15-Inch MacBook Air VS 14-Inch MacBook Pro! Size or Speed!?
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- I go deep, comparing the all-new 15" MacBook Air against the current M2 Pro 14-inch MacBook Pro. While the MacBook Air 15 is super thin and light, the 14" MacBook Pro is more powerful and with a better display. Which one is the better buy?
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It would be sooooo nice if there were TH-cam reviews for Apple laptops that didn’t solely focus on VIDEO EDITING and spec comparisons. I get it. You guys are content creators so that’s right up your alley. But please don’t forget about the rest of us. What about real-world use cases? I’m not talking about basic web browsing, etc. I’m talking some comparisons about the more taxing knowledge worker tasks like running virtual machines (VM’s), running collaboration apps such as MS Teams, Zoom, WebEx, screen sharing in collaboration apps, etc. I’ve yet to come across a single TH-cam review that addresses whether or not an Air is sufficient for such tasks or if a Pro is the way to go.
I can answer that for you my friend, for apps you're talking about, get the base air model. I've been using m1 air base model for 2 years with no issues. Just one thing, forget VMs, that's a different story, since you'll have to use arm version of every VM you need.
yeah I have the same problem, they only do export comparison tests most of the time, but that does not tell how good of a machine it actually is, like i'd much rather see how the timeline plays (if its smooth or not), rather than export tests,
also they never test how good multitasking is in these devices, or how good basic common apps play on the background, like listening to music or playing a youtube video on the background while working on your mac and its very hard to even known if any mac is good for u, when one day they say the m1 air is amazing at video editing, then as soon as the m1 pro and max launches, they say that you NEED an m1 max for video editing, and an m1 might not be enough
sometimes you gotta spend hours just watching reviews just to get the same conclusion bcz all youtube reviews are the same and nothing actually helps
but to answer ur question those apps will run just fine with just an m1 air, the m2 is just a slight jump comparatively to the m1 you wont even notice the diference and i'd argue the m1 could even run better with the base storage, since the m2 mac air has half the storage speeds compared to the m1, but if you're thinking of using vm's try to go for 16gb of ram skip the 8gb if you can, and for MS teams, that app just runs garbage on everything, it ran badly on my intel mac, and it continues to run badly on my m1 pro, even tho all the other apps, even much more demanding apps like after effects, run 10 times better, so for ms teams you'll just have to deal with the bad performance sadly
I think ARM Windows 11 is a very interesting VM actually... and it's a great way to test Windows ARM software and so forth. With Parallels. The Air is cute as could be and it'll do the deeds... I used a Starlight 13" M2 Air base model and the memory pressure with 8GB of RAM was often high, the tiny storage was stressed with Windows 11 added on... but it was somehow "fun". The 14" Pro even the most base model is easier to live with. I think the absolutely biggest issue with the Air and 13" "Pro" M1 and M2 base model chips is that you can only connect one external display. It's super annoying and there's no workaround. I think rather than getting upgrades on the inherently flawed Air... I'd look at open box base models personally.... Get that thing as close to $1000 as you can... it'll always be cool, and it'll always be limited. And then get something else for something else. A Mac Studio? A PC Desktop? I don't know. This idea that one computer must do it all and at all times is interesting but cloud accounts makes it easier than even to have two systems. A coffee shop comfy laptop like the Air. The 14 and 16" Pro are chunkers and they do the job. They lack a little bit the fun factor but you can charge the laptop or dock the laptop of either side, have more and better ports and SUPER long lasting battery. Importantly, the Air doesn't support fast charging either... you can 140W charge a 14 or 16" Pro and get out of a bind in minutes. Maxed out Air will appeal to some, but not me. I'd rather change it out every single year personally.
@@jccnguyenagreed, all those apps your talking about, half of people use crappy $600 intel machines to run them. The m2 air destroys those machines. No need for the pro if those are your apps.
This is the exact comparison I was looking for, so thanks!
The 14" M2 MacBook Pro is $1699 on the Apple refurbished site so the price between that and the upgraded 15" MB Air is essentially the same. At that point I'd go for the 14" MB Pro.
