Is 2024 The END Of The M1 MacBook Air? 

Bought an M1 Air in 2020 and it has been absolutely flawless. It destroys my much newer Dell work laptop in every conceivable way: Faster, quieter, longer battery life, more reliable, superior build quality, better keyboard/trackpad, louder and clearer speakers, higher quality display, usable standby time and sleep state, etc. I can see myself using my M1 Air for another four years.

I know people who still use 2012 macbooks. Why should the m1 macbook air end its life? There is no significant performance difference between the new models. Continue to M1.

The M1 Air should be good until around 2027 or 2028.

I'm a cse student and I bought it on 2023 October, exact 3 years after it's launch. I was on a relative budget but I wanted a mac for some features like portability, battery and performance. I can say that it's taken everything I've thrown at it including coding, some 3d rendering tests, some 1080p vid editing at 60fps, photo editing and hours of browsing. Still a great laptop for anyone who can spend a decent bit but can't pay for higher models, 10/10 would recommend. I have the base model 8/256 gb m1 air

I just learned in the United States the M1 MacBook Air is still being made and will now be sold new at all Walmarts for $699.00 USD

Sold my m1 macbook air last year and got a mac mini. Then bought a windows laptop since it supports more of the software I usuall use for school. The battry life of the M1 is what I miss the most

It was your original M1 MBA videos that convinced me to buy my very first Mac product. I've been very happy with my M1 MBA and have been following you ever since!

The m1 air is getting a second wind with these crazy deals Walmart and Best Buy are running for it. $699 for the base model is an incredible deal , even if this laptop is 3+ years old. It’s still super fast, I’m a graphic designer and I can do all of my work on the base model m1 air with no issues. No need to spend way more on an m2 or m3 model.

I have one, and it's the best laptop I've ever owned. And I have no immediate need to upgrade it. I have 8 Gb RAM and 256 Gb of memory. Most everything I do is in the cloud, and this thing never lets me down. It never get hot, it feels as fast as my Mac Studio, and I love the wedge design. For what I do, this M1 MacBook Air should last me for years to come.

I bought it when it had just dropped and I still love it and it works smoothly! Never had any issues.

Still use mt 16gb m1 air for heavy video editing and capture one and i love it. Doesnt get hot, and performs well.

i have the M1 Macbook Pro, using it from Jan 2022, its been an amazing machine, i do a lot of android & iOS development on it, along with running PHPStorm & Other resource heavy JetBrains IDEs, and to my surprise, the M1 macbook pro catches up with all of that, never gave me an issue, never slowed down, its almost like with my so heavy workflow, i don't need to upgrade for a another 2-3 years.

My wife is still using my old Macbook Pro from 2012.

Still using a base M1 MacBook Air that I got a few years back when they started getting nice discounts. I still use it daily and it's my favorite laptop ever. I have a near fully loaded 16" M2 Max MacBook Pro that my employer provides, yet I still find myself gravitating to the MBA. Also, and I know I'm the oddball out here, but I actually prefer the keyboard on the M1 Air over the Pro. I have 2.2 TB written to the SSD with swap essentially in constant use with the amount of tabs I keep open. Maximum battery capacity still reports 100% (though I highly doubt that). For what I use it for, I don't see myself upgrading anytime soon. By far the best laptop purchase I have ever made.

Fantastic video and you referenced my biggest question about the purchase in Miranda, Sydney, Au of a 16 gig 1 T MacBook Air, hopefully we get updates until 2031 !!

It's good to hear that OGs from 2020...I first saw ur channel and interacted with u from my mother's phone(cause mine was behaving that time) I wanted to buy this one that time...but budget stopped me and I got Acer Aspire...but now I need to but a second laptop...and here I am....back on ur channel 😊

Mine just passed 3 years old with a thermal pad mod the entire time and is still running great. 👍

NO, i would have thought so but my M1 is shockingly good as new, precisely well done for my needs even after 4 years. i’m GLAD, i don’t need m2, m3, m…. etc.

