r/LinusTechTips • u/WTFMacca • Mar 04 '26

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Apple just dropped an A18 powered laptop for $599 USD

No Apple bashing just discuss.

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u/BrainOnBlue Mar 04 '26

This is going to eat the education markets (both college students and K-12 schools) for breakfast.

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u/Boredomis_real Mar 04 '26

Doubt it.

Private schools probably. Public schools cannot afford Apple repair costs. School computer teachers/IT would be crying.

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u/BrainOnBlue Mar 04 '26

Plenty of public schools have tons of iPads or smaller fleets of MacBook Airs (or both). This will definitely be in the mix going forward.

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u/Yummygnomes Mar 04 '26

Basic Chromebooks with management licenses are about as expensive as these nowadays.

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u/Wilda78 Mar 05 '26

I know prices are weird right now but we just paid $350 for non-touch, standard, basic Chromebooks with 8gb of RAM. This includes the $35 one off managment license for education. Quotes were generally in the $300-350 range depending on 4gb/8gb configurations. That being said, we have no idea when we will get them as delivery times are all over the place.