what I hate about Apple pricing is the huge premium they charge for additional Ram or SSD. These are not that expensive anymore and this is pure profit and greediness by Apple.
100% Agree. M3 MBP base model media outrage worked and they will be shipping it with... 12GB. MBP m4 pro base should ship with 24GB at least but it won't.
@@cobrabtcIt’ll be interesting to see if they keep 16 gb ram around. The $200 jump would make even less sense. 24gb seems like a but much on a device like this.
$849 for the base model is an absolute bargain for those that are fine with 8GB/256GB, and I am happy with that spec. I currently use an M2 version and is enough due tom Apple's RAM optimization, meaning even with my usual workload (office, 8-10 browser tabs, media, email, Evernote) I still have 2-3GB of available RAM! And unlike Windows's machines Apple Intelligence is optimized for 8GB so it is working great on the beta. I think Apple nailed it by having a base 8GB model meaning they can heavily discount it and target a lower price demographic.
I just bought TODAY an M1 MacBook Air for £400, and the battery is still at 98% health. It's perfect as a secondary device when I'm away from my home office. There's no need to spend over £1000 when the difference is so minimal. My main Mac is an M2 Pro Mac Mini.
Just picked one up for my wife. I have the MBP M3 Pro 16 because my college course require a little more power but for her major the Air is perfectly capable so I surprised her with one. She loves it so far
I don't know if it's just me who bought a M3 Air 15" in late march, but the video says to me pretty much the opposite of the thumbnail: Get the M3 Air now with the summer (school) discounts, because of it's very big jump in graphics performance (actually this makes a big difference for the casual videographer as I am cf. M2) in comparison to the M2 while the CPU performance is just so good already, the (admittedly BIG) boost the M4 get's isn't worth it for an Air. Otherwise it's pretty clear that there won't be big upgrades spec-wise according to your videos and all the other leak-pros. So to me it feels the 15", 16Gb version of the M3 still is the way to go and then the M5 or M6 will actually be a big upgrade: perhaps a new design, OLED, ... but that's just my 2 cents and of course I am biased as a broke student who just bought the M3 Air(?)..
@@Didrik_B Honestly I don't know since it's my first macbook and I directly went with 15" since 13" seemed way to small for me. I am a big guy in both dimensions so the 15" seemed pretty small for me to begin with. But regarding your question: I am using it in the bed quite often and I like it very much in this use-case. I honestly cannot image to use a 13" since the 15" already is very small and thin to me. xD But the screen real estate is OK for working on the go: I use the highest relatively scaled resolution available (1920x1243) and it's fine. The 2560x1440 relatively scaled resolution on my workstation is way more comfortable of course, but it's fine nevertheless. But an even smaller canvas: Not for me and I honestly wonder how someone could use that to do anything productive on such a small screen even if they aren't as fat and tall as me. xD Best regards Q
yeah people don't really realize how much better this m3 is for music creation either. the entire tax for music creation comes from CPU not the RAM lol so even an 8gb m3 is actually miles better than an m1 depending on what you want to do.
Just upgraded my laptop from a 2013 MacBook Pro 13” 8GB RAM 256 to the new MacBook M3 16GB 512 and it’s like a dream going from one to the other. I don’t know how often most people upgrade their laptop, but I use mine pretty much until they stop working. Only had to replace the battery once in my Pro during the last 11 years and now that its OS is obsolete and things like web browsers and apps don’t support it, I’m pretty much forced to upgrade. So far, loving the new MacBook Air. Has more power and efficiencies than my previous pro and is just a beautiful, light device all around.
The localised keyboards is the issue driving up European prices. Even with the VAT, the keyboard localisation adds around 15%+ to the price. Not because the keyboard itself is expensive but because the inventory management is much more complex and thus expensive . There’s simply less economies of scale.
just got an entry model macbook aur m3 8/256 (only need it for my thesis and studying for my finals) for 990€ The first time I found such a drop at mediamarkt in germany 🤩
So 9.5 minute video about “your thoughts”, and then talk about OTHER MacBooks for 8.5 minutes. Only in the final minute do you say what your thoughts are. Good job.
Why I feel baited here, majority of the video was about how M4 would be an improved version of M3 with its various features than actually talking about how M3 put up for 6 months... as the title said..
Apple could add extra ports on the air. But, my feeling is that they will only use the extra thunderbolt ports on the M4 pro and maybe on the higher level iMac and Mac Mini.
The problem with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD is lack of any future proofing. It’s all soldered and can’t be upgraded. If you run into programs that don’t start or crash of run very slowly, you have no choice other than buying a new laptop if those programs are important for you. OS and drivers and all the updates are eventually going to consume around half of that 256GB SSD. That’s fine if you don’t install many apps and don’t store photos and videos on your laptops. 256GB is the default for phones today and many demand more. Just be careful when buying the cheapest M3 Air. If it doesn’t meet your needs, you can’t update it. I personally would upgrade to 16GB RAM + 512GB SSD.
I have been using 8GB/256GB or less for 40 years and no issues. All my family use 8GB and they are fine. The problem with techie YT, it is a tiny niche demographic and they all believe that everybody uses their PC like them---NEWS FLASH---we don't! It is perfect for me with 2-3GB free even on my full workload. Long may it continue as it means I get a base MacBook for a great price. I do get that some people may need more but the Air is an ultrabook so we are not talking about a semi-pro, pro or gaming workload. The MB Air is for light use though capable of more if needed.
