Im still on my intel mac cause m3s will cost me to give up so much including windows booting as well not ready to toss that yet. For me everything is still fast right now to I also have an external GPU as well. @@Denki
To apples credit. When it's directly soldered into the mb pcb it's going to improve performance and efficency because of 2 reasons: 1. The connectors that are in user upgradable are decreasing the AMPs which then the cpu and whatever needs to supply more data power 1000s of times a second. 2. There is more space. The space could be use for adding more components or making the laptop thinner. And same goes for ram but it's faster because it's directly on the chip
@@0xkleo You say that but the prices of ram and ssd on the Intel Mac Pro [Cheese Grate variant] which were user upgradable were the same. They are intentionally marking up prices so u spend more. There is literally no defence apple has here. None
The MacBook Air 13” stating price on U.K. web site is £1299 for M3 (16-core Neural Engine) with 8GB ram and 512SSD, going to 16GB ram and 1TB SSD (which you really need) is £1699 and with 24GB ram (max ram) and 1TB SSD £1899 Del XPS 13 Ultra 7 Processor 155H (24MB Cache, 16 cores, up to 4.8 GHz) with 1TB SSD and 32GB ram £1648.99 You decide ?
I’m really wanting to upgrade from a 2017 MacBook Pro with the i7 that I bought used, but I cannot justify that much more for the 512 gigabytes that I would need, and the 16 gigabytes of RAM that I would want.
Apple SOC is made for thin and lights in my opinion battery life and fast.. hard to get in a thin and light laptop. I love my m2 MacBook Air and sometimes I wish I would have gotten a pro but then I remember how much heavier it is.
I just got the Macbook air M2 13inch base model with 8gb ram and 256gb ssd. i'm so surprised with the battery life and how it's performance on battery and just in general. It's my first mac and i have only had gaming laptops and desktops so far.
I'm still using my 13" Intel Macbook Pro (2017) and looking to finally upgrade this year. What I noticed is that right now, at least where I live, the 14" MBP M1 Pro and 13" Macbook Air M3 are the same price with the same configuration (16GB memory, 512GB SSD). Between the two, which one would you recommend more?
2020 I7 13in MBP: 32gb RAM, 1TB storage. Still running strong. An upgrade to the M platform would be a huge upgrade. That said, I believe people need to step back and slow down. Running an M1? You should still be great for the everyday computing + multitasking. For me, my Intel Mac still runs laps with multitasking, talking with other devices, heavy Graphic design and 4k video edits. Battery life is middle of the road. 6-7 hours on streaming content. 4-6 with HEAVY multitasking. Exporting takes a major dip with time, but I'll go spend the 15 min doing something else. Heat can be an issue, so I run TG Pro for fan control. All this said, if I were to upgrade this year, just go for a well configured M1 Pro/air, or a used M2. Never a need for the very new release. Take a breath, do your research. And I'm sure you can find something worth the upgrade.
If there’s apps that are only available on IPad that u use very often than maybe no. Unless you want to up your game on a computer then yes. But also consider the amount of power u need. If u don’t do any pro work frequently get the air with at least 16gb of memory. If your work relies on pro apps very frequently go for the a pro 14 or 16 your choice
I would really like it if Apple would just create 15” variant of MacBook Pro with ports but thin body like Ais 15”. Than they can just keep having 13” variant of MacBook Air and 16” MacBook max. So 13” MacBook Air, 15” MacBook Pro and 16” MacBook Max. That would make way more sense.
@@SlowgrindTmeanwhile a macbook air, 8gb ram, 256gb single channel ssd, 60hz screen, $1100. Apple users: "zomg this is the best thing ever! would!" pathetic.
@@cgwworldministries83 lol zomg. No hate to this channel. It’s just funny they be like “ you’ll be fine if all you need it for is video consumption and emails “Lmao bro u can do that on a $200 Chromebook
@@SlowgrindTI have had several macs and iphones and other apple products, there is nothing special about them. in fact the experience is considerably worse compared to a pc and an android device across the board because apple arbitrarily limits what you can do and how you repair the devices. it is absolutely insane to me that people condone apple products. 1 year on Apple was enough for me to run screaming away.
My collage is telling me to get a $1400 Dell that I can get for $800 directly through Dell, lol. Or a Surface 4 if I go through the bookstore is $1000 or $400 via Amazon. That bookstore is also one of 4 Apple Stores in my state. I guess I get to experience Apple pricing on Windows, too. All I can say about Apple is I never want to work on one again. But they are neat to look at.
would not, by default it should come with 2tb storage and 16gb ram for 1100, apple makes their money back and a whack ton more in profit per laptop sold since they are price gouging
Like its still 8gb ram and 256 gb slow ssd and 60hz ips display, and still justify it. If other brands do it they will tear them apart. Why not view them in a same scale.
