanning on the iPhone, which I consider an invasive and dangerous precedent, so I won't be buying one. It's a shame, I was going to refresh my phone, iPad and notebook.
I think the old M1 design might have been £949 (for now still the £949 at John Lewis and Curry’s), so a price increase of £50 for an OLD model. Thanks, Apple 🙄
As the only person who likes the touchbar, I really wanted to get a 13" M2 but the rest of it is so underwhelming.
It is.. That's Apple's strategy to egg you towards the M1 Pro (14" probably) instead..
Anytime you spec a mac ( say M2 MBA ) higher than it's base, the next tier base ( like the M1 Pro 14" ) starts to look like the more 'logical' purchase!
Not a new concept.. but genius pricing strategy nonetheless!
Nah, it was RRP £999, but a few retailers had been selling it discounted for a while now.
She is playing the piano with one hand, standing, holding a $1,200 computer in the other hand, with nowhere in sight to lay down the computer. Also wallpaper is cracked and appears to be held in with screws (?). Exterior 2-gang J-Box, Mid-20th century electric heater and the most disgusting air conditioner I have ever seen. People living in cities probably pay $3,000 a month for this. Reminds me of the worst college dorm i've stayed in.
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Just checked the prices here in Sweden, same price difference as in the states (1000SEK/$100) between M2 Air and M1 Pro MBP 14” where both have 16gb RAM and 512gb SSD. Not really an incentive to buy the M2 Air if the prices will be the same for M2 MBP…
What's interesting is that the 13" M2 MacBook Pro is priced identically with the M2 Air with the 10-core GPU.
I really don't pay a lot of attention here. But, good to know that USB-C still works too.
By the time you equip the new M2 Air or M2 Pro with 16GB/512GB SSD, you're pretty darn close to the price of a 14" M1 Pro when they are on sale at various times. I've seen the 14" M1 Pro on sale in the $1700's.
Apple is really crowding the lines and making it hard to distinguish one model from another.
Apple is really crowding the lines and making it hard to distinguish one model from another.
They need to reserve some features to their ”Pro“ line up. My 16 M1 Pro also unlocks more scaling options for my 34 inch 5K2K display, something I imagine this new M2 MBA is not capable of.