price should be 399

Well that was expected - I come onto this thread to take a look and all I see is people arguing in the comment section. This site really has gone to the dogs. Arguments galore. It's ridiculous. No need to argue like a group of immature kids. If you like the price and product - vote hot and buy it if you want it. If you don't think it offers good value, vote cold.

The comment section is best used for help/advice/non-abusive reasoning etc. Calling someone stupid results in them calling you stupid, then you retaliate etc No one wins....

With that being said: I think this is a pretty high price for what it is. Ironically, i'm typing this from my Macbook Air (same exact model) but I got mine from the Apple store about 1.5 years ago and I got 'free' Beats headphones (£100 RRP I believe). The 128gb SSD isn't up-gradable - so you're stuck on it. Same with the RAM. Graphics card isn't good enough to play more than very basic games. If you buy this, you'll be buying it for the long battery life (it does last a good 5-7 hours depending on usage), web browsing, maybe the odd virtual machine (virtual box) and coding using Xcode. If you're not a programmer and you're considering dropping 849 of the Queen's finest, i'd strongly urge you to see what else is available for this kind of price. The 128gb is extremely limiting. This Macbook Air has become my 3rd/4th bit of kit I use when I want to browse the web or run a quick virtual machine and do some testing - make of that what you will. It's a very well built device, it's light, but would I recommend it? Not unless you're a developer. I could go on, but you get the point. If anyone has any further questions please feel free to ask.

That is nothing, I once got a second hand Bentley for £1500!

Incredible that some people pay over £100,000 for them...

​maybe some of us can see through the 100% price lift just because it's apple?

Fair deal so long as you can accept the upgrade limitations.

had one ...loved it then sold it in 2016 128gb is laughable

At least you don't need a bag full of rip off dongles to use this with your iPhone or Thunderbolt Display!

It's a good deal - but it looks like the Agros site is having problems at the moment.
Looks like it might actually go hot, which is unusual for an Apple deal. They usually get voted down just for being Apple.

Wow, I got this model but with 4GB ram second hand for £485.

price should be 399

I have heard that before... and then you woke up.

Is this the one with no headphone port or is there a newer one

​maybe some of us can see through the 100% price lift just because it's apple?

This is hot deals not hot opinions. If price is cheapest around and generally a new low then it's a deal regardless of if people like the product or manufacturer.

OK deal for an OK laptop... Not voted either way.

Giggity

£747 at eglobal central

Ive had the 128gb version for over a year and still have 82gb of free space.
All depends how you use them but at least the Air has room for expansion with the card slot.

No, it's not.

Warped understanding of HUKD and the concept of 'good value'.

Also, it's literally all opinions - I don't know how you could get any other idea of what is going on :smile:

'Good value' is subjective; this website isn't here to judge value, it's here to judge hot deals relative to other price points on the market. So it is you that is laughable .

Judgements are subjective. 'Relative to other price points in the market' is (even major) part of the value judgements occuring but not everything.

You haven't got a clue what you're talking about have you? If this product is £100 cheaper than anywhere else, that is not subjective or judgement, it's fact.

I can just about comprehend that this laptop with an apple symbol on it is £100 cheaper than elsewhere thanks.

Comprehend this: that doesn't make it hot (on it's own). For eg. if someone price matched to this is it suddenly not a hot deal anymore? no.

That one could find another product similarly specced and functional utility for a different price (be it double the price or half the price) is not irrelevant to the heat of this deal.

You seriously think everyone seeing this deal should go "oh this product is £100 cheaper than it's usual price - HOT" :smile:

People have different opinions, this site is designed to capture and aggregate those opinions of 'value'.

**** computers. my logic board has broken twice from new in 18 months

What are you talking about? I'm genuinely worried for you. The point is that NOBODY has priced matched it and until they do there's no reason why this isn't a good deal.

"That one could find another product similarly specced and functional utility for a different price' - once again you've failed to grasp the concept that this isn't about opinions, it's about hot deals relative to other prices FOR THE SAME PRODUCT. Christ.

Nice laptop but £850 for something like this is just nuts.

COLD.

I've had a MacBook pro for my 3 years at Uni with 128Gb. Haven't been anywhere near filling it. Mostly cloud storage, or network storage at home. The laptop is amazing and hasn't missed a beat in 3 years. I've had windows and linux laptops over the last 15 years and none have lasted like the mac.
If you compare this with high end windows laptops it's not expensive.

