Grade A Refurb: Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop: M1, 2560x1600, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD

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intel and amd are the dog doo doo the pt cruiser and the crocs of computers only lame dum dums use intel all the l33t super beings use apple silly con 1 gig of ram in a m is the same as 100 gig of ram in the intel if u want to keep laptop more than 1 year u r a dum dum must always buy new computer every 6 months to be not a doo doo a new computer once a week is ideal.

You are ignorant

Intel Macs are dead. They aren't getting support (software) going forward. It has little to do with AMD or Intel as companies, it's Apple's priority.

It also so happens apples intel bad products way under perform compared to their extremely cheap ARM offerings..

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The new one with A4 only 899? does not sound great bargain to me.... :-(

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Quote from vertical2394

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ok apple silly con got it no intel bad

Intel isn't "Bad"- Apple just no longer supports it. The Intel model that was out the day before the M1 was released no longer receives updates by Apple. The M1 is still fully supported and likely will be for years to come (as it is still being actively sold.)

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8gb of ram is the real detriment on this. It's 2025 -- 32gb is considered the bare minimum standard anymore. Such a paltry 8gb amount was the low end back in....what, 2013?With casual admin use (email, discord, onenote, firefox), I'm hitting 65-70% on a 16gb M1 Air. You'll be slamming the swap memory -- or having to treat it like a mobile by single tasking. Just with that stuff alone, I'm occasionally hitting that swap memory like it owes me money. You're better off looking at the entry-level M4 Air which routinely hits $850. Yes, it's more than twice the price -- but you're getting a CPU that is significantly better AND twice the ram (just in the base config). For $1000, you can get that same config in a 15" chassis. All with the option to get a spanking fresh 3-year warranty.

All those thumbs down for a very rational comment? Odd. I've seen the base model M4 Air with 16GB Ram for as low as $750, which, when longevity is factored in, is cheaper than this 4+ year old model.

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Quote from slimdunkin117

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you don't have to update. I still run mojave on an older macbook pro. Or you can throw ubuntu arm on it

Ubuntu arm does not work on these m series. There is only 1 distro called asahi linux that works. I think its based on fedora

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I picked up 3x Mac book air 13 m4 16gb brand new with 3 years of Apple care plus's for $699 each out the door no tax $300 more for 2x the ram and 5 years newer and 3 years of warranty way better I'm sorry but 8 gb ram is a deal killer 16 is still kind of low for any pc I get 64-128 but Apple 🍎 over charges so bad I just rock the newest base model

Where did you get that?

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Quote from PurpleBorder8835

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Now that's a deal! I would take an M1 MacBook over a Chromebook any day.

Are there no other options than Macbooks and Chromebooks?

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I haven't had a Mac since the early 2010's. Is the Air model upgradable? I would want to add more ram.

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All those thumbs down for a very rational comment? Odd. I've seen the base model M4 Air with 16GB Ram for as low as $750, which, when longevity is factored in, is cheaper than this 4+ year old model.

Well that's the usual for Mac users. Any comment about longevity and they hit thumbs down. The M1 here is absolutely a steal, but RAM is RAM. Just because an OS uses it more efficiently doesn't mean more of it isn't worth it, and that's not considering the other improvements that have been added over the past 3 years.

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You are ignorant

Intel Macs are dead. They aren't getting support (software) going forward. It has little to do with AMD or Intel as companies, it's Apple's priority.

It also so happens apples intel bad products way under perform compared to their extremely cheap ARM offerings..

They underperform because of the extreme design constraints. They were not designed to be used in ultra low power scenarios like the mobile but scaled up M-series chips were. They are kind of the opposite which are scaled down desktop chips which come with the baggage of x86 support and compatibility.

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I haven't had a Mac since the early 2010's. Is the Air model upgradable? I would want to add more ram.

Nope. You should look at the newer models that come with more RAM baked in.

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Jiminy Christmas all the bias here is insane. a brief Google search shows a history of news articles about problems with the 8 gb M1 absolutely thrashing SSDs for mem swap bringing about the early death of some of these devices. Love Apple or not you have to accept the reality that the same laptop with 16 gb of memory may not be significantly faster but will likely remain functional significantly longer than the eight gig version.

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Quote from vertical2394

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intel and amd are the dog doo doo the pt cruiser and the crocs of computers only lame dum dums use intel all the l33t super beings use apple silly con 1 gig of ram in a m is the same as 100 gig of ram in the intel if u want to keep laptop more than 1 year u r a dum dum must always buy new computer every 6 months to be not a doo doo a new computer once a week is ideal.

Are you okay?

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Quote from threeclaws

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With LM Studio running a model, raid running in the background, librewolf having been open for days, discord running, etc. and I'm floating ~12gb of usage but really it's closer to 8gb of real usage if you ignore the compressed memory and I never touch the swap. This is on a M1 mac mini. If I got rid of raid and lm studio/pinokio I could easily live within 8gb.

It is super easy to max out 8 GB if you are running Chrome with 100+ tabs and also AAA gaming at the same time and/or rendering 4k videos. 8 GB is absolutely a limitation in this scenario.

That said, I seriously doubt anyone wanting to do these things is buying an M1 MacBook Air. This computer is a huge step up from Chromebooks and Intel PCs in the $300-$400 pricerange for general computing.

People in the market for Supras aren't shopping around for Corollas, to this point.

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Quote from Jhandu.deals

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I'm also seeing the space grey listed for $379.99. What's the difference between that and the one for $399.99?

Careful - that one has only 128GB storage. IMHO is not worth the $20 savings, but again, your use case may justify it.

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