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13.6" Apple MacBook Air: M3 CPU, 2560x1664 Display, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD

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Amazon has 13.6" Apple MacBook Air: M3 CPU, 2560x1664 Display, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (Various Colors) for $899 - $50 when you clip the coupon on the product page = $849. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Eragorn and Community Member Dr.Wajahat [discuss] for finding this deal.

Available Colors:Alternatively, Amazon has 13.6" Apple MacBook Air: M3 CPU, 2560x1664 Display, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD (Various Colors) for $1299 - $50 when you clip the coupon on the product page = $1249. Shipping is free.

Available Colors:Alternatively, BH Photo Video has 13.6" Apple MacBook Air: M3 CPU, 2560x1664 Display, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD (Various Colors) on sale for $1249. Shipping is free.

Available Colors:Best Buy has for My Best Buy Plus & Total Members (starts from $49.99 per year): Apple 13" MacBook Air Laptops w/ M3 Chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (Various Colors) on sale for $849.

Available Colors:Alternatively, Best Buy has for My Best Buy Plus & Total Members (starts from $49.99 per year): 13.6" Apple MacBook Air: M3 CPU, 2560x1664 Display, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD (Various Colors) on sale for $1249. Shipping is free.

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Amazon has 13.6" Apple MacBook Air: M3 CPU, 2560x1664 Display, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (Various Colors) for $899 - $50 when you clip the coupon on the product page = $849. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Eragorn and Community Member Dr.Wajahat [discuss] for finding this deal.

Available Colors:Alternatively, Amazon has 13.6" Apple MacBook Air: M3 CPU, 2560x1664 Display, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD (Various Colors) for $1299 - $50 when you clip the coupon on the product page = $1249. Shipping is free.

Available Colors:Alternatively, BH Photo Video has 13.6" Apple MacBook Air: M3 CPU, 2560x1664 Display, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD (Various Colors) on sale for $1249. Shipping is free.

Available Colors:Best Buy has for My Best Buy Plus & Total Members (starts from $49.99 per year): Apple 13" MacBook Air Laptops w/ M3 Chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD (Various Colors) on sale for $849.

Available Colors:Alternatively, Best Buy has for My Best Buy Plus & Total Members (starts from $49.99 per year): 13.6" Apple MacBook Air: M3 CPU, 2560x1664 Display, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD (Various Colors) on sale for $1249. Shipping is free.

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1gokart
If you can afford the $100 difference, go with the M3. The difference are not "tiny" depending on how you look at it.
The SSD speed is a big difference. The M3 has ray tracing, WIFI 6E, dynamic caching, dual monitor support, and is one year newer (better resale and OS support). That could mean a year longer for OS support. Even if you don't care about the speed difference, the OS support and better resale is worth the extra $100.
eduardmc
Lol. I guess you havent read the 256gb problem which the m3 version doesnt have. M2 version ssd is half the speed of the m1 ssd. Making the laptop almost unusable when u doing heavy ram task.

Either get the m2 512gb or m3 256gb
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Ram on Air models hasn't been upgradable since 2012.

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Quote from DoctorLecter :
the $800 with the M2 is perfectly fine. No reason to spend that extra $50. Unless you need to use 2 external displays at once...
Lol. I guess you havent read the 256gb problem which the m3 version doesnt have. M2 version ssd is half the speed of the m1 ssd. Making the laptop almost unusable when u doing heavy ram task.

Either get the m2 512gb or m3 256gb
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Quote from eduardmc :
Lol. I guess you havent read the 256gb problem which the m3 version doesnt have. M2 version ssd is half the speed of the m1 ssd. Making the laptop almost unusable when u doing heavy ram task.

Either get the m2 512gb or m3 256gb
Or ignore this internet clickbait, realize the 8/256 M2 at $750 (after Apple GC) is a great price, and just buy it to save a few bucks, but realize the same config with 8/256 M3 is $850 (after Apple GC).

