M3 VS M2 MacBook Air - REAL World Differences! (NO BS REVIEW)
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- 6When I first saw the M3 MacBook Air I though that it was such a small update that I would end up recommending the M2 MacBook Air at the cheaper price point... however after using the new M3 Air... I may have been wrong about just how much better this laptop is.
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0:00 Intro
0:50 M3 VS M2 EXCITING!?
2:20 BORING BENCHMARKS SKIP THIS PART
3:10 Actually Important Things...
3:30 SSD Speed
5:06 DYNAMIC CACHING BABY
6:08 ONE MOAR BORING BENCHMARK
6:50 GAMING
8:30 MIDNIGHT COATING
8:53 DUAL MONITORS
10:00 Spend or save $100? - Наука та технологія
I hope I didn't waste your time.
its my first macbook so i wanted to buy the latest one but everyone said its not worth it, but finally this gave me the clarity I wanted .I am going for m3 with 16gb and 256gb as i will be using it for a long time. thanks for the explaining!!!!
Not a waste of time by any means. You shared information that the “rage artists” on UA-cam have failed to mention. Also, you saved from buying the wrong computer for my wife today. Thanks.
Why would you comment that?
It indicates that you default to the assumption that a piece of content you make ends up being a waste of time for the viewer.
Why is that even an option in your world?
Don’t make the first comment an inverse negative.. make it positive through and through, and in a way that creates more engagement!
“Hope everyone found as much value in watching this as I did in making the video!”
For a person who doesn’t know anything about these machines and is on the hunt, I feel the video was a thorough comparison.
Best reviewer so far 👍🏻
You did but that’s what I wanted 😊
I asked a bunch of reps at the apple store whether they recommended M3 with 16gb of RAM or M2 with 24 for photo editing and every one asked the same question: "are you going to use dual monitors?" My answer was that i wasnt even going to use one external monitor, let alone two. All of them said go for M2 with more RAM over M3 with less. So, that's what I did.
Last month I bought a Mac mini M2 with 24gb of RAM and 1 tb of internal SSD. I’m loving it. It was about time to replace my older 2014 Mac mini.
I have a 16GB, 1TB, 15 inch M2 MacBook air. SSD read and writes are 3000 Mb/s because of the larger SSD. It can support dual monitor if you install the display link driver
M3 also supports AV1 decoding. That will also make a difference for media consumption. Sure, M2 can play it, but it will decode on the CPU and will drain the battery a lot more than native in the M3
Can you list few popular streaming services that use AV1 right now?
@@notsoaverageraj7917UA-cam and Netflix already supports AV1 streaming. Probably others too, but haven’t looked into them. It will offer higher quality at lower bitrates
then use a charger?
@@notsoaverageraj7917UA-cam for example 👍🏽
@@notsoaverageraj7917UA-cam sometimes uses AV1.
Just FYI, i'm a pro and I prefer to use a 15" Air over anything else. Not all of us pro's are doing 4k video renders :). A 15" M3 Air with 24GB Ram is a beast when it comes to front-end dev work. The portability is very welcome too. That single-core speed is very important for the type of work that requires a lot of chopping and changing between micro tasks (like a front-end dev would). When it comes to the actual build time? We're talking 10 seconds vs. 15 seconds (big deal right). This is not a critcism of you (I think your reviews are great), but there seems to be a general bias on youtube macbook reviews towards "pro" meaning "video editor". I guess that makes sense since they probably spend most their time working with video.
Great point! Professional workflows is more than rendering and exporting video files.
Just got a refurbished M2 Air, saving £390 compared to an equivalent M3. Each to their own, but I think the cost saving was definitely worth it for my use case
I'm hoping some M3 Airs come on the refurb market in a month or so! Will be an upgrade from a 2012 MBP for my Mother lol!
I got my M2 15” MBA brand new from Best Buy for $999 last week! Thank you M3 MBA!
Excellent video Greg! This is exactly the information I was looking for. Thanks!
This was the best video I've seen for a comparison between the M2 vs M3 Airs. Very well done, mate! I'm digging my M3 16GB/1TB 13" Air.
Glad you liked it, and good choice!