Stop embarassing yourself. Genuinely you need more help to understand the concept?

Here you go: http://www.hotukdeals.com/help
How Voting Works
The HUKD temperature gauge (the little red and blue arrow next to each deal) is used by members to show their opinion on the deals, competitions, vouchers and freebies on HUKD. Members vote "hot" for those offers that seem pretty special.

Chrrye is right. A deal isn't automatically "hot" just because it's temporarily cheaper compared to its rip off original price.

I'm selling pair of stripey pink hand knitted socks. Harrods sell them for £399 a pair.

I'm selling them on my Ebay shop for £349 a pair. Does that make it a hot deal for a pair of socks?

I've also got some chocolate fireguards for sale at £9.99. Cheapest on the web. Would you like to buy one? It's a "hot" deal according you.

And it's people like you that make this site so much worse. I'm not interested in your opinion thanks; I'm interested whether or not it's a good deal. Go on mumsnet if you want to vent your opinion.

Got your boyfriend in on it now have you? Laughable.

If you are interested in just whether its a good deal or not I commend you to the big number in the top left of your screen. This is the heat of the deal. If you aren't interested in peoples' opinions I am confused why you are looking in the comments at all.

Regardless I am glad I was able to help you. Now you understand how the site works maybe you have a chance of posting some hot deals of your own LOL :smile:

By the time I'd read the comments and got to here I'd forgotten what the deal was about.

Yet another HUKD bickering match.

What are you? 15 years old or something?

£850 for a laptop like this with two generations old CPU (because Apple like selling old tech to boost their profit margins) and a small 128gb SSD is not a good deal.

You must like getting raped by Apple.

Just because a deal gets voted 'hot' on here doesn't mean its a particularly good deal or that they're aren't better alternatives out there. Most people don't have a clue about the thing that they're voted on.

Good deal, great laptop

Voted HOT. Cheapest available from a reputable company

Save £200 and get a UX310 instead.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/asus-zenbook-ux310ua-13-3-laptop-grey-10146532-pdt.html

Good deal. Voted hot :smiley:

The people getting on their high horse about this need to chill out. Probably never tried a Mac or couldn't afford one so bang on about how bad it is, just like the people who down voted almost every iPhone 7 deal automatically because it had Apple in the title. Grow up, kids.

Maybe these are the Samsung minions trying out the cheap second hands ones first before fully converting to apple fans!!

What did I just miss... phew. I really dislike this site for all the hate Apple gets. I'd like to read opinions on the DEAL. Not an opinion on the product. If I'm looking for a Mac then people need not interfere with my choice of product. The help I'd like is on getting the most for my money on the item I want. Not ten people banging on about how they dislike the manufacturer all the time!

​or a lenovo ideapad 710s

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-13-3-Inch-Notebook-Silver-i5-6260U/dp/B01HU6EICC?th=1&psc=1

Well that was expected - I come onto this thread to take a look and all I see is people arguing in the comment section. This site really has gone to the dogs. Arguments galore. It's ridiculous. No need to argue like a group of immature kids. If you like the price and product - vote hot and buy it if you want it. If you don't think it offers good value, vote cold.

The comment section is best used for help/advice/non-abusive reasoning etc. Calling someone stupid results in them calling you stupid, then you retaliate etc No one wins....

With that being said: I think this is a pretty high price for what it is. Ironically, i'm typing this from my Macbook Air (same exact model) but I got mine from the Apple store about 1.5 years ago and I got 'free' Beats headphones (£100 RRP I believe). The 128gb SSD isn't up-gradable - so you're stuck on it. Same with the RAM. Graphics card isn't good enough to play more than very basic games. If you buy this, you'll be buying it for the long battery life (it does last a good 5-7 hours depending on usage), web browsing, maybe the odd virtual machine (virtual box) and coding using Xcode. If you're not a programmer and you're considering dropping 849 of the Queen's finest, i'd strongly urge you to see what else is available for this kind of price. The 128gb is extremely limiting. This Macbook Air has become my 3rd/4th bit of kit I use when I want to browse the web or run a quick virtual machine and do some testing - make of that what you will. It's a very well built device, it's light, but would I recommend it? Not unless you're a developer. I could go on, but you get the point. If anyone has any further questions please feel free to ask.

Use LAPTOP10 code get 10% off for £764.10 and hopefully 10% Quidco . Total cost could be £687.7
Absolutely bargain for the apple's laptop :smiley:

I think you're mistaking this site for a review site. I don't care what your personal opinion of the product is. This site is about hot UK deals.

