Which Macbook 2017 is suitable for me?

[bryanwongxin]

I want to buy a second hand nMB 2017
My main need is to browse the web, make some excel, words, and occasionally need PS and LR.
My question is: is the difference big between m3 and i5 in doing some simple PS?
As I remember I used 2016 m5, in normal use there is still some slow.


sorry for my poor English.

 

[DNAppleGold]

I have the m3 and it works well for all the functions you describe. I do have 16g ram.

 

[bryanwongxin]

I have the m3 and it works well for all the functions you describe. I do have 16g ram.

thanks
But in Chinese second hand market, there is only m3/8G/256G i5/8G/512G.
i7/16G/512G is too expensive for a second hand computer.
So 8G RAM is ok for your job?

 

[EugW]

2017 Core m3 with 16 GB and 256 GB. That’s what I have. 8 GB may work but 16 GB may be of benefit for you for some usage.

i5 is not much benefit. The only reason to get the i5 is if you want a 512 GB SSD.

Also, check out this performance comparison:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/this-is-how-the-2017-macbook-core-m3-i5-i7-behave-during-sustained-cpu-load-10-runs-of-cinebench.2073415/page-2#post-25271927