Hi!
As Christmas and my birthday are coming up I've been struggling to figure out whether I want a new Apple Watch SE or a new MacBook (Interestingly MacBook Air M3 are completely missing from my country, unless you go to a sketchy website or to a store that I've never heard of). They just sell M1,M2,M4, even Apple's resellers and mostly M4 MacBook Airs are $100 more expensive than M2's.
Currently my MacBook is M1 8GB Air.
So I discussed it with my girlfriend and my best friend (ChatGPT - I don't actually have any friends or a girlfriend) and according to ChatGPT I don't need anything.
I use Xcode, yes, but I manage. I manage with Pixelmator too. I don't really have any issues with speed or anything. The only reasons why I'm considering between a Mac or a new Apple Watch is because of the battery (both are in a bad shape) and I can't make up my mind whether to get a new battery for my Apple Watch or a new Apple Watch SE 3.
Now I started thinking whether or not I need a Mac at all or an Apple Watch (it's nice for tracking sleep though), but that's all I use my AW for anyway + steps.
I just feel like I have everything I need and my 8GB MacBook does everything I need as well, but when I read from Social Media that even 16GB isn't enough it makes me feel bad about my Mac, but then again my beautiful Mac is 5 years old and it's a base model and I think if you stop listening to the smart people who stare their activity monitor the whole day and just use your Mac then it's fine? The battery still bothers me though.
I'm torn between M2 and M4 and if the base model is enough. (I guess it is?) or should I go to PC and install Linux on it? It's just I don't know. I kinda realised I don't need a lot of things in my life and I'm torn.
I'm guessing what I'm trying to find here is someone who'd convince me why I need a new Mac or Apple Watch SE 3
As Christmas and my birthday are coming up I've been struggling to figure out whether I want a new Apple Watch SE or a new MacBook (Interestingly MacBook Air M3 are completely missing from my country, unless you go to a sketchy website or to a store that I've never heard of). They just sell M1,M2,M4, even Apple's resellers and mostly M4 MacBook Airs are $100 more expensive than M2's.
Currently my MacBook is M1 8GB Air.
So I discussed it with my girlfriend and my best friend (ChatGPT - I don't actually have any friends or a girlfriend) and according to ChatGPT I don't need anything.
I use Xcode, yes, but I manage. I manage with Pixelmator too. I don't really have any issues with speed or anything. The only reasons why I'm considering between a Mac or a new Apple Watch is because of the battery (both are in a bad shape) and I can't make up my mind whether to get a new battery for my Apple Watch or a new Apple Watch SE 3.
Now I started thinking whether or not I need a Mac at all or an Apple Watch (it's nice for tracking sleep though), but that's all I use my AW for anyway + steps.
I just feel like I have everything I need and my 8GB MacBook does everything I need as well, but when I read from Social Media that even 16GB isn't enough it makes me feel bad about my Mac, but then again my beautiful Mac is 5 years old and it's a base model and I think if you stop listening to the smart people who stare their activity monitor the whole day and just use your Mac then it's fine? The battery still bothers me though.
I'm torn between M2 and M4 and if the base model is enough. (I guess it is?) or should I go to PC and install Linux on it? It's just I don't know. I kinda realised I don't need a lot of things in my life and I'm torn.
I'm guessing what I'm trying to find here is someone who'd convince me why I need a new Mac or Apple Watch SE 3