@@ahaimes6320 My Windows 7 computer had also 4GB RAM + 4GB VRAM GPU (8GB total) 10 years ago and it was enough to run all apps and AAA games perfectly. But that was 10 years ago. Software has bloated massively. Displays have 4x higher pixel densities (720p->4K, images take 4x more RAM). Same is true for photos and videos. Web pages have also bloated massively (10x+ faster internet speeds). Even a web browser uses that 8GB alone if you open 100 tabs (some people do). Web browser is more responsive in a 16GB device today, and this is clearly visible in web benchmarks. 16GB M1 is today faster than 8GB M3, so if you can find older 16GB models in sale, you should take them instead. Both are fast enough for most users doing only lightweight tasks and web browsing on their laptop, but if you have 16GB and 8GB laptops side by side, the difference can be seen even in web browser.
Bought my kid an M3 air for college with 16/512 GB for $1249 on Amazon. It’s stupid fast. Kid’s high school was 1-1 Chromebooks. Let’s just say the experience is slightly better.
120Hz is nice but the probem is that we cannot set it to be fixed value. It's limited to certain apps. And most of the time is 60Hz. So for example scrolling in Chrome is not as smooth as it could be.
If you can wait for the M4 than you can wait for the M5 but also then the M6 as well. Get what works for your personal workflow. Technology moves incredibly fast and if you dwell on it to much you will end up waiting forever.
Upgrade the current model to 16 GB ram and you have more memory and more performance cores than the M4. Assuming this guy in the video is correct with his predictions in the first place.
The only change will be the dual monitor thing. For the price, isn't worth the wait for the M4 The best choice is to buy now an M3 16GB Ram / 512 Storage version.
The only change will be the dual monitor thing. For the price, isn't worth the wait for the M4 The best choice is to buy now an M3 16GB Ram / 512 Storage version.
I'm just a regular user, I don't work with photos or videos or graphics, but I took the m3 Pro 16" because of the display and thin bezels, weight is not really an issue
My biggest issue with the M3 MacBook Air is that Apple should have spent some money to put in a better SoC cooling system, especially for the 15" model. An M3 MacBook Air with a vapor chamber cooling system means that the laptop will suffer a lot less from the thermal throttling when running more complex apps
If you are running more complex apps on a regular basis then you should really buy the Pro models as they have a fan. The MB Air has never been aimed at sustained performance, that is why the base M3 chip is in the MB Pro 14.
Regarding the M4 and the design changes. The only Mac that is really is in need for a design change is the Mac Pro. Huge case for a computer with chips, that don’t need much of a cooling mechanism. I guess the M4 MacBook Air is going to be a spec bump, but nothing dramatically more. The 12 GBs of RAM as standard would be highly appreciated.
Good video and seeing your thoughts. I don't agree with you about the Macbook Air M4 having 4 thunderbolt and supporting 2 external monitors with the laptop being opened. I can 100% see Apple still locking the Air to 2 Thunderbolt ports and supporting a max of 2 monitors.
When you're doing your comparison charts for M4 could you include M1 and M2 and not just M3 please? Many of us purchased the M1 and now, as they come to the end of a typical four year ownership cycle, we're looking to upgrade so a direct comparison from M1 to M4 will be far more relevant to your viewing audience.
Hi, I'm deciding which version of macbook air m3 to buy. I am an automotive engineering student with a focus on programming and I am deciding between 8 and 16 gb ram and 256 and 52 gb SSD. I live in the Czech Republic and here every upgrade whether ram or ssd costs 300 dollars and that is quite a lot for me. What would you recommend?
It’s not 850, that device is unusable. You even call out that potentially the M4 will have 12GB. You need a min of 16GB and 512GB storage so by the time you add that, the device is over priced and pointless. Avoid a base MBA
I’d wait for M4, due to AI. I think it may even arrive this fall. Even though they released the M3 Air earlier this year, the same thing happened to the Pros, where the M2 Pro came in January last year and the M3 Pro in October, so the whole M2 People lineup only had less 9 months of shelf life.
I would simply say 95% people going for air m3 will be satisfied even with base model. I am getting around 14-15 hrs easily performance even on low power mode is spectacular. Just go for it.
Thanks Vadim. I hope you can soon make a video to show comparisons with the new AMD Ryzen AI against a laptop that uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and/or against an Apple M3.
An 8GB MacBook Air can last as little as 18 months, then the flash memory wears out and you are SOL because Apple won't replace the flash they will just say, 'FORK OVER ANOTHER $999 FOR A NEW ONE, MISTER!'
Apple won't want to re-engineer the design this early in its cycle. The way OEMs keep costs down is by using a fixed chassis for 3-5 years meaning they do not have to change the production line. No way will Apple add more TB ports--two is enough on an ultrabook. If you need more you should probably be using a Pro.
@@Mmm.GrilledCheesethe basic MB pro 14 with base m3 not m3 pro comes with 8 gigs of ram. So prolly for m4 the base mb pro m4 will have 12 gb instead of 8gb
To what Mac is he referring to, when talking about solving the keyboard issues? I've had an M2 MacBook Air, from 2022, and didn't notice any issues with the keyboard.
In Czechia (Europe) the base model M3 costs $1400, with 16 Gb of RAM it is $1680. Average salary is $1600. If I was american, I buy it without saying a word. Here it is just nonsense.
