I thought the drives in the 2015 Air were proprietary.
You’re telling me you can swap in a random Samsung NVMe SSD?
On my 2015 13inch MBA I'm running a Samsung 950PRO NVMe M.2 drive (shown below) with no issues.
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I thought the drives in the 2015 Air were proprietary.
You’re telling me you can swap in a random Samsung NVMe SSD?
On my 2015 13inch MBA I'm running a Samsung 950PRO NVMe M.2 drive (shown below) with no issues.
I would get the 2018 MacBook Air, also get Apple Care and you’ll be good to go. The new Air has had a big upgrade vs the older one.
Nice. Did you need to use an adapter like the other poster said?
MBA 2018 with Apple Care might work for me because I am retired and rarely have time critical deadlines.
For my college freshman son, Apple Care does not cut it. A failed keyboard when working on a critical term paper with a midnight deadline is a disaster, and waiting a week or two for a computer repair is a non-starter......even if it is covered by warrantee or Apple Care.
OP’s poll is completely meaningless without prices.
Case in point: Here’s a loaded top of the line 2017 MacBook for $999 https://iphone.appleinsider.com/art...he-line-macbook-air-discounted-to-999-550-off
Additionally, a sticky key is not necessarily a showstopper. It's annoying, but it's not a loss of data or a loss of I/O or something like that.I understand what you are saying, however it's not 100% certain that you or anyone else will have an issue with the keyboard. Yes there have been issues, which is why the 1st and 2nd generation are included in a repair program.
The 3rd gen keyboard inside the Macbook Air might have less failure rates. The reason i say MIGHT is because we just don't know, people on the forum may point to there being reports of such issues and there is even a thread about it, however what we don't know is how many Air's have been sold and how many people have had issues, most of the time people don't post when everything is working ok.
I tried a Pixelbook. It's just not enough computer for me and the design with the giant bezels is just a bit behind, IMHO.I voted for the 2017 MBA and just now put my money where my mouth is... Amazon is selling new 2017 13" MBA i7 8GB/128GB for $799. (I got a great trade-in value on my 2014 11" MBA to get in on a killer deal on a Pixelbook, but I find that I'm in need once again of a portable macOS device)
I voted for the 2017 MBA and just now put my money where my mouth is... Amazon is selling new 2017 13" MBA i7 8GB/128GB for $799. (I got a great trade-in value on my 2014 11" MBA to get in on a killer deal on a Pixelbook, but I find that I'm in need once again of a portable macOS device)