@@GregsGadgets 🤜🤛
@@GregsGadgetsbetween the m3 air and the m2 air if price difference is $150 which would you recommend
@@sadboykratos5137Easily M2 , If Its Around $100 You could've gone with M3
@@cptinalpha3866 im between an M2 16gb 1tb, and a M3 16bg 1tb. $1500 vs $1600, which would you say i should get?
You consistently give pragmatic and entertaining advice, and broke me of my long habit of unnecessarily over specking Apple purchases, saving me lots of $$. You are very much appreciated! Thank you.
I just bought an M2 MacBook Air 8 gigs of ram 512 hard drive costing me $1268 including tax and that’s a killer deal here in Sweden where Apple products are just so expensive. One week ago it would’ve been $1804 for the same machine. I’m just a normal user and don’t need the extra ram. 8 gigs is well enough for me. I have never ever ever had an issue with just 8gigs of ram. However I do need a large hard drive so I went for the larger hard drive and since the 512 version has faster SSD I went with that. I hate carrying around extra hard drives. I love the fact that you can get the old hardware so much cheaper when Apple releases new products. The M chips are so good that the difference is negligible from one generation to the other,, at least for me who isn’t a developer or a content creator or something like that - just a normal computer guy 😂
Damn that is expensive, but good job on finding a good deal.
An honest, and great video! Thanks for posting!
Great video! That's a shame about the midnight color. Seems that the new anodization process had a minimal effect. Still a great color. Have a great week!
Yeah it's nowhere near as good as the space black anodization process.
For typical office tasks, would you suggest opting for the M2 with 512GB or the M3 with 256GB?
Is the tracking function in Davinci Resolve or Final cut a ray tracing task? This is the only task I do on a regular basis that bogs down any of my M chip macs. I'm not sure which of the resource is the bottleneck for tracking, intense color grading with lots of nodes or playback of layered 4K clips.
Very, very interesting. Thank you for pointing out the good and "bad" of the M3 vs. the M2. Does driving dual monitors cause thermal heat slow downs due to operating the laptop closed? Do dual monitors use more RAM???
Is the M3 air a good update from the M1 Air? My base M1 Air takes a long time to launch larger apps.
Great video Greg. Are you able to compate the M2 and M3 air while both are using the latest version of Parallels and Windows 11?
Greg. I just bought the m2 for the 999. I browse, kinda looking for the iPad experience but want the air, as saves me the purchase of the keyboard. I use it for fun, movies and surfing. Looking to organize my 10,000+ photos. Should I not open it and go back to Apple for the m3 for $100 more? Could you please reply as soon as you can so I can feel more confident in my purchase. Teresa. TY
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It's sad that the dual-monitor capability is talked about like it's something amazing when so many PC laptops and even Intel Macs have had this for years. The SSD thing is the same. They nuked it with the M2 only to bring it back and it's looked at like it's an advancement of some kind.
We just got my wife an M3 13" Air (16/512) on sale and it's very impressive. We have 4 14" Pro models (2 M1 Pros, an M2 Pro and my M3 Pro - traded in my M1 Pro 16" for more portable model) and except when I'm doing multiple music tracks on logic the M3 Air would be great in every other sense rather than my 14 Pro for me. Now that Apple add the 16/512 sku BB and Amazon are often offering that model for $200 off which to me is a good price for what you get as you also get the non-binned M3 chip as well.
Thanks for the info
I don't understand all the stuff around 2 monitors. Can't you just hook up or buy a dock for the m2 if you needed it later (from ugreen or stachi etc). What am I missing?
Thanks for all your informative videos and pointing out the real differences, and this is not a criticism, but correct me if I'm wrong, to rectify the slow SSD problem, wouldn't it be better if we upgrade the 256 to the faster 512 gb on the M2 for the same price? I think the extra SSD goes a long way.
Or another option is to just upgrade the RAM to 16gb, that would solve the swapping problems entirely. I believe either scenarios (16gb RAM or 512gb SSD with M2) is still a better option than the basic M3 at the similar price.
That is if Ray Tracing or gaming is important. But IMO, I'd just save the money and get the basic M2 for work / school, and an iPad / PS5 / Nintendo Switch for games.
