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Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M2, 8GB, 256GB SSD - Midnight $1347 + $8.95 Postage ($0 C&C) + Surcharge @ digiDirect (PB fr $1279 @ OW)

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A really good deal imo on a brand new Macbook Air for those who missed the EOFY/refurb deals posted last week.

0.95% surcharge on card, PayPal, WeChatPay, AliPay & UnionPay payments.

Digidirect have M1, M2 and M3 chips with 256gb/512gb and 8/16 RAM across Air/Pro models all up to 30% off so depending on the model you want plenty of opportunities to grab an alternative to the one above.

I found 8GB RAM is fine for me so was more than happy to snag one from $1279 with Officeworks Price beat

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  • lachlantula on 02/07/2024 - 15:38
    +18

    you can save further by buying the laptop from the apple aoc store for $1381.60 using discounted gift cards. 20x flybuys is effectively 10% off, bringing the price (kinda) to $1243.44. theres also a variety of classifieds where you can get a flat 10% cash discount on here for apple gift cards. delivery/c&c is free with apple, too

    • Corgsta on 02/07/2024 - 16:09
      +4

      Plus don't you also get the 14-day return guarantee with Apple? Where you can return it and get a refund on a change of mind?

        • ujwols on 02/07/2024 - 17:17

          This is interesting, Are apple products not excluded from that?

          • lachlantula on 02/07/2024 - 17:18
            +1

            @ujwols: sorry, disregard - technology as a whole not included

      • hopper on 02/07/2024 - 17:20

        Free engraving too I guess

        Edit - not possible from Apple

    • Harry33 on 02/07/2024 - 17:09

      I am planing to buy a macbook 14inch m3pro, and I was looking at AOC website. Seems like it’s a good deal. But I never bought through gift cards before. Can I just buy 1 gift card with any amount and the 10% discount will be added?

      • lachlantula on 02/07/2024 - 17:11

        do you mean buying gift cards through coles or similar via the deal i linked or through ozb classifieds?

        • Harry33 on 02/07/2024 - 17:26

          I was thinking buying through coles using the deal above you mentioned.

          • lachlantula on 02/07/2024 - 17:28
            +3

            @Harry33: you'd have to buy a couple gift cards, unfortunately. the 'variable load' gift card allows you to choose a value of up to $500 to put onto the card. you'd need a few of those to buy a laptop. and also note that the 10% discount is not so much a discount but rather a reimbursement in the form of flybuys points, which can then be used to discount other things. you can redeem multiple gift cards (up to 8, i think) on the apple website at checkout.

          • netsurfer on 02/07/2024 - 20:20
            +1

            @Harry33: You missed the back to uni deal (on the standard education store) earlier this year, which included a $240 bonus gift card, essentially making the laptop $2999. There was also 7% cashback one day during that period from Shopback (but the cashback amount is calculated based on discounted price after the $240 bonus gift card amount deducted). Then, you use the 10% gift card.

            You might want to wait for a Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal. Also bear in mind that M4 based laptops most likely arriving towards the end of this year.

    • Wombatt on 03/07/2024 - 20:57

      What proof of being a student is required on aoc store?

      • lachlantula on 03/07/2024 - 21:59

        zero, for some reason

    • Mike Nolan on 02/07/2024 - 20:26
      +2

      Little awkward for you

      • Corgsta on 02/07/2024 - 22:29

        😂

  • darthsparrow on 02/07/2024 - 15:57
    -2

    A really good deal imo

    Oh, the 8GB camps are gonna have a field day.

  • OzHan on 02/07/2024 - 16:03
    +10

    Here's the 8GB comment you may need to read.

    Apple admits 8GB of RAM isn’t enough for new AI feature

    https://www.techradar.com/computing/macs/apple-admits-8gb-of…

    • Corgsta on 02/07/2024 - 16:10
      +7

      Great, I'll go 8GB then! Do not want that AI.

    • AutomationGuy on 02/07/2024 - 16:12
      +4

      Yeah absolutely.

