[adrum]

I believe Walmart has a deal[1] with Apple to sell[2] M1 MacBook Airs. This has been the case for a year or so, so I don't think it's old stock. They have been in stock for since that date, and slowly getting cheaper.

[1]https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/16/walmart-m1-macbook-air-launch...

[2]https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-MacBook-Air-13-3-inch-Lapto...

[contrarian1234]

Oh interesting! I for some reason thought Apple devices can only every be purchased from Apple (maybe that was only during the Steve Jobs era)

But 8GB of RAM.. that's unfortunately completely unusable by most developers. (Panfrost drivers you can at least use on RPi-like devices)

Maybe in another 5 years it'll work on the M3/4 and I'll revisit this. Good to know the devices are still being built so long after release

[MBCook]

They’ve always been available at Best Buy, BH Photo, and other authorized partners in the US.

The Walmart deal is a total mystery. It started, seemingly, as dumping new old stock without selling it on Apple.com, but they’ve even updated the machine I think so clearly it’s an ongoing concern.

Nothing like it I know of for Apple, ever. I’d love to know the story.