I don't think the average college student / employee really needs dual monitor setup. I understand "a lot" of people want that feature, but I also think it's just a few % of the entire user base.
And for those users who need gaming, graphics improvements or dual monitors? I think they already know what they want and the basic M3 Air probably wouldn't match their needs, and need to upgrade their RAM and SSD, or even to a MacBook Pro anyway. Although It's good that Apple gives us this option finally, the M3 isn't that appealing to the average user.
Would it be worth getting the 15 inch m2 MacBook air for $100 less than the m3 13 inch air? Both are base models.
Best Buy has the 15 inch M2 MacBook Air with 16 GB of ram and 1 TB SSD for $1499. Compared to the 15 inch M3 MacBook Air with the same spec at $1899. What would you recommend for someone who uses their computer for web browsing, email, Netflix and so on but doesn’t upgrade their computer until it’s falling apart? My mid 2014 MacBook Pro hasn’t gotten major updates in a few years but I still used it because it was working fine up until recently.
Save the $400 and go with the M2 version
Im a casual user and just need a consuming machine, with nice battery life, the M1 is very cheap in my country, but I do like the designs of the M2 and M3! Would it be smarter to buy them instead? I watch Netflix,twitch UA-cam and so on, maybe sometimes editing some 4K recorded from my phone from vacation
Originally I was thinking of getting a base M3 Air, but at the last minute I decided to get an upgraded M2 from the Apple refurbished store. 16GB of RAM and 512GB storage with an M2 for $1,189 just seems like a better way to go than a base M3 for $1,099 - even though I'm sure the base M3 is more than adequate. Hell, I had the base M1 since it's release and it's remained far beyond adequate not just for basic tasks, but even for light creative work and heavy office work while on vacation (when I didn't want to bring my work machine). That laptop was so good that it was by far the longest I've had a laptop without even an itch to get something new. I ultimately just ended up wanting the newer design more than anything.
bought yesterday a 16/512 m2 for about 80 euros more than the base m3...no way i would choose the m3 over that for this price.
You wasted your money!
@@johnadams6390 Sorry Bro: But with the tasks you described „researching and writing“
choosing a 1399 m3 Pro instead of a 699 m1 air ist the definition of wasting money… lol
i have a helion predator 16' and upgraded the storage to 2tb and has 16gb of ram and has a I7 CPU. was gonna use it for music and djing but i keep wanting a M2 Macbook air instead. i dunno why lol. what should i do? halp!
Lots of new encoders on the m3 as well. Good if you make videos, even 1080p videos. Will help a lot. Just make sure to also get at least 16gb of RAM.
Hola ! Quiero renovar mi MacBook Pro mid 2012 (8ram/500ssd) recomiendas ir por el Air M3 con 16ram/256ssd o 8ram/512ssd ?? O con el base de 8ram/256ssd estaría bien ???? 😮😮😮
Today I decided to buy an Apple refurbished 15 in. M2 air for $1019 instead of the new 15 in. M3 air for $1299. Did I make the right choice?
If I have a 2019 16gb MacBook Pro, would I be safe moving to a M3 8gb MacBook Air? I don’t have the money to upgrade the RAM and storage, and 256gb of storage is not an option
Did u test a 8gb air? Esp for something like Logic Pro?
How is the internet speed and page opening speed?
A couple of the M3 models are said to process memory more slowly. See video "MacBook Pro M3 (14 & 16): You're Being Misled" for more detail.
I just ordered a 13" M3 Air 24/1 (silver), trading in my 16" M1 Pro MBP 16/1, for travel.
I am thinking of making a similar change. I have an M1 Air and love the portability. And I have a 14" M2 MBP Pro 16/512. For travel the Air is my choice, but the difference in performance is noticeable, I am hoping a M3 Air with 512 drive and memory will close that gap for my workload. If it does, I will probably get rid of the 14" MBP.
Honestly, when my M1 Air is done, or I'm done with it, It was never gonna be the M2 anyway, for the SSD speeds alone.
Good stuff!
