Got one of these from Amazon for this price sometime in December and I'm very happy with it. Does all the Mac stuff I need / want it to. I have a Windows laptop for work (ArcGIS) (and some games) and an Air for...everything else!
Yep, exactly. I really want to upgrade from my 2012 MBA to Apple Silicon, but now I will wait to get the new one with (hopefully) Magsafe and M2 in fall.Sounds like a good deal, but I really want the upcoming MacBook Air with MagSafe. MagSafe is the best feature of Apple laptops.
Neither are truehard drive way too small and 8gb of ram is not enough either.
Few users would ever upgrade storage/memory. Supporting the ability means adding more material(!)/weight/volume/complexity to something most won't ever use. Just the math on added unused connectors, hinges, etc would likely add up to considerably more e-waste than a few users replacing theirs (and, being an otherwise perfectly good computer, would sell/trade/gift the prior to others - the best form of "recycling").It is a bloody crime that we cannot upgrade the storage or RAM afterwards.
Talking about reduce e-waste, Apple.
I used one of these for a few weeks when my 16" Pro got water damage. For Safari and Xcode development, along with the usual compliment of Slack and email, I never noticed any trace of a slowdown. I'm not saying it wouldn't happen, but my guess is that 8 GB of RAM is more than enough for the majority of people. Hard drive is very user-specific though.hard drive way too small and 8gb of ram is not enough either.
User replaceable storage/memory is not only for upgrade.Few users would ever upgrade storage/memory. Supporting the ability means adding more material(!)/weight/volume/complexity to something most won't ever use. Just the math on added unused connectors, hinges, etc would likely add up to considerably more e-waste than a few users replacing theirs (and, being an otherwise perfectly good computer, would sell/trade/gift the prior to others - the best form of "recycling").
Note also the imposing limits of physics: computers are so small not just for user preference, but because the components must physically be small/close to operate so fast. Replaceable RAM means adding distance between CPU and memory unit, which limits data operation speeds. Operating at multi-gigahertz speeds requires physical components be millimeters away, limiting options for clumsy fingers.
Same problems remain:By soldering them on, that render a computer that is not repairable by the user when one of those components went bad.
It's an excellent valueI'm soooo tempted by this deal but I really want a new MBP. Not that I'm some big time power user or anything but I am blown away by just how nice the new 14"/16" are. Of course they are MUCH more money... Just how good is a baseline M1 Air for $850 I mean it seems like a real bang for the buck?
Few users would ever upgrade storage/memory.