Interestingly, the 8/512 configuration seems to have the longest lead time at the moment....Perhaps a lot of people wanting entry-level systems but worried that the Air has the same 256GB issue as the MacBook Pro?
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All true but as another commenter alluded, the real problem today is the base RAM. I guess Apple is (literally) banking on the fact that the swap is faster than it used to be.
I really want one of these to replace my 12" macbook. Was still kind of hoping they would have released a smaller laptop, but the form factor of this MBA is fairly decent.
“Sexy new look”?! LOL! 😴
It looks just like the MacBook Pros have looked for years.
The M1 MBA is the one that looks sleek and modern, especially in Space Grey!
The Romans were right:
”De gustibus non est disputandum.” 😎
There are a few "security" related programs that I can't use on any other laptop. Otherwise I can do 95 per cent of the rest on any laptop — and what they provided is a joke.
Put a gen 1 Air, next to a M1 Air and a M2 Air and tell me the difference from 5ft
Yeah, seven hours after launch and this hot seller has generated a massive 89 posts (by fewer than 89 people). Buyers around the planet going crazy to get hold of a meh MBA. 🤷♂️🤷♀️
And you can still go online and order the base model for delivery next Friday. 🤦♂️🤦♀️
Sheesh. 💩
Same. Was in the cart and checking out at 6:01am mountain time and it was already at august 2-9. Is ok, I’ll happily wait for that sexy blue.
So you would be happy if Apple dropped the 8Gb model and doubled the price for the (now) standard 16Gb model?
You have to be. I mean, you don't seem to be worried about price, only about how much RAM the base model has.
Correction: It looks like the MBPs have looked for less than one year.
The M1 Air has an iconic design, but which is nicer looking is subjective.
8 GB for a computer that uses unified memory, in 2022, is not enough unless you intend to keep that machine for very short time.
Base+$200 for 16 GB is the price they should be advertising the MBA for.
WTF? Why should people buy a new one? It’s not the 8GB version is unusable.
If you just want it for office tasks, streaming video etc. it’s more than enough.
If you want to professionally edit videos etc. then you wouldn’t buy the 8GB version anyways.
This is „fear mongering“
Some people were tricked into believing that 8gb on M1 is equivalent to 16gb on Intel. They thought that "unified memory" meant that applications will use less ram but it really just means the CPU and GPU sharing the same pool of RAM.