Apple Discontinues MacBook Air With M1 Chip

[MacRumors]

Apple today discontinued the MacBook Air with the M1 chip, which launched in November 2020 as one of the first Apple silicon Macs.

In the U.S., the MacBook Air lineup now consists of the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M2 chip starting at $999, the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M3 chip starting at $1,099, and the 15-inch MacBook Air with the M3 chip starting at $1,299.

For more details about the new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with the M3 chip, read our coverage of Apple's announcement.

Article Link: Apple Discontinues MacBook Air With M1 Chip

 

[abatabia]

Had a fabulous run, and mine is still my all time favorite MacBook ever. Years of life left to it.

 

[Motawa]

What does this mean no more Mac OS updates?

 

[abatabia]

What does this mean no more Mac OS updates?

Not at all. Will be supported for years.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Vintaging declaration is usually at approx. 7 years, so 2027... security updates only + approx. 2 years, so 2029.

 

[senttoschool]

Hopefully Macbook SE is coming soon to fill the sub-$1000 market. It's important. The Macbook Air M1 had been selling $750 for over a year.

 

[Godspeed8230]

What does this mean no more Mac OS updates?

I think they just stop the production of it - makes sense of course.

However, I really prefer the wedge-design over the newer one.

 

[Spank7]

Maybe now its the right time to buy the M1 , i was ready to buy it but now the price might be lowered

 

[Antoniosmalakia]

I thought it must be about time to bring the newer design to the £/$999 mark.

 

[bobjonesco]

Managed to grab a 16/512 of these today for $650 USD. Happy Chappy.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Damn this was still the best one for the price. I recommended this to many people.

 

[iJulio]

Still using mine and have no intentions of upgrading it for a few years more. Great machine, M1 is more than enough for now.

 

[Oblivious.Robot]

Typing on this workhorse, hopefully it'll be years before we have to part ways.

 

[JonnyMacx86]

Man, time flies!

 

[iJulio]

I think they just stop the production of it - makes sense of course.

However, I really prefer the wedge-design over the newer one.

So do I. I find the wedge shape to be iconic of the series and I'm not a fan of the newer model with the display notch, and also having no branding on the front bothers me. I like the classic look of the M1, it's almost timeless.

 

[McJobs]

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[nickf]

Probably the best computer I've ever owned. And I'm old.

 

[JonnyMacx86]

Amazing that Apple is discontinuing products that still smoke more than half the competitive market.

 

[flp]

the m1 macbook air is my favorite apple product of all time. I bought two for 750 each (one for myself and one for my kid) amazing value.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

So long, old friend

 

[TMRJIJ]

Damn this was still the best one for the price. I recommended this to many people.

This could be good. Now that M2 MBA is taking the spot at the $999 price point, this model might see some heavier discounts from other sellers.

 

[japanime]

Like others here, I also love my M1 MacBook Air, and have no need or desire to replace it yet. I'm sure the new models will be great, but my M1 will continue to serve as my daily driver for the foreseeable future.

 

[brofkand]

Still a great machine for pretty much anybody...great chance to pick one up on clearance once retailers start clearing out stock.

 

[dacimvrl]

It's crazy that the M1 is already getting discontinued and my M1Pro MBP is still going strong like the day I got it.

 

[Fuzzball84]

If you bought this on release and it still runs fine… you still have 5 years of support for it in terms of hardware at least. Almost 10 years of life…. If you get a battery replacement (from Apple) mid way… you really have gotten yourself a really amazing value computer for general computing. Ibet most of us are relieved it doesn't have butterfly keyboard… 😂