I think the same latops on at amazon for £764 temp oos but can be ordered

great spot, have just ordered another one for £764, the one I bought yesterday for £849 is going back on Monday! Have updated the description, thanks.

You joined in 2010, 6 years ago and posted 3 deals. You don't have any right to say "what this site is" - you've contributed virtually nothing whatsoever. It's people like you that are the issue on this site. The sooner the admins work to stop people like you ruining it for others, the better it'll be.

Awww crap...bought yesterday for £839...oh well. These things happen!

Firstly, what makes you think that's my only account? Secondly, what logic are you using to suggest that only people who post deals have a right to comment on this site? Oh and thanks for pointlessly pointing out my profile details.

​Why are you reading the comments then?

Don't read them. Simple.

Because I am interested in purchasing said product and useful information above has assisted me. What's not useful is people projecting their opinion of said product. I don't care whether you think Apple products are of good value or not. There are a million review sites out there, FYI - this is not one of them.

This might be news to you, but this is a forum. People express their opinions....on a forum. It's like walking into a restaurant and saying you don't want food and drink. What on earth are you here for, other than causing trouble? Come on, man. Chill out and be happy, it's Friday!

Does anyone know if the code works on all laptops and other macbooks ? Thanks in advance as don't want to sign up to try and see if code works .... Cheers in advance for any confirmation ...

Do you know what an analogy is because your example was clearly not one. A more correct analogy would be going into a restaurant and going on to TripAdvisor to review the place whilst in there.

This site is to discuss hot U.K deals; I'm not interested in your opinions on products.

Not strictly true about the hard drive. OWC has brought out replacement hard drives for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 2013-2015, although speeds appear to be down on the supplied Apple drives. Prices are suitably eye-watering as might be expected. What is slightly more interesting is that adapters for AHCI m.2 drives have started to appear online for the 2013-2015 era MacBook Airs/Pros although these apparently are not capable of booting so are of dubious value.

There is some hope that something might come out that does work somewhat better and more cheaply than what OWC is offering right now, particularly as Apple is continuing to sell at least the base 13" MacBook Air and the 13" MacBook Pro 2015 design albeit at post-Brexit prices.

Argos is still selling its Apple notebook range at the pre-Brexit prices for which the discount still works and if the Quidco bonus does too will bring down the base 13" MacBook Pro down from £999 to approx £810 or so depending upon what effect VAT has on the discounts. That might be a better long term buy than the MacBook Air if you are happy to sacrifice a couple of hours battery life and put up with a slightly heavier laptop. You do get a retina IPS screen for the extra £££s. I doubt that Black Friday will give any better discounts so if you are in the market for one of the last half-decent Apple notebooks this looks to be the best chance of a deal on a new one.

Excellent price. I managed to get one a few years ago with uni discount and came to £720 with £60 accessories voucher. I didn't really want a mac but I did want light and thin and the equivalent Samsung ultra book was £900-1100.

Look its nice to hear opinions and take advice from people on here but partly the reason this site has gone down hill and that people miss decent bargains is because certain deals are voted cold instead of being voted hot because of opinion and not because of the discount. We are all different and are looking for and willing to pay varying amounts for commodities, therefore a deal should be voted on how decent the discount is. If it was about the cheapest item that got the job done then we would be all wearing timex watches, driving Darcia's, watching 14 inch TVs and going to Blackpool on holiday every year! Unfortunately we live in a capitalist world where people will pay more for something than it's true value for various reasons.

LOL. So you ARE interested in subjective opinions? :laughing:

If something is discounted by £50 and is that the cheapest at that time, then does that make it a hot or cold deal? If people say that the screen is terrible, the keyboard bounces and it regularly develops faults, that make it bad deal as a consequence, is that deal hot or cold?

Only someone on the autistic spectrum would think you can somehow divorce comments about the product with whether or not it's a good deal simply based on price.

You're not the judge of that. People are asked to vote on whether they think it's a deal, regardless of how you understand the system, it's all about opinion. I think this is an overpriced rip off for mugs, I'll vote cold, but clearly most people don't agree. Opinions.

This isn't Apple hate, this is just an atrocious deal. Buy any other Apple device if you want, just not this one; if you want thin and light get the Macbook, if you want something more powerful get the Macbook Pro. The Macbook air is fat for its internals, hot and loud under load, and has possibly the very worst screen in any laptop available for purchase today.