Went and got the base m1 air after your first review of it and it's still awesome till this day.

It's a truly splendid little machine. Bought mine lightly used, almost perfect condition for £450 @ 2 yrs old. For that money it's an absolute steal. I prefer its chassis with the classic MBA wedge - makes it feel much thinner than it is. If it just had slightly thinner bezels the M2 would be totally redundant IMO. I think they'll support it for longer than usual as it's Apple Silicon and can handle more, plus they've been selling them new for so long. Marvellous things

Props to you for mentioning the most important fact about buying an older Mac model .. the end of life for OS and Security updates. Based on the recent past it seems that you can expect 6-7 years of OS support and an additional 2 years of security updates. This doesn’t make purchasing a new M1 a bad decision given the current price. But is something people need to be aware of

I bought my M1 Air in mid 2023. It's only on 23 cycles and pretty much 100% battery health because I mainly use it at home with an app that limits its charge level. The only issue I've run into with it is with the base 256GB storage and having to offload Logic Pro libraries onto an external SSD that was slower than the internal one until I upgraded to a Thunderbolt SSD enclosure that gives nearly the same performance as the internal drive.

I've still got an M1 Air with 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD that I picked up about 6 months or so after launch and it runs beautifully. Probably still going to be a few more generations before I feel it's even worthwhile upgrading. This things is so fast! The most I ever do is edit photos in Lightroom or Photoshop and it's great for that type of work.

Just bought a 2022 M1 Pro 14” 32go 1to 98% battery life for 1400€ yesterday but I was also looking for an air 15” m2 or m3 used or new, dunno. I hope 🤞 I got the good deal for 2024 with European prices with this M1 Pro purchase

I still have a 2015 Macbook Air stuck on Monterey. Won’t sync the Photos anymore but it’s running better on Windows 10 now. I still use it when travelling and on vacation so I don’t have worry about expensive losing or breaking my M2. This means my wife’s M1 Air from 2020 will still have at least 5 years of life span.

if I already have MBA M1 for two yrs now and have no issues using it for work and also entertainment is ok to keep it one more year?

This is the laptop that got me to subscribe your channel. Time flies, you didn't even show your face back then. Don't think my M1 is old, but that 8GB ram is a pain, more so now, kind of ridiculous Apple still selling M3 macbook pro with just the same RAM size. CPU isn't the bottleneck.

I'm on an M1 MBA and I noticed the swap memory usage decreases significantly since i updated to sonoma

I pulled the plug and git the M3 Pro 14 inch MacBook Pro with 18/512GB. Love it!

I have owned my M1 MBP since December 2020 and I still daily drive it. The performance and battery life has been fantastic throughout my ownership, and I'll continue to use it until the day Apple drops support/updates. Even now, I have multiple laptops that are much newer and faster but I will still pop my M1 MBP into a bag over any of them unless I'm going to be gaming (and then I'll just take my steam deck). Since ownership, I used it for IT work for about 3 years and my hobbies (photography/videography) - building Windows images, working in virtual machines, supporting enterprise equipment etc.. The battery life and performance has been enough that I don't feel like I'm short on raw power, and I don't get battery anxiety at all. When this device is EOL I will happily upgrade to the new M series at that time - and before this M1 MBP I have never daily driven any of the macs I've owned (Intel iMac, Intel Macbook air). I really can't talk highly enough about my experience, and I'm eagerly watching the upcoming Windows for ARM space. It'll be a tough choice if both are offering competitive options at the time I am ready to buy its replacement.

I still use my 14” m1 mbp and it’s still just as powerful as when I got it. I’ve put this laptop through music production, digital illustrations, 3d modeling, coding, video renderings (I do a lot of different mediums) and it always performs so well. I don’t really notice any signs of degradation other than maybe the battery life but it’s no issue for me because I actually don’t bring my MacBook anywhere. I have set it up on a caldigit ts4 so it’s always plugged in. I’ve been pretty much using it as my daily desktop driver and honestly it’s just great

Where do you get your wallpapers? I like them but I'm pretty sure some of them aren't official Apple ones. RIght?

