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This is it. 3nm chips aren’t in the cards for M2, and prices will prob go up. This will be a substantial upgrade over my existing late 2013 15 inch. Plus Another $100 back for using prime store card. It’ll be here thurs. So excite.
 
Best Buy has been offering the same $400 discount on ALL models of the 14/16” Pros for the last 10 days. Base 14” model @ $1599 is solid! Also, they were offering $400 off the 13” M1 and M2. That discount has dipped slightly to $350 as of this morning.
 
Scored the base model 14" MacBook Pro for $1599 over the weekend. Amazon ran out them by Sunday. So, for the same price as
a base MacBook Air M2 with 16GB and 512GB, I'm getting a way better laptop and it's just as light.

The MBA is nearly a pound less. It's very noticeable. If weight is important to you than the MBA may very well be the better choice.
 
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