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That’s simply not true. MacBook air goes +$200 when you go 16GB from 8GB. And more when you move to 512GB disk from 256GB. These two are bare minimums for a la
by crossroadsguy 5y ago
That’s simply not true.
MacBook air goes +$200 when you go 16GB from 8GB. And more when you move to 512GB disk from 256GB. These two are bare minimums for a laptop bought today I would say.
So just because Apple shows $1000 for MacBook Air start price that’s underpowered even for today doesn’t make it a good purchase.
And make no mistake - the 16GB (assuming you upgraded, of course right when you purchased) soon will start being less before long. Apple won’t let you do anything about it, except of course allowing you to buy the next MacBook Air.
- CincinnatiMan 5y agoI have the base model M1 MBA and it works great as far as performance goes. I don’t do any development work on it, just the typical stuff of internet browsing, looking at photos, some TV/movie watching. I remember at the time the consensus was that performance of 8gb on the M1 MBA was equivalent to 16gb on a Windows machine. Something to do with the architecture of the M1 making memory swap more efficient or something like that. So I think you’re overstating the importance of 16gb and 512gb for the average consumer.
- ksec 5y ago>So I think you’re overstating the importance of 16gb and 512gb for the average consumer. I dont think HN will ever understand anything about consumer market. Computing or not.