With Black Friday week upon us , it ’s a peachy sentence to cull up a new Mac . And this year has been a very skilful year for the Mac , with the M1 - basedMacBook Air,13 - inch MacBook Pro , Mac mini , and24 - inch iMac , and the M1 Pro and Max in theMacBook Pro . If you see any of those on sale this week , you should grab one .
But before you press “ Buy ” , verify you read the fine print . Some of the wad you find may not be as good as you think . Here ’s what to look out for to make trusted you get the right Mac .
Avoid those Intel MacBook ‘deals’
Apple no longer has any Intel - based MacBooks in its current lineup , but there are load of them sitting in the stock rooms and shelves of many third - party retailers — and they ’ll be priced to trade . retailer are going to advertise big discount on these Intel laptop , and they ’ll definitely catch your middle .
Most notably , Best Buy is offer several MacBooksthat are marked down $ 500 or more . They ’ll be tempting , but if you look at the specifications for those Macs , you ’ll see that they are all equip with Intel central processor . We would n’t commend corrupt these senior models , even at several hundred dollar off .
$ 500 off a MacBook Pro ? Seems too good to be true . In a way , it is .
Best Buy
There ’s nothing necessarily unseasonable with Intel Macs — yes they ’re boring than M1 Macs , but they do n’t have problem that prevent you from doing what you want to do . These Macs perform fast enough for general drug user who spend the daylight in productivity apps , on the internet , and use creative creature like GarageBand , iMovie , and Photos . Apple will support them for class to come , and your package and the latest version of macOS will run without a hitch .
But these are still former laptops and are already outdated and disused in the case of the newer M1 laptop computer . You might be catch a “ Modern ” laptop in the sense that it ’s never been used , but it ’s definitely not the latest and not bad from Apple . you may do comfortably .
Look for deep discounts on M1 laptops
Speaking of M1 laptops , those are the 1 you want to take care for . We oft see prices discounted by $ 100-$150 , so Black Friday could bring all - time - abject prices of as much as $ 250 off .
The current Macs that you ’ll see most frequently on sale are the M1 models : the MacBook Air , 13 - inch MacBook Pro , Mac mini . They were released in November 2020 , and since they ’ve been out for a while , they ’ll probably be the intersection involve in Mac deals . The 24 - inch iMac has also been out for a while now but has yet to see a rebate of more than $ 50 . So be on the lookout for even deep deduction .
MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
13-inch MacBook Pro (M1, 2020)
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14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro won’t see big reductions
The 14- and 16 - inch MacBook Pro models with the M1 Pro and M1 Max C.P.U. are more expensive laptops , so any batch on these is a good quite a little . But they were just free in October , so the deal will be few and far between . If you require you should jump at any discount you see . The M1 Pro laptops wo n’t belike be reduced by more than $ 50 for the entry point M1 Pro poser or$100 off some of the higher - end configurations . We ’ve yet to see an M1 Max model on cut-rate sale so if you see one , unquestionably snap up it .
14-inch MacBook Pro (2021)
16-inch MacBook Pro (2021)
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