It’s also $1,799 at Best Buy brand new base model
exactly
@@derekpieczykowski3543 $1749 from Amazon a new one! Not even refurbished
Great video! Helped me decide to sell my M1 14” pro to buy a M2 MacBook Air. There’s a lot of users like me who literally only use their MacBook for email, video, ect. and just love the look, feel, and reliability of Apple laptops. The only reason I got the Pro was because the air was so outdated a,d I wanted a bigger screen. This seems like the perfect sweet spot for me.
Notch looks obnoxious on the 14" which is also thicker. Go for the 15".
This is the review I needed! Great video!!
I'm nearly in my mid-seventies and recently got an M2 MacBook Air 13" for its size and weight. It can do nearly 90% of my computing needs as a former techie. I would consider the 15" not for speed but for its weight - if lighter. The larger size would be good for my failing eyesight as I grow older.
Old man!
Decided to go for the Pro. Even if the display is smaller it is way better. The speakers are also better since they are better positioned in the machine. Also the ports are a no brainer.
how i wish there were combined!!! the light and big display of mba15 and the specs of mbp14
I would be interested in seeing a review of the MacBook Air 15 M2 vs MacBook Pro 14 M1 Pro.
Thanks you helped make my decision to get the MBP
I'm strongly considering the 14" macbook Pro. To set up with a larger display, what would you recommend. I've thought about a 27" monitor but heard that a 4k 27" has scaling issues with Mac. Do you have any recommendations?
Great breakdown
As much as I want the Pro, it will only make me spending more and more. The MBP's screen is too good, so good that I don't think I can bare my external monitor quality, I will have to upgrade it to match or nearly match the quality of the internal display. Then, it will make me upgrade my TV and I'll be broke even before I realize. 😅
As a m2 mini user, i see the air even for music, will still run reasonable amount of performance. A hub needed probably but depend for each users use case. I would be comfortable in buying a m2 air.
The introduction of the 15in MBAir completes the mix. This harkens back to the 4-quadrant strategy by Jobs when he came back to and cleaned house. Two dimensions ... first across Pro-Users and Consumer-Users .. second across size. 13in MBAir and 14in MBPro = small size ... 15in MBAir and 16in MBPro = large size. As someone with extreme OCD ... I declare this **PERFECT** Lol ... now lets do same for iPad line up!!!
Don't they already?
I want to ask the opinion which one is for long term 14 inch pro 16 gb 1 tb or 15 inch air 16 gb 1 tb
Don't stop watching before you get to the 11:00 mark, because that is the heart of the issue. If you spec up the MBA 15 to the same base memory and storage as the base MBP 14 (16gb/512gb) the value proposition of the MBP 14 goes through the roof with better processor performance (10c/16c vs 8c/10c), better screen (miniLED 120hz), TB4 x 3, HDMI + SDXC. That's a very thin $300 for the extra 3oz of heft in your backpack.
Hello. I will be receiving a 14-inch Macbook Pro M1 (2021 model) shortly. But I much prefer the use of a mouse to the trackpad. What would be the solution to successfully connect my good old Microsoft wired mouse (whose purchase dates back more than 10 years) to this Mackbook Pro? I specify that this mouse has the old generation of USB-A socket. I don't understand anything at all about ports called Thunderbolt but I think those ports won't accept my mouse jack. Finally, will using my wired mouse cause me to underuse the speed capability of this Macbook Pro (I mean compared to a Bluetooth type mouse)? Thank you for your reply.
I ended up getting the m2 pro mbp 14in about a month b4 the 15in air was released. I had an m1 air that was starting to show its age in the sense that it wasn’t keeping up with what I needed and the screen was starting to feel cramped. I love my MBP but I had the 15 air been released a month earlier, I probably would’ve still gotten the pro but it wouldn’t have been an easy choice.
What about the speed difference in encoding video?
Thank God for the 2x speed feature on TH-cam
I went 14” for my business.. Way better screen, more power and better ports for moving office to office to home. Way better
The 15-inch macbook air has a larger screen and is lighter, so it's better for portability if you don't want to lug a heavy, thick Macbook Pro around everywhere, and it's cheaper. The difference between the display is not noticeable to the average user and with the M2 chip, the Macbook air is already capable of plenty of performance. It's cheaper, lighter and has a bigger screen. A clear winner. Apple has created the perfect laptop.