I bought mine a year ago, I was worried about the screen cracking out of nowhere after seeing all those forums but turns out I was worried about the wrong thing haha the motherboard died on me so I have a brick now. (I'm not even a heavy user)

Did you see Max Tech’s video about Apple selling the M1 MBA base through Walmart for $699?

My Macbook Air M1 has been almost flawless until the Pages app began crashing and crashing after reinstalling many many times. I would appreciate it if anybody can help me with this issue.... thanks!

Just bought the brand new M1 literally like 8 hours ago for $USD620! 😊 There's no windows laptop can beat this beauty at this price, be it build quality or performance!

With Walmart selling them now…Will Apple extend how long Apple will continue to update and support?

Not charging, please help. It was bought long time ago but never used but now try to use but battery is 1% not charging at all

I love my MackBook air!!! I got it for school and it is great and does everything that I need it too!

I bought it in 2021 summer and it's still going strong. I think it will work fine for my daily use at least for the next 3 more years

I have both the MacBook Air M1 and MacBook Air M2. Both of them are base version with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD. The M2 is slower, especially in heavy tasks like editing photos or video. I strongly believe that the reason is because of the single, not dual module something with the SSD on the MacBook Air M2. Therefore, that is a big difference and a weird decision made by Apple. It has been fixed in the M3 though.

I purchased mine last year and I’m still happy with it. I debated to upgrade to the m2 or m3 but I just do basic stuff so I wouldn’t even notice a difference in performance.

Liam are you gonna make a new video on how to maintain the macbook battery health?

man i still use my 2014 macbook air and man....its tough lol. Getting an M1 in the next few days tho

M3 8g 256g are on sale on Amazon for 949. Is that worth it?

honestly still pretty usable, if you buy it new or used now hope to still use it with no problems for another 3 years

I would not worry about not getting the latest Mac OS as I have a 2015 MB Pro 15 and it has not received the last two years OS updates and it has been great. Into its 9th year and surpassed my previous MB Pro that lasted eight years and was retired when the OG battery failed. The advantage of the M-chips is that you can charge them to 80% and easily get through a day’s use. By stopping at 80% you double the lifespan of the battery meaning you get 2000 full cycles before you reach 80% health. Worth doing for the majority. There are apps that manage that. My M1 MB Pro 13 base model which I use when out and about rather than lugging the MB Pro, is just as fast and maybe faster than new. Battery is still around 12-14 hours of light use and 8GB of RAM has never once been an issue for my typical workflow of browsers, office, email, media, social media, music, etc. I only use about 50GB of storage as everything is in the cloud, so 256GB is more than sufficient. I would not recommend the M1 Air anymore unless cost is paramount, as at $650 it is an absolute bargain for a premium ultrabook, getting close to lower mid-range in pricing. I understand that for 2024 this is Apple’s strategy, to continue making and selling these through third-party vendors, a stop-gap before the new similar priced MacBook 11 (or 12) arrives next year. Great for business, education, elderly parents that do not need much above light use and for those looking for the ultimate value. FWIW I noted that Dell have kept its 12-gen XPS 13 in stock at a similar price. Another trend Apple started that is great for consumers and showing all the negativity in comment sections as mostly unfair diatribes.

Watching this from my air M1

I definitely need to replace my 2018 intel macbook pro. But i’m still have doubt whether 8gb ram on m1 air is enough. I will never use it for gaming, mostly word processing, figma, notion and running chrome with 5-10 tabs

So, because the M1 is four years old, it is not worth the purchase despite it still being a silicon chip workhorse? I fact, you can purchase it new for around $650. So, again, why is it not a good buy in 2024?

