frontpagewildbird12 posted Jul 17, 2025 10:02 PM
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frontpagewildbird12 posted Jul 17, 2025 10:02 PM
Grade A Refurb: Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop: M1, 2560x1600, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
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This M1 8gb won't be good for AI or heavy workloads, but is more than enough power for the average internet based user. At this price point, they only have premium chromebooks or crappy Windows laptops. I'd take my M1 8gb over any other if this was my price cap or giving it to a basic user.
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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.
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.
You clearly haven't used an M series Mac.
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~ This post was written on a M1 Macbook Air, 16gb/1tb @ 61% memory, 9% CPU, and 4% GPU in use - per iStatMenu. SSD is 89% in use with 109.4gb free, but I'm in the middle of a large project so that's entirely on me.
~ This post was written on a M1 Macbook Air, 16gb/1tb @ 61% memory, 9% CPU, and 4% GPU in use - per iStatMenu. SSD is 89% in use with 109.4gb free, but I'm in the middle of a large project so that's entirely on me.
Edit: I'm about to pull the trigger - but before I do - does anyone have a good coupon code that works?
ARM is advantageous on mobile devices where battery life is the deciding factor.
Got a wrong color and a very beaten up machine with an ugly decal applied by the previous owner.
The laptop's corners are messed up so every time I shut the lid, it sticks quite a bit before I can open it up.
The worst part is that this website is giving me a runaround for 2 straight days instead of just initiating a return on the very basis of the fact that they sent me a wrong color laptop and not what I paid for.
I'm going to give them another 2 days to sort themselves out or this is going straight to my credit card company to deal with as I have all the photos and communications with them.
It has been a headache I have no time to deal with. I particularly like the slanted form factor of the Air so I wanted to get it for basic web browsing email and media consumption. I'd have been okay with light usage marks but I mean, at least send me the config I paid for and don't send me something that has been through a meat grinder!
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I don't see how this is better than getting an Amazon Renewed one at about $380 though.
Among the options others have suggested, I am not at all tempted by a Chromebook where it is difficult to install software and the trackpads are usually much, much worse. While this M1 might be technically upgradeable, I don't think anyone should buy this counting on doing it. If you want more RAM or memory, spend more now and get a different machine. This M1 does almost everything fast enough, has an all-day battery and is likely to get security updates till at least through 2029, which works out to a pretty low per-year cost of ownership.
In sum, I got a used machine. What I received does not seem to be a "refurb" aside from a new USB-C cable.
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