Many people were surprised by Apple's latest move, as the company unexpectedly agreed to bear the cost of the price increase on behalf of users.
On October 30, Apple officially launched the new version of MacBook Pro with M4 chip, along with the versions using M4 Pro and M4 Max chips.
n this upgrade, only M4 Max has increased price, while the remaining versions keep the same selling price.
The MacBook Air M2 and M3 with 8GB RAM are no longer produced by Apple.
The MacBook Air M2 and M3 with 8GB RAM are no longer produced by Apple.
Notably, Apple revealed that the M2 and M3 versions of the MacBook Air will also get double the RAM without increasing the price.
This makes many users feel excited when looking at what Apple has done before, when most of the difference is passed on to consumers. Besides, many people feel frustrated just because they have spent money on previous products.
In response to the “Year of Apple AI” trend, the basic version of the MacBook Pro M4 has been upgraded from 8GB RAM to
16GB with a starting price of $1,599 (VND 40.42 million), equivalent to the price of the previous MacBook Pro M3 version.
This price cut makes users more interested in buying the standard MacBook Air.
This price cut makes users more interested in buying the standard MacBook Air.
More importantly, Apple announced that the MacBook Air — already the world’s most popular laptop — will also get a memory upgrade from 8GB to 16GB while keeping the starting price of $999.
This makes the MacBook Air one of the most attractive options in the AI laptop segment today.
The move comes shortly after Apple’s Mac product marketing chief Evan Buyze claimed that the MacBook Air’s 8GB of RAM is enough for web browsing, video playback, video editing, and some casual gaming.
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He also said the Mac’s “unified memory” architecture can give the 8GB RAM model comparable performance to a Windows PC with 16GB of RAM.
This is the lowest configuration of MacBook Air M3 today.
This is the lowest configuration of MacBook Air M3 today.
This unexpected change has made many fans excited about the new product model.
Many people commented humorously that “Finally, we no longer have to argue about whether 8GB RAM is enough.” Some even called it “Apple being really kind” and emphasized that “Even the cheapest MacBook Air M2 is upgraded to 16GB RAM - something Apple rarely does.”
However, many users were disappointed when they first bought the MacBook Air M3 and realized that the price of this version had increased when they decided to upgrade the RAM to 16 GB in September. Some expressed their frustration, saying that "owning a MacBook Air with 8 GB RAM will be difficult to resell."
