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[Mac-lover3]

Hello everyone.. I'm looking for some advice, at the moment I have a MacBook Air (2011) with 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD which runs macOS Sierra. Now the laptop is getting old and the battery only last a good 3 hours it has ±1100 cycles. It's not the fastest laptop either anymore. Now I use it mostly for browsing Safari, iTunes (40GB of music), Mail, my school work (Pages, Keynote,..) and I make some home videos too with iMovie of the trips I make and writing some short stories with iBooks Author. Next year I'm going to Uni so I'm seriously considering a new Mac. Now I don't really now what I should get. The MacBook Air hasn't been updated since 2015 and still has that crappy display from my 2011 one although it will be plenty fast. The Macbook has a great screen but isn't a powerhouse either although I like that it has no fan so it's always quiet. The new MacBook Pro's look amazing but are just to expensive for me.

Thanks for any help.

 

[fisherking]

you've answered your own question: go for the macbook. powerful enough for what you're doing, better screen that the air, and less expensive than a pro.

 

[MRrainer]

What subject will you be studying?

 

[Mac-lover3]

What subject will you be studying?

Nothing that needs a powerful computer if that is why you're asking

 

[MRrainer]

Then a MB is probably enough. If you have the budget, the M5 with 256G would probably be a good choice - at work, we have the M7 with 256G and it's very nice.