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Student Deal - 2020 MacBook Air 13.3, 10th Gen i3, 8GB/256GB $849.99

$849.99
$949.99
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  • i3, Dual-core
  • 13.3 inches, 2560 x 1600 (Retina)
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard and Touch ID
  • 8GB of memory LPDDR4X
  • Two Thunderbolt 3 (USB Type-C) ports
  • 802.11ac Wi-Fi
  • 2.8 pounds


https://www.bestbuy.com/site/appl...Id=6366606
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Model: Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 1.1GHz Dual-core 10th-Generation Intel?Core?i3 Processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB) - Space Gray

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bballer20
07-06-2020 at 07:40 AM.
07-06-2020 at 07:40 AM.
Does best buy do the free airpods too? Can't seem to find it online
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kushs
07-06-2020 at 09:12 AM.
07-06-2020 at 09:12 AM.
Quote from bballer20 :
Does best buy do the free airpods too? Can't seem to find it online

Nope, they'll match the offer but then drive the price of the mac up to apple's
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takuarc
07-06-2020 at 09:54 AM.
07-06-2020 at 09:54 AM.
Delete
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daugusti
07-06-2020 at 09:56 AM.
07-06-2020 at 09:56 AM.
What happened to the $649 MacBook you could get every year with the $200 off macs student deal coupon!!!! Covid is killing the deals! $100? come on best buy! I'll wait and see if the cheapest MacBook goes on sale before my daughter "hopefully" leaves for college. Ugh tired of waiting.
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<><
07-06-2020 at 10:07 AM.
07-06-2020 at 10:07 AM.
Quote from takuarc :
$1149 for the pro with 512 ssd

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/appl...Id=6366607

That's still an air in the link right? Best buy is showing the i3 as 10th gen, I thought all i3 air was 8th gen? Nvm, confusing lowest priced pro with air.
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takuarc
07-06-2020 at 10:09 AM.
07-06-2020 at 10:09 AM.
Quote from <>< :
That's still an air in the link right? Best buy is showing the i3 as 10th gen, I thought all i3 air was 8th gen?

Oops never mind, my bad.
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sharozal
07-06-2020 at 10:18 AM.
07-06-2020 at 10:18 AM.
Quote from daugusti :
What happened to the $649 MacBook you could get every year with the $200 off macs student deal coupon!!!! Covid is killing the deals! $100? come on best buy! I'll wait and see if the cheapest MacBook goes on sale before my daughter "hopefully" leaves for college. Ugh tired of waiting.

There hasn't been a 649 dollar MacBook for like 5 years lol
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arjun90
07-06-2020 at 10:20 AM.
07-06-2020 at 10:20 AM.
I don't suppose you can use iMovie effectively on this, right?
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WhatIsSlicking
07-06-2020 at 11:14 AM.
07-06-2020 at 11:14 AM.
Quote from arjun90 :
I don't suppose you can use iMovie effectively on this, right?
prob long time to render the finished project but it should still work.

if you only use imovie here and there it should be fine. Otherwise you could optionally go for the pro models.
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jkh911208
07-06-2020 at 11:20 AM.
07-06-2020 at 11:20 AM.
Quote from daugusti :
What happened to the $649 MacBook you could get every year with the $200 off macs student deal coupon!!!! Covid is killing the deals! $100? come on best buy! I'll wait and see if the cheapest MacBook goes on sale before my daughter "hopefully" leaves for college. Ugh tired of waiting.

Lol blame everything for covid
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Schism213
07-06-2020 at 12:25 PM.
07-06-2020 at 12:25 PM.
Pay with Discover via Paypal for that 5% CB
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flipmeister
07-06-2020 at 05:25 PM.
07-06-2020 at 05:25 PM.
This was the laptop to avoid up until Apple announced the phasing out of Intel processors.

At $1149 for the i5 w/512 GB, if you need/want to be in the Apple ecosystem and can accept a 2-3 year lifespan, it's the most palpable macbook option.

It's difficult to rationalize (outside of a work/job need) spending 2k+ on any macbook at this point.
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XoneSp
07-06-2020 at 07:14 PM.
07-06-2020 at 07:14 PM.
Quote from flipmeister :
up until Apple announced the phasing out of Intel processors
a 2-3 year lifespan, it's the most palpable macbook option.
I assume you meant palatable and not palpable.
Apple has not announced the phasing out of Intel, considering Cook already mentioned there are still Intel-based computers coming out in the future. Plus, a projected 2-3 years of updates is just blind speculation on your part. Not to mention that it doesn't make the computer useless after that point anyways.
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flipmeister
07-06-2020 at 07:46 PM.
07-06-2020 at 07:46 PM.
Quote from XoneSp :
I assume you meant palatable and not palpable.
Apple has not announced the phasing out of Intel, considering Cook already mentioned there are still Intel-based computers coming out in the future. Plus, a projected 2-3 years of updates is just blind speculation on your part. Not to mention that it doesn't make the computer useless after that point anyways.
Autocorrect do what it do.

They did lay out their plan to transition to apple CPUs, it's starting this year. My dev kit for work should be arriving soon.

I'm not talking about updates, there is going to be an increasing amount of incompatibility with the new architecture over time as more apple cpu MacBooks ship. Application developers will stop investing time developing and optimizing for both platforms equally, the market for macs isn't too big and there's more to be gained for the cpu which can run iOS apps (or which can be developed for apple MacBook silicon with less time).
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