      Although, I'd rather buy cheap today and sell it used when a new model comes out with base 16gb ram, rather than pay 30-50% more for some small upgrades now if the base spec does everything you need. You'll probably end up in a similar financial situation with a much newer machine. Upgrading MacBook specs is just too expensive.

      • shabaka on 02/07/2024 - 19:33
        +1

        this strategy might be flawed since resale value of 8gb units will be lower, you'll lose on that jump

        better to get discounted 16gb model and skip an upgrade or two as it's still good for longer, and then sell and upgrade, no?

        https://www.apple.com/au/shop/product/G15S4X/A/refurbished-1…

        spend once, 16/512 is a proper config, and rejoice. although I would wait for MBP 14 restock on refurbished, $2299 for 16/512 you get much better screen and it is a machine that will last you no need to upgrade

        • netsurfer on 02/07/2024 - 19:55

          There isn't a real need to chase after a M3 16GB RAM device right now, especially for AI. The reason is that M4 has already appeared for iPad Pro. That's why M3 products are being discounted. Furthermore, it is an XCode feature, so let's not over hype it to think Apple will outdo Microsoft and come up with something super amazing for AI (after all, Apple is using OpenAI, rather than its own AI). Apple and nVidia are anything but friends.

          Apple is enticing people to upgrade. Anyone who is serious about doing AI work on Mac wouldn't get anything less than 32GB RAM to be honest (and base Apple Silicon M3 for serious AI work, that doesn't make sense either).

          • shabaka on 02/07/2024 - 20:20

            @netsurfer: I don't even care about AI, for any creative workload you need 16GB at least. just talking plain future proofing. no perceivable performance difference between M1, M2, M3, M4, just choose any 16GB device you like and you'll be fine for a long while.

            • netsurfer on 02/07/2024 - 20:23
              +2

              @shabaka: Depends on what you do, 16GB is insufficient for serious work. Work started giving devs 36GB RAM M3 Pro Macbook Pros early this year. I still have the old M1 Pro with 16GB RAM, constantly needing to close apps (I closed XCode a few minutes ago to get some RAM back).

              • shabaka on 02/07/2024 - 21:43

                @netsurfer: not talking about serious work, just talking future proofing here, no reason to get 8gb if 16gb is not much more.

                of course there would be tasks 16gb wouldn't be enough for, or these configs wouldn't exist.

              • shabaka on 03/07/2024 - 08:11
                +1

                @netsurfer: maybe I am also very minimal and tidy user, there's not much I do on my MBP simultaneously. I would always have Spotify running and between 6-10 tabs open in Safari. then on top of that when I process a photo shoot I would have image culling software running, then kill it once done, because why bother I won't need it till next time, then photo editing software Luminar, then once again kill it once done - because it glitches out anyway after I close and open the screen a few times, and once I am done with photos I would have iMovie running while I put together the videos and kill it once done. never had a slowdown or RAM starvation of any sort because usually won't have a lot running in parallel.

                I don't know how people have hundreds of tabs in Safari, my better half has like 100 open at any given moment, I just don't operate this way.

                my work machine is a Surface Laptop Studio and runs 64gb of ram because I am cool like that, but that's another story lol

            • AutomationGuy on 02/07/2024 - 20:31

              @shabaka: That's a completely different argument than your original reply. By specifically calling out creative workloads you are calling out a subset of the market that already knew they needed higher specs, and isn't at all related to the original argument about AI features.

              And as a note, 'creative workloads' is a very broad term. If I was regularly doing 4K video work I'd want 16gb, but just using Photoshop and some RAW conversions at a non-professional quantity and the occasional video edit is fine on 8gb. Measurably slower, and would be painful if you did it every day, but absolutely doable for occasional use for a device that is 30-50% cheaper.

              • shabaka on 02/07/2024 - 21:45

                @AutomationGuy: been there tried that. had M1 13" Air, and it was great for everything short of photo editing scenarios. if I didn't do photo editing I would probably be happy with 8gb. in fact if I wanted to get a machine for my better half that would be it, but she doesn't care about Mac, got an OLED laptop that's hard to beat. just talking future proofing here, no reason getting 8gb if 16gb isn't much more.