Just buy any M series mac if you need it. Trust me, I have a mac mini M1 with 16gb + 512gb, it performs effortlessly for my day to day software development and team management. i also have mbp 14 inch base m1 pro, which i use personally, tbh for watching movies… any M series is good af. Like damn good.
4:10 or just higher bandwidth for display connections. While id love to have 2 displays while keeping the built in one. I dont think a bigger controller fixes that issue. My belief is the number of display controllers affects how many displays total. Hence why every mac since m1 the number of display controllers correlates to the number of available external displays. I would love if i were wrong and that 2 external and 1 internal was available in entry m-chips because thats all i really want for a work machine. But for now, pro model it is
If they give me 12gb of ram I will be stoked because best buy and Amazon will have those models on sale since they don’t carry models outside the base configurations
can the macbook edit videos taken on A6700 (XAVC HS 4K at 120fps with a bit rate of 280 Mbps H.265) and (XAVC S-I 4K at 60fps with a bit rate of 600 Mbps H.264)? I use Premiere Pro and my timeline is no more than 30 min long and I export mostly to H264 or H265. I also shoot timelape of maximum 1200 images (26 Megapixels RAW from A6700), I export them as TIFF (Zip Compression) and assemble them in Premiere Pro. I also plan on shooting Deep space Images and editing them on Siril. Also, my video editing and photography are casual hobbies, not professional endeavors. But when it comes to exporting, I have a soft spot for perfection-I just can’t bring myself to export anything less than the highest quality. So, even though I’m not a pro, I’d like my MacBook to handle these high-quality exports. Will a 13 inch Macbook do all these tasks (I do prefer the portability over the 15 inch)?
@@goobfilmcast4239 That is exacly what I'm talking about. No display or battery life change. We will get more power which is sick because M3 already has plenty od power for it's pourposes. Would be better to add some power plan (in addition to existing energy saving) to limit the power to say 70% which still would be enough and get better battery life.
True, the M4 in the MB Air will be a tad more responsive but the M3 is already slick. So, as you say, bag a good deal on an M3 and you will be more than happy.
13" M3 Macbook Air is £1099 in UK. 15" M3 = £1299. May be cheaper at John Lewis and you get a 2 year guarantee with JL. Apple stores in UK are so greedy. You never see the discounts here in UK like you do from Apple US.
My €5,000 MacBook Pro 14-inch screen got damaged by the keyboard despite using two protective sleeves at all times. Apple, how is this acceptable? After less than two years, it looks worse than my 8-year-old MacBook. Not sure people will keep spending big money on your products-I won’t.
As usual decent laptop but so was previous 2 versions so anyone using intel laptops then its worthy upgrade !!! If anyone wants a new MacBook if never owned a mac before then its an amazing laptop for them !!!
he may even lie about the M4 clip because half the souces are mostly can be staged to sure we hate apple for leaking something which make them feel slim down think if the specs said may been faked remember if M4 never talk about their M4 for their users are you sure is was Slower than last one
If the M4 Macs come so much later than the M4 iPads, then I wonder when the M5 will be issued. Apple cannot bring it to their PC only 6-7 months later, and an upgraded iPad Pro makes no sense as it already is overpowered, so that means we won‘t see a new CPU until 2026. 🤔
Sorry, but I don't get it. I got the M3 MacBook Air 16GB and when I tried to reduce an image size in Preview from 9000px to 4000px, the spinning wheel appeared for 10-15 minutes. How is that supposed to be a powerful computer? That makes zero sense to me!
Yes, I assume the early wafers yield is lower than what it will be in six months, so Apple can use the binned yield that do not pass the muster for the full M4 SKU. This is sensible as it maximizes profits from each wafer.
I guess that price is just for usa, in europe its 1250 euros with taxes. I bought m3 air base model yesterday and i wish i would bought that with this price
I think faceID on a laptop is kinda foolish idea. How would the device determine if you want to unlock the laptop when you're just sitting in front of it?
If Face-ID comes it will be with the new OLED panels. Absolutely no point putting it in for the M4 as the M5 will be a new design and OLED display. Zero chance of Face-ID coming next gen.
@@goobfilmcast4239 lol. Working both windows and Mac. Because I can’t do all my work on Mac. I just saying that 200$ for 8gb ram or 256 gb of ssd is ridiculous. And most of my time I can do all work on windows machine. But I can’t do everything on Mac. Mac have good animations and touchpad. But I think that Microsoft will create good animations and that’s it.
@@chwhjjc8820 I have tested my M1 MB Pro 13 with 8GB versus a Galaxy Book Pro from the same period with 8GB and the MB is still smooth when RAM is around 12GB used (swap) but the Galaxy slows down horribly. I don't think Mac's 8GB=16GB Windows as Apple claimed, more like 8GB=12GB, so 12GB will effectively act like 18GB and that for 90% of Air users will be more than enough. The M3 Pro starts at 18GB and the M3 Max at 36GB so both are great.
Didn’t LN2 iPad cross 4K in Geekbench 6 and the chip was only given unlimited thermal headroom no overlocks that means higher clocked and actively cooled mac chips should be over 4000 in gb6 ?
Apple tends to keep each MB Air in production for two-years. So when the M4 MB Air arrives they will stop selling the M2 version and the M3 MB Air will become the cheaper model.
7:14 - thank you for this reminder. I was considering buying a MacBook Air or Pro, until you mentioned the kneecapping that Apple does when you buy their hardware.
