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Model: Apple 2024 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop with M3 chip: Built for Apple Intelligence, 13.6-inch Liquid Retina Display, 16GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD Storage, Backlit Keyboard, Touch ID; Starlight
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I went with this over the M2 for $750 for a few reasons:
1) Its the current top spec cpu in MBA - support will be longer vs the M2
2) The SSD is much faster due to the dual chips instead of the single bottleneck
3) You can't add resources later, so in the future new versions of MacOS, AI, Office, whatever will ask for more resources (see point 1)
4) For $150 more now I'm expecting 2+ years more life...
5) If the China tariffs do go into effect, all these macbooks will skyrocket so resell with 16GB M3 will be higher than 16GB M2.
I was on the fence over the weekend between the M2/16/256 ($749) vs M3/8/256 ($849), so +$50 for M3/16/256($899) made it an easy decision for me today.
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In the market for a new MacBook but I'm wary of getting too powerful a MacBook Air due to thermal throttling. I'm not sure I see the point in paying extra for a more powerful laptop that can't sustain the performance and downclocks itself. It's fine for intermittent intensive workloads but I do wish they had a lower end MacBook Pro around this price for the active cooling.
If you've not seen the M3 MacBook Airs can hit 115C when under sustained loads, you then lose 20% performance as it tries to cooldown.
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In the market for a new MacBook but I'm wary of getting too powerful a MacBook Air due to thermal throttling. I'm not sure I see the point in paying extra for a more powerful laptop that can't sustain the performance and downclocks itself. It's fine for intermittent intensive workloads but I do wish they had a lower end MacBook Pro around this price for the active cooling.
If you've not seen the M3 MacBook Airs can hit 115C when under sustained loads, you then lose 20% performance as it tries to cooldown.
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M3 MBA 16 Gigs 256 SSD @ 899 or M2 MBA 16 Gigs SSD @ 750? Such a tough choice. Is M3 worth the upgrade apart from the dual display?
I went with this over the M2 for $750 for a few reasons:
1) Its the current top spec cpu in MBA - support will be longer vs the M2
2) The SSD is much faster due to the dual chips instead of the single bottleneck
3) You can't add resources later, so in the future new versions of MacOS, AI, Office, whatever will ask for more resources (see point 1)
4) For $150 more now I'm expecting 2+ years more life...
5) If the China tariffs do go into effect, all these macbooks will skyrocket so resell with 16GB M3 will be higher than 16GB M2.
I was on the fence over the weekend between the M2/16/256 ($749) vs M3/8/256 ($849), so +$50 for M3/16/256($899) made it an easy decision for me today.
Last edited by Thrak410 November 11, 2024 at 03:11 PM.
I went with this over the M2 for $750 for a few reasons:1) Its the current top spec cpu in MBA - support will be longer vs the M22) The SSD is much faster due to the dual chips instead of the single bottleneck3) You can't add resources later, so in the future new versions of MacOS, AI, Office, whatever will ask for more resources (see point 1)4) For $150 more now I'm expecting 2+ years more life...5) If the China tariffs do go into effect, all these macbooks will skyrocket so resell with 16GB M3 will be higher than 16GB M2.I was on the fence over the weekend between the M2/16/256 ($749) vs M3/8/256 ($849), so +$50 for M3/16/256($899) made it an easy decision for me today.
Good analysis. I am struggling with the same comparison tho will likely wait until BF and buy whatever is further discounted.
When you say 2+ years of life, are you thinking OS updates? I am skeptical that the incremental difference between the M2 and M3 will translate to 2 more years of updates. To me, OS support longevity is the critical factor and it is hard to nail down in the future.
Good analysis. I am struggling with the same comparison tho will likely wait until BF and buy whatever is further discounted.
When you say 2+ years of life, are you thinking OS updates? I am skeptical that the incremental difference between the M2 and M3 will translate to 2 more years of updates. To me, OS support longevity is the critical factor and it is hard to nail down in the future.
Just usable life span... FWIW this MBA is replacing a mid-2011 13" MBP that I've added SSD and ram, and hacked to get Catalina on it - so this is a major jump for me
As for OS support - it looks like MacOS is running about 5+ years worth of devices in support. OS15 supports some back to 2017 models. Regardless, they'll work much longer even if its not on the latest OS.
Last edited by Thrak410 November 11, 2024 at 03:34 PM.
Ahh so makes sense they are starting to discount previous year's model. I'm sure it's all the same for a general user.
Probably. Still doing pretty well with my base model M1 MacBook Air but the battery is getting old and 16GB RAM would be an improvement. The Edge browser sometimes beachballs on my M1. Thinking it's probably the 8GB RAM.
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1) Its the current top spec cpu in MBA - support will be longer vs the M2
2) The SSD is much faster due to the dual chips instead of the single bottleneck
3) You can't add resources later, so in the future new versions of MacOS, AI, Office, whatever will ask for more resources (see point 1)
4) For $150 more now I'm expecting 2+ years more life...
5) If the China tariffs do go into effect, all these macbooks will skyrocket so resell with 16GB M3 will be higher than 16GB M2.
I was on the fence over the weekend between the M2/16/256 ($749) vs M3/8/256 ($849), so +$50 for M3/16/256($899) made it an easy decision for me today.
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If you've not seen the M3 MacBook Airs can hit 115C when under sustained loads, you then lose 20% performance as it tries to cooldown.
If you've not seen the M3 MacBook Airs can hit 115C when under sustained loads, you then lose 20% performance as it tries to cooldown.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Scucbjo
Sadly, even the $5000~ MacBook Pros can't beat a cheaper Asus Strix Scar 17 with 4090....
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1) Its the current top spec cpu in MBA - support will be longer vs the M2
2) The SSD is much faster due to the dual chips instead of the single bottleneck
3) You can't add resources later, so in the future new versions of MacOS, AI, Office, whatever will ask for more resources (see point 1)
4) For $150 more now I'm expecting 2+ years more life...
5) If the China tariffs do go into effect, all these macbooks will skyrocket so resell with 16GB M3 will be higher than 16GB M2.
I was on the fence over the weekend between the M2/16/256 ($749) vs M3/8/256 ($849), so +$50 for M3/16/256($899) made it an easy decision for me today.
When you say 2+ years of life, are you thinking OS updates? I am skeptical that the incremental difference between the M2 and M3 will translate to 2 more years of updates. To me, OS support longevity is the critical factor and it is hard to nail down in the future.
When you say 2+ years of life, are you thinking OS updates? I am skeptical that the incremental difference between the M2 and M3 will translate to 2 more years of updates. To me, OS support longevity is the critical factor and it is hard to nail down in the future.
As for OS support - it looks like MacOS is running about 5+ years worth of devices in support. OS15 supports some back to 2017 models. Regardless, they'll work much longer even if its not on the latest OS.
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