This bumped-up M2 MacBook Air is available for base model pricing from Laptops Direct
A lot of MacBook for the price.
In anticipation of the new M4 MacBook Air that's hopefully arriving soon, retailers have slashed the prices of older models. If you aren't fussed about the new model, and you want to grab a bit of a bargain on a MacBook Air, it's a good time to strike. As such, it makes this deal on a beefed-up M2 model quite excellent from Laptops Direct. This is a model with more RAM and storage than the base model, and is available for only a little more than one. In spite of this being a couple of generations old, it still remains a capable machine for everything from intensive workloads to more basic choices, offering solid power, a great display and marvellous endurance. For £830, that seems like a bit of a steal.
The M2 processor inside the Air makes for quite an efficient and powerful one. It comes with eight CPU cores and 10 GPU cores, and is a powerful option for video editing that outruns even the fastest Intel-based Mac desktops and laptops. M2 represents only a small upgrade over M1, so we wouldn't recommend this for anyone that's already on an M1 machine unless they're really testing the limits already. However, if you're moving from any form of Intel-based MacBook, then you're going to see some beefy performance boosts - it's night and day difference. Take it from me as someone who moved from the last of the Intel-powered MacBook Pros to an M1 Pro option a couple of years ago - it pays dividends for efficiency and power.
As well as offering an M2 processor, this model comes with 16GB of RAM, giving you a lot more headroom for intensive tasks than the standard 8GB base model would traditionally provide you with. This means this MacBook Air is suitable for all manner of multi-tasking and more intensive workloads, such as high-res video editing, without really breaking a sweat. You also get a larger 512GB SSD inside, which is sufficient for your programs and a reasonable amount of data. Even if it is upgraded against the meagre 256GB on the base model, we'd recommend getting a fast portable SSD or other external or network-attached storage if you'll be doing video editing or storing large media libraries which you can have quick and easy access to. Of course, you can also use any number of USB drives or external HDDs you may have laying around, but a fast portable SSD will provide quicker access, and it's good fortune that we're seeing a lot more portable SSD deals in line with seemingly continiously falling flash storage prices.
This M2 MacBook Air also comes with a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display that should provide accurate colours as well as an especially vibrant experience, although its port selection of a pair of USB-Cs and one MagSafe port does leave a little to be desired. As someone who was subject to the pain of Apple's minimal options for connectivity in previous times, it is a bit of hassle, but you can find plenty of USB-C dongles for reasonable money these days to offer you better connectivity. As for battery life, Apple says this MacBook Air should last for up to 18 hours on a single charge, giving you good endurance for a couple of working days away from the charger.
If you're after a solid M2 MacBook Air with some beefed-up specs for good money, look no further than this brilliant Laptops Direct deal.