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The cheapest MacBook Air is $1000, and it's more like $1500+ if you want a reasonable amount of RAM and storage. There are similarly expensive Windows laptops a
by cmeacham98 2y ago
The cheapest MacBook Air is $1000, and it's more like $1500+ if you want a reasonable amount of RAM and storage. There are similarly expensive Windows laptops available that are fanless.
- rafaelmn 2y agoMind linking some (genuinely curious, would like to checkout potential Linux machine for the next upgrade)
- nov21b 2y agoCount me in
- jacooper 2y agoSurface laptop.
- tedunangst 2y agoNot even the arm version of surface laptop is fanless.
- esperent 2y agoThe Huawei Mate book X. I think there's a fanless Asus ZenBook too, or the Surface Pro X. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-MateBook-X-in-review-Ultra-thin-extremely-light-and-absolutely-silent.540313.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-MateBook-X-in-review-Ul...
- aurareturn 2y ago>There are similarly expensive Windows laptops available that are fanless. Such as?
- phonon 2y agoWait until Lunar Lake comes out.
- goosedragons 2y agoRobo & Kala 2 in 1. Thinkpad x13s Snapdragon which can still be found in a few places.
- hajile 2y agoI spent $1700 or so on my M1 Air not too long after they were released. A ThinkPad X1 Carbon would have cost me more money for massively worse performance. Quality costs more. The difference is that a 4800U would be looking pretty bad vs a HX370 while the M1 still looks decent 4 years later (especially when that HX370 is unplugged).
- paulmd 2y agoFor $1200 you can easily pick up a decent refurb MBP - these are apple refurbs for example. OOS but an example of what you can find if you look around a bit. https://sellout.woot.com/offers/apple-14-macbook-pro-with-10-core-m1-pro-2021open-box-9?ref=mwj_sh_cp_66_plh https://sellout.woot.com/offers/apple-14-macbook-pro-with-10... There’s very little reason to chase the exact latest model when even a 2020/2021 M1 family is still great.