        • AutomationGuy on 02/07/2024 - 20:26

          If you're shopping refurbished, then that is double the price for a device that does the exact same task for most people. Chances are, if the 8/256 is good enough for you now, it will remain good enough for the indefinite future.

          People have already discussed below and in the media how the M4 was a big leap for AI. I don't want to waste big money up-speccing a M3 air now that's not going to make any huge difference to my current workflow and risk it not being up to scratch due to the M3 features anyway.

          • shabaka on 02/07/2024 - 21:48

            @AutomationGuy: m1 was a big step forward, m2 m3 m4 are just incremental. I don't see a reason to upgrade from my m1 pro, not even considering

            yeah 8/256 would be enough for a lot of folks but think about resale value, just pay a bit more and get 16/512 and you'll be sorted for much longer.

            • Corgsta on 02/07/2024 - 23:06

              @shabaka: Interesting to hear your banter with automationguy. I’m weighing up a M3 Air with either 16 or 24GB since I’ll split its time between work, which will be Win 11 in a Parallels VM running Altium (3D electronics CAD), and personal web browsing. Don’t really think I can do +$500-800 for a similar Pro.

              • shabaka on 03/07/2024 - 09:27

                @Corgsta: upgrade to Pro with M1 is really quality of life improvement more than anything else. you get much better screen, speakers, and expansion capabilities. for me it was totally worth getting one, it's just the best of everything. also it has active cooling, which should be welcome if you push it for prolonged periods of time, not that I ever heard the fan in these 6 months

                • Corgsta on 03/07/2024 - 09:28

                  @shabaka: Yeah you might be right. Where’s best to get these at the moment? (If you know anyway)

                  • shabaka on 03/07/2024 - 09:33

                    @Corgsta: I got mine here: https://www.apple.com/au/shop/refurbished/mac/macbook-pro you have to wait patiently (I waited about 3-4 weeks checking daily) for the right config to drop. there were great deals retail in a variety of stores, but those were extremely low stock and had to hunt them down, maybe all sold out now. takes a bit of patience.

                    when I got mine, Apple Certified Refurbished were selling M1 Pro MBP 14 for $2299 for 16/512, and $2539 for 16/1TB and I went for that. looking at my storage consumption so far, I would probably be happy with a 16/512 as well. but I guess no sense in lamenting the past! better resale value down the track

                    • Corgsta on 03/07/2024 - 16:20

                      @shabaka: Thanks. Yeah I've been checking that. They still have MBP's fairly pricey there. I guess there's demand.

                      Anyway, I checked staticice and found an opened box (but new) MBP at Megabuy for $2499 with 16" screen, M1 Pro, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD so I ordered that and it's already in the mail! I thought it was a steal at that price! M1 Pro not as fast on single-threaded as M3 but will hold up for longer due to active cooling.

                      • shabaka on 03/07/2024 - 19:10

                        @Corgsta: fingers crossed it's all well and Megabuy delivers what they promised, I never ordered from them and heard they could be dodgy. the price is good

                        this was the last retail sell-off I am aware of: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/846211

                        now need to wait for M2 sell-off when M4 models come out later this year

                        • Corgsta on 09/07/2024 - 09:55

                          @shabaka: Thanks.

                          I got the unit yesterday. It's brand-new and unopened, not a fingerprint or anything. All the sticky plastic and wrapping was in place. For $2.5k, I thought a MBP with 32GB was a steal! It said opened box but I can't see how it was. I'm very happy with it. My first Mac, so I'm still learning MacOS and so far it's looking like a super polished and integrated OS.

                          Yeah seems like this is a good way to buy, even cheaper than Apple refurbished. MWave were very good too - they called me to confirm my delivery address and got the unit in the mail same day. And I had to confirm a small amount deducted then refunded for security purposes. I also asked them to add fragile marking on the box and they did (as I didn't include insurance).

        • OzHan on 02/07/2024 - 22:34

          Recently bought MBA 15" 16GB/1TB ($1987), much better deal than this refurb IMO.

