Best Buy’s Apple Shopping Event ends tomorrow, Sunday, August 10. The MacBook Air M4 is on sale and it’s just what the doctor ordered for professionals and those going back to school. For two more days, you don’t want to miss the Apple Shopping Event at Best Buy where you can get even more great Apple goodies. Since Apple deals en masse are so rare, it’s certainly worth taking a look at everything the sales event has to offer. However, we’ve got two MacBook Air M4 deals that are seemingly identical we think you should look at. They both originally start at $1,199 and drop $200 to $999. But that’s where the similarities stop. Tap the buttons below to see the laptops up close yourself or keep reading to see which one is right for you.
Is the bigger laptop better? Not necessarily. The 15-inch version of the laptop has 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage while the 13-inch version has 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. That means the real battle here is if you prefer screen space or storage space.
If you have access to ample cloud storage and live with near constant access to WiFi, the 15-inch MacBook is likely better for you. That is, unless having a smaller laptop makes it easier to get out and about. If the 15-inch laptop is too big for your bag or purse (it comes out to being 13.4 inches wide side-to-side) then it’s also not going to be that great for you. In that case, the 13-inch laptop is better for you. Anyone that needs access to storage outside of cloud storage, including people that want to have lots of apps running on their machine.
Tap the button below to get the MacBook Air M4 of your dreams while the Best Buy Apple Shopping Event lasts. They’re both marked down to $999 from $1,199, a savings of $200. Alternatively, split the difference between the two sizes and peruse our list of the best 14-inch laptops.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Google DeepMind's AI world model Genie 4 can now build interactive worlds that you can explore and reshape as they run. It also generates ambient sounds, music, and dialogue that respond to your actions.
The new world model builds on Genie 3 with improved realism, more natural human movement, and better simulations of real-world physics. It could eventually help with everything from game development to training robots.
Apple has an incredible talent for making me admire its products while simultaneously questioning what on earth it's thinking with the pricing. This isn't even something as bizarre as a monitor stand, but the audacity for starting a new laptop lineup from $2,000 doesn't surprise me.
The newly announced 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 is just the latest to showcase this. The funny thing is, I already know that it's going to be a reliable workstation. You get a powerful new 2nm M6 processor, a gorgeous Liquid Retina XDR display, and up to 24 hours of battery life. We were impressed by the M5 MacBook Air, so the high-end M6 powered MacBook Pro definitely won't let us down.