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Deals: Apple's 256GB M2 MacBook Air Available for Best-Ever Price of $1,049 ($150 Off)

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You can get multiple all-time low prices on on Apple's 2022 M2 MacBook Air today on Amazon, starting at $1,049.00 for the 256GB model. This sale is only available in Space Gray, and it's a match of the lowest price we've ever seen on the new MacBook Air.

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Apple launched the redesigned MacBook Air this past July, and it comes with the new M2 chip, a 13.6-inch LCD display, MagSafe, and an entirely new design. For the 256GB model, Midnight, Silver, and Starlight colors are available at $1,099.00, which is a decent second-best option as well.



Additionally, you can get the 512GB M2 MacBook Air for $1,349.00, down from $1,499.00. This one is available in Silver and Starlight, and it's another record low price on the 2022 MacBook Air.



We're keeping track of all of the season's best Apple-related deals in our Black Friday roundup, so be sure to check back throughout the month for an updated list of all the most notable discounts you'll find for Black Friday 2022.

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The 512 GB is a steal! I would get that right now if you are still on an Intel model. Man, I wish I had waited a bit before buying my M1 MBP in 2020.
 
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Love-hate 🍏 relationship said:
I really wanted a yellow or Orange Mac

Do you find the new starlight approaches the yellow tones ?
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I have a Starlight. While I wouldn't say it "approaches the yellow tones," it is definitely "yellower" than silver (so I guess technically, it is "approaching"). But it's very subtle. I'm surprised how much I like it. Feels more like a rebooted/refreshed silver than anything yellow.
 
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Not even Black Friday yet. Christmas carols playing at local Macy's yesterday. Should be an interesting season.
 
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Before anyone says that this config sucks, I am going to speak here as an owner of an 8GB/256GB/M2 Air and a 16GB/1TB/M1Pro 14" MBP. For most daily tasks the two machines are not noticeably different to use.

There is a lot negativity about the slow SSD and lack of RAM, but if you are doing daily computing tasks (mail, surfing with lots of tabs, photos, heavy MS Office, light video editing, music etc) there is little to no difference in how these two machines perform. M1 and M2 technology is astonishing vs Intel Macs.

What does happen is that the M2 will go yellow and sometimes red on the memory pressure gauge. However, there is no performance hit or perceptible slowdowns with this. It's like the memory pressure indicator is there to help Apple sell more RAM, because without it, you would never know that you needed more memory.

Don't get me wrong, the M1Pro starts to flex when I spin up a VM, or get busy with Logic or Final Cut, but if you're not using VMs, or editing tons of 8K video, then the M2 is amazingly capable. Basically, if you need the Pro machine get it, but for everyone else, a base M2 Air is a fantastic laptop.

For the record, I don't recommend either one for gaming.
 
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What can you do today with 256GB?
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For some people a lot. Not everyone requires a lot of internal storage.
Personally I would feel extremely limited with that amount. I picked 2TB for my MBP, and would have bought more if it wasn’t so insanely priced. I like to have most of my sample libraries stored on the machine.
But I know a few video editors and they all use external drives for their work and use very little internal storage.
 
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256 is an unusable amount of storage to me. My work iMac is a 512 and all my work is stored on a server and the drive is still so full I get adobe warnings saying my scratch disc is full.
 
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They really need to up the base storage to 512gb and ram to 16gb. Just booting into macos on my m1 im already using like 8gb with barely anything running. Surely that is pretty bad for the SSD lifespan.
 
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I was extremely tempted to get one of these at launch, and now with sales happening I'm again tempted.

However, with a M1 Pro MBP, I don't have a viable use case to justify the expense. And the lack of a true yellow color option (had seriously hoped the rumors of the machines matching the iMac colors turned out true), again even less reason to pick one up.

So my next hope, which is a pie-in-the-sky dream, is a return of the 12 inch MacBook form factor, outfitted with an M series chip.
 
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What can you do today with 256GB? Is the idea to attach an external SSD?
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256GB is plenty for a lot of people. My MBP is my only computer and I am using 79GB of storage space.

I have 7,500 images in Photos, 1,400 songs in Music, 520 items in my Documents folder. At the rate I am accumulating things, I won't need 256GB for years, if ever.
 
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CalMin said:
Before anyone says that this config sucks, I am going to speak here as an owner of an 8GB/256GB/M2 Air and a 16GB/1TB/M1Pro 14" MBP. For most daily tasks the two machines are not noticeably different to use.
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My concern would be about the longevity - the 8GB/256GB would probably bog down significantly after a couple of years of software updates. I think the smaller SSD is fine if most of your storage is in the cloud, but IMO buying a Mac with <16GB RAM isn't worth it.
 
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My concern would be about the longevity - the 8GB/256GB would probably bog down significantly after a couple of years of software updates. I think the smaller SSD is fine if most of your storage is in the cloud, but IMO buying a Mac with <16GB RAM isn't worth it.
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Even with the slower SSD of the 256GB version, it is swapping quite fast. So for the casual user I don't think that it will be an issue for many years. But sure, it depends on what happens with software development.
A power user would probably not consider getting a machine with only 8GB of RAM to begin with.
 
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The 512 GB is a steal! I would get that right now if you are still on an Intel model. Man, I wish I had waited a bit before buying my M1 MBP in 2020.
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$300 for an extra 256GB.

"Steal" is how I would describe it too.

That amount of money could add get nearly that amount of iCloud storage for 100 months. Seems like a better deal if you don't use much storage.
 
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temende said:
My concern would be about the longevity - the 8GB/256GB would probably bog down significantly after a couple of years of software updates. I think the smaller SSD is fine if most of your storage is in the cloud, but IMO buying a Mac with <16GB RAM isn't worth it.
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Yes, that's true, although I suspect it will be fine for a bit longer than that based on recent years of updates. It ultimately depends on what you do with it though. Case in point - My wife uses her 2015 12" MacBook for everything she needs. Her main computing device is her iPhone, and then she uses the MacBook for occasional MS Office or when she needs to do something that's a pain on a phone (e.g. book and research travel). It's still fine as an email machine or web device and I think a base M2 Air will be that way too.

If you're buying it for more than basic computing needs then yes, by all means, add memory and SSD space and get more life out of it.
 
I’m not one of those people that generalizes and says 8GB of RAM is garbage. It isn’t. But for my use I find the extra breathing room of 16 more palatable.

God I miss the days of popping in your own RAM.
 
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