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It seems they also update the base memory on MacBook Air: > MacBook Air: The World’s Most Popular Laptop Now Starts at 16GB > MacBook Air is the world’s most
by opjjf 2y ago
It seems they also update the base memory on MacBook Air:
> MacBook Air: The World’s Most Popular Laptop Now Starts at 16GB
> MacBook Air is the world’s most popular laptop, and with Apple Intelligence, it’s even better. Now, models with M2 and M3 double the starting memory to 16GB, while keeping the starting price at just $999 — a terrific value for the world’s best-selling laptop.
- woodglyst 2y agoThanks to your comment. I persuaded my friend who purchased an M3 Air 24GB recently and we got 200$ back (Remuneration for price drop valid for 14 days after the date of DELIVERY) where we live
- alsetmusic 2y agoOhh, good catch. Sneaking that into the MBP announcement. I skimmed the page and missed that. So a fourth announcement couched within the biggest of the three days.
- jsheard 2y agoEvery M-series device now comes with at least 16GB, except for the base iPad Pro, right?
- MBCook 2y agoAt least all the M4 Macs. I’m not sure of every older M config has been updated, though at least some have been.
- fckgw 2y agoThe only older configs that Apple sells are the M2 and M3 Airs, which were bumped. Everything else is now on M4, or didn't have an 8gb base config (Mac Studio, Mac Pro)
- fckgw 2y agoCorrect, every Mac computer starts at 16gb now. 256gb/512gb iPad Pro is 8gb, 1tb/2tb is 16gb.
- abhinavk 2y ago> while keeping the starting price at just $999 — a terrific value for the world’s best-selling laptop Only in US it seems. India got a price increase by $120.
- electriclove 2y agoWow, I didn't expect them to update the older models to start at 16GB and no price increase. I guess that is why Amazon was blowing the 8GB models out at crazy low prices over the past few days.
- bronco21016 2y agoCostco was selling MB Air M2 8 GB for $699! Incredible deal. I’ve been using the exact model for about a year and I rarely find limitations for my typical office type work. The only time I’ve managed to thermally throttle it has been with some super suboptimal Excel Macros.
- bhouston 2y agoBut no update to a M4 for the MacBook Air yet unfortunately. I would love to get an M4 MacBook Air with 32GB. I believe the rumor is that the MacBook Air will get the update to M4 in early spring 2025, February/March timeline.
- nsbk 2y agoThis is the machine I'm waiting for. Hopefully early 2025
- rbanffy 2y agoThere are still a couple days left this week.
- jq-r 2y agoThere really isn't a chance they'll update the same product twice in a week.
- rbanffy 2y agoThey haven't officially updated it. They just discontinued the smaller model.
- jq-r 2y agoIt would make more sense to discontinue the smaller model along with some other updates to the line. Or in other words, Air won't receive any other updates this week unfortunately.
- rbanffy 2y agoIt also helps differentiating Airs and Pros. The Studio and the Pro are the odd ones this round.
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- twilo 2y agoGreat news. The pro is kinda of heavy for my liking so the Air is the way to go
- Analemma_ 2y agoI think spec-wise the Air is good enough for almost everyone who isn't doing video production or running local LLMs, I just wish it had the much nicer screen that the Pro has. But I suppose they have to segregate the product lines somehow.
- kruxigt 2y ago[dead]
- int_19h 2y agoIt's not just the weight - Air is also fanless (and still runs cold). And yes, with enough RAM, it is a surprisingly good dev laptop.
- jq-r 2y agoReally too bad you cannot upgrade to 32GB RAM though =(
- nsteel 2y agoBut still just 256GB SSD Storage. £200 for the upgrade to 512GB (plus a couple more GPU cores that I don't need. Urgh.
- DrBenCarson 2y agoIt’s stationary. Just get a Thunderbolt NVMe drive and leave it plugged in
- jq-r 2y agoWhy buy a laptop then if you're lugging all those external hard drives?
- lancesells 2y agoJust invest in the model with more storage then?
- nsteel 2y agoRight, and back round we go: £200 for that is terrible value. And it's still only 512GB! The M4 version coming in the new year will surely bump this up to something more sensible.
- FireBeyond 2y agoWell, the issue for me with memory on these new models is that for the Max, it ships with 36GB and NO expandable memory option. To get more memory that's gated behind a $300 CPU upgrade (plus the memory cost).
- yurishimo 2y agoIt'll be interesting to see the reaction of tech commentators about this. So many people have been screaming at Apple to increase the base RAM and stop price gouging their customers on memory upgrades. If Apple Intelligence is the excuse the hardware team needed to get the bean counters on board, I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth!
- sroussey 2y agoSo we can scream about the lousy base storage, which is the same as my phone. Yikes.
- criddell 2y agoIt wouldn't surprise me if people typically use more storage on their phone than their computer. The phone should probably have a higher base storage than the base storage of their laptops.
- opdahl 2y agoExtremely interesting point. My initial reaction to your comment is that it is a crazy thing to say, but the more I think about it the more I agree with you. On my phone is where I have tons of 4k 30/60FPS videos, high resolution photos (with live), and videos downloaded on Netflix and YouTube. On my Mac I don't have any of these things, it's mostly for programming and some packages. I'm almost always connected to Wi-Fi (except on planes) so I don't really need any photos or videos. The only people that I see have high storage requirements on Macs are probably video/media creators? As a programmer I'm totally fine with 512GB, but could probably live with 256GB if I wanted to be super lean.
- alberth 2y agoI guess that implies the MacBook Air won't be updated this week. Makes me wonder what else will be updated this week (Studio or Mac Pro)?
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- modeless 2y agoI've seen a lot of people complaining about 8GB but honestly my min spec M1 Air has continued to be great. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend a refurb M1 8GB Air for anyone price conscious.
- hiatus 2y agoIf only they would bring back the 11" Air.
- ActorNightly 2y agoIm sorry but any laptop that costs $1000 should come with 64 gigs minimum, or expandable slots.
- georgeecollins 2y agoTell me you are poor without telling me you are poor. Just kidding! As an Apple Shareholder I feel like you should take what Apple gives you and accept the price. ;)
- russelg 2y agoCan you actually point out any retail laptops with that spec for that price?
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- diffeomorphism 2y agoThat is pretty obviously a joke.
- ActorNightly 2y agoIdeapad Gaming for example, less than $1000 and expandable slots to 64gb. I get that small form factor requires soldered ram, but RAM is also very cheap these days.
- opdahl 2y agoJust cancelled my order for a 24GB MacBook Air 15-inch, and then ordered the exact same setup. Saved around $300!
- nakedgremlin 2y agoYeah, this one caught me off guard. We just purchased a MacBook Air in the last month and if we bought the same one now, we would save $200. Apple support would not price match/correct that, so we will be returning it and purchasing anew.