I got the M1 when it first came out in December 2020. I got 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of SSD for extra headroom for video editing, running many apps simultaneously, and reducing SSD swap. After watching a ton of M3 MBA reviews, like you, I keep going back to my trustee M1 and just don’t ever feel like anything is slow. Everything is still lightning fast. If I would like anything to be faster, it’s video render and export times, but, I can always do other tasks while video tasks run in the background so I don’t really feel an impact. Coming from my 2017 MacBook Pro with Core i7, the M1 Air has been an absolute beast. I knew when I bought it that this would be a long term powerhouse and now 3.5 years later, I see how right I was. I might consider M4 when it comes out, but I think I’ll be rockin’ the M1 for at least another year, and likely longer. Great review!

very informative, thanks rich! you are truly underrated

just got an M3 for my first ever Mac and I am loving it. Comparison was good to know and once again another great video!

Best video I've seen on the review. Thanks. Watched it all.

Great video bro

imo, if you already have an M1 device then there is barely any reason to upgrade atm if you want to get a laptop and money is an important factor, then M1 is a great choice and one that is atm still kicking strong if you are upgrading from a 5+ year old laptop and want to use your new laptop for a long time from now, go for the M3 with rumors that next system update will rely on AI a lot, then the M3 with it's updated neural cores can recieve updates and stay relevant for longer

I use a 16" M1 Pro for work and love the small bezels and Promotion display. I need to get a personal laptop and want the smallest one possible. I have been going back and forth so much on the M1 and M3. I think it makes sense to either go cheap and get the base M1 and see how it works for me and use the money I saved for a new model in the future or to just go "all out" now and get a M3 16GB/512. At twice the cost though, the M3 one is a hard pill to swallow, especially when I will still be spending most of my time on my big work laptop and probably actually very little time on the MacBook Air I end up purchasing. Decisions, decisions. Thanks for the review!

So I already had the M1, but decided to get an M3 just because of the better camera. I like to do video journals, and was tired of using the connectivity feature with my iPhone. It weakened the hinge on my M1. I still like having my M1 around, but have been using my M3 more.

I confess I was looking at upgrading but you know have me thinking. I run out of RAM when doing a lot of stuff and watching youtube videos. I have the M1 512 SSD. After trade-in, I'm looking at ~$1K for upgrade, M3, 16 RAM, and 512 SSD. Thanks for the video

@dimakonstanta1868

3 ай бұрын

Which problems you have with out of ram? Just swap usage?

Man, please share links to those wallpapers

I agree that M1 is amazing, M3 is CPU is 30% faster, but biggest M3 advantage is that is much more efficient (most improvements are done to efficiency cores, those are 50% faster, along GPU which is 65% faster), Just a tip at 1:26, you cannot test SSD speed by copying files from memory card (which is bottleneck), SSD speed is important in both random and sequential access, when swap memory is used, apps loading to ram, etc...

I think if you're going to game on this... getting a svalt active cooler and some thermal pads.

you test transfert speed on a SD card ?

Wallpapers are cool bro

My next laptop after 13’ MacBook Air m1 16gb 256gb will be 15’ MacBook Air m4 16/18gb 1tb 😊

5:21 - AMEN! 720p to be one of dozen peaple on Teams call in small square to which nobody pays attention?

what's with all these tech reviewers? Do they all come out of the same factory? 🤣

apple enjoys commiting highway robbery, they know their apple fans will look the other direction

@ArthropodSpidey

3 ай бұрын

Why are you watching this video then? Dumbass

The only reason i got the M2 macbook air was because of magsafe if the M1 had that i would have bought it instead because i still like the wedge design.

@Pixl8dwhmsy

Ай бұрын

I don’t like the wedge design because I feel like it’s difficult to hold while walking for more than a few minutes

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

@nareshkumarsriram7541

2 күн бұрын

absolutely

Your sd transfer is your hub speed problem find a proper hub with 40gbps and do again you will see proper results !

You need to test speeds using faster equipment.....

Nooooo 😭😭😭 these are the videos that make Apple nerf the M1

@RichMeYT

3 ай бұрын

No for real.

You just called me poor by your name 😀.. 🥲