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expired Posted by thadoggfather • Sep 20, 2023
Sep 20, 2023 6:38 PM
Apple - MacBook Air 15" Laptop - M2 chip - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Silver OPEN BOX Excellent - $842.99
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A low number means whoever bought it barely used it. Even if it's a little high, as long as everything else looks good it might be worth it for you.
At this price, it's only a little over $100 compared to a new M1 Air but the jump from the M1 to the M2 chip is pretty big.
However, if your main uses are web browsing and email and watching movies on a nice large screen, the base 15" MacBook Air should be more than enough for many users. It's a sweet portable machine and my wife is now the one enjoying it haha. It feels like a far more powerful version of the 15" MacBook Pro that is crazy thin and light for its size too. It's nice for those who need the bigger screen to have a far less expensive option than the 16" beast too. Enjoy it!
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Seems like a great deal! it's essentially the sale price (of new) + open box discount stacked
However, if your main uses are web browsing and email and watching movies on a nice large screen, the base 15" MacBook Air should be more than enough for many users. It's a sweet portable machine and my wife is now the one enjoying it haha. It feels like a far more powerful version of the 15" MacBook Pro that is crazy thin and light for its size too. It's nice for those who need the bigger screen to have a far less expensive option than the 16" beast too. Enjoy it!
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Many family and friends I know don't multitask very heavily and typically are just on a computer to browse, read emails and watch streaming media and don't push their computers far beyond that. I definitely could have gotten by, but I figured I might as well go for the more powerful machine while I can (I work on cargo ships, so will be overseas for six months soon) as Apple products are stupidly expensive overseas haha. That, plus I was able to take advantage of the Edu discount and $150 Apple Gift Card promo (again) on the new base model 14" MacBook Pro. The gift card is nice as I turn around and use it afterward to pay for annual AppleCare+ on both our MacBooks.
If the base 15" Air were specced 16GB/512GB I'm pretty sure I would've kept it as I really enjoyed the form factor, but alas the jump to the MBP for a wee more, beyond a BTO 15" Air, was a better fit for me after all. I hear rumor the M3 MacBook Airs will likely come equipped with 12GB RAM standard (and honestly I can live with the 256GB at this point) so maybe I'll go with a big-screen Air next time around.
Many family and friends I know don't multitask very heavily and typically are just on a computer to browse, read emails and watch streaming media and don't push their computers far beyond that. I definitely could have gotten by, but I figured I might as well go for the more powerful machine while I can (I work on cargo ships, so will be overseas for six months soon) as Apple products are stupidly expensive overseas haha. That, plus I was able to take advantage of the Edu discount and $150 Apple Gift Card promo (again) on the new base model 14" MacBook Pro. The gift card is nice as I turn around and use it afterward to pay for annual AppleCare+ on both our MacBooks.
If the base 15" Air were specced 16GB/512GB I'm pretty sure I would've kept it as I really enjoyed the form factor, but alas the jump to the MBP for a wee more, beyond a BTO 15" Air, was a better fit for me after all. I hear rumor the M3 MacBook Airs will likely come equipped with 12GB RAM standard (and honestly I can live with the 256GB at this point) so maybe I'll go with a big-screen Air next time around.
Parallels works quite nicely, given that BootCamp is no longer a thing, as I do need some Windows capabilities at work (and we certainly cannot remote-in to anything out to sea haha), I could just as easily buy a cheap PC laptop, but its nice to not have to carry the extra gear over there, I have Windows 11 available as needed and it plays nicely inside MacOS allowing me to share printers, storage devices and files quite seamlessly. If you prefer, you can also put Windows programs in your LaunchPad or on the Dock and when you click on them it launches Paralells VM automatically. Heck, the M2 has enough nuts you can even play some PC games inside the VM (on the MacBook Pro anyways lol) if you were so inclined.
And not only all of that, she makes a great little desktop computer (That I don't have to sync with a separate laptop) w/ the Studio Display I found. Quite happy with it!
Parallels works quite nicely, given that BootCamp is no longer a thing, as I do need some Windows capabilities at work (and we certainly cannot remote-in to anything out to sea haha), I could just as easily buy a cheap PC laptop, but its nice to not have to carry the extra gear over there, I have Windows 11 available as needed and it plays nicely inside MacOS allowing me to share printers, storage devices and files quite seamlessly. If you prefer, you can also put Windows programs in your LaunchPad or on the Dock and when you click on them it launches Paralells VM automatically. Heck, the M2 has enough nuts you can even play some PC games inside the VM (on the MacBook Pro anyways lol) if you were so inclined.
And not only all of that, she makes a great little desktop computer (That I don't have to sync with a separate laptop) w/ the Studio Display I found. Quite happy with it!
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I'm just not sure it's wise for me to buy a laptop with less RAM and the same storage capacity as my phone. These specs are probably fine but make me nervous, given the sad difficulty of upgrades. Feel free to convince me one way or the other if you have strong feelings about this.
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