Woot! has
Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop (Refurbished - Scratch & Dent, MGN63LL/A) for
$388.99.
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Thanks to community member
Dr.W for finding this deal.
Specs: - Apple M1 Chip 8-core CPU + 7-Core GPU
- 13.3" 2560x1600 Retina IPS LCD Display
- 256GB Solid State Drive
- 8GB LPDDR4X RAM
- 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
- Integrated 720p FaceTime HD Camera
- Backlit Magic Keyboard with Force Touch Trackpad
- Weight: 2.8 lbs
- Ports
- 2x Thunderbolt 3/ USB 4 Ports
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I will tell you exactly why this deal is quite good, if not downright slick. First of all, a similar deal on a better condition was $100 more a short while ago, and it was a very popular frontpage deal: https://slickdeals.net/f/18466465-refurbished-a-grade-macbook-air-m1-399?src=SDSearchv3&attrsrc=Thre..., then there was also this popular deal: https://slickdeals.net/f/18508246-refurb-apple-macbook-air-13-3-2560x1600-m1-8gb-ram-128gb-ssd-space...
So, reflecting on those, this is much cheaper and hence better.
Also, not everyone requires 16GB RAM to use a laptop for basic functions. This is a $300 laptop; keep your expectations real. This processor, display, speakers, keyboard, build quality still outperforms a lot of Intel and Ryzen laptops at this price. You have asked the other user to provide better deals, why don't you?
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This machine will do 99% of what most need, and is likely to be supported for at least another 5+ years (as it is still being actively sold new.)
The machine was an impressive amount of awful. 15.6 inch 768P 200 nit display, floppy plastic build, plastic trackpad, loud cooling, no backlit keyboard, hilariously bad battery life. We called it the 'spec-queen'.
This Macbook is like if you did the opposite of that laptop...except it still has the i7.
Sure, 8GB ram, blah, whatever, it's $300. 16Gb of ram is also hard to find these days in new windows machines at $300. 16 hours of battery, 1600P, 400nit P3 display, glass trackpad, backlit keyboard, metal build, thunderbolt 3, GTX 1650 equivalent GPU, CPU faster than any core i7 U-series CPU ever made (including 13th gen, only core ultra is faster in this wattage). Keep in mind that none of the tablets in this price range have more ram either and this still has incredibly fast swap while being a little less memory hungry than windows. This thing is 5 years old, sure, it also had the best performance per watt in the industry at the time too, it took 3 years for AMD and Intel to catch up. If you look at it like a midrange 8GB of ram 2023-24 laptop, suddenly it doesn't seem bad at all.
Maybe, just maybe...some people care about actually using the device rather than just processing? If that isn't your gig, that's fine, but don't go off trying to convince people to confine themselves to your needs or that their own needs are wrong.
The M1 chip has held up real well.
This is not a good deal. This is effectively ewaste. In 2015, 16gb ram + 512gb ssds were considered baseline. And these are garage sale finds that aren't even spit n' shine refurbs (usually with more spit than shine).
You have to have extremely minimal requirements to make this "deal" viable...especially sincere there are alternatives that far outperform this at modestly higher price points. And a high tolerance for risk since it's such an old, beat up machine. That's a hard dice roll to endure.
There was a sale on SD recently for M1 Macbook Air with 16gb ram + 1tb ssd, with a 1 year "All States" warranty -- for $500. Which is arguably a far better deal.
i guarantee you this 8gb version will run laps around any windows laptop up to $600 in anything other than gaming
arm based soc's are not comparable to the x86 chips you're used to, please don't spread misinformation if you don't know what you are talking about
and macbooks build quality is top of its class, better than even $2000+ windows counterparts, this will easily last for another decade. my 2010 macbook pro still works flawlessly, can't say the same about any other windows laptop other than older thinkpads
for 300 this is an amazing deal
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I will tell you exactly why this deal is quite good, if not downright slick. First of all, a similar deal on a better condition was $100 more a short while ago, and it was a very popular frontpage deal: https://slickdeals.net/f/18466465-refurbished-a-grade-macbook-air-m1-399?src=SDSearchv3&attrsrc=Thre..., then there was also this popular deal: https://slickdeals.net/f/18508246-refurb-apple-macbook-air-13-3-2560x1600-m1-8gb-ram-128gb-ssd-space...
So, reflecting on those, this is much cheaper and hence better.
Also, not everyone requires 16GB RAM to use a laptop for basic functions. This is a $300 laptop; keep your expectations real. This processor, display, speakers, keyboard, build quality still outperforms a lot of Intel and Ryzen laptops at this price. You have asked the other user to provide better deals, why don't you?
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i guarantee you this 8gb version will run laps around any windows laptop up to $600 in anything other than gaming
arm based soc's are not comparable to the x86 chips you're used to, please don't spread misinformation if you don't know what you are talking about
and macbooks build quality is top of its class, better than even $2000+ windows counterparts, this will easily last for another decade. my 2010 macbook pro still works flawlessly, can't say the same about any other windows laptop other than older thinkpads
for 300 this is an amazing deal
M1 was an amazing chip when it came out in 2020, we are almost at 2026 and you still think the M1 is beating everything? gotta stop drinking the cool aid friend
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