The differences between M3 and M2 for those not using a stopwatch are tiny.
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This seems like a really good price, lower even than Apple Education price.
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Ram is not user upgradeable, correct?
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Quote from bostondealseekr :
Ram is not user upgradeable, correct?
Ram on Air models hasn't been upgradable since 2012.
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Or ignore this internet clickbait, realize the 8/256 M2 at $750 (after Apple GC) is a great price, and just buy it to save a few bucks, but realize the same config with 8/256 M3 is $850 (after Apple GC).

The differences between M3 and M2 for those not using a stopwatch are tiny.
If you can afford the $100 difference, go with the M3. The difference are not "tiny" depending on how you look at it.
The SSD speed is a big difference. The M3 has ray tracing, WIFI 6E, dynamic caching, dual monitor support, and is one year newer (better resale and OS support). That could mean a year longer for OS support. Even if you don't care about the speed difference, the OS support and better resale is worth the extra $100.
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Quote from DoctorLecter :
the $800 with the M2 is perfectly fine. No reason to spend that extra $50. Unless you need to use 2 external displays at once...
Agreed, if you just need a mercedes C class that drives from A to B but don't want the S class.
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8gb ram... I wish the additional 8gb was just 50 more.
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Quote from dclive :
  • Nobody can tell this "SSD speed" thing the YouTube kids are timing without a stopwatch.
  • M3 has raytracing like an nVidia 2060 has RTX raytracing: sure, it's there, but to actually use it you'll want an M5 (err, 2080++). No Mac games use raytracing and none are announced.
  • I can't get excited about Wifi6E vs 6; I'm still on 6, and I doubt I'd notice a difference without a stopwatch again (and I just don't transfer massive files on the Mac that often, so I'd never see a benefit...)
  • Dynamic caching has yet to show a benefit; can you point to one aside from the generic "10% faster M2 -> M3" spec?
  • Dual monitor support is true; that's the one benefit a few people might notice (if they don't have a DisplayLink dock already...).
  • Another year support: true; another benefit people would notice, if you kept it that long.
  • Better resale? While talking about 6+ years of support down the road? Which? Honestly, don't ever buy a computer because of resale; that's just silly. Don't think if you spend that extra $100 you'll get anything close to $100 back.
Did not know they can drop support for M1 in 2027-28. Sucks to stop receiving OS updates. I am pretty sure these laptops will run fine (assuming you get 16Gb of ram Stick Out Tongue )
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BestBuy [bestbuy.com] has the M3 MBA for $849 also (for Total members) which comes with 2 years of AppleCare+, and the ability to trade in your old MacBook for some additional discount.
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Quote from sshlyk :
Did not know they can drop support for M1 in 2027-28. Sucks to stop receiving OS updates. I am pretty sure these laptops will run fine (assuming you get 16Gb of ram Stick Out Tongue )
It's all speculation until it happens, but typically Apple gives between 5 and 7 years of OS updates to the previously sold Macs, and perhaps 2 add'l years of security updates. Thus a newer Mac gets a year 'more' of OS updates...

The Mac will run in perpetuity, potentially, even with 8GB of RAM Smilie - but eventually apps will stop working, certs will stop working, web pages won't be browseable anymore, etc. - similar to what we start to see with MacOS 10.13 and earlier these days. Even 10.14 no longer can run current Chrome...
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Quote from eduardmc :
Lol. I guess you havent read the 256gb problem which the m3 version doesnt have. M2 version ssd is half the speed of the m1 ssd. Making the laptop almost unusable when u doing heavy ram task.

Either get the m2 512gb or m3 256gb
Doesn't the m3 overheat
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Quote from dclive :
It's all speculation until it happens, but typically Apple gives between 5 and 7 years of OS updates to the previously sold Macs, and perhaps 2 add'l years of security updates. Thus a newer Mac gets a year 'more' of OS updates...

The Mac will run in perpetuity, potentially, even with 8GB of RAM Smilie - but eventually apps will stop working, certs will stop working, web pages won't be browseable anymore, etc. - similar to what we start to see with MacOS 10.13 and earlier these days. Even 10.14 no longer can run current Chrome...
I have a 2013 MacBook Air with 8gb ram hooked up to a 24' external display. It's been my primary computer the past 11 years. Don't use it as much anymore, but when I do, it runs pretty much like new.
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