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New 13" MacBook Air in the house! - Grateful11 - 07-01-2017
Best Buy has the 13", 1.6Ghz, 8Gb RAM model for $800. There was a link in an email for trade in offers so
I ran my 2012 MBA through the steps and it said they would give me a $320 for it. Normally I sell my old
ones online but really didn't want to go through the process as it was not in what I call pristine condition.
They looked over it and booted it up, went through some sorta check they do and said the they would give
me a $320 gift card for it so I got rid of an almost 5 year old MBA with 4Gb or RAM and 4000 graphics and
got a new one for $536 with tax. They had the one with the updated processor but I can't see how it would
be worth $200 more for 0.2Ghz more processor. I don't think I done too bad.
Re: New 13" MacBook Air in the house! - anonymouse1 - 07-01-2017
Swap-o-rama LEADER!!!
Re: New 13" MacBook Air in the house! - GuyGene - 07-01-2017
I think you did good, Grate.
Re: New 13" MacBook Air in the house! - riley5108 - 07-01-2017
Nice, you did real good!!
Think Apple has the same machine in referb area for $809.00 https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FMGF2LL/A/refurbished-133-inch-macbook-air-16ghz-dual-core-intel-core-i5
128GB Flash Storage?
Did you get an USB-C-to-USB Adapter?
Re: New 13" MacBook Air in the house! - Grateful11 - 07-01-2017
riley5108 wrote:
Nice, you did real good!!
Think Apple has the same machine in referb area for $809.00 https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FMGF2LL/A/refurbished-133-inch-macbook-air-16ghz-dual-core-intel-core-i5
128GB Flash Storage?
Did you get an USB-C-to-USB Adapter?
It doesn't have a USB-C port that I know of.
Two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps)
Thunderbolt 2 port (up to 20 Gbps)
MagSafe 2 power port
SDXC card slot
Re: New 13" MacBook Air in the house! - riley5108 - 07-01-2017
Grateful11 wrote:
It doesn't have a USB-C port that I know of.
Oops, you are so right!! "Two USB 3 ports"
Re: New 13" MacBook Air in the house! - AllGold - 07-01-2017
anonymouse1 wrote:
Swap-o-rama LEADER!!!
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Leader!!!
Re: New 13" MacBook Air in the house! - sekker - 07-01-2017
Air L E A D E R !
For most, the usb3 standard port is better than USBC...
Re: New 13" MacBook Air in the house! - Forrest - 07-02-2017
The number of ports on the MBA make it much better than the MB in my opinion.
I'm not sure 128 GB of storage would work for me - I like to collect programs! Could a fast SDXC card work like a second drive?
Re: New 13" MacBook Air in the house! - Grateful11 - 07-02-2017
I'm thinking about getting one of these, it's appears to be pretty fast according to someones test listed at
Amazon. I use my SD card slot quite a bit so I'd rather leave it empty. I use my iMac for permanent photo
storage. The most I ever used in my last MBA was about 85-90 Gb's.
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-128GB-Flash-SDCZ43-128G-G46/dp/B00YFI1EBC/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1499006843&sr=8-14&keywords=128gb+flash+drive
One reviewers comments:
"This SanDisk 32GB CZ43 Ultra Fit Series USB 3.0 Flash Drive (SDCZ43-032G-G46) is so tiny, it makes my old SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB drive looks like a dinosaur! See the picture I uploaded to 'Customer Images' section for size comparison.
www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B00LLER2CS/
The new drive is also 5-10x faster. On the package it says "Speed up to 130MB/s". This claim is valid based to my testing. I used a benchmark program (CrystalDiskMark v3.0.1 x64) to measure the Sequential Read/Write speed of this Sandisk Ultra Fit flash drive on two computers. Here are my findings:
- When connected to a computer with USB 2.0 port:
Sequential Read = 34.8MB/s, Sequential Write = 18.6MB/s
- When connected to a computer with USB 3.0 port:
Sequential Read = 148.4MB/s, Sequential Write = 39.4MB/s
(see the pictures I uploaded to 'Customer Images' section for details)"