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by swiftcoder 174 days ago
> there is plenty of reasons to spring for a $1000 macbook air over a $100 second hand windows crapbook if you can afford it

Plus you can pick up a used M1 MacBook Air for as little as $300 these days. Despite being 5 years old, it'll still smoke anything on the PC side much under a grand, in terms of responsiveness.

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> Plus you can pick up a used M1 MacBook Air for as little as $300 these days.

Where are you getting those prices? Here it's either $700+ or a sketchy deal with a locked activation.