MacBook Air 11" 2015 in 2024 - POWERFUL for its size! - Rating performance, repairability and more.

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8 ай бұрын

Using the MacBook Air 2015 in 2024 is not a bad experience. Is it worth picking one up now, though?
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@robbdavis9889 6 ай бұрын

Nice! I have one with 128gb SSD, 8GB RAM and i5 processor... and for it's age it's still a speedy little beast.

@montaguebarnabasltd 6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear yours runs well ::))

@welfaregod612 3 ай бұрын

Thats the same set up I have! except I upgraded to a 1 tb SSD

@isramx2999 Ай бұрын

Brow you got the best reviews.

@EmL-kg5gn 3 ай бұрын

I broke my one quite a few years ago and I still miss it 😭😭😭 Genuinely thinking of getting one secondhand

@montaguebarnabasltd 3 ай бұрын

If you can find a use for it, get one. Pretty decent still!

@dav1dw Ай бұрын

they're cheap now. going for about $100

@marcusschneider2367 8 ай бұрын

Oh Yes, with i7, 8GB, 1TB SSD Upgrade, Sonoma with the help of OpenCore Legacy Patcher, Windows 11 if you like. All in this size in your backpack. Its a must have! Thx for this video.

@montaguebarnabasltd 8 ай бұрын

Very true, and thanks for the comment

@joebwahn3380 8 ай бұрын

I recently bought this as a secondary laptop, last week. I did own one of these back in 2012. i5, 8GB, 128 SSD for $125. I really enjoy this form factor.

@montaguebarnabasltd 8 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s unique, really. I don’t like the bezels, but other than that it’s pretty cool

@martyfrancis5103 6 ай бұрын

Personally i find the 11 inch a very ideal sized netbook. I too got a 2012 model but with i7 8GB RAM and 512 GB SSD for around $220. I am able to have a dual boot setup thanks to the large SSD size. The bezels are huge for 2023 for sure, but you get used to it and eventually you wont notice it as you will be more immersed in the screen in front of you.

@jetstream454 Ай бұрын

These are troopers. Not expecially outstanding in anything other than their ability to do most things you'd need 8 years on, but that's what makes them excellent machines. And of course they're built exquisitely, as if carved from stone.

@chrismara3834 7 ай бұрын

I have one of these 11 inch units. I can't tell you how useful it is. It's the lightest and easiest laptop I've ever owned. I love it. 2.2 pounds. I seconded that it's also easy to repair.

@montaguebarnabasltd 7 ай бұрын

Good to hear! Love them being about the size of a notebook. Yeah they’re not too bad for repairability.

@Raichle9 2 ай бұрын

I purchased the 2015 MacBook Air 11 inch 4gb 128ram in Fall 2015. It has an incredible form factor and good functionality. I have MacOS Monterey. It was my primary personal computer for the last 9 years. I just bought the 2020 M1 MacBook Air 13 inch 8gb 256ram on sale for $699 in April 2024. I'm keeping the 2015 MBA for back-up use. It is a good photo storage laptop.

@djdontgetcooked 2 ай бұрын

I just got this machine for my collection the model I got is 2014 11.6 I'm absolutely amazed how well it runs for such an old laptop with only 4gb of ram. Definitely a great purchase for a less power hungry user. I plan to use this machine for home automation control and also some embedded device programming like Arduino and raspberry pi. I was thinking that I will need linux to get decent performance but this is definitely not the case.

@montaguebarnabasltd 2 ай бұрын

Lovely stuff!

@KevinMillard68 8 ай бұрын

the smallest Color Screen on a mac ever was on the Mac Color Classic

@montaguebarnabasltd 8 ай бұрын

Wow, truly tiny from the pictures I’ve seen!

@laurencejohnson4106 8 ай бұрын

It's a neat computer, but I and many other folk have difficulty seeing what's on those small screens, I have an old Dell Inspiron 9400 which has a 17 inch screen and that is okay, but any smaller than that is a struggle to use.

@montaguebarnabasltd 8 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, I don’t blame you at 11 inches. Yeah the MacBook Pros of 2006-2011 had 17 inch options which were glorious at the time…

@laurencejohnson4106 8 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd I have checked out those 17 inch Mac pro laptops on Ebay and I like the designs, but some of them have graphical problems which I have heard was quite common and they all still command higher prices than an equivalent pc laptop. I did see one early Mac pro which is in splendid cosmetic condition and it works, but the processor is a core duo and it can only handle 2 gig of ram., so I did not bother with it, a suitable one may come my way sometime.

@weelebaseknowles4410 7 ай бұрын

bro my Mac has hd 3000 graphics and was hacked to monray still so good

@montaguebarnabasltd 7 ай бұрын

Nice! There’s so many improvements you can get by patching OSes.

@weelebaseknowles4410 7 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd oh ya

@evansytchou2006 8 ай бұрын

I'm actually planning on getting one for uni… however I’m struggling to find models with 8GB RAM on eBay though…

@montaguebarnabasltd 8 ай бұрын

I got quite lucky - not only are the 8gb ram ones rare, the i7s are probably less than 1 out of 5. Try for a 2014 perhaps?

@evansytchou2006 8 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd I’m from the United Kingdom, and the ones with 8GB RAM on eBay often go as high as £200+

@montaguebarnabasltd 8 ай бұрын

@@evansytchou2006 oh me too. Had to get this one with a broken hinge and trackpad issues to fix up. Gonna need a battery replacement for sure

@evansytchou2006 8 ай бұрын

@@montaguebarnabasltd I see. Cus I’m trying to get one under £200, given that the computer will be about 10 years old when I get into uni

@montaguebarnabasltd 8 ай бұрын

@@evansytchou2006 yeah definitely not worth paying more than £150 for in my opinion. Keep looking, especially on the ‘Ending Soonest’ tab of auctions.

@CFLee-vp6rz 3 ай бұрын

I just upgraded it to 1T ssd and 16GB RAM

@joshbuay Ай бұрын

How did you upgrade the ram?

@felipesidonio 7 күн бұрын

If you change the MacOS for TinyCore Linux, it's gonna get a lot "lighter" and faster

@samsquid65 8 сағат бұрын

Great video again. Ive got one of those. 8gb is essential I think. My wife and I use it a lot. Its so easy to move about the house. Kitchen and bedroom etc. We both have M1 laptops but aways seem to fighting over the use of the 2015 Air 😄. Its still a very cool machine. A bit of secret Gem I reckon!

@montaguebarnabasltd 8 сағат бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yeah the 11 inch was a favourite of mine, really. We’ve not properly seen a form factor like it since.

@stylishbunny3784 5 ай бұрын

My favourite laptop... But i can't afford this 😭

@pspslimicesilver 7 ай бұрын

I love mine I have the i7 2.2ghz 16GB ram and 2TB SSD

@montaguebarnabasltd 7 ай бұрын

Now that’s a max spec 11”. Nice!

@andylee7862 4 ай бұрын

16gb is not possible is it? 😅

@Mr.JohnLiu 3 ай бұрын

I have the same thing with 16GB RAM. Do you feel the speaker is a bit low, even compared to the MBA 13" same year? Any aftermarket speakers you know of that are louder?

@whoatemysandwich9476 Ай бұрын

Is this MacBook Air Core i7 slower than today's flagship smartphones?

@montaguebarnabasltd Ай бұрын

Broadly, yes. Smartphones are really good at single core performance, but not great at things like memory bandwidth and multitasking with multiple cores. The new iPhone would definitely beat it across almost the board though…