1:49 Lol no, M3 Macbook air is not the king, battery life is pretty poor, especially compared to 13 M1 MBP but to M1 MBA too and thermals are bad. MBA M1 had larger heatsinks, better chassis, and M1 is more power efficient than M3. Battery cannot last 6h of light/medium work at 100% brightness on M3 MBA (discord, skype call, youtube, light web development... etc..). Cannot be used in lap how hot it gets very quickly, also the back of the screen gets hot at 100% brightness. And M3 performance is worse than M1 as soon as it gets hot. Inefficient chip compared to M1. M3 Air chassis looks great, it is very thin and portable, but many downsides. I sold 13.6 M3 MBA, and went back to M1 MBP 13 quickly. M3 makes sense only if you need better GPU. Also trackpad is shorter and more narrow than 13.3 MBP, nobody mentions this.There are few more details that are worse, but generally go for base M1 chip if you do not need very fast GPU.
@@rha995 haven't used one yet. But I suspect it is similar to M3, since it is the same chassis and power consumption is pretty close. For now M1 still rules in my opinion.
Whatever the heck they'd come up with on next gen. They should have base model with 16gb of ram. Is a joke to still give you 8gb and the twats that still say "apple is different" I rather real ram than swapping everything on SSD.
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THIS is the MacBook Air you should buy right now ($250 OFF) ➡ geni.us/NmOB
Is there any defect in these MacBook that are cheap on amazon ?
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What kind of gaming performance does it have?
Just now, the price is $1049.
Any word on the M4 MacBook Pro Max?
Dude completely forgot his video was meant to talk about the m3 air long term use.
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what I hate about Apple pricing is the huge premium they charge for additional Ram or SSD. These are not that expensive anymore and this is pure profit and greediness by Apple.
As long as the sheep will buy and pay, why should Apple change it? Yet another billion dollars earned. 😂
@@nyancorp true true. $200 more for double the Ram on Mac’s. Nuts!
100% Agree. M3 MBP base model media outrage worked and they will be shipping it with... 12GB. MBP m4 pro base should ship with 24GB at least but it won't.
@@cobrabtcIt’ll be interesting to see if they keep 16 gb ram around. The $200 jump would make even less sense. 24gb seems like a but much on a device like this.
$849 for the base model is an absolute bargain for those that are fine with 8GB/256GB, and I am happy with that spec. I currently use an M2 version and is enough due tom Apple's RAM optimization, meaning even with my usual workload (office, 8-10 browser tabs, media, email, Evernote) I still have 2-3GB of available RAM! And unlike Windows's machines Apple Intelligence is optimized for 8GB so it is working great on the beta. I think Apple nailed it by having a base 8GB model meaning they can heavily discount it and target a lower price demographic.
This video is a waste of time. You spend more time speculating on the M5 MBA than actually reviewing the current M3 MBA…
I just bought TODAY an M1 MacBook Air for £400, and the battery is still at 98% health. It's perfect as a secondary device when I'm away from my home office. There's no need to spend over £1000 when the difference is so minimal. My main Mac is an M2 Pro Mac Mini.
Absolutely. I‘ll keep my M1 Air at least until they issue the M6 generation. But I may get the M4 / M4 pro MacMini for my desktop.
M3 is worth it imo
Just picked one up for my wife. I have the MBP M3 Pro 16 because my college course require a little more power but for her major the Air is perfectly capable so I surprised her with one. She loves it so far
Glad you have a wife my wife won’t let me go to church .. I have a dictator
With 8gb?
i bought he 15 inch base variant of the M3 Air. i am literally surprised how great the performance is and the battery life is A+
do you have the base 8 gb ram variant?
@@ugravy3314 yes
Our school just bought these for our teachers - another 7-8 years of happy teaching with these Macs
Very nice! they will definitely enjoy them for a while!
Another 7-8 years coping with 8 Gigs of RAM… 😅
Show them this video
@@piyushduggal5370 TBH, for what we need the computers for, 8GB of RAM would be enough
Oh yall rich rich
I don't know if it's just me who bought a M3 Air 15" in late march, but the video says to me pretty much the opposite of the thumbnail: Get the M3 Air now with the summer (school) discounts, because of it's very big jump in graphics performance (actually this makes a big difference for the casual videographer as I am cf. M2) in comparison to the M2 while the CPU performance is just so good already, the (admittedly BIG) boost the M4 get's isn't worth it for an Air. Otherwise it's pretty clear that there won't be big upgrades spec-wise according to your videos and all the other leak-pros. So to me it feels the 15", 16Gb version of the M3 still is the way to go and then the M5 or M6 will actually be a big upgrade: perhaps a new design, OLED, ... but that's just my 2 cents and of course I am biased as a broke student who just bought the M3 Air(?)..
How do you like the size compared to 13 inch? Is it comfortable to use in bed?
@@Didrik_B Honestly I don't know since it's my first macbook and I directly went with 15" since 13" seemed way to small for me. I am a big guy in both dimensions so the 15" seemed pretty small for me to begin with. But regarding your question: I am using it in the bed quite often and I like it very much in this use-case. I honestly cannot image to use a 13" since the 15" already is very small and thin to me. xD But the screen real estate is OK for working on the go: I use the highest relatively scaled resolution available (1920x1243) and it's fine. The 2560x1440 relatively scaled resolution on my workstation is way more comfortable of course, but it's fine nevertheless. But an even smaller canvas: Not for me and I honestly wonder how someone could use that to do anything productive on such a small screen even if they aren't as fat and tall as me. xD Best regards Q
@@newQns Sounds good! I think the 15 inch will be a good upgrade from my old 13 inch pro
yeah people don't really realize how much better this m3 is for music creation either. the entire tax for music creation comes from CPU not the RAM lol so even an 8gb m3 is actually miles better than an m1 depending on what you want to do.
