[Apple Month@Micro Center] MacBook Air M1 - Late 2020. 8gb RAM/256gb SSD

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04-06-2021 at 02:16 PM #2

Good deal for new, current floor is $850 via Apple Certified Refurbished, currently OOS

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04-06-2021 at 09:16 PM #3

Bestbuy did price match without any fuss. I am in WA where microcenter is not present.

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04-07-2021 at 05:49 PM #4

what happens when the SSD dies? any way to replace it

I heard a lot of good things about the M1 chip, wanted to try FCP on it..

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04-07-2021 at 07:10 PM #5

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what happens when the SSD dies? any way to replace it

I heard a lot of good things about the M1 chip, wanted to try FCP on it..

Do SSD's frequently have this problem?
I'm using my MacBook Air from 2013 and never had a problem with the SSD (although I replaced the battery twice.)

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04-07-2021 at 07:14 PM #6

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Do SSD's frequently have this problem?
I'm using my MacBook Air from 2013 and never had a problem with the SSD (although I replaced the battery twice.)

No, as you've seen, SSD drives are very reliable... And don't have issues without heavy data transfer/use.

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04-07-2021 at 08:51 PM #7

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what happens when the SSD dies? any way to replace it

I heard a lot of good things about the M1 chip, wanted to try FCP on it..

This is a very good laptop, I like it a lot. You aren't going to be able to replace ssd or ram.

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04-07-2021 at 08:59 PM #8

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Do SSD's frequently have this problem?
I'm using my MacBook Air from 2013 and never had a problem with the SSD (although I replaced the battery twice.)

I had a 2tb XPG s50 lite nvme fail after 4 month of light use. If you aren't using it for heavy IO, it can last 10+ years. Otherwise if you're doing software development or video editing you can purchase external nvme enclosure for $20 and put any ssd you like.

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04-07-2021 at 11:44 PM #9

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I had a 2tb XPG s50 lite nvme fail after 4 month of light use. If you aren't using it for heavy IO, it can last 10+ years. Otherwise if you're doing software development or video editing you can purchase external nvme enclosure for $20 and put any ssd you like.

yeah i lost 2 SSD's Also. i used them has just boot dr

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I had a 2tb XPG s50 lite nvme fail after 4 month of light use. If you aren't using it for heavy IO, it can last 10+ years. Otherwise if you're doing software development or video editing you can purchase external nvme enclosure for $20 and put any ssd you like.

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I had a 2tb XPG s50 lite nvme fail after 4 month of light use. If you aren't using it for heavy IO, it can last 10+ years. Otherwise if you're doing software development or video editing you can purchase external nvme enclosure for $20 and put any ssd you like.

Had 2 ssd's crash (about 1 year use) was just using them on my pc as boot drives. and doing reading and writing on the second drive. The C drive was just for boot and program files. not as a scratch disk also.

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04-08-2021 at 12:30 AM #10

Just pay for icloud if you want your data to backed up all the time. If you have iPhone and Macbook, it works great.

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04-08-2021 at 06:03 AM #11

going to buy macbook , Is apple care of any help ?, I mean paying around $200+ in case if they don't cover all the problems ?

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04-09-2021 at 11:23 AM #12

There was a post a couple weeks (maybe months) back where someone listed a website that didn't charge tax... would anyone happen to know? It was like something and brothers or something and sons.

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04-09-2021 at 08:17 PM #13

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what happens when the SSD dies? any way to replace it

I heard a lot of good things about the M1 chip, wanted to try FCP on it..

This is a non-issue with too much hype around it for article and youtube content views.

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04-10-2021 at 05:45 AM #14

Costco has it for $950 and you get 2 years warranty. If you pay with Costco Citi card, you get 2 additional years warranty. Worth paying $50 bucks extra for 4 years warranty if you have the Citi card.

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04-10-2021 at 02:57 PM #15

Just bought a "Apple Certified Refurb MBA M1 8 Core GPU, 8gb RAM, 512gb SSD, Gray" for $1,059 before tax on Apple Store.
Microcenter wanted the same model/specs but new for $1,179.99.

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