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0 pointszitterbewegung23d ago0 comments

It's interesting that to get to the price point of $499 (edu) or $599 that what Apple did was

- No touchID on the base model

- 8GB of RAM

- USB 3 and the second port is USB 2

- No MagSafe.

But, you can still get a 512 gb of SSD and it adds the TouchID sensor back. For education the upgrade may actually make sense.

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ulfw23d ago

The RAM and USB limitation likely has little to do with price point and all to do with the limitations of the A18pro SoC. It's really not a chip designed to be put into PCs

zitterbewegungOP23d ago

You are totally right. Also, I think it's basically to avoid only one port to charge and use for connectivity.

SirMaster23d ago

Feels like a refurb M1 Air is a much better deal.

8/256, TouchID, Magsafe, USB3 all for $300-350 currently.

rappatic23d ago

The M1 Air didn’t have MagSafe, but yeah agreed

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