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Should I buy M4 MacBook Air?

Activity Monitor will tell you how your machine is using RAM. But with 8GB I'd be very seriously considering it. Just keep in mind that the more memory you have the more it will use.

I have an M1 with 16GB and I'm considering the M4 upgrade, but likely I'll wait for M5. The M1 with 16GB still runs great.
 
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I have the MacBook Air M1. It’s the best computer I’ve owned. If you really want or need the new model, yeah then go for it.
 
GusBougadis said:
I usually don’t upgrade till my devices become unusable and ready for recycling ♻️. I won’t upgrade till I am forced to. I bought my MacBook Air 💻 1 year and a month ago.
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Oh ok, well in my case I will think about it...
 
I think the M4 MBA might actually be a good upgrade - if you have reason to upgrade. And 8 gigs is a good reason.

M1 to M4 is a noticable delta. It's not huge, but it's there. Doing GPU stuff (gaming) you really get to notice it, and I feel like the video encoders got a lot better since M1, but I hardly ever use them. Also the M4 seems less "hot" than the M3, although the only M3 machine I've got is an "M3 Pro".

Although: I'm comparing M1 Mini vs M4 Mini here. The M4 in the iMac seems pretty nerfed compared to the M4 in the Mini from what I've read, while I remember back then the delta between the M1 Mini and the M1 iMac was miniscule at best. So the M4 probably needs a bit more thermal headroom, and that you won't get in the MBA.

So, as always: wait for reviews. But given you need the ram in any case some form of upgrade seems warranted.
 
I have an M1 Air and will likely upgrade. Don't really *need* to as my Air is still an amazing machine, but I'm beginning to get the FOMO itch. And mine is 16GB - I'd absolutely upgrade if at 8GB.
 
jeffpeng said:
I think the M4 MBA might actually be a good upgrade - if you have reason to upgrade. And 8 gigs is a good reason.

M1 to M4 is a noticable delta. It's not huge, but it's there. Doing GPU stuff (gaming) you really get to notice it, and I feel like the video encoders got a lot better since M1, but I hardly every use them. Also the M4 seems less "hot" than the M3, although the only M3 machine I've got is an "M3 Pro".

Although: I'm comparing M1 Mini vs M4 Mini here. The M4 in the iMac seems pretty nerfed compared to the M4 in the Mini from what I've read, while I remember back then the delta between the M1 Mini and the M1 iMac was miniscule at best. So the M4 probably needs a bit more thermal headroom, and that you won't get in the MBA.

So, as always: wait for reviews. But given you need the ram in any case some form of upgrade seems warranted.
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I will think about that, I am also considering the iPhone SE 4 (or 16E) with an Apple Watch series 11… I will wait to check both if MacBook Air M4 doesn’t have a lot of upgrades I might pick iPhone SE 4… And if the SE 4 doesn’t have a lot of upgrades I might choose the MacBook Air m4…
 
dmr727 said:
I have an M1 Air and will likely upgrade. Don't really *need* to as my Air is still an amazing machine, but I'm beginning to get the FOMO itch. And mine is 16GB - I'd absolutely upgrade if at 8GB.
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It’s not my main but I can still use MacBook Air m3 (still 8gb of ram) at home… that’s why if the m4 MacBook Air isn’t a big deal, I might wait until MacBook Air m5…
 
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