Since they've started selling a model through Walmart and selling it new, they'll have to support that for 7 years from now won't they?

i'm still using it for mobile development. Still smooth

i bought in 2022 still running like butter

actually just bought an M1 from a pawn shop in the area, heavily discounted (480 CAN) because of a small crack in the lower corner. barely noticeable unless very dark or very bright colours are in that area. So no complaining! The speakers aren't very good though. Thankfully, I had already decided that if I were to pic up a Mac book finally, it would be used with my AirPods anyways. Pretty good deal if you ask me!

m2 and m3 is only valid if u wanna buy a 512gb since 256 are slow af, my 7 year old windows laptop (zenbook pro) has way quicker ssd and even when u upgrade to that u should get 16gb of ram when u r doing something more than just browsing internet. I know there is swap memory but if u r programming and don't want to get pop ups "out of ram" u should get 16gb. m1 also has better thermals. If u want better laptop u should get m1 with 16gb of ram and 256 of storage or the new 14 pro 16gb/512

my 2021 macbook air M1 has been a dream for 3 years now!

Would you recommend it for a college student in software engineering? I'm looking around for options and this looks really cool

I got the M1 512GB Air when the M2 came out and I have no problems with it.

I'm still with this awesome machine with 235 cycle counts since 2020

No the M1 Air isn’t almost 4 years old, when released in 11/2020…only 3 years and 4 months…8 months rounded up…ummm no!

me bought it last year and its nice and amazing

Help. As soon as it turned to the year 2024 my MacBook Pro m1 stopped functioning as a usable device. How can I fix it, I tried doing a fresh install of osx and it is still dog slow and won’t edit 4k anymore, or make more than 2 tracks of audio in logic. Do I have to upgrade to an m3? Will that solve the slow problem?

I really appreciate all the other positive comments I will buy it in the next week and fr I felt depressed after watching the vid ❤

well my M1 is still working and performance is as when i took out of the box well over 2 year ago. i saw the beach ball twice on this time and even then it didn't get hot best laptop i ever bought in my opinion

The M1 MacBook Air is not that old and since it has the same architecture as the M1 Pro/Max/Ultra CPUs. It will be supported for a long time. It’s still unbelievably fast and it’s also the last apple silicon MacBook Air that does not have parts pairing. Making it easy to replace parts

My m1 air have just counted 3 years of use and still runs smooth. Never had a technical issue, never let me down

Just bought a new M1, still the best bang for the buck.

What about the software updates......?

Bro can you please give me one I am looking for that from past 2year and using i3 11th gen which was always burning every day with me 😢 in my development I will become very hot when I open docker on that In exchange of that I will develop website for you

I still use my M1 MacBook Air every day since 2 years to edit videos for the Broadcast television (as a freelancer). I use proxies but I work on complex projects with 6k raw files mixed with other codecs (Sony, Red,...) with a lot of sound effects, heavy color grading, and vfx. And you know what, I bought this laptop at 800€ in second hand 😅 Best investissement ever! 😉 Sometimes I wish that I had more power tho (for VFX and color grading), but I don't feel spending 5k+ in a new computer right now,. I will wait until I see a major gap between the M1 chip and a future M chip (wich is not the case right now)

How many Mac OS update will M1 MacBook will receive??

I turn 60 y this september and I bought the MBA M1 from 2020 in January, I wonder seriously if the computer will outlive me instead of vice versa 😂

Waiting for the Snapdragon X Elite... 🤞🏻 Nothing else. 😌

Has anyone yet found out how long the M1 Macbooks Airs bought new in 2024 will continue to get Apple OS and Security updates? Perhaps will Apple base the update support on when the M1 device was bought new rather than basing them all on the 2020 initial release? This is a very important consideration for possible new M1 devices being bought new in 2024.

Silly question. It depends on what your use and situation is.

I just ordered one from Walmart for $699. Support should continue now that they are selling them again, right?

Last year I updated my MacBook from the M1 256 GB to the M2 512 GB primarily to the need for additional storage. Had I been able to get the M1 512 at that time, I would have. Otherwise, I would have stayed with the M1.

