TDLR: Base M1 100% worth used as long as you can look at the unit first, and also budget in Applecare (I personally believe ppl who said their M1 Air/ Pro cracked on its own, and I am babying this thing expecting that.

You also get a tried and true design plus the faster x2 128 GB NAND chips as opposed to one slower 256 in the M2 Air. I saved 450 bucks and the M1 has great speakers/screen/chassis. Mind you I have a beefy PC for more heavy duty work, but the Air is perfect for on the go tasks and students. The high-end MacBook Air is mainly worth considering for its extra baseline storage and GPU core, although as we noted, it is still not a gaming machine. They are then combined with scrap from selected manufacturing sites, and the cobalt recovered through this process is now being used to make brand-new Apple. I got a base model and it flies, no RAM issues with light use, 100% battery capacity, bought AppleCare day 1.Īs someone who has always “gotten by” with base Apple products mostly, the M1 Air is maybe the best base product they have made. I would just make sure you can inspect it first. For what it’s worth, I got an open box M1 Air for ~750 here and it’s among the better purchases I have made, even with one small dent.

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