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Micro Center Stores: MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop: M1, 2560x1600, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Expired

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Micro Center Stores have Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop (Late 2020 Model, MGN63LL/A, Space Gray) on sale for $829.99. Select Free Store Pickup via "Reserve Now" option on product page.

Thanks to Community Member toodamwicked for posting this deal.

Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location. Limit 1 per household.

Specs:
  • Apple M1 Chip 8-core CPU + 7-Core GPU
  • 13.3" 2560x1600 Retina LED-backlit IPS Display
  • 256GB Solid State Drive
  • 8GB LPDDR4X RAM
  • 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
  • Integrated 720p FaceTime HD Camera
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard with Force Touch Trackpad
  • macOS Big Sur 11.0
  • Ports
    • 2x Thunderbolt 3 / USB 4 Ports
  • Weight: 2.8 lbs
  • 49.9Whr lithium‑polymer battery (built-in)
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Micro center has Apple MacBook Air M1 chip, 8GB RAM, and 256GB SSD for 829.99.

https://www.microcenter.com/produ...toreid=101
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I would pay $50 more to buy at Costco and not have to deal with manufacturer's warranty department
Waiting for the "8GB RAM isn't enough" comments that always plague these MacBook/Mini deals.

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Alchemic
05-18-2022 at 08:19 AM.
05-18-2022 at 08:19 AM.
This is an excellent laptop. I bought it for my wife but returned it a week later as the 8gb/256gb was too little. we got the same m1 laptop but with 16gb and 512gb.
Battery life is amazing, she's getting about 10 hours

8gb and 256gb was too small
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Alchemic
05-18-2022 at 08:20 AM.
05-18-2022 at 08:20 AM.
Quote from IPrince :
FYI: Apple will likely announce a new redesigned MacBook Air at WWDC on June 6. Having said that, this is still an awesome deal on a great laptop
True but it won't be released until the fall at earliest and is expected to start at$1200
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sillar68
05-18-2022 at 08:50 AM.
05-18-2022 at 08:50 AM.
Quote from IPrince :
FYI: Apple will likely announce a new redesigned MacBook Air at WWDC on June 6. Having said that, this is still an awesome deal on a great laptop

And it will only be for preorder until its available a few weeks later, and will cost $200 more for a few months after initial release.
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DmitriyM1487
05-18-2022 at 08:58 AM.
05-18-2022 at 08:58 AM.
Quote from violenthistory :
Awesome deal. M1 is incredibly powerful.

USB C only is dealt with easily by buying USB to USB C adapters on Amazon. Like $10.

Only caveat is the battery does not last long.
I upgraded from a 2015 Air, and it was a very noticeable decline in battery life.
Other than that it's amazing!

does that allow video transfer via type c
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05-18-2022 at 09:00 AM.
05-18-2022 at 09:00 AM.
Quote from Nautian :
I came from a Dell XPS so this long battery life was something I never experienced before. I can get 10+ hrs out of it on battery, is that lower than 2015 MBA?
I charge it more often than the 2015 for sure.
Apple also initially said MBA 2020 could get 18 hours with video playback, and 15 hours normal web use.

Are you running Monterey?
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05-18-2022 at 09:06 AM.
05-18-2022 at 09:06 AM.
Quote from DmitriyM1487 :
does that allow video transfer via type c
As in data transfer? I've had no issues connecting USB 3.0 External Hard Drives, and Flash Drives to transfer files, including video.
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05-18-2022 at 09:06 AM.
05-18-2022 at 09:06 AM.
Quote from violenthistory :
I charge it more often than the 2015 for sure.
Apple also initially said MBA 2020 could get 18 hours with video playback, and 15 hours normal web use.

Are you running Monterey?

I'm on Monterey 12.4 the latest release, as far as the quoted battery life, people replicated it on YT and got close to it but for normal usage I don't expect to get the same. I guess it just depends on which apps you're using, for me it's mostly web browsing and light data science/development stuff.
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05-18-2022 at 09:20 AM.
05-18-2022 at 09:20 AM.
Quote from cvrefugee :
Waiting for the "8GB RAM isn't enough" comments that always plague these MacBook/Mini deals.
If you need to use apps that are not ARM-native, then 8 GB is really not enough. Rosetta is incredibly swap-happy, which increases the chances of failure for the SSD.

Otherwise, 8 GB now goes much further thanks to M1 and native apps.
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05-18-2022 at 09:24 AM.
05-18-2022 at 09:24 AM.
Quote from IPrince :
FYI: Apple will likely announce a new redesigned MacBook Air at WWDC on June 6. Having said that, this is still an awesome deal on a great laptop
Can you give a source on this?

I follow this thoroughly and every single established rumor-mill has hinted to a late Fall release for the new Air.

We would have gotten many leaks if the announcement was in merely two weeks. Alas, we don't even have a solid rumor.​
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05-18-2022 at 10:01 AM.
05-18-2022 at 10:01 AM.
i'm tempted to get this for my wife, but isn't the m2 chip coming out this year and won't this just get much lower?
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05-18-2022 at 12:03 PM.
05-18-2022 at 12:03 PM.
Quote from juggafist :
This is also the 7 core version where as the Costco deal is 8 core. Not the same model.
The M1 integrates an Apple designed[4] eight-core (seven in some base models) graphics processing unit (GPU)

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05-18-2022 at 12:34 PM.
05-18-2022 at 12:34 PM.
I know several people who have the base model M1 Mac and do video editing and they have no problem, but I hear lots of complaints of people who don't have M1 macs say they don't work for video editing. I guess it depends on the video editing program you're doing, and how much you're doing with it, so if you're doing blender or intense after effects or davinci resolve fusion for a full length movie film with tons of CGI modeling, the 8 GB model is not for you lol
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05-18-2022 at 12:37 PM.
05-18-2022 at 12:37 PM.
Quote from EfficientFeather178 :
i'm tempted to get this for my wife, but isn't the m2 chip coming out this year and won't this just get much lower?

Knowing Apple, they may just discontinue this, the new M2 Mac could easily be $1200 base price with inflation going on right now, and they are having issues with manufacturing at the moment. Something like this happened with the iPad mini, there were deals popping up on the mini 5 A few months ago, $300 and it's still a fine iPad, but everyone here said "no, wait for the new mini 6, it's gonna be the same price" and sure enough the mini 6 comes out with a 100-150$ higher than previous base price of 500-600$ 🤦 and you couldn't buy the mini 5 anymore at all
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05-19-2022 at 05:21 AM.
05-19-2022 at 05:21 AM.
Quote from mickybluesb :
I know several people who have the base model M1 Mac and do video editing and they have no problem, but I hear lots of complaints of people who don't have M1 macs say they don't work for video editing. I guess it depends on the video editing program you're doing, and how much you're doing with it, so if you're doing blender or intense after effects or davinci resolve fusion for a full length movie film with tons of CGI modeling, the 8 GB model is not for you lol
8gb is not also not enough if you use more than 15 tabs on chrome, i have the 16gb and right now my ram pressure is in the yellow with 4gig on memory swap.
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zachslusser
05-20-2022 at 07:11 AM.
05-20-2022 at 07:11 AM.
Can you upgrade the memory from 8 to 16 yourself?
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