@@luigi9731 For the average consumer yes, I agree. But for my use case and many other executives the 14” dollar for dollar is a much better choice. BTW the screen is very noticeable side by side, that’s what swayed me at the Apple Store and having the M1 air for 2 years. Air screen looks washed out.
Most people will get more function from a 15" than a 14". Better screen is laughable. It's like arguing a 5'10" basketball player is better than a 6'6" player considering pound for pound.
The MBP has a fatal flaw: there are two slits (vents?) on the underside near the front that dig into your hands and make it super uncomfortable to hold. It's a total dealbreaker no matter what they put inside.
@@luigi9731 its cheaper by 50 bucks lol
Does anyone notice on the bottom/sides where the bottom piece of the computer meets the sides that it isn’t perfectly flush? It almost like the bottom piece is slightly sticking out and isn’t perfectly smooth/flush.
Just wondering since I just got my MacBook Air (15in) today.
I am a web developer using Parallels sometimes for virtual servers and a lightroom light user/pixelmator. I went for the 15" MBA with 24gb RAM and 1TB SSD, I am upgrading from a 16" MBP 2019 Intel machine, i really think i made the right choice.
Do you still feel you made the correct choice?
Remember the 14” supports 2 monitors while the 15” only support 1 monitor natively. Yes you can use multiple screen with display link technology, but it isn’t as good as natively for ppl that know about this.
MBP 14" is like USD 100 more expensive (e.g., USD 1799 on BestBuy USA) than a MBA 15" with similar specs (16/512 GB). MBP 14" FTW considering the additional featues you can get (i.e., M2 Pro chip, extra ports, higher refresh rates, XDR screen)
This definitely was the video I was looking for. It's like YT read my mind.
Had my heart set on 15” MBA and placed the order last week I cancelled the order yesterday and ordered the 14” MBP for $1750 good job thanks for the comparison 👍
Did the exact same thing as you.
I wonder what the cinebench scores would like when comparing the 14" m2 mbp with the 13" m2 mbp.
Like this comparison compared to 13 Air others are doing.
It’s important to bring in the common discount on the mbp currently. It’s widely available at $1750 in the states. Makes the comparison swing heavily in favor of the mbp now.
This vid is really a comparison of apples and oranges, IMHO. What is "better" **always depends** on "what are you doing with it?".
I got mine apple refurbished for $1350. Came sealed. The pro is sooo much better
MBA is also on discount.
I think zero fan noise from the macbook air is really underrated. Its one off it’s best features!
Aside from that, I’m a graphic designer and currently still working on a iMac from 2010 with only 4gb ram, only multitasking gets sometimes a bit tougher…
at 8:50 why did you show the M1 scores but talk about the Macbook Air?
When he stacks the laptops on top of each other and slides them around, my heart....
Much appreciated your analysis ! 2 questions anyway : do the fans of the macbook pro 14 spin often, and if so is it's relatively noisy ? Second question: does the Macbook pro 14, due to the higher and more demanding power of its processor, finally heat up more than the new Macbook Air 15 inches ?
I heard thr 14 pro doesn't turn the fans on unless heavy duty video editing work. Other than that they never turn on. Silent. But I want the 15 inch for bigger screen size.
I have been getting use for 11 years now after the first MacBook Pro Retina 2012 they still hang in there pretty good. I have been doing some special effects for fun on the side and needed power but from about 2015 to 2020 MacBooks Air or Pro sucked. I was not going to pay that much, so I switched to a Gaming PC, I liked it a lot, (it was black, rainbow keyboards, was able to upgrade a lot of RAM and SSD for cheap, had all the ports you could want, but it ran hot, and finally died after three years lately. I don't like dropping 3 to 4K for a laptop, so for me I decided to go for the MacBook Air 15" with the dark finish, it comes next week, can't wait. Apple is finally getting things together for laptops again (and phones) now that Jony Ives is gone (thank God, from my perspective). I went for 24 mb ram and 1TB so not cheapest, but pretty good I'm excited to get it next week.
I saw a great deal on 2 models. There is m1 pro 10 core and m1 max 24 gpu. Max is 1900 USD, pro is 1650 USD. In my country thats a great deal since base model 14 m2 pro cost 2600 USD. Only the max has 1 TB, pro has 512GB.
