So I got a MacBook Air 15 M2 for Christmas. I really like the 15” screen (I feel it’s the perfect size) and it’s the Midnight edition. Love the color hate the smudges lol. First off, I’m not a digital creator, I don’t make videos, maybe edit some photos nothing crazy, and mostly do it on the iPhone anyway.
That being said, I don’t like performance and one thing I cannot live without is promotion (120hz) screen. I’ve had an iPhone pro max for a while and the iPad Pro models. Using the MBA 15 has made me realize this.
This laptop is used mostly to browse the internet, some documents, watch YouTube and I use Think or Swim trading platform which is mostly why I got one, the iPad app just isn’t good enough as a stand alone.
My conundrum here is there are so many options it makes my head spin. I went from just going with the MBP 14 base model with the 8GB ram and 512GB SsD to the M3 Pro 18GB ram to the 16” M3 pro. I do love the larger screen but my wife says it’s going to be annoying later on how large it is… (we got around before with just an iPad Pro in the house before) I also didn’t want to break the bank on it either, as the 16 is really getting up there. I’m doing the Apple trade in with iPad Pro for 510.00 credit toward it.
Can I get by with just the base M3 model pro? In terms of performance for what I’m doing?
Is the MBP 14 M3 Pro with 18GB the better option or is the 16 MBP M3 Pro the one?
*I won’t be traveling (maybe once a year) with it. It’s mostly used around the house from room to living room etc.
I just got back from Best Buy and noticed the Space black variants aren’t very fingerprint resistant as they claim… however the Space Gray was virtually clean. Initially I thought I only wanted Space Black but I though the Space Gray was very clean and nice.
*16 MBP left, 14 MBP right: both are space black, lighting making the difference.
That being said, I don’t like performance and one thing I cannot live without is promotion (120hz) screen. I’ve had an iPhone pro max for a while and the iPad Pro models. Using the MBA 15 has made me realize this.
This laptop is used mostly to browse the internet, some documents, watch YouTube and I use Think or Swim trading platform which is mostly why I got one, the iPad app just isn’t good enough as a stand alone.
My conundrum here is there are so many options it makes my head spin. I went from just going with the MBP 14 base model with the 8GB ram and 512GB SsD to the M3 Pro 18GB ram to the 16” M3 pro. I do love the larger screen but my wife says it’s going to be annoying later on how large it is… (we got around before with just an iPad Pro in the house before) I also didn’t want to break the bank on it either, as the 16 is really getting up there. I’m doing the Apple trade in with iPad Pro for 510.00 credit toward it.
Can I get by with just the base M3 model pro? In terms of performance for what I’m doing?
Is the MBP 14 M3 Pro with 18GB the better option or is the 16 MBP M3 Pro the one?
*I won’t be traveling (maybe once a year) with it. It’s mostly used around the house from room to living room etc.
I just got back from Best Buy and noticed the Space black variants aren’t very fingerprint resistant as they claim… however the Space Gray was virtually clean. Initially I thought I only wanted Space Black but I though the Space Gray was very clean and nice.
*16 MBP left, 14 MBP right: both are space black, lighting making the difference.