Because this video is targeted towards Apple viewers that want to know about the new Mac? On this side of the fence, where gaming isn't hugely important, refresh-rate becomes only a minor aspect of the bigger picture. I have a PC with a 240hz monitor for that, on a productivity laptop, it's less important. If you really want to bring up comparisons, sensibilities between both Windows and Mac laptops are different. $800-1000 Windows laptops (like my Acer Swift X) with double the storage/RAM, 144hz, i7, 3060... they still feel slower than these Apple Silicon Macs. Why?? Apple is a closed ecosystem that's restricting BUT remember that their hardware/software is more optimized and cohesive because they have that control over every aspect of the machine. 90hz-144hz certainly feels faster to the eye, but it doesn't matter when the actual responses of loading stuff hangs. This is one of those "believe it or not" things if you haven't used this M2/M3 chips, but they do make 8GB of RAM work stupid well on macOS. Do I hate that they do it, absolutely. But it's plenty good for most people in the scope for what most Mac users do at this price point. tl;dr: people that consider macs are more likely to buy one, enthusiasts complain about things too much
As someone who used an Intel i5 8th gen Lenovo laptop with 8GB RAM for 4 years For which I paid just avoversiona $500, to M1 MacBook pro with the touch Bar which I paid more than double tai the beginning of 2022, I feel tuhat 8GB RAM is nyt something Apple should he alle to justify on a laptop with prices above $1000. In 2 years my battery life is just above something with Intel while I get a lot of slowdown when I have enough tabs open on chrome or when I try any machine learning projects. I was looking at asus laptop of the same price around the same money but it has more RAM and I regret it now because while my laptop has more battery life, I would prefer more RAM since I am mostly close to an outlet rather than a plugin RAM. TH-camrs and consumers should make sure to vote with their wallet and not buy apple until they fix this shitty issue where they were saying that 8GB of RAM is equivalent to 16 GB on windows but my laptop has to take 24 GB of swap just too make sure that the laptop looks fast enough for Apple. I am not buying another Apple product unless they fix this.
@@akin242002 I got my 70 year old mother a phone with a 120hz screen and even she was impressed at how smooth everything feels. Stop giving apple a pass on cutting corners. Even budget devices can afford 90hz OLED displays. $500 laptops even have them.
The MacBook Air 13” stating price on U.K. web site is £1299 for M3 (16-core Neural Engine) with 8GB ram and 512SSD, going to 16GB ram and 1TB SSD (which you really need) is £1699 and with 24GB ram (max ram) and 1TB SSD £1899 Del XPS 13 Ultra 7 Processor 155H (24MB Cache, 16 cores, up to 4.8 GHz) with 1TB SSD and 32GB ram £1648.99 You decide ?
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Im still on my intel mac cause m3s will cost me to give up so much including windows booting as well not ready to toss that yet. For me everything is still fast right now to I also have an external GPU as well. @@Denki
@@Denki would?
The biggest gripe is the overpriced upgrade option; especially with the RAM and storage being soldered and not user upgraderable.
To apples credit. When it's directly soldered into the mb pcb it's going to improve performance and efficency because of 2 reasons: 1. The connectors that are in user upgradable are decreasing the AMPs which then the cpu and whatever needs to supply more data power 1000s of times a second. 2. There is more space. The space could be use for adding more components or making the laptop thinner. And same goes for ram but it's faster because it's directly on the chip
Yeah it's almost criminal the prices apple charges to go up in RAM or SSD, but they make the best products I finally gave in an ordered a MacBook air
this. would say the laptop itself is fairly priced. but the price for the additional ram and SSD is bonkers
@@0xkleo You say that but the prices of ram and ssd on the Intel Mac Pro [Cheese Grate variant] which were user upgradable were the same. They are intentionally marking up prices so u spend more. There is literally no defence apple has here. None
The MacBook Air 13” stating price on U.K. web site is £1299 for M3 (16-core Neural Engine) with 8GB ram and 512SSD, going to 16GB ram and 1TB SSD (which you really need) is £1699 and with 24GB ram (max ram) and 1TB SSD £1899
Del XPS 13 Ultra 7 Processor 155H (24MB Cache, 16 cores, up to 4.8 GHz) with 1TB SSD and 32GB ram £1648.99
You decide ?
I’m upgrading from an Intel Mac, so this M3 air is a win for me!
Same here, especially the 15 inch not being near two grand.
It's a MASSIVE win
I’m really wanting to upgrade from a 2017 MacBook Pro with the i7 that I bought used, but I cannot justify that much more for the 512 gigabytes that I would need, and the 16 gigabytes of RAM that I would want.
Same i’m coming from a 2018 i5
@@pamelaramdat8321 at least your still on the latest update!