Please compare the MacBook Air 15-inch model with M3 and the MacBook M2 Pro 14-inch model with 16 GB of RAM both of them . The difference between the two is $100. Please advise which model I should get
Maybe check the teraflops or the benchmarks?
if you can afford it, i would definitely go with the macbook pro tbh. you get more ports (hdmi, sd slot and an extra thunderbolt if i‘m right)and a much better and brighter screen (120hz). however, if 300 grams plus of weight are too much for you, i would opt for the mba as it’s slimmer and lighter
Hello. Which one will be better? Basic configuration of M3 Air or M2 witch 10GPU, 16GBRAM and 512GBSSD?
No foto and video editing. Only normal use. I want to spend my money well.
Same question for me..
Please help me which one to buy?
16GB 512GB M3 13- inch or 24GB
1TB M2 13- inch? For me to study
Can you please help me out. I’m looking for a good MacBook for my student life. Just about three years. I’m not sure if I need a MacBook Pro. I’ll be doing everything to web browsing for a few hours to multi tasking quite a lot. Animation and a bit of coding. And could use a long battery life. I’m also not sure what screen size will be comfortable for me. 13 inch, 14 inch, 15.
Does the read and write speeds make a difference when using Safari, checking emails and using Microsoft Office?
No it doesn't
Did you see the heat test and throttling on the M3 MacBook Air? When doing a prolonged intensive task, it gets very warm and the OS throttles it. The M2 is not throttled as much as the M3 for the same tasks. So, for some intense, prolonged tasks, the M3 may not turn out to be vastly superior to the M2 when used in the MacBook Air. Since the MacBook Pro has fans to do with the heat, it doesn't require as much throttling.
I have the ‘19 intel MBP with 16gb of ram and discrete graphics.. it overheats doing almost anything when connected to an external monitor. Am I going to run into thermal throttling with these Airs?
Nope and it will be significantly faster in all respects
Needed this video. Thanks Greg!
Really digging the hair!
M3 base model or m2 with 16gb ram? I have never owned Apple stuff before
Do I get the m2 with 512gb or the m3 256gb…. Casual user, mostly for storing photos, word doc, nothing too extensive
Can you keep your pitch balance?
Should i get a 16gb/1tb refurbished M2 for 1500 or 16gb/512GB M3 for 1699?
I have an intel 2019 MBP 16”. I use it for adobe CS mostly Photoshop and CSP for all digital art and design and also playing music and watching movies. Wonder if getting 16gb and 512gb on the M3 Air is all I truly need or if I should get M3 MBPro 16”
Air M3 is a powerhouse, just match amount of the ram as you have now on intel. I also had Intel MBP 16" 2019 (fastest upgraded i9-9980HK and 32GB ram). And went with 16GB ram on M1.
MBA M3 16/512 will be blazing fast for the next 4-5 years for sure... M1 still is, after 4 years and M3 is 25-50% faster than M1. Also form factor is much better on MBA 13", 16" is painful to use anywhere other than on desk. Also zero noise, Intel 16" is too noisy and hot. But even 15" Air is much lighter if you prefer bigger screen for media.
I think in your case ram amount is more important than getting M3 pro. You could go with 24GB ram, but not sure if you need it.
Just for comparison, generally speaking, base MBA M3 is 100-150% faster than Intel MBP 16" 2019 (i9-9980HK), using less power, and having much more battery life. Photo processing is 100%+ faster on M3, and GPU is 900% more powerful :-).
@@jutjub22 thanks for the detailed information! I’m really looking into the MBA with 16GB ram at least. The 512 of HD is ok as I use external SSDs anyway
@@brandondelgado7731 how much ram do you have now on intel?
@@jutjub22 I have 16GB in it and it sort of works as long as I don’t have 30 tabs open in chrome and safari. Using CSP works ok but sometimes lags when making some lines with the Huion Kamvas and it can get slow if I’m working on multilayered files.
I think this is solid advice. These devices are built to last, and if you're going to spend the next couple of years with this laptop you should probably opt for the M3
Re SSD Swapping: You are talking about sequential write speeds, for swap performance, look at random write/read where there is no significant difference between 256 and 512gb.
