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This Is Probably Your Last Chance to Buy a Cheap MacBook for a While

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Apple warned us. The company called price increases on its products “inevitable” just a couple of weeks ago. On Thursday afternoon, they became official on Apple's website.

Its flashy new MacBook Neo is up $100, now at $699. Meanwhile, the MacBook Air gets a $200 price hike, now starting at $1,299. That still gets you a meaty configuration, with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, but it hurts coming just a few months after the refresh of this laptop.

The MacBook Pro's increase is the most substantial. It's up nearly $400 with a starting price of $1,999, which is a 20 percent increase. That comes with twice the storage of the MacBook Air, but remember: it uses the same...

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