Even living in Argentina I can totally state: 120hz refresh or nothing! 🤣
Apple SOC is made for thin and lights in my opinion battery life and fast.. hard to get in a thin and light laptop. I love my m2 MacBook Air and sometimes I wish I would have gotten a pro but then I remember how much heavier it is.
I just got the Macbook air M2 13inch base model with 8gb ram and 256gb ssd. i'm so surprised with the battery life and how it's performance on battery and just in general.
It's my first mac and i have only had gaming laptops and desktops so far.
Don’t forget dual monitor support finally on the M series Air!!
My 2017 MBP 13 inch is still chugging to this day, Still works great for productivity use cases
TLDW:
If you are not on Apple Silicon: Buy the M2 on a Discount.
Already on Apple Silicon? Keep it.
I upgraded from an intel 2018 MacBook Air to an M1 MacBook Air, the reason for the M1 over M2 was its discount from Costco. It sure is a big upgrade.
wallpaper sauce?
That's asu from sinsekai record, it's from her recent cover of egoist's all alone with you on youtube
Do you use any kind of screen protector on the MacBook screen?
Do you recommend using one?
I'm still using my 13" Intel Macbook Pro (2017) and looking to finally upgrade this year. What I noticed is that right now, at least where I live, the 14" MBP M1 Pro and 13" Macbook Air M3 are the same price with the same configuration (16GB memory, 512GB SSD). Between the two, which one would you recommend more?
would.
Take a shot every time he picks up the Macbook in this video. You're going to be very drunk 😂
wood
BASED denki having ASU as background
You know what's up 🤝
@@Denki also peep the roselia/yukina shirts from way back when on austin’s channel lmao
Also the newest MV from VWP. What a man of culture
the question is: Can you play Genshin on it ?
Wow, you didn’t ‘get them’ today. “Those nuts” 😂
3:28 i can't be the only one who noticed that
Nope
Midnight blue is amazing IN PERSON 🤩 (minus the finger prints)
The M3 MacBook Pro $1,699 was born to replace the M2 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. That's why not to bridge a gap in price.
2020 I7 13in MBP: 32gb RAM, 1TB storage. Still running strong. An upgrade to the M platform would be a huge upgrade. That said, I believe people need to step back and slow down. Running an M1? You should still be great for the everyday computing + multitasking. For me, my Intel Mac still runs laps with multitasking, talking with other devices, heavy Graphic design and 4k video edits. Battery life is middle of the road. 6-7 hours on streaming content. 4-6 with HEAVY multitasking. Exporting takes a major dip with time, but I'll go spend the 15 min doing something else. Heat can be an issue, so I run TG Pro for fan control. All this said, if I were to upgrade this year, just go for a well configured M1 Pro/air, or a used M2. Never a need for the very new release. Take a breath, do your research. And I'm sure you can find something worth the upgrade.
Nah, it's time to buy a refurb M1 Macbook air.
i should trade in my iPad pro and get this 🤔
If there’s apps that are only available on IPad that u use very often than maybe no. Unless you want to up your game on a computer then yes. But also consider the amount of power u need. If u don’t do any pro work frequently get the air with at least 16gb of memory. If your work relies on pro apps very frequently go for the a pro 14 or 16 your choice
Keep the iPad Pro… just buy this.
can I know the video source at 1:28
The iPad should get OLED very soon, hopefully the Mac Air gets an OLED as well
is it worth updating from m2 to m3? :/
it's almost like a certain video mentions that...
@@Denki yes..
Clearly u enjoy burning money so do what u want
@@aidan6557 🥲no, I just asked brother. Even if it were worth it, I wouldn't buy 🙃
No OLED, no high refresh, no thx. maybe next year I can hold out one more year.
20% is MARGINALLY BETTER?????
Intel hasn't been "marginally better" even across 5 generations. C'mon man.
a laptop made of antifingerprint fabric.
Very good review, thank you !
love your videos bro
M3? I'm here still using my 2015 MacBook Pro.
Time to upgrade. It's a whole new experience.
Got the MacBook Pro M3 Pro, so I’m all good thanks 👍🏻😁
Would absolutely not.
The same background music as in Austin’s videos
would not.
Great speaking voice😮
Watch your hands !!! Disturbing.
8GB ram is still a huge turn off for me.
Actually the m3 iMac is the cheapest 🤓
Actually it's not... The M3 air starts at $1099 and the iMac is 1249$
@@NJX_ONe your right I thought it was 999
that was some lame points, just get the m2 at a better price
nuh uh
...NOT :)
I would really like it if Apple would just create 15” variant of MacBook Pro with ports but thin body like Ais 15”. Than they can just keep having 13” variant of MacBook Air and 16” MacBook max. So 13” MacBook Air, 15” MacBook Pro and 16” MacBook Max. That would make way more sense.
