2024 Apple MacBook Air with Apple M3 Chip (15-inch, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD Storage) (QWERTY English) Starlight (Renewed)
Apple 2024 MacBook Air with Apple M3 Chip, 15.3-inch, 16GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD Storage, Silver (Renewed)
system on a chip (SoC) by Apple for Macintosh computers
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M3 Ultra: March 12, 2025; 9 months ago (2025-03-12)
M3 Ultra: March 12, 2025; 9 months ago (2025-03-12)
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I have a MacBook Air from 2018 and I’m planning to upgrade. But I don’t want to buy the M2 I rather wait for the M3 if it’s possible.
Hey! I am medical student who has an Intel MBP from 2015, with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
My computer hasn't failed me so far, except for the battery (which hasn't been replaced!!) that after 9 years of daily use now usually lasts for 2 hours.
I think it's time for an upgrade, and I was thinking about buying a M3 MBA. I use it for typical tasks, sometimes I have 15+ chrome tabs open at the same, a few spreadsheets on excel, a few pdfs open, spotify, etc. If possible, I would also like to sidecar with my iPad (which I can't, because I'm still on Catalina). Nothing out of the ordinary.
Now, I wanted my new MBA to last at least 9 years. Is 16GB of RAM enough, or should I future-proof it with 24GB of RAM? Because when I bought my MBP 9 years ago, 8GB was clearly enough for my demands, and now my MBP usually freezes or crashes when I'm not cautious with what I have open.
Besides that, what colour should I get? Do you have any takes on the new midnight anodized finish?
Thanks.