M3 MacBook Air One Month Later - DON'T Listen To The Reviewers! 

Be careful! Amazon never refunded me for a M! macbook pro! Everything I have done hasn't helped. Just beware.

And even if people DID edit videos, whatever device you're coming from is definitely slower than the Air anyway given most people keep their computers for at least 5 years. I for instance have a 10ish year old HP Elite book 1040 g1 with 4GB ram. Old ahh laptop. ANYTHING even remotely more powerful will do lots of good for me, heck if not for the design I'd even be plenty happy with the last intel MacBook air because it looks better than and is more powerful than my stone age laptop, but some reviewers want me to believe I need an m3 max as if I'm Marques editing an 8k 30 video.

@@messicomps344that and well most people who are spending money on a MacBook for video editing aren't really going for the air.

Amen to that. Though I guess it's just a way of measuring a laptop's performance on stuff that they are actually familiar with.

I don't know. Even school kids do video editing on their smartphones.

⁠@@brachiator1they don’t edit on anything special though for most of them at least, most of them use CapCut which isn’t a very strong editing software, what I think he (the commenter) is referring to is softwares like adobe premier pro, Final Cut Pro, and DaVinci resolve studio which are all extremely lag inducing to lower end and middle end computers and laptops

If you are keeping the iPad and not trading it in or whatever, look into “continuity features” when you get your MacBook. Apple products are designed to work well with other Apple products, and there’s about a dozen neat things you could do with the iPad and MacBook together you couldn’t do with other laptops. Even if you find only one or two of them useful, it’s still useful to know.

I just got one too and I love it

Which color is the best?

@@paulsaha2242silver or midnight

most people actually use their laptop and don't just buy them as expensive furniture with an apple logo ... this being said -- air is for light users -- period -- if anyone buys an air expecting anything else he's a moron -- and these light users that never open any 3d app or a rendering app can do just fine with 8gb of ram and maybe a 512 ssd

​@@MultiNakirWhat is light use? I use my laptop for business, including Zoom calls. This includes having multiple tabs open for research and lots of review and creation of documents.

​@@brachiator1 That's exactly what a light user does. NO CPU or GPU intensive tasks

@@brachiator1 But the only problem I have is the Base Model storage. Like bro 256Gb in 2024? and additional $200 for another 256 Gb ? Thats the biggest issue I have,like are they putting Platinum in their SSDs ?

I use adobe illustrator, photoshop, and planning to use premiere pro and for midi keyboard too, well, I wont use them altogether. Is macbook air would be enough?

This is the comment iv'e been waiting for. Thank-you sooouuu much Larry!!!

So for a dummy like me I have a question if you don’t mind . I’m new to podcasting but after 3 episodes it took off (the irishman podcast ) . It’s just an audio podcast now but who knows it may go to video sometime . I edit in garage band so far . Will the 8GB 15” base model be sufficient in your opinion ??

@@Theirishmanpod im using the base model, easily capable of all of this.

@@bobbyjaybeaumontheyy bruh i want to buy mackbook air m3 but my budget is for base model only and i want to start video editing and also want to make music beats will it be done on it? And 256spacr is enough?

@@Aron20060 yes easily for this sort of work , it’s when you are going to be going heavy on it that it would struggle but doubt you’d reach that. Just get it and enjoy it ! :)

If you’re doing photo/video editing, 16, if not 8.

Please get the 16GB

Get the 16 gig and future proof it. Unless you like getting a new laptop every three years or so.

16gb - the answer is 16gb. 8gb might be fine today, but it's going to get real tight and limiting in 2 years. 16Gb should be the absolute minimum for laptop you intend to have for at least 3 years(and hopefully much longer).

I love how many people are able to see into the future, and predict your memory needs 2 or 3 years from now. If your budget only allows for 8GB, then go for it. If most of your work is browser based and MS Office, you will be fine for years to come. These are very mature apps, and I doubt very much that you'll **need** more memory in a couple of years. Now, maybe your computer use changes a lot in the coming years. Maybe your light Excel use turns into heavy data modeling and analytics. If that happens, then by all means buy a new computer, you've earned it, and your higher-paying new career means you can easily afford a new computer. If you do have some room in the budget, I think the first upgrade should be memory, and if your budget allows, then by all means, go for 16GB, as this will likely be the first bottleneck you encounter in the future. But if that means going over budget, don't. Save you money, be financially responsible and sleep well knowing that for most people, 8GB will be plenty for the foreseeable future. I spent 30 years working for a company that actually makes computer memory. The growth curve for amount of memory a typical user needs has flattened out quite a bit. Getting 8GB now won't mean you have to replace it in 2 or 3 years unless your computing needs change dramatically.

100%, ive been a casual observer for a while and it seems like he has finally found his own unique groove, which is great to see.

Wouldn't it have been better to sell the MacBook on ebay instead of doing a trade-in? You'd have made more of a bargain I'm sure

no, i have a base model and it can hold 15 tabs with word and excel open. i dont imagine it handling 30 tabs smoothly, it will work, but it wont be snappy and you would notice it when switching between tabs.

I liked the touch about THURSDAY. If I had done it, I would have stopped at the scene with the text on the pages and not gone on, but probably would have added some different paragraph layouts. But yea, THURSDAY. Nice touch!

im keen to get a 15!

If I had a Mac Studio at home for power I won’t need another pro for portability, just saying, probably a 16 512 would be more than enough, save some money and you would be able to work as well on the to.

An air right now is more powerful than a MBP i9 from 2019.

I have order the same version. As the other reviewers are shitting on the 8 gigs version, is there anything you noticed that was challenging the ram?

Thank you 🙏

I do enjoy the same model as you, but it's not underrated compared to a Pro models just because it's not comparable. These are different devices for different applications. There's nothing to compare between them.

Actually many people are cross shopping, especially those who want a slightly larger screen. And despite the Air moniker, they hold their own against some of the fastest Intel Windows laptops. People did professional work on much, much slower devices and got their job done.

@@TheSpamabys people do strange, sometimes stupid things. If you even can do some professional work on a Air, doesn't mean you should. There's nothing better than using things as intended. They always perform well. If you're a pro, and do some serious work on a Mac regularly, you just need a pro model. It'll help you to make more money, as you'll do the job faster and with less stress. Air is an amazing solution for people with basic workload. If you use it just for fun - 13 inch model is great, for more prolonged work 15 is so much better choice. But it should be something relatively simple. Than everything will be alright. Trying to regularly rendering 4K will get you nothing but disappointment.

unless you have a card reader...

@@MrSimonj1970 Thank you!! people are acting like the SD slot is an actual selling point...Takes seconds to transfer photos from an SD card, and back into the bag goes the card reader. Of course its more convenient built-in, but its a total non-issue

Large cafe latte for me, thanks.

Im 15, do you think 8GB ram will be enough for me just doing light schoolwork (google docs slides etc) and maybe light games like stardew valley and roblox?

@@Marc1238 yea probably

M1 Pro is a great chip and for some tasks (working with Logic Pro for example) is still better than a vanilla M3

I got so used to the 120Hz on my old iPad pro that I would never step back again.

I’m checking the refurb store at apple often and they’re that good, not only the pro 14 but the air 15 with higher specs, they sell quickly.

What spec? And what tools do you use for graphic designing?

@@deanheinzt.cappal4413 Just the base model with 256GB SSD, and nothing fancy, mainly Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere Pro 😅

Yea, but how hot does it get?