The $799 M4 MacBook Air on Amazon is the best value product Apple has released in... decades?

[Adelphos33]

You can buy a M4 MacBook Air for $799 from Amazon. If you want 512GB of storage, it is $999. This computer will serve the buyer well for years. It can support two high resolution monitors, last for a long time on battery, and you can keep it supported with Apple Care for a long time.

Has Apple made a better value computer for the past 10-15 years? I don't see any obvious alternatives.

You can also buy an iPhone 16 Pro or Pro Max for zero dollars down from basically any US carrier, today. Upcoming iPhones don't appear to be offering much new in terms of functionality, so right now seems to be a great time to buy an iPhone.

You can also buy the latest Series 10 Apple Watch for $329.

Hell, if you want to throw an iPad in, you can get a Wi-Fi one for $299 or a cell one for $449 from Amazon.

These are all very good products. For the first time I can remember, you can basically buy a full suite of Apple products for under $1,500 out of pocket. They all work great together with the new OS enhancements.

A lot of people have criticized Apple recently for lack of innovation or whatever, but I would argue the value Apple is delivering to customers today is maybe the best in recent memory?

 

[russell_314]

You can buy a M4 MacBook Air for $799 from Amazon. If you want 512GB of storage, it is $999. This computer will serve the buyer well for years. It can support two high resolution monitors, last for a long time on battery, and you can keep it supported with Apple Care for a long time.

Has Apple made a better value computer for the past 10-15 years? I don't see any obvious alternatives.

You can also buy an iPhone 16 Pro or Pro Max for zero dollars down from basically any US carrier, today. Upcoming iPhones don't appear to be offering much new in terms of functionality, so right now seems to be a great time to buy an iPhone.

You can also buy the latest Series 10 Apple Watch for $329.

Hell, if you want to throw an iPad in, you can get a Wi-Fi one for $299 or a cell one for $449 from Amazon.

These are all very good products. For the first time I can remember, you can basically buy a full suite of Apple products for under $1,500 out of pocket. They all work great together with the new OS enhancements.

A lot of people have criticized Apple recently for lack of innovation or whatever, but I would argue the value Apple is delivering to customers today is maybe the best in recent memory?

I still have my M2 Air that I bought three years ago and it’s been awesome. It’s been my favorite laptop except the MacBook Pro I used to have years ago.

 

[Ayemerica]

Hell of a deal

 

[wyliej]

The Mac Mini is a better deal ($449 at Micro Center) for the same specs. Add a $100 monitor, a $10 keyboard, and a $10 mouse, and you have a complete setup for $570 plus tax, with no batteries to fail. There is nothing on the market available new from a reputable manufacturer that competes at that price point.

The problem is that this ceases to be a good deal as soon as you upgrade anything. In the real world, 1TB of storage plus 32GB of RAM is under $150 (total, for both). In Apple-land, that would cost $800.