Replace late-2010 MBA with MacBook Air 2020 i3?

[PaulMac89]

I'm looking to replace my late-2010 MacBook Air. I use it with an Epson VS250 projector to show PowerPoint and video presentations (from YouTube, .movs and mp4s). Other then that, I use it for internet research, email, with the Microsoft Office suite, and occasional light photo editing. My current MBA has worked fine with these tasks, but its battery doesn't hold much of a charge any longer and is slowing down.

My budget is limited, and I'd like to buy the base 2020 MBA i3 to replace my ten-year old MBA. Would the base model meet my needs?

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[twintin]

Why wouldn’t it if I may ask ? After all, the MBA 2020 base model is way more powerful than your current one.

 

[mtneer]

The base 2020 MBA should serve your needs for many years into the future effortlessly.

 

[filmbuff]

It's 10 years newer

 

[mr_jomo]

Got almost the same upgrade path in our household: MBA 2012 to a MBA i3 2020 as my working-from-home Mac.

I work in sales and service development, so tons of Microsoft Office usage coupled with many, many daily Skype and Teams meetings with internal and external stakeholders.

Overall many and major improvements: screen, size, keyboard, boot speed, microphone quality, battery life (obviously) and app responsiveness.

Only letdown is that the MBA 2020's fan does spin up quite often when screen sharing in videos calls (which is also an issue on many other Macs). But, that's literally my only gripe.

 

[twintin]

Only letdown is that the MBA 2020's fan does spin up quite often when screen sharing in videos calls (which is also an issue on many other Macs). But, that's literally my only gripe.

The fan does come on with MS Teams screen sharing on Air base, but on mine never over 2700 RPM. What kind of fan speed do you get ?