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Posted 5 March 2024
Apple MacBook Air 2024, Apple M3 Chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 13.6 Inch
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With the brand new M3 Macbook Air only being announced yesterday, Costco are already selling it with over £80 off the Apple Store price. The only way to get a better price at the moment is through the education store (£999).
Costco membership is required if you dont have one already (£15)
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Key Features
Dimensions - H 1.13 x W 30.41 x D 21.5 cm
Weight - 1.24kg
Screen Size - 13.6 inch
Screen Resolution - 2560x1664
Ports
2 x Thunderbolt 4 (USB‑C) ports
1 x 3.5mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
1 x MagSafe 3
Costco membership is required if you dont have one already (£15)
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Key Features
- LEAN. MEAN. M3 MACHINE — The blazing-fast MacBook Air with the M3 chip is a super-portable laptop that sails through work and play.
- PORTABLE DESIGN — Lightweight and just over 11 millimetres thin, so you can take MacBook Air anywhere you go.
- GET MORE DONE FASTER — The powerful 8-core CPU and up to 10-core GPU of the Apple M3 chip keep things running smoothly.
- UP TO 18 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE1 — Amazing, all-day battery life so you can leave the power adapter at home.
- A BRILLIANT DISPLAY — The 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display2 supports one billion colours.
- LOOK SHARP, SOUND GREAT — Everything looks and sounds amazing with a 1080p HD camera, three mics, and four speakers with Spatial Audio.
- APPS FLY WITH APPLE SILICON — All your favourites, from Microsoft 365 to Adobe Creative Cloud, run lightning fast in macOS.3
- GET CONNECTED — MacBook Air features two Thunderbolt ports, a headphone jack, Wi-Fi 6E,4 Bluetooth 5.3 and a MagSafe charging port. And connect up to two external displays with the laptop lid closed.
- IF YOU LOVE IPHONE, YOU’LL LOVE MAC — MacBook Air works like magic with your other Apple devices.5 Start an email on your iPhone and finish it on your Mac. Send text messages from your Mac. And much more.
Dimensions - H 1.13 x W 30.41 x D 21.5 cm
Weight - 1.24kg
Screen Size - 13.6 inch
Screen Resolution - 2560x1664
Ports
2 x Thunderbolt 4 (USB‑C) ports
1 x 3.5mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
1 x MagSafe 3
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sorted by"Ah, but Mac SSDs are so fast you won't notice." True, an average user won't notice, but the ssd speed is cut in half on the base 256 GB units and over a few years you will get to the point where your SSD is approaching the end of it's write cycle lifetime (and when they go, that is a full main board replacement).
Problem 2 (for the user) is that over the years, developments in web page coding / features will likely mean that loading web pages takes more RAM than it does today and even a simple task such as web browsing may well cause swapping. This is something beyond Apple's control so they have no way of knowing what will happen in the next 1-2 years. I'm pretty sure even casual users won't be too happy dropping £1k+ on a laptop that starts to slow down on "simple" tasks within 2 years.
A further problem (for Apple) is that providing 6 years' OS support means that the 2030 version of MacOS will need to run well on 8 GB RAM. Still, that's a problem for another day when there are profits to be made now!
Apple just takes 'the mick' to a new 'Apple' level
Not a hater and I just go to whoever offers the best for £££ but 8GB in 2024 regardless if one needs it or not is taking the 'Apple pistachio'
Ready for the, yes but, not that, but this, not interested, life's short....move on, brand/tech loyalties is a 'sickness' just go to whoever offers the best for you devaluing £££
Do you realise how cheap 8GB of ram is to add? 5% of their upcharge at most, and that's being generous.
They're excellent devices, I can't dispute that. The M1 air was amazing for the time I had it. But 8GB ram is a joke.
If you're happy to pay over £1000 for a laptop that has 8GB of slow ram, and 256gb of extremely slow NAND in 2024, then good for you. But that doesn't give you the right to try to silence people who have genuine concerns about the lack of value here.
Good deal on a new laptop, but the cult like behaviour surrounding Apple products is very strange. For some Apple can do no wrong and it's because of people like these that Apple feels it's absolutely fine to pull ridiculous stunts like these. (edited)
What they actually do is use the soldered, non-replaceable or upgradeable SSD for swaps.
For non-tech folk, they're essentially wearing your already low spec storage down significantly faster by using a portion of that memory to compensate for the lack of extra RAM.
But it's okay, because when your abused SSD wears out, you can just buy another MacBook, problem solved! 🙃
If you can't find cheaper anywhere, it is hot but I will keep my MBP and every penny.
- I use a 8GB M1 for work for the last 3 years, 20+ tabs on chrome, multiple office docs, pdfs, Spotify - literally never had an issue with memory, it runs flawlessly
- I would not try to use it for anything creative like photo or video editing though although tbh I think it would be fine for the majority of casual users
- it’s still criminal that Apple don’t put in 16GB though for the price they charge
I agree with your points above and suspect that Apple’s strategy re 8GB RAM is to shorten its customers’ upgrade cycle, which is, at best, cynical. (edited)
Interesting, looks like they've intentionally throttled its true capabilities by limiting the base model RAM to 8gb. Upgrading to 16GB, even if you keep the same M3 processor and not the M3 Pro, seems to make a huge difference in performance. (edited)
The m3 is pointless for an 8gb machine
Believe Apple has realized over the years that given their premium quality hardware, the only way people will upgrade in future is by soldering minimum RAM and storage in today's MB and cutting down OS update after 5 years even though the machine is capable of running latest OS with an inexpensve upgrade for much much longer.
So what may seem to be a good spec today is clearly not a good value for money for buyers in the long run. On the other hand it allows Apple to get buyers into buying a new one in about 5 years instead of 10 years doubling their profits in future. Or charge insanely more price for higher specs now propelling their margins.
A bigger problem is that people fall for this apple gimmick. That drives other manufacturers to follow apple and start building closed hardware.
Apple started the trend for non user replaceable battery and non expandable storage in mobile devices which most manufacturers have followed. (edited)
Apple users just accept any old overpriced and overcooked steak, PC users will send it back until they get a fresh juicy rare steak and 50% off the bill as compensation for deceit.
I don't believe in this reverse psychology
A better debate is whether 8gb is enough for you. And id say from experience, unless you're looking to use Photoshop, Lightroom, or do video editing or coding or something, then 8gb OR 16gb is going to be absolutely fine. 99% of people buying a base spec macbook air aren't going to be doing any of those things. So stop panicking people.
We should all just roll over and take it from Timmy boi. He knows best. Everyone should have £1000 Facebook laptops to go with their £1000 tiktok iPhones 🙃
Imagine being so biased that you tell other people to stop being rationale just because it goes against apples marketing... sorry I mean your beliefs
...but I couldn't recommend anyone spends £1k+ on a machine with only 8GB ram
MacOS beats Windows. For my professional use (O365), Windows wins out.
You’re possibly right about some of the coffee shop brigade, but that shouldn’t put people off getting the best machine/OS/apps for their needs.
I’ve never taken my computer to a coffee shop (except when abroad and needing free WiFi).