Just upgraded my laptop from a 2013 MacBook Pro 13” 8GB RAM 256 to the new MacBook M3 16GB 512 and it’s like a dream going from one to the other. I don’t know how often most people upgrade their laptop, but I use mine pretty much until they stop working. Only had to replace the battery once in my Pro during the last 11 years and now that its OS is obsolete and things like web browsers and apps don’t support it, I’m pretty much forced to upgrade.
So far, loving the new MacBook Air. Has more power and efficiencies than my previous pro and is just a beautiful, light device all around.
I have never seen price drops like that here in Europe. M3 Macbook Air is still 1299 Euros, M1 Air 849 Euros.
They don’t sell that many computers in Europe. And they have to equip them with ~20 different keyboards for all the different languages.
@@nyancorp Good point. Plus we have 21 per cent VAT😪 compared to 2-7 per cent sales tax in the US.
And it seems in Europe the resellers are more controlled, everybody has the same prices to the cent.
The localised keyboards is the issue driving up European prices. Even with the VAT, the keyboard localisation adds around 15%+ to the price. Not because the keyboard itself is expensive but because the inventory management is much more complex and thus expensive . There’s simply less economies of scale.
just got an entry model macbook aur m3 8/256 (only need it for my thesis and studying for my finals) for 990€ The first time I found such a drop at mediamarkt in germany 🤩
So 9.5 minute video about “your thoughts”, and then talk about OTHER MacBooks for 8.5 minutes. Only in the final minute do you say what your thoughts are. Good job.
You saved me so much time 😂
Why I feel baited here, majority of the video was about how M4 would be an improved version of M3 with its various features than actually talking about how M3 put up for 6 months... as the title said..
Apple could add extra ports on the air. But, my feeling is that they will only use the extra thunderbolt ports on the M4 pro and maybe on the higher level iMac and Mac Mini.
The problem with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD is lack of any future proofing. It’s all soldered and can’t be upgraded. If you run into programs that don’t start or crash of run very slowly, you have no choice other than buying a new laptop if those programs are important for you. OS and drivers and all the updates are eventually going to consume around half of that 256GB SSD. That’s fine if you don’t install many apps and don’t store photos and videos on your laptops. 256GB is the default for phones today and many demand more. Just be careful when buying the cheapest M3 Air. If it doesn’t meet your needs, you can’t update it. I personally would upgrade to 16GB RAM + 512GB SSD.
I have been using 8GB/256GB or less for 40 years and no issues. All my family use 8GB and they are fine. The problem with techie YT, it is a tiny niche demographic and they all believe that everybody uses their PC like them---NEWS FLASH---we don't! It is perfect for me with 2-3GB free even on my full workload. Long may it continue as it means I get a base MacBook for a great price. I do get that some people may need more but the Air is an ultrabook so we are not talking about a semi-pro, pro or gaming workload. The MB Air is for light use though capable of more if needed.
@@ahaimes6320 My Windows 7 computer had also 4GB RAM + 4GB VRAM GPU (8GB total) 10 years ago and it was enough to run all apps and AAA games perfectly. But that was 10 years ago. Software has bloated massively. Displays have 4x higher pixel densities (720p->4K, images take 4x more RAM). Same is true for photos and videos. Web pages have also bloated massively (10x+ faster internet speeds). Even a web browser uses that 8GB alone if you open 100 tabs (some people do). Web browser is more responsive in a 16GB device today, and this is clearly visible in web benchmarks. 16GB M1 is today faster than 8GB M3, so if you can find older 16GB models in sale, you should take them instead. Both are fast enough for most users doing only lightweight tasks and web browsing on their laptop, but if you have 16GB and 8GB laptops side by side, the difference can be seen even in web browser.
Bought my kid an M3 air for college with 16/512 GB for $1249 on Amazon. It’s stupid fast. Kid’s high school was 1-1 Chromebooks. Let’s just say the experience is slightly better.
How did you get that? For me This configuration on Amazon Cost 1600
We need 120hz screens on the air!
watching this on the m3 air
this is my first Mac ever and it's great
120Hz is nice but the probem is that we cannot set it to be fixed value. It's limited to certain apps. And most of the time is 60Hz. So for example scrolling in Chrome is not as smooth as it could be.
really? why it isn't permanent?
Is that the case with the current MacBook pros?
yeah it depends on your content.
Using Chrome is a big mistake to start with. Switch to Safari or Edge, both run at 120Hz and are smooth as silk.
I did not finished the video. But my personal thinking is wait for m4
If you can wait for the M4 than you can wait for the M5 but also then the M6 as well. Get what works for your personal workflow. Technology moves incredibly fast and if you dwell on it to much you will end up waiting forever.
Upgrade the current model to 16 GB ram and you have more memory and more performance cores than the M4. Assuming this guy in the video is correct with his predictions in the first place.
The only change will be the dual monitor thing. For the price, isn't worth the wait for the M4
The best choice is to buy now an M3 16GB Ram / 512 Storage version.