I have a 16 inch late 2019 i7 MacBook Pro. Should I upgrade to a 15-inch M2 or M3 air? I just do mainly browsing and word docs. Nothing too intensive. But should I just keep the 16 inch or get a newer computer? Thanks for the help
For the 15" Check BestBuy, they have some good discounts going on for the M2 model: howl.me/clOr6w6isL8 I'd probably recommend this model over the M3 for the price.
Bro you don't need to spend that much money for such basics tasks
can the new m3 air be used for software dev?
I have no idea what it is with this 2 monitor beef.
Since M1 I use these macs on dock with 2 monitors for consulting work without any issue.
living in a hot climate, wondering if its better to get a macbook with cooling fans than a fanless one. plus i do dislike the two ports only on the left, if they added a third one on the right it would be more appealing to me.which is why i went MBP but in Australia the prices are ridiculously expensive now many budgets are leaning towards an Air. 8gb ram simply isnt enough.My MBP i'm using 9-10GB ram with safari and emails open and that's it.
Something reviewers aren’t pointing out when comparing these two is that the M3 will get an extra year of software updates over buying the M2. That alone is worth the extra cost (assuming you plan to keep it that long).
That's if you were to buy the M2 Air brand new from Apple (for $100 less), which would be silly. If you can get something from Apple's official refurbished lineup (for considerably less) then the calculation changes IMO.
lol, I’m sure that I’ll be big mad when I have to upgrade my M2 MBA in 2030!
I want to see design specs and how these fair out since basic usage and gaming shows some benchmarks, lets see the performance once these heat up from intensive tasks like basic rendering in Adobe Dimension or music production since it’s fanless
Can you compare m3 macbook air with asus latest ultra core ux3405 $1299, have 32gb ram and 1tb ssd
I'm in Canada I haven't seen any m2 macbook for 999. They're around 1300 to 1,700. I'm still waiting to see some sales like people said would happen.
I bought the midnight base model m3 on launch day, i really like it
What about m2 air 16gb ram 512gb ssd? Write speeds will be satisfactory, right because of 2 nand chips? Also i dont need ray tracing, connection to 2 ext monitors, etc. If m3 chip alone is not so much faster than m2 it isnt worth the upgrade especially if u r already having 2 nand chips on m2 air, right?
Yes it will be
I’m looking to buy my first MacBook since high school (my school lent us the MacBook Air 11”) and I’ve been struggling to make a decision! I was originally looking to buy a 13” M3 MacBook air with 16 GB of unified memory and 512 SSD storage. I multitask A LOT when on the computer (20+ tabs on google, 3 word documents, notes, etc), hence the 16 GB. I’ve been told 512 is way better for long term use. I’m in college so i can get apple’s education discount thankfully. But because of this review and other reviews I was thinking of just going with a m2 with the same specs. With the overall discount and the education discount it comes down to $1279 compared to the M3 $1399z. I don’t think I’ll be doing any presentations where i need to connect my laptop to a monitor (considering most of my professors so far have just had us email them our power points). I currently have an iPad Pro which has been my main device for school but I also have a computer at home for personal use (gaming, writing, etc). I plan to keep the laptop I buy for as long as i possibly can (probably until apple stops updating it). Thoughts?
Sometimes I think switching to Windows laptop with 4080m for around 2000-+ euros. But writing this on early 2015 Macbook Pro and thinking about where are those gaming laptop from 2017s era makes me wonder will it be a stupid idea, and is it better just buying Macbook Air/Pro again.
How many years m1 will get software updates?
2020 - 202_ ?
If you have 2 screens that can be daisy chained, would that work with the macbook air m3 by plugging into a single port?
Probably not.
@@PLANETWATERMELON yeah I tried...was wishful thinking. I guess such advanced features will remain reserved for my 12 year old PC
@@JimP-tc7gg that’s funny. 🍉sad, but funny
@@JimP-tc7gg not to mention also pretty much any Chromebook.
Theres much more difference than 100$ tbh if you buy from non-apple stores like best buy or other, i just saved like 400$ going m2 16gb vs m3 16gb. M2 was new ofc and from authorised apple reseller.
