Get the 13-Inch M2 MacBook Air for the Record Low Price of $699

[Velli]

Yeah, my point is they CAN'T store their photos and videos on their computers because it's only 256Gb. That is exactly why they need it. If computers came standard with 1Tb drives like computers did TEN YEARS AGO, not as many would need to pay monthly to store their files in the cloud.

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Show me any consumer laptop from any manufacturer that came with 1TB AS STANDARD ten years ago. I struggle to find one TODAY. Lenovo T14, which is what my company gives me, starts at 256 (and 8GB of RAM!) You’re living in fantasy land.

Also, “they” don’t need to store “their” photos and videos on their laptops. Most people do that on their phone, or not at all.

 

[Velli]

So they drop the price of the base/plus model each year but they have no need to do it for the SE even though it’s sold for multiple years. what does that tell you?

The thing you are not getting is that Apple selling M2 Airs for 699.- through certain channels aren’t computers that sat unsold in a warehouse somewhere. Apple keeps manufacturing them to have something for the budget customers, without watering out the offerings in the “official” sales channels. Exactly like they do with phones. That is why some models are out of stock really quickly, while others keep selling for months and months. If anything, keeping a model as a budget option shows that this model was popular. Otherwise they would just kill it. Why keep an unpopular model around as a budget model - it would still be unpopular.

 

[Velli]

These are unsupported M2 models which Apple no longer sells.

In which way are they “unsupported”?

 

[PegLegDreg]

The M1 MacBook Air with 8GB for $629 just became a terrible value at Walmart. I wonder how long they’ll milk it.

Apple MacBook Air 13.3 inch Laptop - Space Gray, M1 Chip, Built for Apple Intelligence, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage - Walmart.com

Buy Apple MacBook Air 13.3 inch Laptop - Space Gray, M1 Chip, Built for Apple Intelligence, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage at Walmart.com

www.walmart.com

Still using an M1 iMac with 8gb. It works fine. That is incredibly good value for the experience you get.

 

[Compote]

Amazing value, you can't be wrong buying this in 16GB.

 

[Velli]

Still using an M1 iMac with 8gb. It works fine. That is incredibly good value for the experience you get.

I have the same, but still for 70 bucks more I’d get the 16GB M2*. But someone else mentioned their local Walmart charging below 600.-, and then it starts to be interesting again.

*Actually I’m a Wedge fan, and prefer the M1 for that reason. But at some point I can’t keep holding on to it. Luckily nothing indicates I’m getting close to that yet. Probably in a couple of years.

 

[sw1tcher]

Show me any consumer laptop from any manufacturer that came with 1TB AS STANDARD ten years ago.

1TB hard drive as standard. Got it! Is this what you're looking for?


2015 High Performance HP 17.3" Laptop /Intel i5-4210U /4GB RAM/ 1Tb Hard Drive/ Silver

2015 High Performance HP 17.3" Laptop /Intel i5-4210U /4GB RAM/ 1Tb Hard Drive/ Silver

Built-in media reader for simple photo transfer DVD/CD burner Full keyboard with 10-key numeric keypad

www.amazon.com

Dell Inspiron 15 i3543-2501BLK

Dell Inspiron 15 3000 review - a budget 15-inch laptop

I don’t buy budget laptops very often.

www.ultrabookreview.com

Toshiba Satellite C55-C5240 (note the 8GB RAM as standard too)

Toshiba Satellite C55-C5240 review: The best performance you’ll find under $500

The Toshiba Satellite C55-C may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid.

www.pcworld.com

 

[Velli]

1TB hard drive as standard. Got it! Is this what you're looking for?


2015 High Performance HP 17.3" Laptop /Intel i5-4210U /4GB RAM/ 1Tb Hard Drive/ Silver

2015 High Performance HP 17.3" Laptop /Intel i5-4210U /4GB RAM/ 1Tb Hard Drive/ Silver

Built-in media reader for simple photo transfer DVD/CD burner Full keyboard with 10-key numeric keypad

www.amazon.com

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Dell Inspiron 15 i3543-2501BLK

Dell Inspiron 15 3000 review - a budget 15-inch laptop

I don’t buy budget laptops very often.

www.ultrabookreview.com

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Toshiba Satellite C55-C5240 (note the 8GB RAM as standard too)

Toshiba Satellite C55-C5240 review: The best performance you’ll find under $500

The Toshiba Satellite C55-C may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid.

www.pcworld.com

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OK, I admit I wasn’t expecting HDD’s to get dragged into the conversation. You have a point, but there’s a reason we went to smaller but faster storage: It sucked.

 

[SkippyThorson]

I disagree. The 8GB was a much bigger issue than 256GB of storage. Unless they're storing all their photos on their computer 256GB is fine for most users. I think it should be 512GB though since it's so cheap.

I also disagree. I do store all of my media on my singular laptop, don’t want backup drives galore, and could care less about the 8GB ram.

The M-series chips driving these machines don’t need 16gb for its target market. Other than file storage, my M2 goes on the web, syncs to iCloud, and performs superbly.

The MacBook Air is not a multitasking powerhouse laptop for pros. They make another laptop with active cooling fans to cover that market.

 

[TVreporter]

I want to start seeing some comparisons of the M4 chip to the 1,2 and 3 and see if it's really worth splurging for M4 or save some bucks and go lower.

 

[tornadowrangler]

Show me any consumer laptop from any manufacturer that came with 1TB AS STANDARD ten years ago. I struggle to find one TODAY. Lenovo T14, which is what my company gives me, starts at 256 (and 8GB of RAM!) You’re living in fantasy land.

Also, “they” don’t need to store “their” photos and videos on their laptops. Most people do that on their phone, or not at all.

My 2015 iMac came with 1Tb hard drive. I didn't say laptop. Yes, you can't find them today. That's my point.

 

[badgerbadgerx2]

I want to start seeing some comparisons of the M4 chip to the 1,2 and 3 and see if it's really worth splurging for M4 or save some bucks and go lower.

assuming the M4 MBA will have similar single core numbers as the M4 mini = significant bump. Wait 1-2-3 weeks, M4 MBA will go on sale. Watch the appleinside buying guide. Usually adorama is the first to knock $$ off... then maybe coscto.

 

[ImAlwaysRight]

Thanks to this post I ended up purchasing a pair of 16GB M3 MBA's from Best Buy to replace aging M1 MBA's that are over 4 years old and starting to show some battery degradation. With the value I still have in the M1's, net it will only cost about $300 each to replace. Fresh battery, faster processor. Win-win!