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Feels like a refurb M1 Air is a much better deal. 8/256, TouchID, Magsafe, USB3 all for $300-350 currently. Or step up to a refurb M4 Air with 16/256 and all

Feels like a refurb M1 Air is a much better deal. 8/256, TouchID, Magsafe, USB3 all for $300-350 currently. Or step up to a refurb M4 Air with 16/256 and all the bells and whistles for $759. The New M4 Air with 16/256 were $749 for 2 months over Nov/Dec everywhere.

FishAngular12 7mo ago
Where can you buy these reliably?
- SirMaster 7mo ago
  VIPOUTLET which is Walmart liquidation, they have been going here solid for months, price went up slightly but its 340-350 for reburb or open box with coupon code. https://www.ebay.com/itm/136699644252 https://www.ebay.com/itm/136699644252 https://www.ebay.com/itm/136452780686 https://www.ebay.com/itm/136452780686 The refurb M4 Air are on Apple website.
qn9n 7mo ago
Average user doesn't know to look at refurb, the M1 Air will slowly drift out of manufacturing due to component sourcing etc.
hollerith 7mo ago
The M4 does not have Apple’s groundbreaking memory integrity enforcement (MIE) whereas the CPU in this (the A18 Pro) does -- although it is possible that Apple decided against enabling it (to segment the market).
- hollerith 7mo ago
  That is mistaken: the A18 Pro does not have MIE. (The A19 does.)
markn951 7mo ago
No Magsafe on the M1. The USB ports are actually Thunderbolt 3 but the target customer does not care about that or even knows what Thunderbolt is. I think the main upgrade is the A18 Pro is about 50% faster in single core and matches the M1 in multicore. Which is going to make everything feel a lot snappier for the kind of tasks they're targeting. Plus I think the $100 upgrade to double the storage space and get Touch ID is actually going to be pretty popular.
adrianmsmith 7mo ago
Macbook Nano will probably be supported with security updates for a lot longer. Apple try to provide updates for a certain number of years after the model was originally released. The M1 Air was released many years ago now.
- NetMageSCW 7mo ago
  Actually Apple tries to provide updates for a certain number of years after final sale. It is Google that goes by initial release.

FishAngular12 7mo ago

Where can you buy these reliably?

SirMaster 7mo ago
VIPOUTLET which is Walmart liquidation, they have been going here solid for months, price went up slightly but its 340-350 for reburb or open box with coupon code. https://www.ebay.com/itm/136699644252 https://www.ebay.com/itm/136699644252 https://www.ebay.com/itm/136452780686 https://www.ebay.com/itm/136452780686 The refurb M4 Air are on Apple website.

qn9n 7mo ago

Average user doesn't know to look at refurb, the M1 Air will slowly drift out of manufacturing due to component sourcing etc.

hollerith 7mo ago

The M4 does not have Apple’s groundbreaking memory integrity enforcement (MIE) whereas the CPU in this (the A18 Pro) does -- although it is possible that Apple decided against enabling it (to segment the market).

hollerith 7mo ago
That is mistaken: the A18 Pro does not have MIE. (The A19 does.)

markn951 7mo ago

No Magsafe on the M1. The USB ports are actually Thunderbolt 3 but the target customer does not care about that or even knows what Thunderbolt is. I think the main upgrade is the A18 Pro is about 50% faster in single core and matches the M1 in multicore. Which is going to make everything feel a lot snappier for the kind of tasks they're targeting. Plus I think the $100 upgrade to double the storage space and get Touch ID is actually going to be pretty popular.

adrianmsmith 7mo ago

Macbook Nano will probably be supported with security updates for a lot longer. Apple try to provide updates for a certain number of years after the model was originally released. The M1 Air was released many years ago now.

NetMageSCW 7mo ago
Actually Apple tries to provide updates for a certain number of years after final sale. It is Google that goes by initial release.