Only concern is battery life. Which should i get?
The scores for Cinebench are either mislabeled.. or incorrect. The bar graphs are labeled as M1 Pro vs M2 Pro .. Not M2 scores. Are there no M2 scores associated with those Cinebench measurements.. or is the graphic representation of the scores merely labeled incorrectly? Just curious
Yep. Saw that too.
I want pro motion version of air 😢😢😢😢
How about an M1 ipad pro 12.9 with 1TB SSD with magic keyboard vs the macbook air 15 1TB with 16GB ram? Touch screen vs no touch screen.
Speed and a better screen and many more ports and an insignificant weight difference for not much more. MBP FTW
The 15-inch macbook air has a larger screen and is lighter, so it's better for portability if you don't want to lug a heavy, thick Macbook Pro around everywhere, and it's cheaper. The difference between the display is not noticeable to the average user and with the M2 chip, the Macbook air is already capable of plenty of performance. It's cheaper, lighter and has a bigger screen. A clear winner. Apple has created the perfect laptop.
@@luigi9731 stop copy and paste the same crap everywhere. you are literally trying to convince youself not buying the wrong macbook
anyway, once you buy a type-C hub, your bag with 15-inch macbook would be the same weight as the one with macbook pro inside. now whos lugging the heavy macbook outthere? and remember to buy a bigger stupid backpack to carry that chunky electro-brick bro
I’d like to see a matchup between the M2 15” Macbook Air and the M1 14” Macbook Pro.
Considering the 10-core M1 pro is nearly 90% as powerful as the baseline 10-core M2 pro, 14" 10-core M1 pro would absolutely be a better buy than 15" air. I imagine the baseline 8-core M1 pro would also still be head and shoulders above the M2, though maybe not by quite as much.
With the 14" MBP you also get better I/O peripherals, thermals, webcam quality (real-world tests show that MBP camera software is better than that on air), screen, and speakers. Therefore I would recommend the 10-core M1 pro 14" all the way until the M3 pro comes out (which is likely over a year away).
@@rickinator97Do you notice that the bottom piece (of the 15 Air) feels a bit “sharp” where it meets the side piece? On both sides it doesn’t feel flush where the bottom meets the side. Wondering if this is normal or not.
@@N.I.C.K. didn’t notice that. But I did notice that the sides were actually a bit smoother than the 14 Pro because of the lack of cutouts on the bottom.
@@impetuously So where the bottom piece meets the side piece is perfectly smooth? That seam is flush?
@@N.I.C.K. Yes
im cant wait till chrismass because i want the mcbook 15.3 inch
The 15-inch Macbook Air is the perfect laptop. Unless you're planning on doing extensive 8k video editing and 3D rendering. You honestly won't see a difference and will be overkill for general consumers.
I have BOTH: MBA 16 and MBP 14. Both have 16GB RAM and 512GB Storage. I have two weeks to decide which one to keep...
im thinking same.15inch 16GB will come to my home soon ...6/17
Keep both
Makes 0 sense to buy a MBA 15”
MBP has a much better screen, sound, ports, and performance when needed.
If it’s a price point issue get the refurb’d 14” which is the same price once you add the much needed upgrades to take you to 16G and 512G SSD.
Pointless, I see no reason you’d want to pay more to get much less. 🤷♂️
How about if we throw in the 18 month old MacBook Pro 14 inch?
Refurbished.
That’s the one I’m considering instead of the MacBook Air
wondering if the m3 air will have WIFI 6E, because until now the mbp 14 is the best value
Probably not
I think this is the proper comparison since spec'ing up the Air takes the price into Pro territory.
Air 15" spec'ed up to meet Pro 14" base (16GB/512GB) is still 16% cheaper (before tax). Admittedly doesn't have the same ports or performance, but it's cheaper and the screen is 1.1" larger.
