I am in the market for a MacBook of some sort however, I’m having some issues...
A few months ago I bought a new 2018 MacBook Air to replace a 2012 Air that had died. I ended up selling it. I’m not much of a “power user” but I was extremely disappointed with the performance of the new Air and found that, for my use, the 2012 MBA actually performed better. I think that the Y-series Intel processor is to blame. I had trouble with basic photo editing. I also needed to run a light office app in a Windows VM and the new MBA really struggled with that. Unbelievably, the 2012 Air was able to run circles around the 2018 version on those heavy tasks, which admittedly are a small part of my typical day. Run of the mill office apps were not an issue.
At any rate, I’m wondering what people may recommend for me going forward. I know that I need a full performance U-series processor but I don’t need anything extremely high-end. While a low end MacBook Pro would probably suit me fine, I have some reservations about the butterfly keyboards and paying more than a grand for what would effectively be middle-of-the-road specs. Any thoughts on picking up a used 2015 or 2017 MacBook Air? I think I can find a decent one for approximately $500. I realize that the knock on those old Airs is the screen resolution but I would be using an external monitor 75% of the time. On the other hand, I have a strong feeling that Apple has taken a left turn with those new T2 security chips and that the existing Macs without that technology will be retired as soon as they reasonably can be.
Thanks for your thoughts.
A few months ago I bought a new 2018 MacBook Air to replace a 2012 Air that had died. I ended up selling it. I’m not much of a “power user” but I was extremely disappointed with the performance of the new Air and found that, for my use, the 2012 MBA actually performed better. I think that the Y-series Intel processor is to blame. I had trouble with basic photo editing. I also needed to run a light office app in a Windows VM and the new MBA really struggled with that. Unbelievably, the 2012 Air was able to run circles around the 2018 version on those heavy tasks, which admittedly are a small part of my typical day. Run of the mill office apps were not an issue.
At any rate, I’m wondering what people may recommend for me going forward. I know that I need a full performance U-series processor but I don’t need anything extremely high-end. While a low end MacBook Pro would probably suit me fine, I have some reservations about the butterfly keyboards and paying more than a grand for what would effectively be middle-of-the-road specs. Any thoughts on picking up a used 2015 or 2017 MacBook Air? I think I can find a decent one for approximately $500. I realize that the knock on those old Airs is the screen resolution but I would be using an external monitor 75% of the time. On the other hand, I have a strong feeling that Apple has taken a left turn with those new T2 security chips and that the existing Macs without that technology will be retired as soon as they reasonably can be.
Thanks for your thoughts.
