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Apple MacBook Air (2022): 13.6", M2 Chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD $999 + free s/h

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Product Name: Apple 13.6" MacBook Air (M2, Midnight)
Model Number: MLY33LL/A
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xboxmookie
06-05-2023 at 02:47 PM.
06-05-2023 at 02:47 PM.
Waiting for a $900 deal. This matches lowest previous deal but Apple just cut the price $100 today
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gaswalla
06-05-2023 at 08:55 PM.
06-05-2023 at 08:55 PM.
it's essentially $849 on the apple education website... go to check out, and you get a $150 gift card for free
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dc1225
06-05-2023 at 09:05 PM.
06-05-2023 at 09:05 PM.
What's the best price for 16/512? Bh is 1499 that's no deal
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goibhniu
06-06-2023 at 04:43 AM.
06-06-2023 at 04:43 AM.
Quote from dc1225 :
What's the best price for 16/512? Bh is 1499 that's no deal
Honestly, by the time you've pumped it up to 16/512 you might as well pay $100 more for the 15" model to get the larger battery, larger screen, extra speakers, etc. I kinda feel like the 15" Air is the laptop I've been waiting years for someone to make (sorry LG Gram!).
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BostonBatman
06-06-2023 at 08:55 AM.
06-06-2023 at 08:55 AM.
I posted a $900 Amazon deal for the same model...
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BigDaddy256
06-06-2023 at 09:17 AM.
06-06-2023 at 09:17 AM.
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I posted a $900 Amazon deal for the same model...
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HapShaughnessy
06-06-2023 at 09:24 AM.
06-06-2023 at 09:24 AM.
8/256 is a bad joke. A computer for the unknowing masses.
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pmek99
06-06-2023 at 11:19 AM.
06-06-2023 at 11:19 AM.
Quote from MrSkeptic :
8/256 is a bad joke. A computer for the unknowing masses.
I'll give you the 256GB is paltry. The 8 GB RAM paired with the M2 doesn't bottleneck me when I am processing Sony and Fuji RAW photos through Lightroom, Topaz Denoise AI, and Topaz Sharpen AI. It runs those faster than my windows desktop PC with more RAM and a discrete GPU - especially Sharpen AI, which is a known resource hog. Just my personal experience.
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HapShaughnessy
06-06-2023 at 11:52 AM.
06-06-2023 at 11:52 AM.
Quote from pmek99 :
I'll give you the 256GB is paltry. The 8 GB RAM paired with the M2 doesn't bottleneck me when I am processing Sony and Fuji RAW photos through Lightroom, Topaz Denoise AI, and Topaz Sharpen AI. It runs those faster than my windows desktop PC with more RAM and a discrete GPU - especially Sharpen AI, which is a known resource hog. Just my personal experience.

Take a look at Activity Monitor to see the swap file usage. You might be surprised. Or horrified.

My 16GB/1TB 2015 usually runs under 250MB, 500 max during high load. It would use more if it wasn't 16GB due to stuff at rest runs just under 8GB with only a few apps open. Many here with 8GB M1/M2 (in another thread) report mega-swap file use consistently with just a few things running.

Also, Apple puts in slower flash storage in the entry-level 256GB units that runs at half speed.
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pmek99
06-06-2023 at 12:35 PM.
06-06-2023 at 12:35 PM.
Quote from MrSkeptic :
Take a look at Activity Monitor to see the swap file usage. You might be surprised. Or horrified.

My 16GB/1TB 2015 usually runs under 250MB, 500 max during high load. It would use more if it wasn't 16GB due to stuff at rest runs just under 8GB with only a few apps open. Many here with 8GB M1/M2 (in another thread) report mega-swap file use consistently with just a few things running.

Also, Apple puts in slower flash storage in the entry-level 256GB units that runs at half speed.
The slower SSD on the 256 GB is the reason I bought the 512. I'll be fully transparent - I have no clue what impact "swap file usage" has. All I know is in my day to day use I never have any issues with it having "only" 8 GB of RAM. I'm not keeping 30 Safari tabs open or running multiple apps at once though. I imagine it would come into play more so if I was.
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dc1225
06-06-2023 at 12:38 PM.
06-06-2023 at 12:38 PM.
Quote from pmek99 :
The slower SSD on the 256 GB is the reason I bought the 512. I'll be fully transparent - I have no clue what impact "swap file usage" has. All I know is in my day to day use I never have any issues with it having "only" 8 GB of RAM. I'm not keeping 30 Safari tabs open or running multiple apps at once though. I imagine it would come into play more so if I was.
You did the prudent thing
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HapShaughnessy
06-06-2023 at 12:49 PM.
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Quote from pmek99 :
The slower SSD on the 256 GB is the reason I bought the 512. I'll be fully transparent - I have no clue what impact "swap file usage" has. All I know is in my day to day use I never have any issues with it having "only" 8 GB of RAM. I'm not keeping 30 Safari tabs open or running multiple apps at once though. I imagine it would come into play more so if I was.
Swap files are the amount of storage used over and over again on a storage device like a hard drive, SSD, or flash storage in the case of new Macs. Flash storage can only take so many rewriting cycles before it begins to shrink capacity. Larger storage can, therefore, handle much more of this before that happens. And less RAM makes the problem worse by handing more data over to the swap file once it fills up. If you're curious, you can open Activity Monitor in Utilities and see the amount of swap file used at the bottom of the monitor screen.
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bieberwhole69
06-06-2023 at 01:04 PM.
06-06-2023 at 01:04 PM.
the ignorant love 8/256... let them live their lives in bliss
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dc1225
06-06-2023 at 01:21 PM.
06-06-2023 at 01:21 PM.
Quote from bieberwhole69 :
the ignorant love 8/256... let them live their lives in bliss
Tbh it's fine for most, it is.
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