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Apple MacBook Air 2020, Apple M1 Chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 13.3 Inch in Space Grey, Silver or Gold £799 at checkout Delivered @ Costco
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Apple MacBook Air 2020, Apple M1 Chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 13.3 Inch in Space Grey, Silver or Gold £799 at checkout Delivered @ Costco

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MacBook Air. Now with the Apple M1 chip.

Apple’s thinnest and lightest notebook gets supercharged with the Apple M1 chip. Tackle your projects with the blazing-fast 8-core CPU. Take graphics-intensive apps and games to the next level with an up to 8-core GPU. And accelerate machine learning tasks with the 16-core Neural Engine. All with a silent, fanless design and the longest battery life ever — up to 18 hours. 1 MacBook Air. Still perfectly portable. Just a lot more powerful.

Additional Features

  • 16-core Neural Engine for advanced machine learning
  • 8GB of unified memory so everything you do is fast and fluid
  • Superfast SSD storage launches apps and opens files in an instant
  • Fanless design for silent operation
  • 13.3-inch Retina display with P3 wide colour for vibrant images and incredible detail3
  • FaceTime HD camera with advanced image signal processor for clearer, sharper video calls
  • Three-microphone array focuses on your voice instead of what’s going on around you
  • Next-generation Wi-Fi 6 for faster connectivity
  • Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports for charging and accessories
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard and Touch ID for secure unlock and payments
  • macOS has a bold, easy-to-use design and works seamlessly with iPhone
  • Available in gold, space grey and silver
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  1. FlyingSquirrel's avatar
    MAC threads are always entertaining.

    TLDR; you like Photoshop, light room, MACOS, world beating battery life, performance (on and off ac) and standby time, buy this (no brainer enjoy)

    If you are an IT professional, docker, webdev, android development, .. Go get the 16GB version, or an i7, Ryzen 7 with 16GB. 8GB paging is quick but it will lag like crazy.

    If you are gamer, buy a windows machine, unified memory means the GPU uses the ram, it simply cannot play graphical intensive games.

    If you like right to repair, don't buy a MAC, after sales beyon year 2 is really expensive, and you have no flexibility in where you go . (edited)
    Hotspur's avatar
    Is this a good laptop for AUTOCAD or design softwares? Zoom, meets etc
  2. Gztsby's avatar
    For anyone mulling over this for non intensive tasks, like browsing, emails, bit of photoshop, bit of premiere pro even some wii/gamecube emulation through Dolphin. This is a very nice laptop and this is a great price for it. Don't get lost in the performance, a lot of people commenting talking about the M1. The main places you'll feel the difference on these is the keyboard/trackpad and display. Portability is also best in class. Battery life as far as I know is industry leading. If you're buying these for raw performance, look elsewhere. It's 8gb of RAM which doesn't go far and the fanless design is great for non intensive tasks but for very intensive tasks you could fry eggs on the chassis and it will thermal throttle A LOT. Most of you will just use this to browse HUKD and it'll do that well, so if you have the money spare and need a new lappy, you could do a lot worse than this.
  3. Smithers37's avatar
    By far the most laptop you’ll get for £800
    Sandmannn's avatar
    Maybe for performance, but RAM and storage is totally RIP off even now when it is "cheaper".
  4. dave111's avatar
    I picked up a used Lenovo t490 for under £300 which i prefer
    phox's avatar
    Not really comparable though is it?
  5. scrounger's avatar
    How well does this run windows parallel? Can you do a dual boot OS using bootcamp? Before I get all the remarks, I need windows to run some specialised apps...
    stu531's avatar
    I've got Parallels on my M1 and it runs sweet, but it depends what you're using on it. I use it for Visio and it's perfectly good.

    You can't do a dual boot on it - it is its own VM. In a way that's why it's so impressive - it installs Windows ARM (not x86) so in effect it's two-layered: it's running Windows in a VM, and *that* Windows it itself emulating x86 code. But it doesn't hang around.

