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To an individual consumer perhaps, but schools need to buy hundreds at a time and the second-hand market isn't really great for that.

This is basically Apple taking a bite at the Chromebook market. Interested to see what reviewers have to say.

> feels like I'm being flash-banged by a Cocomelon episode.

This is by design, who do you think the target market for this Macbook is?

2: I'd say it's about the same, same RAM/SSD sizes, maybe an M1 chip is faster than A18 but limitations will come from running out of ram/disk Had an intern working with us, basically couldn't have an browser running together with Figma due to ram shortage making it slow down to a crawl.

A used one probably has not-so-healthy battery and a bit worn keyboard. Maybe some scratches on the screen as well.

At this price, a new device seems very tempting over dealing with a used hardware which is always a bit of a lottery.

Performance-wise A18 would be plenty for casual stuff. IIRC it's faster than M1.

2. Apple would know best no? lol, this screams Cook. Too many iphone boards? Existing laptop tooling. Bam, revenue.