alt Hacker News"Education customers can purchase it for $499."
That is insane pricing for a brand new apple product. They will sell so many of these!
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Looks like it's aimed squarely at students.
Apple used to own the space. I don't think they do, anymore.
They also had a lot of school IT stuff, like charging carts.
That's the magic threshold. Can't complain about the non-upgradable 8GB RAM at that price.
If they would offer a reasonable replacement program, I bet they could make a strong case to EDU. The nice thing about Chromebooks is when a kid spills something on it, it's cheap to replace and to get back up and running. A tight EDU iCloud restore and reasonable replacement cost could definitely make this an attractive option for some school districts as this will last for a kid's entire school career.
Growing up in the 90s all my elementary school computers were Macs. They seemed to get more Windows as I got older. Not sure the current state.
Would be great deal in 5 years to buy those post-lease if Asahi/others Linux catch up.
I'd rather go for a Refurb M1 Air with 8/256 and TouchID which go for $300-350...
call me crazy, but ignoring size, weight, and color, wouldn't $500 be better spent buying an m1 or m2?
I'm not convinced at the insane price at all, you can buy an older model macbook Air and get the full experience at similar prices.
Edit: TBH I'm disappointed, I was hoping for an ultra portable macbook that is less than a kg and extra thin. This is just for the edu market. I'm sure it will do well, financially.
It must be a shitty day for the Acers of the world. Locally an Acer with 8GB/256GB is about the same price with a much worse display, worse build quality, and no strong iPhone integration.
This MacBook is going to be an absolute hit.