I'm glad I opted for the student gift card deal awhile back as I felt I needed 16 GB/256 GB combo more than this one. But depends on your usage needs.
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No it won't!TheRedFlower wrote: ↑ 8gb going to handicap you for long term. Saying from someone still using 2012 mbp
Nov 23rd, 2022 3:17 pm
rfd treadmill is realrivet wrote: ↑ 16GB ram is certainly more future proofing, but once you start to upgrade each component, you will find 256G limiting in the future as well, so you want 16G ram, 512G storage. Then you will realized you already spend that much, why not $200 more to get lastest redesigned M2 model, now with M2 air, 16G ram and 512G storage, you will find you are only $300 away from 14 M1 pro MBP, which has much better performance, 120 hz mini-LED display, ports etc. Now you end up buying sth. twice more expensive than your original M1 MBA. Anyway, what I mean is that nothing is future proof enough, sure ram is one bottleneck, but even if you go 16GB ram, you will want to upgrade for other reasons, like storage, better screen, new design etc. whatever in the future, best to just get what is enough for you now and sell the whole computer when you want to upgrade.
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It's not magic. 8GB is still 8GB. Apple has a fast SSD to hide disk swap performance. If you do content creation or load many tabs, 8GB will bog down.
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right, it’s not magic, it’s called computer engineering. the M1 is way more efficient than any intel processor. people see big numbers and go “wow”, it’s like comparing the specs of a galaxy device vs. an ios device. you can’t. iOS and macOS are way more efficient, even moreso now with apple using their own silicon. i’ve used this computer for years and multitasked with exactly what i said in my post above. the only time there was a bit of stress was when running the game creator engine, that’s it.
Nov 23rd, 2022 3:32 pm
If anyone wonders especially about M1 chrome handling (8gb/512 ram):mintfrog wrote: ↑ Only the 8GB model is available here, but the 16GB memory upgrade will prolong the useful life of your laptop by a few years.
I have the 16GB M1 Macbook Air that I use for work. I typically have 5-10 Word, Excel and Powerpoint windows, a dozen or so browser tabs, Mail, Calendar, Outlook etc. My Mac uses around 12GB of memory during typical office work. If I open up too many large Excel sheets, it slows to a crawl and I need to reboot to fix the issue. Some office apps also have memory leaks and end up using 2-3GB of memory each. Pretty sure I'd have a rough time with my workflow if I had only 8GB.
Nov 23rd, 2022 3:43 pm
I've been using the 8Gb M1-based Air to build apps for iOS, Android, Ubuntu and it's been fine. Compilers are some of the more demanding processes, so I'm sure there are other uses which will max out the hardware capabilities, but those uses would be far and few between.
Nov 23rd, 2022 3:45 pm
Not anymore, only new ones available ATM: https://surplusbydesign.com/search?type=product&q=m1*
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