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$1100 for a 60hz laptop in 2024 is laughable. hard pass...
agreed
I get clowned on yt for having a 12th gen i7 windows laptop with 165hz screen and 16gb ram 512ssd lol. And a rtx 3060 for 899
@@SlowgrindTmeanwhile a macbook air, 8gb ram, 256gb single channel ssd, 60hz screen, $1100. Apple users: "zomg this is the best thing ever! would!" pathetic.
@@cgwworldministries83 lol zomg. No hate to this channel. It’s just funny they be like “ you’ll be fine if all you need it for is video consumption and emails “Lmao bro u can do that on a $200 Chromebook
@@SlowgrindTI have had several macs and iphones and other apple products, there is nothing special about them. in fact the experience is considerably worse compared to a pc and an android device across the board because apple arbitrarily limits what you can do and how you repair the devices. it is absolutely insane to me that people condone apple products. 1 year on Apple was enough for me to run screaming away.
My collage is telling me to get a $1400 Dell that I can get for $800 directly through Dell, lol. Or a Surface 4 if I go through the bookstore is $1000 or $400 via Amazon. That bookstore is also one of 4 Apple Stores in my state. I guess I get to experience Apple pricing on Windows, too.
All I can say about Apple is I never want to work on one again. But they are neat to look at.
would not, by default it should come with 2tb storage and 16gb ram for 1100, apple makes their money back and a whack ton more in profit per laptop sold since they are price gouging
Cool
Like its still 8gb ram and 256 gb slow ssd and 60hz ips display, and still justify it. If other brands do it they will tear them apart. Why not view them in a same scale.
Because this video is targeted towards Apple viewers that want to know about the new Mac?
On this side of the fence, where gaming isn't hugely important, refresh-rate becomes only a minor aspect of the bigger picture. I have a PC with a 240hz monitor for that, on a productivity laptop, it's less important.
If you really want to bring up comparisons, sensibilities between both Windows and Mac laptops are different. $800-1000 Windows laptops (like my Acer Swift X) with double the storage/RAM, 144hz, i7, 3060... they still feel slower than these Apple Silicon Macs. Why??
Apple is a closed ecosystem that's restricting BUT remember that their hardware/software is more optimized and cohesive because they have that control over every aspect of the machine.
90hz-144hz certainly feels faster to the eye, but it doesn't matter when the actual responses of loading stuff hangs.
This is one of those "believe it or not" things if you haven't used this M2/M3 chips, but they do make 8GB of RAM work stupid well on macOS. Do I hate that they do it, absolutely. But it's plenty good for most people in the scope for what most Mac users do at this price point.
tl;dr: people that consider macs are more likely to buy one, enthusiasts complain about things too much
got it bro it was just for sake of argument
@@Denki
As someone who used an Intel i5 8th gen Lenovo laptop with 8GB RAM for 4 years For which I paid just avoversiona $500, to M1 MacBook pro with the touch Bar which I paid more than double tai the beginning of 2022, I feel tuhat 8GB RAM is nyt something Apple should he alle to justify on a laptop with prices above $1000. In 2 years my battery life is just above something with Intel while I get a lot of slowdown when I have enough tabs open on chrome or when I try any machine learning projects. I was looking at asus laptop of the same price around the same money but it has more RAM and I regret it now because while my laptop has more battery life, I would prefer more RAM since I am mostly close to an outlet rather than a plugin RAM. TH-camrs and consumers should make sure to vote with their wallet and not buy apple until they fix this shitty issue where they were saying that 8GB of RAM is equivalent to 16 GB on windows but my laptop has to take 24 GB of swap just too make sure that the laptop looks fast enough for Apple. I am not buying another Apple product unless they fix this.
Second?
Yepp
First comment ig👀
typical apple fan.
apple fans still justifying 60hz i see. classic worthless review.
60 fps is fine for casual use. 120hz won't improve the experience at all unless a person is a professional gamer.
@@akin242002 I got my 70 year old mother a phone with a 120hz screen and even she was impressed at how smooth everything feels. Stop giving apple a pass on cutting corners. Even budget devices can afford 90hz OLED displays. $500 laptops even have them.
The MacBook Air 13” stating price on U.K. web site is £1299 for M3 (16-core Neural Engine) with 8GB ram and 512SSD, going to 16GB ram and 1TB SSD (which you really need) is £1699 and with 24GB ram (max ram) and 1TB SSD £1899
Del XPS 13 Ultra 7 Processor 155H (24MB Cache, 16 cores, up to 4.8 GHz) with 1TB SSD and 32GB ram £1648.99
You decide ?
nahh, 60Hz, not OLED, RAM and SSD overpriced as hell..... For this money you can buy transformers with touchscreen, 120Hz, OLED, 32RAM and 2Tb SSD.
would