Costco Wholesale has
Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop: M1 Chip, 2560x1600, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (MGND3LL/A) on sale for
$799.99 valid for
Costco Members only.
Thanks to community member
bazzinga for sharing this deal.
Note, must login w/ your Costco account w/ an active Costco Membership to purchase. Availability for in-store purchase may be available/may vary by location [
Store Locator].
Specs/Key Features:
- Apple M1 Chip 8-core CPU
- 13.3" 2560x1600 Retina IPS LCD Display
- 256GB Solid State Drive
- 7-Core GPU
- 8GB LPDDR4X RAM
- 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
- Integrated 720p FaceTime HD Camera
- Backlit Magic Keyboard with Force Touch Trackpad
- Aluminum casing
- macOS Big Sur 11.0
- Weight: 2.8 lbs
- Ports
- 2x Thunderbolt 3/ USB 4 Ports
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Those of you waiting for deals on 16gb models - Apple doesn't sell them in store, nor can you buy one in Best Buy or other store. 16gb IS A CUSTOM ORDER MBA. If stores like B&H would be selling them with discount, that would be their inventory of custom ordered MBAs.
To those, who doesn't understand unified memory - I had an XPS with I-9750 and 32Gb of ram before. MBA performance is more seamless.
I run a server, containerization system, 3 browsers with 100+ tabs, slack, zoom, Spotify, dozen other apps, and figma with 12Gb design files. I don't feel any slug (sometimes when I add double the tabs, it can happen, closing an unused browser stops the issue) but my swap is at 8-10 Gb. Ideally I would get 16gb but when I was ordering it after it came out, wait time was 45+ days.
This thing is a beast, compared to my xps 15 w/ i7.
Too many "LMAOOOOOOO 8gb in 2021" comments.
You can still get recoup costs by selling your 2016 for a good amount.
Too many "LMAOOOOOOO 8gb in 2021" comments.
This is the whole reason my brother, who wanted to onboard M1 macbook airs for his company (hes the IT director), had to give up on that idea. They wouldnt run the proprietary applications they license and didnt want to train employees to jump through the hoops of emulation to get them working. Its too much of a headache.
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Guess it's time to change that with this. Have heard nothing but great reviews.
Just hope I can make the transition from being a decades old windows user to MacOS.
The MacBook uses a PWM display. That's "Pulse Width Modulation" and it screws around with the frames to save power. You don't notice anything right away but if you are sensitive to PWM your eyes and vision get really weird after an hour or so. Even after leaving the laptop your vision can stay screwed-up for awhile. I had to take the Mac back to Micro Center. There are a lot of people posting about the PWM issue
There is also an issue with the MacBook displays cracking. There is already a class action lawsuit underway.. Personally I would skip the first gen M1s.
Class-action lawsuit filed for M1 MacBook screen cracks
https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/16/cl...en-cracks/
Apple MacBook Air 2020: Retina Display still uses PWM
https://www.notebookche
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same way as iOS smokes Androids with double the RAM, MacOS with M1 handles processes so much more efficiently with integrated RAM
look up any review
and add to that my ( and many others') personal experience
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