@@gmotdot If you spec the MBA M2 15" similar then you usually need the performance and probably do serious work (therefore maintaining the speed can also be an issue), the Display is better on the Pro), if you don't need the Performance so you even don't need the M2 therefore fore 95% (as long as available) the MBA M1 13 Basemodel would be the optimal choice if the properties of the MBPro are not needed (The performance difference between M1 and M2 should be for the usual user neglectable if not existent, For the M1 interesting deals are available, it does not have the single nand issue, and then there is a significant pricedistance to the MBPro. I currently have difficulties to create a justification for the M2 MBAIRs as long as the M1 MBAir is available brandnew configurable from Apple, except the simple "i want it". For me currently the Steps that make sense due to apples pricepolitics especially in SSDs : M1 MBA13 /256 -> M2Pro (10/16/16) MBP 16/512 14"/16" -> M2Max (12/30/16) MBP 32/512 14"/16" -> M2Max (12/30/16) MBP 64/512 16" -> M2Max (12/38/16) MBP 96/512 16"
From hundreds of configurations seven make sense : M1 MBA Basemodel-> M2Pro MBP Basemodel -> M2Max MBP Basemodel -> M2Pro MBP Basecores max Memory -> M2Pro MBP Cores maxed out Memory maxed out. But i would say everything above the MBP Basemodel are already special usecases, so its reduced to 3 models M1 MBA Basemodel, M2Pro MBP Basemodel in 14" and 16" (these 3 model should cover the needs of 99% of the users)
@@tomsun3159 disagree
@@gmotdot so you mean every possible config of the MBA15 makes complete sense for every user even the full specced for 2979€ (taking into account worse display, less ports, missing card reader. And the M1 MBA base spec with the current offers available is a worse decision compared to the M2 MBA base spec with worse SSD configuration, and not really overwhelming performance plus compared to the olderr cpu generation. As you just answered disagree, it seems you disagree in EVERY SINGLE Point.
If you need the MacBook Pro, because you have apps that need the horsepower, be it video editing, 3D projects, photo editing, music production, those same apps are cramped on a 14 inch screen so I recommend the 16 inch MacBook Pro. And if you don't need the horsepower, don't get the 14 inch MacBook Pro (unless you want HDR, better blacks, better speakers), get either of the current MacBook Airs, depending on the screen size that you want.
hdmi isn't really good for 4k or even 2k. We need to use displatport for that in order to achieve decent refresh rate.
One irony thing is some people I know, bought the pros for the 120hz, mini-led screen but 99% of the time they use their machines in clamshell mode 😂😂😂
Guilty as charged lol. I had a 16” M1 MBP and loved the screen and speakers, but ended up establishing a home office with a 27” 4K display and Bose speakers… I felt guilty not utilizing the notebook as I originally intended lol. I just sold it to a friend and got my 14” M2 MBP last week which is great. However, WWDC happened lol and got the 15” Air coming today. We’ll see if I can slide down and save $600 perhaps!
@@kdupuis77so how does it stand against the 14 mbp very curious ? What are your experience
120 hz, xdr screen
I would 100% be for the 15 inch Air, but the fact it can't connect to two monitors is a "no go" for me
8gb of ram and 256gb ssd is not enough for me. Best Buy has it for 1799 and the 15 inch by the time you upgrade it, it’s almost the same as the 14 inch, you think I should go for the 14 inch
@@RyansTechReviews29 yep, I think that's the route I'm going to go.
Looks like Air 15" gonna be super bestseller. The only question I have - why in 2023 8Gb of Ram and additional 256 SSD storage COST THAT MUCH 400$!!! I know, I know apple is the only company who can sell it for any price they want 😒
Fr $200 for an extra 8GB ram and $200 for an extra 256gb storage is way more than their targeted 70% profit margins. The 8gb ram does not cost them more than $50 for sure and the 256GB storage does not cost them more than $30. The only reason why they must do it is to not cannibalize their pro lineup. My question is why does an extra 16gb ram cost $400 dollars on the 14in pro 😐. At that point it's just greedy. They know the person that needs 32GB ram will be forced to pay.
@@brandonchutt312 totally agree, any config upgrade is overpriced. Anyway laptops are superb, but the entry configuration is too weak for most cases of work.
@@litvinovserge True, but I wouldn't trust a Mac for work anyways even with a good config. When I was in university for engineering it definitely wouldn't work with all the programs I needed to run. And now at work, I obviously have a work laptop and some programs work on linux VMs anyways, but I still need to run certain windows-only programs. You would be jumping through hoops constantly to get your programs to work. For the typical Mac user who would only use this for web browsing, email, and word processing the base spec might be fine. 8gb ram is a little sus though 😬 it's going to be pushing things to the SSD a majority of the time
I thought the consensus was the 35w charger wasn't all that great?