Agreed. I got my M2 15” MBA from BB last week for $999!
5:40 I think @Max Tech have cracked opened it and the M3 has "2 NAND" chips / slots, I'm not sure even what NAND is and VS M2 and M1 have "1 NAND" thingy in their SSD (or was it in their RAM? IDK!) that's why "ram management is better" -> and 5:30 their magical name "Dynamic caching" is actually those NAND thingys, I would like to see the difference between the two in opening a LOT of apps!
This is what I’ve wanted! So hard to compare as most of these things don’t show up on the standard spec lists. My 2019 pro has been giving me some display issues so I am waiting for my 15” M3 from China now. Upgraded the memory to 16gb, I’m very excited
Awesome video. Most people are comparing the M3 to the M1 when it's pretty ovious which is better there. The real tough decision is in between the M2 and M3
ive got a lenovo with intel i78565U 20GB of ram, 1tb HDD + 256gb ssd with 3000 read write speeds (fast enough) do you think i should upgrade to these macbooks or wait for an M5 macbook or something better?
right now i see the air and the pro, both as the same thing, so i dont quite care, im just afraid of going from 20 to 8 gb be a massive downgrade... i also want anything above 1tb, so maybe not worth the change now? im just looking for a better crafted laptop. my current one is all flimzy , the screen sticks, its plastic, runs hot, no battery... but i dont quite care about those things... i just want pure performace and it not fall appart with two years of use
Tbh any of the current Apple silicon macs would work well for you performance wise. It just depends on the minimum specs you need for multitasking and file storage. Also keep in mind for graphic intensive tasks you’ll need more RAM as well
Would like to see video showing difference between m3 air 15 inch vs m3 pro maybe for 16gb ram
15 has way better benchmark and thermals due to chassis size, both are powerful. 13 seems to thermal throttle earlier than the m2 under extend workloads, 15 m3 will be slightly hotter than m2 by just a bit.
Hii Greg, You Support Us very Well❤, Thank You, But I Just yesterday purchased M2 macbook air, It has Slower SSD, I am in my 1st year CS Engeneering, I will have to use it for next 4 years Also, What Should I do Right now? Or Can I Buy Ssd and Enclosure And Use to run Coding and Programming application?
What is Solution?????😢
Are you planning on looking in ML/AI? If so, my guess is that in the 2 year and beyond a lot of you heavy lifting is going to be done on a server level system. Often this online with something the school has or commercial services like AWS, MS Azure, or similar service with GPUs. So, your laptop will be used for a lot of smaller tests, but you will do the heavy lifting on a cloud-based system.
As previously I used M1 MBP 13" (but had only 8GB RAM). Now only option for portable Macbook is air model 13".
I went with MBA 13" M3 16/512. M2 is also good option but as said in the video, 100$ difference when buying new. And MBP 14" 16/512 is not an option, too heavy/bulky and about 400$ more expensive than MBA 13" M3 16/512. Now MBA replaced MBP 13" :(...
Thank you
I went M2 with a bigger drive, mainly due to an Apple EPP discount that was only applicable to the m2
Timmy loves keep old SKUs around to maximise logistic pennies. I miss SJ just killing the old model with the new update.
Dynamic caching has nothing at to do with RAM. It is all about how the GPU cores can dynamically relocate how much on die cach is used for registers, tile memory and cache. Sys memory capacity has no impact on this it is all about better GPU utilization in particular for branching GPU tasks were it is different to forecast the registers and local-memory needs pre flight as you don’t know the branching.
So for people who don’t need fast GPU, i.e. developers, this doesn’t provide any noticeable improvement
@@jimmy7855 It has power saving implications (that can be non trivial) so even if your not stressing the GPU a lot it can get what you are asking of it done with less power.
I'm still using my 13" Intel Macbook Pro (2017) and looking to finally upgrade this year. What I noticed is that right now, at least where I live, the 14" MBP M1 Pro and 13" Macbook Air M3 are the same price with the same configuration (16GB memory, 512GB SSD). Between the two, which one would you recommend more?