Got this last week, fast and have absolutely no issues. Had a Macbook Pro previously. All well and good posting links to Asus and the like but has it got any resell value in two/three years? Probably not. Apple products retain their value really well and customer service is superb.

I know that generally if I have an issue with any of my Apple products I can walk into the Apple store and either have it fixed or replaced there and then.

Hot.

I personally don't buy apple products as I feel they don't represent good value for money, or even close to it, which is my opinion. However, as there will be a lot of people that do and if this is the lowest price that this item is currently available for then I would say that for someone who wants to buy this it is a good deal. They will save money. The nature of this site is to save people money on items that they want to spend their money on.

I voted hot as it will be a good deal for someone, but not for me.

This is totally irrelevant to this thread. If you think you have a great deal for a UX310 then start a thread for it. This thread is about a deal for a Macbook and whether the price is a good price. Otherwise every thread will become full of random posts of related products that are "better deals".

If I'm looking for a Macbook I'll come to this site and use the search function. I'll then look for the best deal. In which case I'm not interested in whether I can buy a related device cheaper.

I could easily trump your deal with a 5 year old 2nd hand laptop running Linux which is a "better deal" etc.

A good deal is one that is currently significantly cheaper than you can buy elsewhere (from a reputable supplier of course).........it's not whether you can buy a similar product cheaper.

I hope you bought an extended warranty then because the repair costs charged by Apple out of warranty are eye watering....

....and you'd better hope it can pass the Apple dent inspection tool test...

It's a better deal for a new laptop. Simple as that. If you can find something better/cheaper that's new, post away. Most normal people are intelligent enough to evaluate different options.

If you just want to buy the Macbook Air, just click on Get Deal and get your credit card out. You can't read the comments and then whine about it because you're too worried that potential Macbook customers might realise that there are better laptops out there for a lower price.

Yeah, it's called "stupidity" and not knowing any better.....

Now gone up to 849.

This site means different things to different people so one option is to ignore those who come here for reasons different to your own.
I personally dislike Apple but I’d still vote Apple deals hot if the price is good even if I think it’s still overpriced.
Whilst I usually see little point in comparing an Apple product to a comparable Windows product as most Apple buyers are physically addicted to Apple products like a drug; I mean they just want to use macOS of course, just joking. :wink:

"use code LAPTOP10 to get 10% off Argos price of £849."

Did you try the above?

Again totally irrelevant. It's not a better deal for a Macbook. As I said I can post a "better deal" for a laptop but that's not relevant.

Oh and quit the crass about whinning.........you sound like a kid now.

Anyone intelligent will evaluate different options.

The only people who whine about posts giving alternatives are Apple Fan Boys or people too dumb to be able to evaluate different options.


Go on then.

Anyone intelligent can read that this thread is about buying a Macbook........not some other random laptop. Oh and btw I'm not a boy nor an Apple fan. I buy old laptops and run Linux on them........much better value for me. Any further crass comments anti-apple fanboy?

Once again, not interested in your opinion on anything other than whether this is a hot deal for this particular laptop. They're not even comparable. Is the after sales support the same? No. Is the build quality and useability the same? No.

All of that is irrelevant anyway because this is a post about a MacBook Air and whether it's cheaper relative to other prices on the market for the same product.

You sound like an Apple fan boy.

Still waiting for you post details of an another laptop that you say is a better deal.....

Picard123 stfu.Yet another internet troll.

That's because your small mind can only comprehend black and white scenarios. Nothing in my post has come even close to indicating I'm an Apple fan boy but if that makes you feel better....

"Anyone intelligent will evaluate different options" - oh the irony! Just using the phase 'Apple fan boy' gives us a good idea of your maturity level.

Err I didn't use the phrase "apple fanboy"; that was Picard123.........I never have nor ever will. I think you have the wrong person. Nor did I say that anyone intelligent will evaluate different options........I said that this thread was about whether the deal is the best one for the product listed and not some other random laptop.

heat added for Apple haters!

It will not make a loud fan noises.

i've had enough of this mac-bashing....
god, people can be so short-sighted in the face of high short-term payout over long-term cost!

tight machine, fluid UX operating system, plug&play integration with other apple products and good probability of long-life dayone-like performance with little maintenance required by the user.

yes, macs are expensive, because they work effortlessly and consistently. is paying £300-500 less worth the hassle of a much poorer UX. heck no if the thing's going to last me 5-10 years.

by the end of one mac's lifespan i'm sure a lot of these naysayers' own PCs would have had to a)upgrade multiple hardware components b)buy a new PC just to keep up with their OS's resource hungry lifestyle.


