M4 mini base or 24G or M5 MacBook Air

[epistemie]

I have an M1 MacBook Air. It works ok with some light weight program development. But recently I started gaming and it’s getting tight in some areas.

It’s sluggish with Mario Odyssey. Mario Galaxy would go like frame by frame whereas Galaxy 2 almost freezes. I am thinking of upgrading to M4 mini base. Not sure if it will be enough? Or should I + 8G ram or get M5 MacBook Air?

 

[Basic75]

As first step you need to decide between a desktop and a laptop. Only you know if you use it in more than one place. Then one can look at the required specs.

 

[epistemie]

For portable use, I can get by with what I have now. My concern is whether any of these options is sufficient for the emulation of these games.

 

[awsom82]

Why not to give a try for a Macbook Neo than?

 

[JPack]

M5 Mac mini because there's a huge difference in performance between fan and fanless.

 

[awsom82]

My advice — stay on m1 air, get youself Steam Deck or wait for Steam Machine