Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by briffle on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @11:18AM (#18337348)

| It will start at $1,199, which is a slight jump from the $999 starting price of the older MacBook Air.

apparently, a 20% increase is a 'slight jump'

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Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by MIKarlsen on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @12:39PM (#18338533)

I'm so bummed out by this. Rumours had me hyped for a cheaper package, but seeing as it's 1599 USD in my country, I will not be looking into buying one now.

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Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by djhworld on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @02:06PM (#18339611)

In terms of "Apple units" it's a slight jump

They tend to price their stuff in units of $100.

So the jump is 2 'apple unit' uptick.

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Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by lwkl on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @02:41PM (#18340006)

Could there be economic reasons for the price jump?

The Surface Pro was in a similar price region. I'm interested to see if Microsoft raises the prices of the new Surface Generation too. It looks like new computers are getting more expensive overall. Maybe it's because the hardware lives longer nowadays.

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Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by SippinLean on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @11:28AM (#18337494)

Fully spec'd and w/Apple Care it comes to $2,848 before tax (~$3,100 after)

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