I still don't quite understand memory bandwidth. Is 16gb 100gb/s RAM equal to 8gb 200gb/s?? Is it perhaps how much data can be transferred at once instantaneously, vs how much data is capable of being stored for instantaneous transfer? So you can store 16gb of data but only retrieve 100gb/s, vs storing say 8gb of data but being able to retrieve more of it faster at 200gb/s? This doesn't quite make sense either cuz.. 200gb.. is a lot more than the 8gb that would be stored.. so I must be understanding this wrong.
you should have done the 15" or 16" MB Pro. it would have been a more accurate comparison
I always buy MacBook Pros, but one year I bought the M1 Air. Had it 3 days and returned it..
MacBook Pro is always the way to go ‼️‼️
What didn’t you like about it?
Never do that again 😠 I almost got a heart attack 😠 Never throw a Mac in the air 😱
Clean My Mac X is malware. It slows your Mac down so it can “fix” it, creates the problem it has “solution” for. Your Mac runs just fine without it.
Price wise people make this comparison, but I think a better comparison would be with the 16" MacBook Pro. If you want a big screen, but don't need the extra ports and the sustained performance of the 16" MacBook Pro, you now have a great alternative. I ordered my 15" MacBook Air with 24GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD for $2099. Compare this to the 16" MacBook Pro with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD which is $3099. So yea.. I gave up a bit of performance (that I don't always need) for a much better travel weight. Oh yea...I also saved $1000 to spend elsewhere.
That's great, but there is no way you are going to need 24GB of RAM and not need the extra cooling capabilities and substantial performance increase, so your purchase seems rather incoherent. That's even more noticeable when the M1 Pro 16" can be found for 1800$ (which will outperform the 15 Air still) and the M2 Pro 16 is 2250$, both with 16GB and 1TB SSD. The weight difference is definitely more noticeable at 700g, which is about the weight of a standard FF lens.
@@larrydiaz7156 What the f***???? Why is this so hard to understand? I routinely use more than 16GB of RAM but have workloads that require only short bursts of performance. I develop web software and mostly I need the RAM for multiple Chrome web pages. It's a pig compared to Safari but I have to support it. Incremental builds take only a minute or two and are nothing like Rendering or Transcoding that can fully load the CPU for several minutes. This new 15" MacBook Air is nearly IDEAL for a developer laptop. Given its better portability, I would say that it dethrones the 16" MacBook Pro for that title. I wish it supported 32GB of RAM, maybe we'll get that with the M3!
@@ericmatthews8497
@@ericmatthews8497
@@ericmatthews8497Take it easy, my friend. It's great that the 15 can accomodate your needs, but I'm just stating a fact: you don't need 24GB, you will do with 16GB. If you need 24GB, you'll need extra cooling. If you have that many tabs open, then there are a LOT that don't need to be stored in memory or open in the first place. Take that as you will. Cheers!
MBP all the way! I traded in my 16” MBP M1 for a 14” MBP 14” M2 and haven’t looked back!
There is no 15” MBP M1.
@@PLANETWATERMELON there was.
@@JavisoGaming Sorry, but you are incorrect here. Apple didn't make a 15 inch MacBook Pro with a "M1 chip". Apple made a 13" Pro, 14" real Pro and 16" real Pro, but no 15 inch. The last MacBook Pro with a 15 inch display was back in 2016 that had an Intel chip, not an Apple M1 chip.
@@PLANETWATERMELON ugh! My mistake. It was a 16”.
@@JavisoGaming No worries. It’s all good. I do stuff like that all the time.
Yea… that’s all great. Listen…. How did you get that scar on your left eyebrow?
why doesn't apple have M.2 yet?
You mean M.2 SSDs?
@@AppleInsider yeah that's what in these labtops right? great video btw I am still debating on M1 . for audio prod, some video iphone stuff.
Apple uses SSD modules soldered the logic board. It’s reportedly faster than what they can achieve with a similarly-priced M.2 drive. But I know there is plenty of debate.