M4 isn’t coming until next year so unless you can wait until then, it doesn’t make sense
If you have any m-seires mac then don't thin about upgrading unless you wanna go for different segment like pro,max or air .
The only change will be the dual monitor thing. For the price, isn't worth the wait for the M4
The best choice is to buy now an M3 16GB Ram / 512 Storage version.
Yeah true Dual External Monitors would be nice! They way MBA M3 is doing that is such a Stop Gap!
Another improvement is better Neural Engine.
I'm just a regular user, I don't work with photos or videos or graphics, but I took the m3 Pro 16" because of the display and thin bezels, weight is not really an issue
My biggest issue with the M3 MacBook Air is that Apple should have spent some money to put in a better SoC cooling system, especially for the 15" model. An M3 MacBook Air with a vapor chamber cooling system means that the laptop will suffer a lot less from the thermal throttling when running more complex apps
If you are running more complex apps on a regular basis then you should really buy the Pro models as they have a fan. The MB Air has never been aimed at sustained performance, that is why the base M3 chip is in the MB Pro 14.
can u tell how long does the battery lasts if performing basic tasks and battery at 10blocks?
Regarding the M4 and the design changes. The only Mac that is really is in need for a design change is the Mac Pro. Huge case for a computer with chips, that don’t need much of a cooling mechanism.
I guess the M4 MacBook Air is going to be a spec bump, but nothing dramatically more. The 12 GBs of RAM as standard would be highly appreciated.
I have a MBA M3 and its been a great laptop thus far. I was able to get a steal on it payin $750 for a 8 core/10 core 16GM unified memory. 512 SSD. 💪🏾
How did you get it for that price?
@@excellerateurbreathWorked at Apple Store on temporary contract and I was able to take advantage of employee discount and perks for workin for them.
Good video and seeing your thoughts. I don't agree with you about the Macbook Air M4 having 4 thunderbolt and supporting 2 external monitors with the laptop being opened. I can 100% see Apple still locking the Air to 2 Thunderbolt ports and supporting a max of 2 monitors.
Just bought mine yesterday on Amazon thanks great video!!
When you're doing your comparison charts for M4 could you include M1 and M2 and not just M3 please? Many of us purchased the M1 and now, as they come to the end of a typical four year ownership cycle, we're looking to upgrade so a direct comparison from M1 to M4 will be far more relevant to your viewing audience.
Hi, I'm deciding which version of macbook air m3 to buy. I am an automotive engineering student with a focus on programming and I am deciding between 8 and 16 gb ram and 256 and 52 gb SSD. I live in the Czech Republic and here every upgrade whether ram or ssd costs 300 dollars and that is quite a lot for me. What would you recommend?
It’s a killer laptop if all you do is surf the web and send emails
invest in Ram instead
anything is a killer laptop if all you do is surf the web and send emails
@@Crazyblox true true
@Crazyblox apple excels in battery and lightweight, which is essential for emails, web browsing
What I wanted to hear. You narrowed it down succinctly in this day-and-age, haha if I say so myself .
The MBA M4 isn‘t due to release until (late) Q1 of 2025. Why focus on it in August of 2024? Salad days of summer?
😂
Either the Macbook M4 air base price will be hiked or they will underclock it to 8GB.
It’s not 850, that device is unusable.
You even call out that potentially the M4 will have 12GB.
You need a min of 16GB and 512GB storage so by the time you add that, the device is over priced and pointless.
Avoid a base MBA
I’d wait for M4, due to AI. I think it may even arrive this fall. Even though they released the M3 Air earlier this year, the same thing happened to the Pros, where the M2 Pro came in January last year and the M3 Pro in October, so the whole M2 People lineup only had less 9 months of shelf life.
I would simply say 95% people going for air m3 will be satisfied even with base model. I am getting around 14-15 hrs easily performance even on low power mode is spectacular. Just go for it.
Thanks Vadim. I hope you can soon make a video to show comparisons with the new AMD Ryzen AI against a laptop that uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and/or against an Apple M3.
I think the major change has to be the iMac and a larger screen with more pro specs.
An 8GB MacBook Air can last as little as 18 months, then the flash memory wears out and you are SOL because Apple won't replace the flash they will just say, 'FORK OVER ANOTHER $999 FOR A NEW ONE, MISTER!'
there are 4 thunderbolt control port doesn't means adding 4 TB port, that can works for just MacBook Pro m4 version.
Yes but they could add one additional port
Apple won't want to re-engineer the design this early in its cycle. The way OEMs keep costs down is by using a fixed chassis for 3-5 years meaning they do not have to change the production line. No way will Apple add more TB ports--two is enough on an ultrabook. If you need more you should probably be using a Pro.
@@ahaimes6320 I actually thought they will give us two TB port in iPad Pro this year, but they didn't, it is a bit pity.
Ok all fine, I am happy with my M1 PRO, but the real questions is, can we get that killer wallpaper? 😅 pleaseeeee 🙏🏼
When u already have 200gb plus in an old MBP to transfer & wanna maintain it in laptop, 512gb is the minimum on new laptop
12gb of RAM for the base model? absolutely impossible!🤣🤣they might give 12gb of RAM to the M4 MacBook Pro at best
M3P MBP has 18gb?
@@Mmm.GrilledCheesedefinitely
@@Mmm.GrilledCheesethe basic MB pro 14 with base m3 not m3 pro comes with 8 gigs of ram. So prolly for m4 the base mb pro m4 will have 12 gb instead of 8gb
I’m waiting for the M8, going to hold back a few years
thank you for a proper video and not milking some presumably leaks :D
To what Mac is he referring to, when talking about solving the keyboard issues? I've had an M2 MacBook Air, from 2022, and didn't notice any issues with the keyboard.
