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Deals: MacBook Pro and Air Sales Hit at Multiple Retailers, Save Up to $300 on Latest Models

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There are a few Mac notebook sales happening this week at Amazon and B&H Photo. These discounts include $100 off the 2020 MacBook Air, with sale prices starting at $899.00 for the 256GB model. You can also get $300 off the 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro, starting at $2,099.00 for 512GB.

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MacBook Air

Amazon today is discounting Apple's 2020 MacBook Air (8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 10th gen processor) to $899.00, down from $999.00. This discount represents a match of the lowest price we've ever tracked for this model of the new 13-inch MacBook Air, and it's available in Space Gray.

B&H Photo today is matching this price in the Space Gray and Gold color options for the MacBook Air. The 256GB MacBook Air has typically seen a $50 sale over the past few weeks, so today's $100 markdown is a good opportunity to get the notebook at its current best price.



Additionally, this week both Amazon and B&H Photo are discounting the 512GB 2020 MacBook Air to $1,199.00, from $1,299.00. Across both retailers you can get this version of the notebook in all three colors, and this again represents the lowest price we've ever tracked.



13-Inch MacBook Pro

The newest 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro is on sale for $1,799.00, down from $1,999.00 on Amazon this week. This is the model with a tenth-generation quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, 16GB RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Amazon has it on sale in both Space Gray and Silver.



The same sale can also be found on B&H Photo, and that retailer also has it in both Space Gray and Silver. This model of the MacBook Pro has the new Magic Keyboard, which uses a refined scissor mechanism that is expected to be more reliable than the butterfly keyboard that was prone to failure.


16-Inch MacBook Pro

For the higher-end MacBook Pro models, Amazon has Apple's 512GB 16-inch MacBook Pro (2.6GHz 6-Core, 16GB RAM) for $2,099.00, down from $2,399.00.

This $300 off sale is the current lowest price for this model of the 16-inch MacBook Pro, and it's available in Silver and Space Gray. You can also find the same sale at B&H Photo, but only in the Space Gray color option.



Likewise, the 1TB model (2.3GHz 8-Core, 16GB RAM) is on sale on Amazon today. You can get this notebook for $2,499.99, down from $2,799.00. Just like the 512GB version, it's available in both Silver and Space Gray, and the same price can be found on B&H Photo.



You can find even more discounts on other MacBooks by visiting our Best Deals guide for MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. In this guide we track the steepest discounts for the newest MacBook models every week, so be sure to bookmark it and check back often if you're shopping for a new Apple notebook.

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Williesleg said:
Last batch that can run Windows 10 and Linux without issue.
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Windows 10, meh. I'm curious why you think Linux will not run soon apple silicon Macs? macOS (and iOS, and tvOS) is a Unix derivative just like Linux. It would be incredibly easy to implement Linux on Apple silicon. so if there is a demand, there will be a solution
 
Linux distros already run on a lot of ARM processors. There should be little work necessary to port them another ARM variant. I am typing this on an ARM processor running Ubuntu, 6-core NVIDIA Carmel ARM®v8.2 64-bit CPU.
 
How are retailers able to sell at these prices? Do they get wholesale prices cheaper than that and they just make thin margins, or are they selling these Macs as a loss leader and hoping customers bundle other products?
 
Great. The Intel Mac footprint is going to be huge, which bodes well for demand and supply of software for years to come.
 
The last time this 1TB 16” hit the price on Amazon, the amazon warehouse version was 2199. I ordered one and it was practically new. It had definitely been opened and used to some extent, but I couldn’t be happier. I see they have some in stock from amazon warehouse now for around that same price. YMMV.
 
ilikewhey said:
its been that price on B&H for the longest time.
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I bought a 2020 13" MBP from them a week ago and the price was $200 higher. So the price drop is real, and this article just saved me $200 bucks because they have price protection for 30 days. 😀

Edit: The price drop was actually $100, but I'll take it.
 
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freediverx00 said:
So Apple Silicon Macs and MacBooks are not expected to support booting from Windows or Linux at all? No workarounds (other than perhaps running in emulation)?
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Don't see why they would. Not any more than your iPad can boot Ubuntu. Not any more than any Android can boot into anything than the locked bootloader made by the OEM.

