{"id":664067,"date":"2023-02-13T07:04:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T05:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=664067"},"modified":"2023-02-14T11:38:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T09:38:12","slug":"keep-your-business-running-during-load-shedding-with-the-apple-m1-macbook-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/664067\/keep-your-business-running-during-load-shedding-with-the-apple-m1-macbook-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep your business running during load-shedding with the Apple M1 MacBook Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Load-shedding is wreaking havoc on South African businesses and with a global recession on the horizon, companies must find alternative solutions to keep their operations running.<\/p>\n<p>iStore Business offers a simple solution \u2013 the Apple MacBook Air with an 18-hour battery life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istore.co.za\/business-lead?utm_source=Article%20link&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=Business%20Tech%20Article%20Feb%2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><strong>Click here to find out more about the MacBook Air from iStore Business.<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The MacBook Air\u2019s all-day battery life will keep your employees productive and your business running smoothly, even during the more extreme stages of load-shedding.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Load-shedding\u2019s impact on business<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The average person working on a computer loses at least two hours of work per day to load-shedding.<\/p>\n<p>This is extremely destructive to businesses, as they are paying employees for this lost time, which could be focused on growth.<\/p>\n<p>Missed opportunities are also a huge problem. People in sales positions, for example, lose hundreds of hours and millions of rands per year due to downtime from load-shedding.<\/p>\n<p>The 13-inch M1 MacBook Air cuts out this lost time by giving your employees, and therefore your business, the power to work during extended power cuts thanks to its 18-hour battery life.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>The MacBook solution<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Whether your employees are surfing the web or performing more intensive tasks, the 13-inch M1 MacBook Air\u2019s record-breaking battery life will enable them to remain productive at all times.<\/p>\n<p>This is largely thanks to Apple\u2019s M1 chips that take power and efficiency to a new level to deliver exceptional performance &#8211; whether your MacBook is plugged in or not.<\/p>\n<p>This efficiency extends beyond the processors\u2019 internal workings to your employees, too, with the M-series chips offering a significant performance boost of up to 50% over other computers.<\/p>\n<p>Your employees are, therefore, more productive across every task.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the lightweight, portable design of the MacBook Air ensures your employees can work either from home or the office, regardless of their power situation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-664069\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStore-Pic-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStore-Pic-2.jpg 1428w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStore-Pic-2-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStore-Pic-2-1024x455.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStore-Pic-2-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStore-Pic-2-1200x534.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Get a MacBook Air<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>iStore Business offers easy and affordable ways for your business to reap the financial and productivity benefits of the M1 MacBook Air.<\/p>\n<p>A great example of this affordability is the option to rent the 13-inch 8-core M1 MacBook Air with 256GB storage and a 7-core GPU for just R299 per month over 36 months, when you trade in a previous-generation MacBook Air.<\/p>\n<p>This is an excellent option for cash-strapped businesses that want to stay productive during load-shedding. If you decide not to rent, but still trade-in, the 13-inch M1 MacBook Air is only R9,499.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, iStore Business is currently offering companies R3,000 off the purchase price of the 13-inch MacBook Air &#8211; meaning you only pay R16,999 if you are not trading in another device.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istore.co.za\/business-lead?utm_source=Article%20link&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=Business%20Tech%20Article%20Feb%2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to find out more about the MacBook Air from iStore Business.<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Apple MacBook Air\u2019s all-day battery life will keep your business running smoothly, even during the extreme stages of load-shedding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":664071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[14432],"class_list":["post-664067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-istore-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664067"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664757,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664067\/revisions\/664757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}