Just because the latest Ferrari contains the most up to date hardware, doesn't automatically make it a better ride than a 3 year old BMW.

It's not even 1080p? At this price? And before I get lynched for dishing out a little criticism, I want to say that Apple have superb build quality and construction (please no lynching). But really, 1440 x 900? The other area they really skimped on is the 128gb ssd, but I'm sure most laptop users won't need much more than that.

When I add this to the basket the price changes to £949. Deal expired?

Hot hot hot ****

You *do* realise we're talking about a laptop here?!

And for desktops, considering the relatively small speed increases in x86 CPU's since the second generation of i3/i5 processors, there is no compelling need to upgrade the CPU for anyone who bought a half-decent PC in the last 5 years, unless they really want the best, or looking to game heavily. And memory can be upgraded cheaply and easily (well, on a PC at least!)

I don't think it matters in this instance, the point was that most people aren't going to be upgrading multiple components on a laptop - and memory would be simple to do. And for modern desktops, it's not nearly as necessary as they claimed.

Absolutely, we can compare this laptop to equivalent Windows laptops and see clearly that this machine is overpriced. There is nothing in the 13" macbook air that makes it special enough to charge nearly a grand for it. A 1440x900 screen and 128gb SSD for this money is crazy. Here is a much better spec'd HP ultrabook for £650: http://www.very.co.uk/hp-envy-13-d008na-intelreg-coretrade-i5-processor-8gb-ram-256gb-hard-drive-133-inch-laptop-silver/1600020529.prd? The Apple is over priced by about 50-60%.

That's just fallacy. You are creating an argument by stating that windows machines are more likely to break down than apple machines and won't last as long. This may have been true once, but not today. If you have been using your Apple machine for 5-10 years then I can see why you don't understand. Windows 10 is a light, highly compatible operating system (universally so, even with Apple products, and much more compatible than OSX with anything) with good potential battery life for laptops. Even the Edge browser has been developed to be light to run, and is. What you pay for when you buy an Apple machine, as with many branded products, is the name. Apple's name just costs quite a bit more than others.
Don't be fooled. Having repaired personal electronic devices for a while now, Apple products break down in the same manner and frequency as every other device on the planet.

Many thanks to the poster - this was a superb deal which I just managed to get before it expired. I have used and loved MacBooks for years

Such an infuriating morning with Argos Customer Service! Bought for £849 on Thurs and then saw the LAPTOP10 promo last night so figured rather than buy again I would contact them in the morning to see if I can return and the same laptop and buy again.
Spoke with CS online who contacted the store to confirm and set off only to be told at the store that the LAPTOP10 has been introduced for Black Friday and as the price had now increased to £949 it's cheaper to keep the purchase at £849

I explained that I had it in the basket last night at £849 with the promo code applied but just hit a brick wall!!

Apparently Laptops aren't part of the 30 day money back guarantee (even though mine is still wrapped in cellophane!)

AAAArgh!

Is this same one comes with 2 years warranty???

they had better be - the one I bought yesterday for £764 has just been delivered, the one I bought on Wednesday for £849 is going back on Monday!

I'll take two of the fireguards, call it £14.99 and you'll have yourself a hot UK deal :laughing:

Ignore CS.
Return it to the store. With it still being sealed it won't be an issue

It seems if you did a click and collect on the 1st one then it depends how much of a douche the store wants to be as to whether they will give a refund?

both were bought online. the first one i collected from my local Sainsburys collection point, the second was delivered to my house, so if they get stroppy, I reckon I should be ok with the distance selling regulations. Just wondering whether it would be best to return the first one to the Sainsburys collection point rather than an Argos store?

I reckon if you've bought both online you're safe on distance selling too!

I booked 2 as well one for collection but I did fast track with when I knew I could get it for £764 and cash back. Anyone want to use my collection reservation number in Argos Doncaster if they are interested in this MacBook deal?

got the first one refunded no bother at all in local Argos store yesterday, so all worked out nicely in the end :-)

Anyone know if laptop10 can be used in store at the till?

Duh, its a Mac

So basically, it's overpriced old tech then for people who don't know any better?