I just moved from the 2017 MacBook pro like yours and I had the same dilemma. I took a 14" M2 pro and a 13" M2 air home to compare them and the 14" is heavier and bulkier than the old 2017 13" pro, which I didn't like because I travel a lot. Then, I compared the screens (everyone said the pro blows away the air) and found them to be almost identical. Then I did some editing and rendering of photos in Lightroom and Photoshop and both were blazing fast.The air is the same thickness as the old 2017 pro and also has the same number of ports (2 thunderbolt) but you also get the magsafe so it frees up both ports. I didn't need the extra ports of the pro. I returned the MacBook pro and kept the air, for the weight savings and the (very small) cost savings.
@@alefeusch Thank you for a detailed reply! After more reading and watching, and considering your experience, I'm leaning more towards getting the Air considering my workflow (I don't really do any heavy photos/videos edits on the daily). Congrats on the new machine!
M3 16gb / 512gb Midnight ordered
I wonder if it’s faster than my current 2014 MacBook Air.
Great work
Still like my 15 inch MBA with M2. I found it laughable the 2 monitor solution Apple came up with on the M3 MBA. Not to mention a base model still stuck on 8Gb RAM. But worse an RAM upgrade costs is ridiculous. I am not convinced another Mac is in my future.
If anyone study accounting or finance, you might understand what is depreciation mean.
We need to figure out the depreciation and useful life in order to value the MacBook.
For example, if a MacBook with 9 Useful life, the MacBook M2 today is $1400, and the MacBook M3 is 1800 today, then getting the M2 is better than the M3 MacBook.
However, if next year, M2 is still $1400, and M3 is $1600, both are same value, then people are picking the M3 more is better than the M2.
For tech lovers who often replace the MacBook every year, it is recommended buying the latest MacBook because you will replace it next year.
There it is again. The universal tech UA-cam video title - "I was wrong.".
Lol I somehow forgot both exist, and ended up ordering myself an M3 Pro Macbook Pro.
I guess Apple's strategy of sending every reviewer and their gma *two* M3 Airs (which slowed shipping for regular folks) worked out quite well for them. I didn't feel like waiting 2 more weeks to get the M3 Air I originally pre-orderered, so I bumped myself up.
Hey guys. I have a question. What would you recommend: a MacBook Air m2 with 8gb ram and 512 gb ssd or a MacBook Air M3 with 8gb ram and 256 gb ssd?
Minimum 512GB
Really depends of your use. My base M2 Air do the job very well even for photo editing (I am a visual artist) but as my workflow will definitely rise I think to upgrade to the next M4 Air (I really love this line up). What most people buying Apple must know is to buy following your need because those machines are really expensive. If you have an IMac as desktop combined to an iPad Pro this MacBook Air is the perfect machine. In the meantime my next machine will definitely be an M4 16gb and 512 SSD.
Instant follow! Incredibly good job
Those those with an M2 Air with 16/512GB setup, they really don't need to upgrade. Only benefits are less smudges, better for gaming, and dual monitors.
It's definitely worth upgrading from the M1 Air or Intel CPU MacBook Air versions.
- 1080p web camera
- Significantly better CPU performance
- Significantly better GPU performance
- Dual monitor option.
Yea they put 2 chips on the 256
Today I bought M2. Price difference between base models in my country is ~270$.
Edit: A few days later I got brand-new M2 512GB version, which is ~300$ chapter than M3 base model.
Best review I’ve watched so far
Hi Greg! 🙋🏼
omg I'm sooooo sick of people using benchmarks like cinebench or other rendering/video processing marks to talk about these laptops. First off, the throttling barely affects their performance. The m3 is still faster than the m2 even though it throttles more. And guess what? Most people wouldn't actually give af about this anyway if people didn't make it seem like it was such a huge issue. The MacBook Air is meant to be a sleek, light, elegant, long lasting, utilitarian, and COMFORTABLE machine for people who want something modern and beautiful without breaking the bank
Apple offers a 10% Veteran’s discount on their refurbished MacBooks. If you qualify, the refurbished M2 MacBook Air is $764 directly from Apple with the discount.
In my country , m2 has 17% discount, so is it worth to take m2 rather than m3?
If you get 512 gb yes