I expect that Apple Silicon will fully work with virtualization. Being able to bootcamp a Linux or Windows OS is a Nice to Have. But having smooth virtualization is a Need to Have for developers. So I assume Apple has that well in mind.
 
freediverx00 said:
So Apple Silicon Macs and MacBooks are not expected to support booting from Windows or Linux at all? No workarounds (other than perhaps running in emulation)?
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Windows is out of the question--- Impossible. But Linux is Open Source and someone will get it running on the new Macs.

Yes some kind of emulation might work but it would be very slow. The best solution is to set up a Windows server and run the Windows apps on that with the display sent back to your Mac using VNC. In other words a remote Windows session. he "server" can by some cheap $500 PC.
 
ChrisA said:
Windows is out of the question--- Impossible. But Linux is Open Source and someone will get it running on the new Macs.

Yes some kind of emulation might work but it would be very slow. The best solution is to set up a Windows server and run the Windows apps on that with the display sent back to your Mac using VNC. In other words a remote Windows session. he "server" can by some cheap $500 PC.
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Sure, for some applications that may be a solution. But, for example, for someone who needs to occasionally run a Windows app that isn't available on the Mac (e.g., MS Visio, Access, etc.), a Mac would no longer work. And for anyone still booting Windows on their Mac to play games, that would be out the door as well. Admittedly, these are edge cases, and Apple hads a long tradition of turning their back on edge cases.
 
ChrisA said:
Windows is out of the question--- Impossible. But Linux is Open Source and someone will get it running on the new Macs.
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You'd have to explain why you think Linux being open source would make a difference. You could boot both off a Linux/GNU open-source bootloader on standard PC Bios or UEFI board.

Apple Silicon will be a system-on-a-chip, not an open-source ARM loader. I suspect it will boot nothing but what Apple designs it specifically to boot to.
 
Dozer_Zaibatsu said:
...Apple Silicon will be a system-on-a-chip, not an open-source ARM loader. I suspect it will boot nothing but what Apple designs it specifically to boot to.
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Yes, Apple could close the system and have the boot system only boot an OS that is signed by Apple. I am guessing Apple might even enable this by default. But they might have a way to disable it too. If the system is closed it will turn the Mac into an iPad with a keyboard attached.

Me? I am going to wait and see. I will not buy any new Apple product until I see where this is going.

I also think that 90% of all computer users would be best off with a $200 Chromebook because the only app they run is a web browser.
 
ChrisA said:
I also think that 90% of all computer users would be best off with a $200 Chromebook because the only app they run is a web browser.
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Sure, if they're on the tightest of budgets and don't care about performance, user experience, or privacy. But I think that type of user would be better served by an iPad.

If the system is closed it will turn the Mac into an iPad with a keyboard attached.
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The expectation for ARM Macs is that they will run both macOS and iOS apps, and that they will boast significant advantages in performance and/or battery life vs. their Intel predecessors. I'm guessing the percentage of Mac users who need to natively boot/run alternate operating systems is probably pretty tiny. Still frustrating and disappointing for those users, but not likely a threat to Apple's business overall.
 
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ChrisA said:
If the system is closed it will turn the Mac into an iPad with a keyboard attached.
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I watched the whole Apple conference and listened to the engineers since. It's going to be closed as much as an iPad is closed. Exactly so.

The Macs will be closed systems. They will not have open bootloaders like we have had ever since IBM chose Open Architecture for x86. It was intriguing for a while when Apple decided to jump on board x86 with the Core series, but even then it was UEFI only. Now it's going to be a closed ROM. Although not even technically a ROM unit, because it will be a system on a chip. The only thing that will run on it is a signed OS released by Apple which is specifically compatible with the unit.

Yes, I would like it if they were touchscreen, and one could use the Apple pencil with it, going between iOS and full MacOS apps. But that would be Apple admitting that Microsoft was correct in their original concept of Windows 10 as one architecture.

I want to use an iPad Pro with that amazing pencil and screen, but if I had to choose one or the other, I would choose the laptop. iOS (or iPadOS) is just not fully functional as a multi-tasker by itself for me.
 
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