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I was looking to find a new M2 MBA 15in (16/256) when I found this on Amazon. What was surprising was that with AppleCare+ (3 years) added it was only $1438.99 compared to $1499 without it. It states also that it is shipped and sold through Amazon.com. Is there any reason for me to worry or does this seem legit?
No; theyve had 16, 512 for that price recently
But prolly without apple care+.
But 256gb speed is like hdd
receive $400 credit, I was just unsure whether to use that credit and the education discount to get the M2 on the Apple site for $979 as to getting it on Amazon for the $1439 but still getti
Thats pushing it bud lmao. I dont think youve ever owned anything with a hard drive. We're talking 100mbps at best. From what ive seen it still goes to 1800mbps like what?? Weve surely gotten spoiled the last few years with the average drive being a fraction of that speed 5 years ago.
I have M1 Pro 16” 32/1tb if you write to me and I see difference with my buddy 8/256 air m2 13” it’s just annoying
lol no
It's not 500Gb/s HDD
but it ain't 3000Gb/s either. Those SSDs are found only on 512GB models and up.
The 256GB/1500 Gb/s transfer speeds will be a device short lived if use it for anything other than surfing, productivity, checking emails.
Lol yes, airs with 256gb has slower disks than 512gb versions
Nothing like HDD though.
M2 MBA gets over 1500 MB/s read/write on 256GB
A 7200rpm HDD is always under 200 MB/s
So no, more than 7x faster is not comparable
Sources:
https://www.theverge.com/23220299/apple-macbook-air-m2-slow-ssd-read-write-speeds-testing-benchmark
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/what-is-a-good-or-normal-read-write-speed-for-a-hdd.2822841/
Brainwashed
Where ? Everywhere I looked is way more than that
Yes
Get the 14 pro instead
No, the ram spec at this price range isn’t good enough. Only 8gb.
I meant M1 Pro
Anything with Air sucks
oh no, external drives are painful to use and you need 512GB! I would try to find a deal on 16+512 or even 8+512! As long as you only do light office workload/frontend development on 8GB
Look up the chrome extension Keepa. It will help you see the historical prices of products being sold on Amazon to see if it actually a deal. I would also compare it to Apple, go build a computer with the same specs there to compare the “normal” price. Also you can look into B&H Photo, they have really good deals sometimes on Macs. That’s how I got a really decked out 14” MacBook Pro
Meh without the AppleCare+. The inclusion of AppleCare+ makes it much better.
16GB 256GB for $1400 lmao. How 16GB and at least 1TB isn’t the standard is beyond me. Pure corrupt practices. Pure corruption.
I just got a 16" 16gb 1tb Intel i7 with 360 flip for 1.2k cad, the price is insane for apple, like Microsoft surface pro insane but it's for a target market so it makes sense
In regard to OPs question, not really, you can bag 16/512 for that money
For that price. I would personally get a renewed M1 Pro. If it’s in not great shape it would be easy to return. But that’s just me.
It’s not an awful deal, but not one I would entertain, personally. For a similar price you can get an M2 Pro MBP with 16/512, and be able to use two monitors when docked. Regardless of what you decide to get, congratulations on the new laptop!
I'm looking for Apple Macbook Pro 16 Inch 2021 M1 Pro 16GB 1TB. if anyone find please let me know I found for $1690
You can get a 16gb with 512 ssd for $240 more at BestBuy. That’s including 3yr AppleCare +
Also, check your trade in value with them.
256gb is a joke really... if you only need that, then you will probably be fine with a 300~500usd windows laptop
Bestbuy is selling the m2 14" MBP with 16gbs of ram and 512 gbs of storage for about the same price
Hard drive space too little. Go with 1T or 2T minimum
Can you please share the link? I'm also looking to get one.
Best buy has the 512gb and 16gb ram version for 1450 or 1400 if u have best buy + . And they usually give 25% more for trade in too compared to Apple for old laptop or MacBook .
256 gb is basically phone level storage. Pretty shitty deal. Equivalent windows laptop could be had for 400$ but build quality is obviously not aluminum.
Yes, only because of the RAM
This is M1 Pro money tbh
Nope. Checkout this deal. M2 Pro with same configuration and same price. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-macbook-pro-14-laptop-m2-pro-chip-16gb-memory-512gb-ssd-space-gray/6455369.p?skuId=6455369
Edit: Better Storage Option Actually. (But, no apple care)
For 256gb I wouldn’t pay $1440