There are currently noises issues.
@@ahaimes6320 Thank you for the info. Noise issues with the M2 MBA, then?
In Czechia (Europe) the base model M3 costs $1400, with 16 Gb of RAM it is $1680. Average salary is $1600. If I was american, I buy it without saying a word. Here it is just nonsense.
M4 won’t be until spring ‘25
is it over 6 months?
Just buy any M series mac if you need it. Trust me, I have a mac mini M1 with 16gb + 512gb, it performs effortlessly for my day to day software development and team management. i also have mbp 14 inch base m1 pro, which i use personally, tbh for watching movies… any M series is good af. Like damn good.
4:10 or just higher bandwidth for display connections. While id love to have 2 displays while keeping the built in one. I dont think a bigger controller fixes that issue. My belief is the number of display controllers affects how many displays total. Hence why every mac since m1 the number of display controllers correlates to the number of available external displays.
I would love if i were wrong and that 2 external and 1 internal was available in entry m-chips because thats all i really want for a work machine. But for now, pro model it is
If they give me 12gb of ram I will be stoked because best buy and Amazon will have those models on sale since they don’t carry models outside the base configurations
can the macbook edit videos taken on A6700 (XAVC HS 4K at 120fps with a bit rate of 280 Mbps H.265) and (XAVC S-I 4K at 60fps with a bit rate of 600 Mbps H.264)?
I use Premiere Pro and my timeline is no more than 30 min long and I export mostly to H264 or H265. I also shoot timelape of maximum 1200 images (26 Megapixels RAW from A6700), I export them as TIFF (Zip Compression) and assemble them in Premiere Pro. I also plan on shooting Deep space Images and editing them on Siril. Also, my video editing and photography are casual hobbies, not professional endeavors. But when it comes to exporting, I have a soft spot for perfection-I just can’t bring myself to export anything less than the highest quality. So, even though I’m not a pro, I’d like my MacBook to handle these high-quality exports.
Will a 13 inch Macbook do all these tasks (I do prefer the portability over the 15 inch)?
Just wait for the M10 chip. It would be great!
I think we will see no changes to macbook air except for M4 chip, that's all.
@@goobfilmcast4239 That is exacly what I'm talking about. No display or battery life change. We will get more power which is sick because M3 already has plenty od power for it's pourposes. Would be better to add some power plan (in addition to existing energy saving) to limit the power to say 70% which still would be enough and get better battery life.
True, the M4 in the MB Air will be a tad more responsive but the M3 is already slick. So, as you say, bag a good deal on an M3 and you will be more than happy.
I came to watch a M3 review 6 months later, but instead it feels like I got a sales pitch for the upcoming M4
Shame the M3 MacBook Air is still £1397 in UK. Why no similar reduction in Uk?
Blame ur third party vendors not Apple. Apple directly doesn’t Reduce their prices year round.
@@Testimony201 I wasn’t blaming Apple. Amazon seems to think we should pay more in UK
13" M3 Macbook Air is £1099 in UK. 15" M3 = £1299. May be cheaper at John Lewis and you get a 2 year guarantee with JL. Apple stores in UK are so greedy. You never see the discounts here in UK like you do from Apple US.
@@pauljazzman408 oh. Well check Other retailers and online stores. In my country, the MacBook Air is almost twice the price from Apple which is nuts.
@@stevenrobertson4190 even when the US gets discounts or price decrease sometimes on some products maybe not from Apple, the UK doesn’t
The video should really be renamed M4 MacBooks what to expect
My €5,000 MacBook Pro 14-inch screen got damaged by the keyboard despite using two protective sleeves at all times. Apple, how is this acceptable? After less than two years, it looks worse than my 8-year-old MacBook. Not sure people will keep spending big money on your products-I won’t.
better to buy m2 16gb ram or m3 8gb ram?
m2 16gb !!!
The M3 with 16GB of RAM is a great choice if you don't game and don't use X86 exclusive apps.
It’s not a good notebook and faces more hangups than my MBP 16“ M1, whatever they have done I wish I bought another model
I doubt they'll add more ports to the MBA...... i think it'll be for the MacMini and the iMac.
As usual decent laptop but so was previous 2 versions so anyone using intel laptops then its worthy upgrade !!! If anyone wants a new MacBook if never owned a mac before then its an amazing laptop for them !!!
I came for a M3 review not a M4 comparison
he may even lie about the M4 clip because half the souces are mostly can be staged to sure we hate apple for leaking something which make them feel slim down
think if the specs said may been faked remember if M4 never talk about their M4 for their users are you sure is was Slower than last one
If the M4 Macs come so much later than the M4 iPads, then I wonder when the M5 will be issued. Apple cannot bring it to their PC only 6-7 months later, and an upgraded iPad Pro makes no sense as it already is overpowered, so that means we won‘t see a new CPU until 2026. 🤔
iPads generally have an 18 month cycle so the next M5 iPad will be late 2025 when the next MB Pro M5 will be due.
I need 6 external monitors though plus the laptop open because I want to display my face on the 6 monitors while I'm surfing.
Sorry, but I don't get it. I got the M3 MacBook Air 16GB and when I tried to reduce an image size in Preview from 9000px to 4000px, the spinning wheel appeared for 10-15 minutes. How is that supposed to be a powerful computer? That makes zero sense to me!
