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canyonwalkerYesterday I dropped by a Costco. Yeah, that's not blog-worthy news normally, but this is a newly opened store in the area that's been in the news for having some wild things for sale, like $3,699 bottles of wine. Well, I didn't see the super rare wine (honestly I didn't even look as I'm not in the market to pay that much) but I did see something on sale that turned my head: MacBook Air models on sale. Specifically, the 15" MacBook Air.
I bought a 13.6" Air in August 2022. It's been an awesome computer. All the things I liked about it after 10 days of using it are still true— and more. But looking at the 15" model side by side on the table gave me size envy. I've never felt my 13.6" Air is too small.... elegantly compact, absolutely; but not small. Except side-by-side with the larger model it looked absolutely tiny. I had to touch it with both hands to be sure. "Is this tiny thing really what I use every day?" I asked myself. 😨
Even more shocking was that the 15" model was cheaper. Costco had a sale on it. Between a regular retail price $50 lower than what Apple is selling them for on their website right now and a $150 sale discount, the closest spec to what I'd buy if I were buying today has the 15" pricing out $50 cheaper than the 13.6". 😳
Well, look, I'm not going to replace my computer right now. It's not even 1.5 years old yet. I stretched my previous one 6.5 years and I'm expecting to get at least 4 years of good use out of this one. If anything it's intriguing to know that when the time does come to replace it I may be able to go slightly larger without going to a significantly higher price point.
I bought a 13.6" Air in August 2022. It's been an awesome computer. All the things I liked about it after 10 days of using it are still true— and more. But looking at the 15" model side by side on the table gave me size envy. I've never felt my 13.6" Air is too small.... elegantly compact, absolutely; but not small. Except side-by-side with the larger model it looked absolutely tiny. I had to touch it with both hands to be sure. "Is this tiny thing really what I use every day?" I asked myself. 😨
Even more shocking was that the 15" model was cheaper. Costco had a sale on it. Between a regular retail price $50 lower than what Apple is selling them for on their website right now and a $150 sale discount, the closest spec to what I'd buy if I were buying today has the 15" pricing out $50 cheaper than the 13.6". 😳
Well, look, I'm not going to replace my computer right now. It's not even 1.5 years old yet. I stretched my previous one 6.5 years and I'm expecting to get at least 4 years of good use out of this one. If anything it's intriguing to know that when the time does come to replace it I may be able to go slightly larger without going to a significantly higher price point.
