71-90K Macbook Air M2 16/256 for ₹85k Good deal?

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Macbook air m2 16/256gb is currently available for ₹85k including card offer.

Is it a good deal?
Do you think there will be better deals in the future? If there is suggest some ideas. Can wait for a long time.

Budget less than ₹1L

Use case: Primarily Lightroom, Premiere pro and Davinci (4k 60fps 5 min edits).

Planning to use external ssd to edit footages. Any hassle with this?

Could have gone with 8gb m1 air for lightroom only but for video edit 16gb might not be enough also!
 
It's a fantastic deal imo. This can be had for INR 75k if you have SBI/ICICI Credit Cards. If you don't, feel free to ping me or post for help in "XYZ Credit Card" thread
 
desi_gamer said:
It's a fantastic deal imo. This can be had for INR 75k if you have SBI/ICICI Credit Cards. If you don't, feel free to ping me or post for help in "XYZ Credit Card" thread
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75 where?
nitin_g3 said:
Don't know if it's a good deal or not.

But it's available for less (80k with card discounts) on Vijay Sales

Apple MacBook Air M2 (16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 13.6

Buy Apple MacBook Air M2 (16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 13.6
www.vijaysales.com www.vijaysales.com
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On payments page there is no mention of sbi or lcici offer. Doesn’t give discount.
 
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jayanttyagi said:
75 where?

On payments page there is no mention of sbi or lcici offer. Doesn’t give discount.
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jayanttyagi said:
That net effect discount is not correct. Interest would still be there from bank. You will have to call bank and ask to nOt convert to emi.
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In my experience, SBI doesn't charge any interest if you pay the entire outstanding amount before the end of current billing cycle. They still charge Rs 199 + GST as processing fees, but that's it. Unless things have changed recently, it's all automatic without any need to call anyone.
 
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jayanttyagi said:
As per this should be on full swipe as well.
Better to get from physical store tbh.
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Agree, it should show for full swipe too as it's mentioned. But works fine with upto 9 months no cost emi. Most people would go for this option anyways since they'll have a way to save few more bucks by paying upfront.
 
Ragnaar said:
if laptop is not must then you should get Mini M4 16-256 for around 50-60 and a very good budget will be there for you to buy monitor and other things
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Yeah, was thinking the same. But desperately need a laptop for editing on the go. Thanks for the insight.
nitin_g3 said:
Agree, it should show for full swipe too as it's mentioned. But works fine with upto 9 months no cost emi. Most people would go for this option anyways since they'll have a way to save few more bucks by paying upfront.
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Could you clarify some of my doubts.
Say Price is 90k.
1. Full swipe discount 10k. So, price is 80k.
2. 9 months No cost EMI: net effective is 75k.with normal emi 9 months payment, actual paid is 80k

Foreclosing no cost emi will allow me to get it for 75k? Am I correct?
 
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msvsme said:
Macbook air m2 16/256gb is currently available for ₹85k including card offer.

Is it a good deal?
Do you think there will be better deals in the future? If there is suggest some ideas. Can wait for a long time.

Budget less than ₹1L

Use case: Primarily Lightroom, Premiere pro and Davinci (4k 60fps 5 min edits).

Planning to use external ssd to edit footages. Any hassle with this?

Could have gone with 8gb m1 air for lightroom only but for video edit 16gb might not be enough also!
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if you are going to use it with external peripheral such as docker then ok. else 1 external monitor supported and heating issue will haut you later on. I personally use M2 Pro 13 inch and it can reach upto 106 degrees when under load for my work purpose. so do plan accordingly. best plan is to get a Mac mini m4 in same range with 16gb ram / 512gb ssd / M4. I use both machines daily and M4 is the obvious choice.
 
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@princeoo7 heating issue noted. primary editing machine will be the current pc. But mac mini will consider in the future. Instead of upgrading current windows pc, mac mini seems a better deal for the workload
 
princeoo7 said:
if you are going to use it with external peripheral such as docker then ok. else 1 external monitor supported and heating issue will haut you later on. I personally use M2 Pro 13 inch and it can reach upto 106 degrees when under load for my work purpose. so do plan accordingly. best plan is to get a Mac mini m4 in same range with 16gb ram / 512gb ssd / M4. I use both machines daily and M4 is the obvious choice.
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for the price of upgrading the storage from base 256gb it would be better to invest in a good thunderbolt NVMe enclosure. Now on Mac Mac you can install apps even apps from App Store ( over 1gb ) externally by default so 256gb internal shouldn't be a limiting factor. I personally have 512gb but most of my apps/data are on external drives so my internal drive has about 400gb free.
 
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