    As for your specialised apps, it depends what they are and how CPU intensive they are. It will work, but hard to say without knowing more about your apps. Graphics-intensive stuff won't work as well.
  6. ken218's avatar
    I missed the M2/16/512 deal at £1349.98 because I thought I don't need a new laptop, then I missed the M2/16/512 deal at £1,549 because I thought the price will keep going down. Now I am holding back because M3 might be just around the corner. With the same mindset, I think I will be dead before I buy a new laptop
    Sandmannn's avatar
    Hope they will get rid of that ugly notch and put 16GB RAM and 512GB storage as a base.
    Knowing Apple it is not going to happen. (edited)
  7. AverageBloke's avatar
    If you're worried about Apple making this laptop "obsolete" soon, you can use Open Core Legacy Patcher. I used it to get Ventura installed on my late 2012 20.5" iMac.
    phox's avatar
    OCLP doesn't support Apple Silicon, and may well never
  8. jazid's avatar
    Anyone know what the base ram usage is just after boot up, is how much is left for app and gfx usage?
    Sandmannn's avatar
    When I had this laptop it always...always used 6-7 out of the 8.
    On the 16 it uses around 11-13 after boot, and during light usage as far as I can remember.
  9. Rachel_Lewis's avatar
    So tempted to buy. Need a new laptop. Is this really that much better than a hp i5 laptop?
    Yelp_Tob's avatar
    Yeah the M1 models are insane. I bought mine back in 2020 and it's still great to this day. Blows my more expensive work-issued i7 Dell XPS out of the water. Only note you can't use windows on this
  10. westock's avatar
    Is the ram expandable on this?
    Sandmannn's avatar
    Apple and expandability...
  11. MartinCosta's avatar
    Tempting. I was going to go for the Very 20% off welcome offer - which works out to around £696. But I might bite at this as I am more comfortable ordering with Costco. Thanks for posting
    greatnameuk's avatar
    Yep very are awful.
  12. gio_pi's avatar
    wish they had a 16gb version, 8gb simply isn’t good enough for 2023. 16gb should be the new standard really especially for high end machines like the macbook.
    rs_tigerblade's avatar
    This is a MacBook Air, it’s not a ‘high end machine’, that’s the MacBook Pro, which you can get with loads of ram (like 64gb like mine) and do high end things all day long
  13. DBO187's avatar
    Went for this in the end ,although im sure it will reduced again come June buying it now is tax deductible for me and will take £300 off my tax bill so decided to bite now rather than wait
    Deal_Hunter_x's avatar
    You might want to check your maths on that, through and LTD right? (edited)
  14. deleted2812173's avatar
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    I'd actually say getting this is better value, currently, than the M2 Air is at around £1,050.

    If you are looking for a laptop to *breeze* through every day tasks like office work, browsing the internet and content consumption with a bit of video and photo editing on the side, there's nothing better.

    If your work is dependent on content creation, i'd probably look at the M1 Pro Macbook Pro 14-inch. (edited)
    voteHot's avatar
    Well, I'd argue there are plenty of laptops at similar or lower price that would also breeze through everyday tasks. Even a £200 refurb one.

    Where this shines IMHO is the battery life and the fanless cooling. Nothing beats those.
  15. afckev's avatar
    Even at 3 years old is this still worth getting? If anyone has any better ideas please let me know.
    deleted2812173's avatar
    Anonymous User
    I got mine February 2021 and I assure you it’s still as nippy today as it was out of the box. Buy with confidence.
  16. glenandem's avatar
    wow can't believe these are still going for this price, sure I paid there abouts the same price off an offer posted on here with curry's back in 20/21, been a great laptop and don't plan on getting rid anytime soon, its been bang on and not slow at all!
  17. windwoo's avatar
    This price should have come down when the M2 came out. Instead they kept the same price and made the M2 even more expensive.
    Y_G's avatar
    Yeah. I was disgusted to see the price of a 12.9 inch Ipad pro’s gone up to about £1200 from the 900 it was a couple years ago. I simply won’t pay that for what’s ultimately a tablet not a computer, some belter of a television or Louis Vuitton or something which should be that price. (edited)
  18. scud's avatar
    I would only consider computers with RAM of 16GB onwards
    JasSingh93's avatar
    Thanks for letting us know.
  19. AverageBloke's avatar
    Heat added, far better than any Windoze laptop at £1000+. Apple's Mac OS matches their own hardware, Intel doesn't. Since I have no student or NHS card, I buy all my Apple products from Costco, the best service this side of an Apple store!
    Gztsby's avatar
    fud
  20. amaranthavalentine's avatar
    Tempting to get a membership just for this… I need a new laptop but didn’t want to spend this much
    Propicios's avatar
    Would the cheapest Annual Subscription (£15) be enough for buying online this MacBook?
    Thanks (edited)
  21. MrBestDeal's avatar
    You can easily buy a windows machine even for lower price and used it flawlessly. I don't understand all this excitement (yes I used the Mac before). I don't see a point of overpayment for the same performance.
    scrounger's avatar
    But for everyday use, I'd use the Mac OS. It's just Windows for certain programmes. Also, it's very slick, lightweight and efficient when compared to any windows laptops...not to mention much better battery life.
  22. rebound20042004's avatar
    16gb ram minimum and 1tb ssd needed.
    MrsPickleJuice's avatar
    Photographer here and I been using a MacBook M1 512gb for 2 years with 8gb of ram. with the M1 chip you can easily get away with 8gb ram. Get yourself a good 4tb Portable SSD.
  23. Banshee22's avatar
    I have built a powerful gaming PC recently but also bought one of these M1 Macbook Airs,excellent machine.the best laptop I ever owned.
    and I had MANY.
    JasSingh93's avatar
    Great combo. I’ve an older intel MacBook Pro alongside my gaming desktop. Best of both worlds.
  24. jazid's avatar
    So is there a simple way to expand the laptop storage when using it out and about, seeing as the SSD is soldered and non expandable? Ie external SSD or memory stick? (edited)
    phox's avatar
    Any USB-C storage will work, deals pop up here fairly often for USB-C SSDs
  25. ChildofChaos's avatar
    Crazy that this came out back at the end of 2020, time really does fly!

