Apple MacBook Air (4 Colors): 13.6", M2, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Expired

No. Macs do not have some magic that makes 8gb good. In fact, Macs allocating system memory to the GPU means even less ram is available.

8gb is insane in a world where normal cell phones have that. 16gb has been the new standard for many years. 32gb is the new power user desktop standard.

Waiting for $750 on this. Would be worth $850 with 16GB RAM perhaps.

For an extra $100, it definitely is worth it for the M3 Air.

You get dual monitor support, a faster processor, better read/write speeds on a base model over the M2 Air, faster Wi-Fi, and better mics.

Think about it over the life of the laptop, $100 isn't as much over the course of 5-7 years. If you can swing it, I would spend the extra $100.

Sure, 8GB may be enough for some people today, but it isn't enough for others, and the real issue is that it doesn't future proof the purchase. Even today, a small number of open apps will push an 8GB Mac to use disk swap continuously which is slower and will degrade the storage quicker. All the same, this is a beast of a machine for $850.

I own both and M3 is definitely not worth a penny extra over M2

People who are doing the level of work that require dual external should just get a pro. On M3 air it gets really hot when driving dual displays and you have to keep lid closed that keep more heat internally, at the same time losing access to the keyboard and trackpad. And now you don't have any port for an external SSD or adapter.

Plus with dynamic caching and unified memory to drive two external 4k you definitely want 16gb, and you just lost all your c ports so you want 512gb to avoid needing storage but have no port to connect external drive.

So now you are looking at $1399, $550 more than base M2, to have any meaningful quality of life improvement.

And M3 is not future proofing anything. It only has about a quarter of the MINIMUM teraflops of neural processing required to run AI natively. Next gen windows laptops are going to have 5x of the M3's NPU as standard. The M3 won't be best AI anything it's going to be severely gimped, you can expect to see huge M-series NPU upgrade coming in next 1-2 years.

So basically, to justify getting a m3 base for $100 more because you are spreading it across x years because it's more "future proof" is the dumbest advice I've seen. They'll triple NPU to support native ferret, rid the notch, and add Dynamic Island and Face ID and instantly make this generation of Mac's obsolete. Those features are coming in 2-3 years max judging by the rate people stick to the older gen Mac's because lack of upgrade with the M3 models.

Does open box have same warranty as new ones from Apple? Can we add Apple Care?

I bought open box has issue went to manufacturer and they declined due to open box …. Bb is lying as neither one helped!!

What exactly did you buy?

M1 has been as low as $650 in the past, for certified refurbished on Woot. Apple certified refurbished are as good as new.

I was looking for new computers. And is Woot safe? I have never heard of it before.

IDK what he brought but every Mac I gotten open box, they'd always let me buy AC+.

Woot is basically Amazon. They sell stuff that AMZ can't get rid of, or open box stuff at decent deals.