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New M3 MacBook Air Models Expected Around March 2024
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When M3 comes out for Air, this M2 Mac of yours is going to be a laughing stock and yesterdays news. All the people in the coffee shops will know you have an M2 and they will laugh. Even potential romance partners are going to laugh. They will look at you and think, if they cant keep upto date, they aint worth of a date.
This is Apple Think 😉
As far as i know macs dont have an olympic sport yet. So willbe interesting indeed. One is a sprinter and the other a sprinter/endurance runner. They both have four feet. But Macbook Air is lighter so probably win the sprints 🤔
then they cant sell you over priced upgrades.. Apple Knows it and is raking in the money on these under powered mac's. Especially sad on the Pro models.... That's not Pro
Will definitely consider the 15” M3 MacBook Air. I’ll be curious to see what Apple does with the iPad Pros. If they do a screen size increase to directly compete against the S9 Tab Ultra (Samsung doesn’t compete at all in sales figures) I’d be very interested in a 14” iPad Pro.
yeah they should have just bought a Toshiba /s ... who would expect Apple to sell under powered laptops especially in the PRO lineups
As someone who switched to apple silicon early on and still has the old 2019 intel machine around for occasional use... for your sake I hope your intel machine kaputs tomorrow.I don't place to replace my 2017 Intel MacBook Pro with touchbar until it actually goes kaput!Hopefully it will be another 5 plus years before that happens!
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Right now, this is the longest I have ever held on to a Mac laptop! In past upgrades, I've needed to update because the computer was just not able to catch up with software updates. So far, this machine has been keeping up!
Moving to a different chip family seems to be an often painful process. My first Mac used the 680x0 series of Motorola chip. At some point, I had to upgrade my Mac to a PowerPC chip though for a long time, if my memory serves, I think there were "universal" versions of apps that could run on both 680x0 or PowerPC chip. Then I had to upgrade to Intel and that was facilitated by Rosetta which could run PowerPC applications on Intel (that's right, right? I really forget now...)
When I upgrade to the M-series, it would be me 3rd chip family upgrade. I don't think there's a bridge program that can run Intel apps on the M chip, right?
Max Tech are my go to source for Apple and Mac information and reviews. They do it better than anyone else I have found on YouTube. They seem very dedicated to providing informative reviews with actual tests and stats that I appreciate seeing. If you really think that 8GB RAM is enough for having multiple apps open and running, including multiple web browser windows open, than I guess I won't try to convince you otherwise. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. Max Tech (the Yuryev brothers) are very helpful. And Vadim Yuryev is super responsive on Twitter/X if you have any questions at: https://twitter.com/VadimYuryev
No, it’s too expensive to add. That’s why only the m3 pro and max MacBook pro’s get it now.
Given the fingerprints are by far & away the #1 critique of the midnight MacBook Air it would be foolish on Apple's part not to fix it when it gets M3.
The only thing to take into account, is RAM. Just like you did with your M1 Air, upgrading the RAM is a very good idea, especially on an M3 machine.
If you don’t care about the extra bulk and weight, the new base 14” MacBook Pro is a great device, as long as you don’t stick with 8GB of RAM on such a Pro machine.
I find it mystifying how some fanboy downvoted you because they didn’t like the fact that you intend to save money by holding onto your MBP as long as possible to get the max value out of your investment.I don't plan to replace my 2017 Intel MacBook Pro with touchbar until it actually goes kaput!
hehehe. I was wondering the same thing. Oh well, to each their own, I suppose
Really hoping they lower the base storage to 128gb this time around iCloud has come a long way and most people really don’t need that much storage.
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You remember the polycarbonate MacBooks? You had to buy a premium tier to get the black one. Which wasn’t just black plastic like the white one. It was primed and painted. Just like the new space black isn’t just anodizing. I assure you, I know more than you about this topic.
Wonderful. Don't just tell us you know more, show us. Elaborate on the anodized seal process. Apple said they had a breakthrough on it. Detail for us why it's more expensive. And I still insist Apple should address the issue on the next revision. To reiterate it would be foolish of them not to. My interpretation of them not bringing it to the lower end 14" MacBook Pro was more of a marketing play than a cost issue.
Here's to hoping they offer a 4TB option for the 15" MBA. I doubt they will, since they'd rather you move up to the MBP, but one can hope.
I gave in today and ordered a Macbook Pro M3 Pro with 18GB Ram and 512GB SSD. Upgrading from a M1 Air 8GB Ram and 256GB SSD. Bestbuy had an open box, excellent condition for $1730 minus $525 for the Air trade in. My logic was that trade-in value isn’t going to stick much longer.