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Any reason to not choose the 15”?
I remember when shopping around windows laptops the same spec 13 vs 15 inch was close in price too.
At 15 inch.. they have more space in there to use more cost effective parts. In the 13" they might have to use more expensively engineered parts to cram it all in.
Ram different sizes?
Not really
They would have been $100 apart if they had applied the same $200 off to both. Still very close to each other.
The MacBook Air is the best value and design in Apple’s current laptop offering. Both a thin. Make sure two USB C ports are enough and think about whether you need to drive external monitors. Other than that, it should be a good experience.
You’d pick the 13” if you want portability/ small footprint, to work in cramped environments for example. 15” otherwise you can see and handle more with the extra pixel count/ screen space and to enjoy the occasional movie playback.
15 is my favorite laptop they’ve ever made. It’s what I hoped for from the 15” mbp.
It’s just a good deal and maybe M3 air is around the corner or something
Sales on the 15” have been good. Spec for spec, it’s only $50-$100 more for the larger display. Nobody knows why stores like Best Buy have them so on sale. But take advance m advantage of it.
Best buy has been doing a “sale” but the only way to reap the benefits is if you are a Best Buy Premium Member. Otherwise, you will be paying regular price.
It is definitely a ploy since Total Tech Support bombed for them. But it gives you access to sale early and some exclusive sales. I helped someone buy a Mac Mini that was $50 off with a membership. She paid $50 for the membership and made it a wash with the price of the system. She then purchased a new monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, and speaker sell all adding up to $260 in discounts.
I purchased a membership a while back and was able to buy my 15” MBA for $1250 months ago and my wife’s model (same, just with 256GB of storage) was $999. Those are pretty much their Black Friday prices now, but I was able to buy them months ago without fussing with things.
$200 a year was a hard sale for Total Tech Support. $50 a year is worth it and much easier to justify since it gives you the same discounts.
It’s not only a larger display. You get the 10-core GPU version of the M2 chip as well
Same CPU, same storage, different display size and different coupon value. Quite simple.
It's all part of Apple's ladder. They want the incremental upgrades to be close enough so that they can upsell you. MKBHD explained this really well.
I'd definitely get the 15 inch for sure! I got the smaller one and love it. The only mac I would seitch it for is a 15 inch. Love how razor thin and light they are. You will love the battery life and punch they have
Get the 15 since it’s only $50 more.
I’m still trying to figure out if I should go MacBook or iPad Pro. I really can’t decide.
One cooks bacon faster
I think it’s because more people who buy a MacBook Air (students) like the smaller 13 inch form factor. The 15 inch isn’t selling well rn so the discounts are more aggressive. That being said, the 15 inch air is definitely the way to go in my opinion so spend the $50 more and enjoy :)
Some people don’t like bigger computers - doesn’t matter the savings they’d get from buying a bigger machine. It’s a $50 difference for 2 inches of a screen.
Its a black Friday deal.