Best of a bad lot

[SteveManila1960]

So I am upgrading my daughters Macbook Air's to M2 silicon. I get what is left over. The choice:

2014 with the Haswell processor, i7 1.7Ghz and 8GB RAM

Or

2015 with the Broadwell processor i5 1.6Ghz and 4GB RAM

Which will be faster? Or is it too close to call?

 

[mystery hill]

The first one with 8GB of memory is a better option.

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

First one will be faster. But you will be limited by its old OS.

But why does your daughter have two machines?

 

[SteveManila1960]

Two daughters!

I did think the 8GB of RAM would sway it but wasn't sure