    I'm still rocking an intel 27" iMac i got back in 2015 as my daily driver, it still runs fantastic, i'm starting to get more and more tempted by these apple silicon chips though, cause i really want to do some stuff with AI.
    AverageBloke's avatar
    My Mac mini M2 Pro blows my old i5 iMac lout of the water and even beats the i9 in my laptop for rendering 3D graphics.
  26. PurpleGhost's avatar
    Is this available in store too?
  27. ukpokemonmaster's avatar
    Is this worth it for a 8GB ram machine?
    greg666's avatar
    Yes, watch some YouTube videos it will help you to see the advantages.
  28. greatnameuk's avatar
    Don't they take PayPal to pay anymore? (Getting bad vibes...) Are costco dodgy as they use to be ok? (edited)
    rayanwarn's avatar
    They never were dodgy and its the best warranty out there. Id saybtheyre better than johnlewis fir many goods. They only sell premium goods and gave a no quibble 90 day rerurns policy.
  29. ryan.stewartCGC's avatar
    How does this handle 3D animation stuff….maya, zbrush etc?
  30. matlock67's avatar
    Amazon normally catch up and offer similar
  31. papasb's avatar
    Battery life on these is astonishing
  32. Ash_Riaz's avatar
    Is this any good for gaming?
    Thanks
    Ellipsisdivision's avatar
    If you're feeling brave and willing to swap it out for PC
  33. davebrennan74's avatar
    Great deal. Missed out when this was £817 so just ordered. Thanks for posting.
  34. sheffield788's avatar
    Hot, good deal.
  35. spiffingisay's avatar
    Is the laptop better than this MacBook deal posted a few days ago? hotukdeals.com/dea…500
    andrew.bean's avatar
    No the m2 is better
  36. Sweetchinmusic's avatar
    How’s warranty work with these if bought from Costco? I was going to purchase from Apple as it’s a gift but if it there is no difference in terms of issues (E.G going to Apple for repair or help) then I’ll get from here! 
  37. DBO187's avatar
    Think I’m gunna bite the bullet on this , almost paid £745 last week for a refurb of this model and my sons 2011 MacBook Pro has just died , I think buying this will likely get him through the next 4 years of school so it’s a decent investment considering it will still be worth £350 - £400
  38. DealHugger's avatar
    Great machine if you are already in the ecosystem, not so sure about the price though.
  39. Fadd_Lo_Lun_Mera's avatar
    You are better off paying a little more for M1 Pro. This should be half the price now.
    dabear11's avatar
    M1 Pro will be way more expensive. For £799 this one is an amazing deal
  40. JustWaitingForAMate's avatar
    I used this laptop for work for just over a year. I'd avoid it if anyone needs it for multiple tasks. When Chrome and Teams/Zoom is open the laptop is proper sluggish. I'd definitely pay more for the 16gb if poss.
    MrsPickleJuice's avatar
    Sounds like a problem with those programs not the MacBook. I have a 8gb version and I run it on a 4k monitor with Photoshop, Lightroom and even watching something in 4k sometimes and it runs super smooth. I also use it for gaming and no problems at all.
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