As it turned out, the 2019 i9 mavbook pro is way faster than 2023 M2.
Intel macs suck
Clean my mac is a waste of money
Size or speed? WEIGHT!!! MacBook Air 15" 16Gb RAM 512Gb SSD is light enough to be really portable and powerful enough for 99% of common everyday tasks in 2023.
The 15 Air is the perfect laptop for 80% of people. For the $300 difference I'd get the airpods, and have a great combo.
I’d have to get 16/512 by then I’d just get the 14 inch for 50 bucks more at some retailers😂
I am going to say it, and I know it is maybe a not so popular statement, the 15" is a dud on arrival. It is not a machine for anything but office work. Yes, the screen is nice, but you cannot have it both. The MacBook Pro 14" is the machine to go for, and with all the information you gave here, it has become clear that the 15" makes no sense at all. You also do not get HDMI 2.1, WiFi 6e, longer lasting battery, better PPI on the 14" screen. Yeah, Apple's marketing machine is well on its way. Still a single NAND SSD.... Ahhh, but not everybody needs that and not everybody will notice. It is where the Tech Tubers have a role to play, to point this out to the people that are looking for answers. Also, the 14" MBP is now in the refurbished store for even more discounts and is also frequently discounted at retailers like Amazon, B&H and even BestBuy here in my hometown.
I think it's the other way around... The 14" MacBook Pro doesn't make any sense. If you truly NEED THE PERFORMANCE, why short yourself with the dinky 14" screen and thermal constraints of the 14" chassis? Get the 16" MacBook Pro with the M1 Max!
2 questions : do the fans of the macbook pro 14 spin often, and if so is it's relatively noisy ? Second question: does the Macbook pro 14, due to the higher and more demanding power of its processor, finally heat up more than the new Macbook Air 15 inches ?
@@ericmatthews8497 I agree with you and I have 14pro( m1pro).battery not enough,diplay smaller than 15 or 16inch MacBook.
rather small for home use , rather short battery for outside use...annoying.
The main deal killer on the MB Air is that it tops out at 2 TB storage. With 4K the standard for video capture and no way to upgrade in the future (unlike prior intel macs) it is completely unacceptable that the air doesn't go to at least 4 TB storage. The air is the perfect family laptop and who wants to screw around with external drives for photos and video? Deal breaker, I would not buy the Air unless they come out with a 4TB upgrade option.
For me, it's' no contest: 15" MacBook Air. I love the size and the light weight.
Bruh, show us the actual thing.
the literal fact that people reckon 9 grams between the two makes a difference, is utter, utter bollocks.
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Much appreciated your analysis ! 2 questions anyway : do the fans of the macbook pro 14 spin often, and if so is it's relatively noisy ? Second question: does the Macbook pro 14, due to the higher and more demanding power of its processor, finally heat up more than the new Macbook Air 15 inches ?
As a new user, I would say no to all of the questions you listed. I have the 14" pro and no sound was heard, mac only got warm when all fans were on😊
Q1: If you run CPU-intensive and demanding tasks, then of course the fans may occasionally kick in to cool the system down. Otherwise, it probably won't be turned on most of the time. M series MacBooks are designed to work silently and efficiently (to the point that Apple don't even bother putting a fan in the MBA). The MBP is not noisy per say, but it is definitely quieter than most Windows laptops on the market
Q2: No idea what the question is asking
Q3: No.. it should be the other way around. The MBP is more than capable of handling demanding tasks like Final Cut Pro video rendering and all. The MBA, however, is more likely to heat up (and eventually throttle) when handling demanding tasks. Moreover, the MBA has no fans, heat pipes, heat spreaders, heat sink whatsoever (verified by a tear-down by ifixit), so you're going to have to deal with the heat on your own, should the need arises
Bottom line: Fan noise should not be your main concern. What's more important is how you'll be using the MacBook. If you need to run demanding tasks, then a MBP is more suitable as it has a more capable M2 Pro chip and the fans to cool it down. The MBA is fan-less, so it can reach high temperatures when run demanding tasks and start throttling to keep the CPU cool (inadvertently affecting the performance)
@@PolarTea brilliant response!
@@PolarTea Thank you so much for your generous and clear explanations.