          • shabaka on 03/07/2024 - 08:05

            @OzHan: just giving an example of what's available rn. please share details of how to get such config of mba 15 so other can leverage it too, it is a good deal. it's $2700 for this configuration on AOC. thanks

    • FatBlanket on 03/07/2024 - 06:34
      +1

      Apple admits that if you’re a software developer using Xcode there’s a code completion feature that won’t work on 8gb ram. Consumer admits they’re a software developer who bought a base model MacBook Air and are a complete moron.

      • TheThoughtFraud on 03/07/2024 - 20:11
        +1

        Stop letting facts get in the way of stupid argument.

        You'll halve the comments on OzB.

  • beltdrive on 02/07/2024 - 16:06
    +4

    8GB? In this economy?

  • wooroongarra on 02/07/2024 - 16:09

    Any deals on MacBook Pro M3 with more than 8GB ram?

  • dirtyhen on 02/07/2024 - 16:11
    +8

    If I buy 2 does it make it 16GB?

  • hopper on 02/07/2024 - 17:06
    -2

    No touch bar, no deal

    • pizzaguy on 02/07/2024 - 17:18

      lol

      +1

    • user6598123549 on 02/07/2024 - 18:36

      lol for me it's quite the opposite. refused to buy until they removed this bs touch bar

      • user6598123549 on 02/07/2024 - 18:38
        +1

        but i wasn't buying the air anyways…
        surprised to see someone who likes touchbar tbh

        • Nillionaire on 03/07/2024 - 08:12

          It was pretty popular at my university for a while

      • pizzaguy on 03/07/2024 - 11:37

        IMO that was sarcastic.

        Touchbar as a replacement for the whole row of keys was an abomination, prone to malfunctioning too.

  • jasswolf on 02/07/2024 - 17:26
    +3

    Weren't there thermal issues with the M2 design anyway? Complete skip as a result when you've got M1 and M3 $200 either side.

    • ColtNoir on 02/07/2024 - 21:04
      +1

      It’s just a fanless design, it’s not an issue if you know that. People just went in expecting and testing it like you would a pro model.

      Honestly, all these benchmark tests are fairly useless for everyday tasks.

      • jasswolf on 02/07/2024 - 21:57

        All 3 models are fanless, I'm specifically referring to thermal issues in the M2 design that hindered performance against even the M1 model, though there may have been a revision.

        People had a much better time after doing a thermal pad mod.

        • ColtNoir on 03/07/2024 - 11:04
          +2

          I’d not heard of that.
          The only performance related difference I heard was the base 256gb SSD was on 1 chips instead of 2 in the m2 which gave it slower benchmarks.

  • simiot on 02/07/2024 - 18:33
    -1

    Any education discount with this deal?

    :-)

  • hibijibis on 02/07/2024 - 20:06

    Its really hard to find a better laptop than the macbook air pro 13 tbh. Great price and machine.

  • freestyle18 on 02/07/2024 - 20:49
    -1

    I can't find any other macbooks on their site? searching macbook brings up other random things…

  • kaikor on 02/07/2024 - 20:51

    HODL for M2 Air go closer to $1k!

  • Hans678 on 03/07/2024 - 13:05

    Is it possible to get the Apple edu pricing from online if my kid is eligible? What do they check?

    • kaikor on 03/07/2024 - 14:37

      Nothing. Basically just anyone can go and buy. Think someone already confirmed from other deals before, even going into Apple shop they never asked for ID check.

  • simiot on 03/07/2024 - 19:28

    Researching for a friend… A 13" Macbook Air M2 8GB RAM would be perfect. Also is a school teacher so can get education price. There are so many results in a search. I wanna ask the expertise of OzBargainers of the best deal for this. This place is the best group of frugal people I have seen online. What do youse think? Its not really off topic here.

    :-) TIA

    • giordan0 on 07/07/2024 - 17:31

      Depends on their use case which can vary widely person to person.

      Casual web browsing, watching streaming media and music - does the job fine.

  • yeb123 on 05/07/2024 - 22:04

    Actually just receive my air M2 from the last JBHIFI deal, 99.9% new, battery cycle 1, and the battery last 13hours wtf.

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