People used intel macs for far longer time than just 4 years and I dont need to say how horrible Intel chips were since thh 4th till the 12th gen. So, Intel macs might be used even longer since they are just better

9:20 I agree, no judgement there. 😆

I was ever so close to pulling the trigger on a "new" MacBook Air M1", currently available at Walmart for $699 US.... until I watched this video. I already had the topic of longevity in the back of my mind. Your comments reinforced those concerns. I need to get at least 3 to 4 years out of a notebook... and I'm simply not convinced buying an M1 at this point would provide that kind of longevity. It's a gamble I can avoid by sticking with Intel. These decisions would be made easier if Apple would provide at least some guarantee of system support. Google already does this for ChromeOS and that guarantee has served to increase sales of even aging Chromebooks such as the Lenovo Duet 3. That device, even though now several years old, will continue to see O/S support through at least 2029. With Apple, I'm not nearly as convinced the M1 will see support through 2027. Just too much risk for me.

Sure no difference in performance unless Apple upgrade the base RAM or bump up the display resolution or give more base storage or use different types of RAM configuration. I'm still using the M1 and will eventually upgrade to M2 once my saving for that particular purchase is sufficient.

I’m still using a 2012 Mac mini in 2024. It still works great. The 2020 MacBook Air will be great for at least another 7 years. Don’t waste your money on a new m2 or m3 unless you’re a heavy content creator. 😊

I am a 2nd year CSE student, thinking of buying base model m2 air 15" for $1320. The 16gb ram costs 300$ more in my country. Should i go with it? Or just go with a windows. My budget is $1500

Actually its still being sold. Apple made an agreement to sell it at Walmart for $699.00 I've also seen it at best buy for $650.99

I have a Macbook Air M1 with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD. I use it for school and for gaming. In some programs or games it reaches its limits. Do you think I should buy a new one?

how long will apple support m1 os update?

found an M1 Macbook Air for only $400 on ebay, crazy value

Even though they are 3+ years old. They are still much much ahead of the competition, they work fine and the battery is great. Would definitely recommend to buy it if you need one and get it for a good price. Dont forget Apple will update the software for many many years to come.

Perfectly happy M1 user here. It still works great and the power and battery life are quite good even after 3.5 years of almost daily usage and I don't see the need to upgrade it yet. Sure hope M1 machines (also Apple laptops and desktops in general) will get longer support than 7 years. 2017 (or even a lot older than those) Apple computers will be perfectly fine for most basic users for years to come and not getting updates does suck. Computers in general age a lot slower than phones and iPhone 6s got around 5 years of support (and has got some smaller bug fixes and security updates this year so around 7.5 years after launch!) so getting only 2 more years more than a phone for a fully fledged computer is laughable since I know many that have like 10 years old Apple laptops and desktops in daily use and they are still happily using them. 9-10 years would be perfect in my mind.

What about software updates, as m1 will get 1-2 years of software update only.

Is that m1 air is enough for learning Full stack development in 2024 ?

I bought just a week ago!

Im staying m1 until M10 comes out. lol

Bought a Apple refurbed M1 Air in 2021 and it has been solid and reliable, love this laptop and still use it daily versus my lousy work provided Windows laptop.

The M1 was the first non itterative computer Apple has released in over a decade or since and its why I will be keeping it until its ssd fails....Hell if they don't do something real like add all the ports back or make the ssd upgradeable I will look into the practicality of getting the ssd resoldered and give my money to someone more deserving. I only charge mine to 75% unless I go out so my battery is still at 92% so I won't need a new battery for at least 2 more years.....The value king :)

I'm on my M2 MacBook Pro 13" with 2TB of SSD Storage and 24GB of RAM. Considering how godly the M1 Air is, the 8GB RAM variants probably wont make it to 2028, but the 16GB RAM models will def make it to the 2030's

After 3 years of usage, my cycle count is at 20

I am watching this on a 12-year old Dell 6230 running Fedora. Macs are good if you have the money.

If I buy M1 now, how long will it last. My use is Excel & browsing only

Why only people talk about the MacBook Air and not the MacBook Pro. ????? How is a MacBook Pro M1 8gb and 512gb in 2024???