MacBook Air m4 is coming soon, I need to plan my budget and not waste all my money now…
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Should I buy M4 MacBook Air?
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I cannot afford a MacBook Pro with 64gb of ram and 4tb… I am talking about MacBook Air…
I am waiting for macbook air m4! Why?
The m4 is way too powerful, and the 16gm ram, it will be 10x faster than my already fast m1
The m4 is way too powerful, and the 16gm ram, it will be 10x faster than my already fast m1
Yes. Buy it. As a shareholder I will appreciate your purchase 😊. Seriously though: if your M1 isn't broken or holding you back when you use it because it is too slow... don't buy it.
I don’t fell I need to do that… And I don’t have the money for that too… I am not a professional yet…
Well it is slow while using Xcode sometimes and when I use Xcode simulator, it takes time to run and Xcode is now much more slow… what if I want to use another app while coding? (For example safari with some tabs) Well I can’t… MacBook Air m1 is still very good for a lot of users but it doesn’t seems for me…
I don't mean to be patronising but in case you haven't caught on, a lot of people are pulling your leg and taking the piss in this thread; Because you didn't list any use cases or reasons why you were considering an upgrade - any context at all - in your initial message, people are just making up ridiculous answers for fun. There was no basis for saying your current system is or isn't good enough. Your use case may have warranted a million dollar setup or you might've been better off keeping the M1 for another decade. There was not enough information to make any qualified recommendations.
Now, as the thread has progressed you've said you do some code editing and light video work, but not professionally so.
Further questions; How much do you value portability? How big exactly do you feel your budget is while being reasonable?
If you don't have the money to buy a MacBook Air without blinking an eye, perhaps a used M3 Pro could be a better fit. Your main bottleneck probably is the memory but if you're only in yellow and not red, 16GB is probably enough to clear you. My personal MacBook Pro has 32GB and my work one has 16GB; My 16GB work laptop is always in yellow and occasionally in red, but that's with a lot running at any time. Android Studio, Android emulators, Xcode, 3 iOS simulators, Music, Safari, Teams, iTerm2, Mail, Figma, Zed, VSCode, Messenger, Discord, Docker to name a few. Even with the memory pressure, nothing ever feels sluggish although you can tell on compile times it's pushed hard. My personal laptop does run noticeably faster with the same CPU (although better GPU and more memory bandwidth - work is M1 Pro, personal is M1 Max)
There's really two axes to anything and only you can evaluate where you are on both, though we can give pointers to how much you'd benefit from any given spec like RAM and CPU differences:
1st. Axis Desire: Don't want it … Kinda want it … Want it … Want it a lot … Need it.|
2nd. Axis $: Would go broke .|
Sizeable investment .|
Somewhat costly .|
Not that bad . |
Cheap as peanuts . |
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If you're top left, don't buy. Bottom right, buy. If top left is 0 and each step down or right is +1, I'd say anywhere that gives 5 or more is a good place to buy. Obviously if "need it" literally means dying without, it may be necessary to buy at a 4 even if it means going broke. But that's reserved for buying bread and having only enough money for said bread, not Macs. Can also buy on other 4s but it should be considered a lot IMO
Don't worry about what color your RAM pressure is. If your computer is still doing what you need it to do and you're getting things done, that's all that matters. You can live in the yellow the entire time as a coder and have zero issues that are noticeable.
You don't need tons of RAM to start coding anyway. You'll eventually need to upgrade, but if you're just getting started, it's unlikely you're pushing your hardware too hard. I've used an 8GB Intel i5 MBA to compile software in XCode before. It took twice as long, but worked fine and what you've got is already light years ahead of anything with an Intel chip.
If you need to ask strangers if you should buy a new computer, most likely you should save your money and wait until your current setup is limiting you.
I personally wouldn’t waste money on 2TB storage, use that for bumping up RAM. I have a 64 GB M1 Max MBP, probably won’t upgrade till M6.
Luckily apple sell a base MBA now with 24gb so you won’t have to wait ages for a custom build to arrive if you choose that spec…
I’m also thinking of getting an M4 air with 24gb to replace my M1 MB Pro and really I’m hoping they offer a higher ram cap than 24gb.
No we are clearly way too impatient and lacking sense for that!
Ok. Save money on 2 TB, go for 1 TB or 512. Use that on RAM so you are not forced to upgrade. For the money you save on going for 512, you may even get MBP on a deal.
I thought you had internal 2 TB. If you have external, get as much RAM as you can get.
Maximum for a air is 24gb, I will consider that but 512gb of ssd is not bad also
Sounds like you actually want a Macbook Pro M4 Max 😉. Sell the M1 and get an M4!
Currently. I expect that there will be a 32GB variant with M4.
If it has a 120Hz screen, I'll buy it. Otherwise, I'll stick with the current MBP M2 Pro.