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[Apple Month@Micro Center] MacBook Air M1 - Late 2020. 8gb RAM/256gb SSD - $899 and More

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Same price as Apple Education price, but some may prefer to get from Micro Center.

Apple M1 Chip
8GB Unified RAM
256GB Solid State Drive
7-core GPU
macOS
802.11ax Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.0
13.3" Retina LED-backlit Display with IPS Technology

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[Apple Month@Micro Center] MacBook Air M1 - Late 2020. 8gb RAM/256gb SSD - $899 and More

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Created 04-06-2021 at 07:49 AM by SmilingHorn3826

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SlickDealir

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04-06-2021 at 02:16 PM.

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

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Techno7

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Techno7

04-06-2021 at 09:16 PM.

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

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bk2002

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bk2002

04-07-2021 at 05:49 PM.

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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PriapisX

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04-07-2021 at 07:10 PM.

Quote from bk2002

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.

Quote from PriapisX

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.

Quote from bk2002

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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Mitya

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04-07-2021 at 08:59 PM.

Quote from PriapisX

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.

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

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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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ddBqRvCpcFv6

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ddBqRvCpcFv6

04-08-2021 at 12:30 AM.

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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talk2ravisoni

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talk2ravisoni

04-08-2021 at 06:03 AM.

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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quangdhtms

04-09-2021 at 11:23 AM.

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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Soixante-O-Matic

04-09-2021 at 08:17 PM.

Quote from bk2002

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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august_leo

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august_leo

04-10-2021 at 05:45 AM.

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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nin7474

04-10-2021 at 02:57 PM.

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.