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To me it just feels like this release isn't very exciting other than the new colour. The new chip sounds fine, but until real world independent benchmarks come
by captainbland 4y ago
To me it just feels like this release isn't very exciting other than the new colour. The new chip sounds fine, but until real world independent benchmarks come out it's probably safest to assume it's an incremental improvement. Otherwise if you're getting a base model then you're not getting a lot more than you would have gotten in 2020 (still 8GB memory which is becoming laughable for such an expensive machine, still 256GB SSD, slightly fancier screen and webcam), and at least by UK pricing you'll be paying 25% more for the privilege.
- kmlx 4y ago> and at least by UK pricing you'll be paying 25% more for the privilege the US prices that apple show on their US website are without sales tax. in the US you pay the sales tax separately from what apple is advertising. in the UK the VAT is baked in.
- captainbland 4y agoI mean that the release price of the M2 MBA including VAT (£1249) is that much higher than the release price of the M1 MBA including VAT (£999 - the same price as it is today on the apple store although in practice you can find them new from £850-ish).