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The "I just bought/ordered/got/shipped my new/refurb MBA" thread, [Merged]

limesmoothie

limesmoothie

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kp98077 said:
yeah 13 is not bad, 16 is... sadly. for me... great machine.. just huge...
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The Windows machine supplied by my work is 15.4 and it feels huge and unwieldy. The specs on the 16 MBP are ace, but too big for me.

13s have a decent screen real estate but still portable/light. Perfect for cutting around the house and garden. I've got a summer of lying on the garden sofas planned, using my MBA ;)
 
kp98077

kp98077

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limesmoothie said:
The Windows machine supplied by my work is 15.4 and it feels huge and unwieldy. The specs on the 16 MBP are ace, but too big for me.

13s have a decent screen real estate but still portable/light. Perfect for cutting around the house and garden. I've got a summer of lying on the garden sofas planned, using my MBA ;)
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haha good point, yes the garden too!
 
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Howard2k

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kp98077 said:
anyone else getting a loaded MBA instead of MBP 16" I get the two are totally different, but the 16" weight is significant... for everyday use, bed, living room, etc...curious to see how others feel?
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Agreed. I use a 2015 13”. This could be a decent upgrade. I’m interested to see how the geek bench and wifi specs turn out.
 
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Gav1967

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I was watching the Macrumors buying guide about 2 ish weeks ago and the Air was neutral, so I bought one. Then Apple threw down their new model Air.
Now I ain't going to keep a week old "old" Air when the new iteration is out so I ordered the new one in i7 with 16gb RAM and 1Tb storage.
Can't wait for it to arrive.
All I have to do now is wait for Apple to open their stores so I can return the previous model.
I hate having to return stuff, but when the new model is better and cheaper I'm getting on board :)
 
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kp98077

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Gav1967 said:
I was watching the Macrumors buying guide about 2 ish weeks ago and the Air was neutral, so I bought one. Then Apple threw down their new model Air.
Now I ain't going to keep a week old "old" Air when the new iteration is out so I ordered the new one in i7 with 16gb RAM and 1Tb storage.
Can't wait for it to arrive.
All I have to do now is wait for Apple to open their stores so I can return the previous model.
I hate having to return stuff, but when the new model is better and cheaper I'm getting on board :)
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I don’t think the stores will open for months .....
 
adrianlondon

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kp98077 said:
anyone else getting a loaded MBA instead of MBP 16" I get the two are totally different, but the 16" weight is significant... for everyday use, bed, living room, etc...curious to see how others feel?
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I've got a late 2013 15" MBP which I need to replace, due to a broken screen that's not worth repairing. I was going to buy the 16" MBP but kept putting it off due to the price. My plan now is the MBA and with some of the money saved a decent 24" monitor.
 
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kdm0505

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pulled to trigger to replace my 2013 MBA and went with the i5 / 256 / 8gb version. I've pushed off the upgrading for over a year now and this new model checked the two major things I wanted them to change - quad core proc and keyboard
 
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Dubba

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adrianlondon said:
I've got a late 2013 15" MBP which I need to replace, due to a broken screen that's not worth repairing. I was going to buy the 16" MBP but kept putting it off due to the price. My plan now is the MBA and with some of the money saved a decent 24" monitor.
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What monitor are you buying?
 
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nill1234

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Got the same config just in Space Grey and same delivery schedule in Germany :(. But im not certain if 256 GB is enough, i just use it to code ind watch Netflix. I still have a gaming rig. If its not enough which external SSD is good? I cant justify 250€ for 256gb of extra storage.
 
adrianlondon

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I'm about to order mine here in Switzerland. Base model with i5 upgrade. I thought about getting the 512GB upgrade, as looking at my current 2013 MBP I'm using 300GB out of my 512, but a large chunk of that is downloaded movies.

I've realised that I can get a small, external usb-c SSD for way less than the upgrade cost, so I'm going to stick with the 256 and get an external drive. Samsung seem to make some good ones. Even the one Apple sells (LaCie), even on their own website, is cheap compared to upgrading the internal drive.
 
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Yamrider

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Just placed my order. i5/16gb/512gb-space grey. Also ordered a 5tb WD external hdd for £99, much cheaper than the £200 Apple want for their 1tb built in ssd. Hope to use this for my amateur photography hobby using Luminar 4.
 
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Ericdjensen

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Yamrider said:
Just placed my order. i5/16gb/512gb-space grey. Also ordered a 5tb WD external ssd for £99, much cheaper than the £200 Apple want for their 1tb built in ssd. Hope to use this for my amateur photography hobby using Luminar 4.
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Where did you get 5TB's for such a low price?
 
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Gav1967

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nill1234 said:
Think i just going to get a Samsung T5 1TB SSD for 150€. 1TB should be enough to store movies and pictures.
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I second the Samsung T5 1Tb SSD. I am waiting for the T8 to become available too, and hopefully a bit of a price drop.
 
iKwick7

iKwick7

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Question about trade in during purchase-

I’ve read you have 2 weeks to send in your trade in. Is it 2 weeks from the day you RECEIVE the new MacBook, or 2 weeks from when you order it? I’d imagine it’d be 2 weeks from when you receive it.
 
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