alt Hacker NewsSo really this appears to be a replacement for the M1 MacBook Air that they were still selling at Walmart.
But now more colorful and official.
I’m pretty interested in benchmarks. We haven’t had a phone chip and a desktop chip running the same OS so we could compare them better with benchmarks since the original Apple Silicon dev kits.
Also it’s $499 to start for students, which is impressive.
But the base model has no Touch ID which seems terrible to me. Having that is such a huge improvement over having to type passwords constantly.
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jawns • today at 4:15 PM
I'd probably go for a $50 Yubikey over a $100 Touch ID upgrade.
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> But the base model has no Touch ID which seems terrible to me.
But that's the point. If you're super price conscious and a student, it's only $499! Typing a password is not a big deal compared to $100 for some people.
But if you want convenience, it's $599. Which helps subsidize the $499 price.
Product differentiation like this is what enables the cheaper price to begin with.