M4 binning might be the reason for the lower ram in the M4 iPad?
Yes, I assume the early wafers yield is lower than what it will be in six months, so Apple can use the binned yield that do not pass the muster for the full M4 SKU. This is sensible as it maximizes profits from each wafer.
@@ahaimes6320 have you heard of ram lane binning?
Just my speculation. Can not be that Apple reserver 4 GB of memory on iPad M4 for AI tasks?
Mine seems a little slow. I am not sure it is the chip.
I guess that price is just for usa, in europe its 1250 euros with taxes. I bought m3 air base model yesterday and i wish i would bought that with this price
After all of this air will come with 8/256 price 1300 usd why? Bcoz they gave you extra ports and 3 display
I think faceID on a laptop is kinda foolish idea. How would the device determine if you want to unlock the laptop when you're just sitting in front of it?
Why would you want device locked sitting in front of it?
If Face-ID comes it will be with the new OLED panels. Absolutely no point putting it in for the M4 as the M5 will be a new design and OLED display. Zero chance of Face-ID coming next gen.
No 12gb ram. Should start from 16gb. Stupid apple
@@goobfilmcast4239 lol. Working both windows and Mac. Because I can’t do all my work on Mac. I just saying that 200$ for 8gb ram or 256 gb of ssd is ridiculous.
And most of my time I can do all work on windows machine. But I can’t do everything on Mac. Mac have good animations and touchpad. But I think that Microsoft will create good animations and that’s it.
@@chwhjjc8820 I have tested my M1 MB Pro 13 with 8GB versus a Galaxy Book Pro from the same period with 8GB and the MB is still smooth when RAM is around 12GB used (swap) but the Galaxy slows down horribly. I don't think Mac's 8GB=16GB Windows as Apple claimed, more like 8GB=12GB, so 12GB will effectively act like 18GB and that for 90% of Air users will be more than enough. The M3 Pro starts at 18GB and the M3 Max at 36GB so both are great.
Graphics performance in blender should double just as it does with every new generation
just purchased the m3 from Amazon lol….couldn’t beat that sale.
the problem is it really a macbook or a Copy of a cheap one with new case to cover up is using i3 in 2024
Didn’t LN2 iPad cross 4K in Geekbench 6 and the chip was only given unlimited thermal headroom no overlocks that means higher clocked and actively cooled mac chips should be over 4000 in gb6 ?
I dont know if this is a MB Air M3 review or M4 leakes and comparisson. 🤔 Title should be renaimed.
I guess with the M4 already on the new iPad Pros, the timer has started for her obsolescence?
Apple tends to keep each MB Air in production for two-years. So when the M4 MB Air arrives they will stop selling the M2 version and the M3 MB Air will become the cheaper model.
just got mine yesterday, came from a M1.
12Gb of RAM is still ridiculous. Start from 16Gb like anyone else...
7:14 - thank you for this reminder. I was considering buying a MacBook Air or Pro, until you mentioned the kneecapping that Apple does when you buy their hardware.
tbh, it seems that the 60hz display does looks better than that on iPhone or iPad😅don't know why
Could you please test all the Macs you have and their performance in upscaling to 4k at Topaz Video?
Thanks for the comment, we're looking into it.
my dream laptop
This turned into an m4 video
i love my m3 macbook air! the best investment in a laptop, it is perfect
1:49 Lol no, M3 Macbook air is not the king, battery life is pretty poor, especially compared to 13 M1 MBP but to M1 MBA too and thermals are bad. MBA M1 had larger heatsinks, better chassis, and M1 is more power efficient than M3.
Battery cannot last 6h of light/medium work at 100% brightness on M3 MBA (discord, skype call, youtube, light web development... etc..). Cannot be used in lap how hot it gets very quickly, also the back of the screen gets hot at 100% brightness. And M3 performance is worse than M1 as soon as it gets hot. Inefficient chip compared to M1. M3 Air chassis looks great, it is very thin and portable, but many downsides.
I sold 13.6 M3 MBA, and went back to M1 MBP 13 quickly. M3 makes sense only if you need better GPU. Also trackpad is shorter and more narrow than 13.3 MBP, nobody mentions this.There are few more details that are worse, but generally go for base M1 chip if you do not need very fast GPU.
How is the MBA M2 13?
@@rha995 haven't used one yet. But I suspect it is similar to M3, since it is the same chassis and power consumption is pretty close. For now M1 still rules in my opinion.
Gona guess. Needs more ram, but oh look M4 will have 12gb, wait and buy that!
Less M3 - more future talk. You choose a false headline
lets just hope we dont need to pay an extra 400$ to upgrade our 12 gb ram to 24gb
No point hoping, that’s a given at this point
@@randyvines1497 they said its 16 Gb now
I’ll buy M5
I hate the MBA M3 battery drain!
Are you talking about MacBook Air M3 are promotion M fcuking 4?
Buy when you need to, otherwise you are in an inifite waiting cycle
How is MacBook Air M3 chip for Lightroom editing?
All that tech running on 60hz what a waste…
No Apple product is "killer value."
Whatever the heck they'd come up with on next gen. They should have base model with 16gb of ram. Is a joke to still give you 8gb and the twats that still say "apple is different" I rather real ram than swapping everything on SSD.
Would u please make a review on m3 pro 12 core cpu MacBook Pro…