Another post about when to buy…
I’m debating about whether to buy a new MacBook Air now (with the "entry-level" M5 chip) or wait until year’s end to see if Apple releases a newer model that has either the M5Pro or M5Max. Wondering about the MacRumors community’s thoughts on whether Apple releasing an “improved” MacBook Air is likely to happen and, if so, when?
Out of necessity, in May 2020, during the pandemic, I bought a new 13” MacBook Air Retina Intel Chip with 1 TB/16 RAM only to have Apple release the newer MacBook Air M1 six months later.
I can hold off until the end of the year (not sure when new product releases may be?) but also don’t want to wait if it’s unlikely they will release a newer version. It would make my life easier to buy it now for a variety of reasons (maxed out 1 TB storage, very old 10.15.7 os that needs a clean install of Sequoia to be secure, laptop no longer recognizing my iOS 18.7.1 13r iPhone and no, I don’t want to back it up to iCloud, etc.).
I know there's no way to know for sure, but thought I’d ask. I hate buying “old” technology (especially when it’s this expensive) if I can help it. Should it matter, I'm thinking of a Macbook Air 15" with either 1 or 2 TB and 24 RAM. I could do a clean install of Sequoia on my current laptop, but have never done that and am not sure that I'm up to that task at the moment.
Many thanks for your thoughts in reading the tea leaves.
I’m debating about whether to buy a new MacBook Air now (with the "entry-level" M5 chip) or wait until year’s end to see if Apple releases a newer model that has either the M5Pro or M5Max. Wondering about the MacRumors community’s thoughts on whether Apple releasing an “improved” MacBook Air is likely to happen and, if so, when?
Out of necessity, in May 2020, during the pandemic, I bought a new 13” MacBook Air Retina Intel Chip with 1 TB/16 RAM only to have Apple release the newer MacBook Air M1 six months later.
I can hold off until the end of the year (not sure when new product releases may be?) but also don’t want to wait if it’s unlikely they will release a newer version. It would make my life easier to buy it now for a variety of reasons (maxed out 1 TB storage, very old 10.15.7 os that needs a clean install of Sequoia to be secure, laptop no longer recognizing my iOS 18.7.1 13r iPhone and no, I don’t want to back it up to iCloud, etc.).
I know there's no way to know for sure, but thought I’d ask. I hate buying “old” technology (especially when it’s this expensive) if I can help it. Should it matter, I'm thinking of a Macbook Air 15" with either 1 or 2 TB and 24 RAM. I could do a clean install of Sequoia on my current laptop, but have never done that and am not sure that I'm up to that task at the moment.
Many thanks for your thoughts in reading the tea leaves.
