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Don’t sleep on refurbished Macs. I got a 10 CPU/32 GPU M1 Max 14 with 64 GB unified memory and 2 TB of storage from an authorized reseller for $2100. Aside from a plain white box with factory refurbished labeling, you wouldn’t know it wasn’t new.

I had a 14-hour flight a few days ago and I had my Macbook Air 15" version with me as my media center companion. I used it with 50% brightness and it still had 35% battery when we landed! That battery life is insane! My previous laptop was a Surface Laptop Studio and that lasted for around 6 hours...

I have bought recently a base model M1 air (a last batch with discounts) and happy with it since it is my first macbook ever. Base model because I have beefy powerful windows laptops to do my work and I have never used macos before (new). I use it only for simple things and watching stuff/browsing before sleep. Selling point for me: 8 gb ram is trully enough for basic thing and small office work, fanless (dead silent), excellent battery, farily good screen (a bit worse than OLED but still very decent), and most importantly a solid milled aluminium block chassis which feels goooooooood, thus there is almost no keyboard flexing. Excellent purchase I would say.

You are the best :) thanks for guidance

I bought the M3 Max 16 inch. Upgraded to 128GB and 8TB to avoid over heating and some future proofing. I use it for daily E-Mail, KZfaq and some light porn on the weekends. So far it handles this work load reasonably decent.

You definitely gave my brain a good workout trying to keep up with your rapid fire delivery, but in all truth, your explanation is the best I have found. Thank you. Cheers!

I got a great deal on an M2 MacBook Air from eBay for £750 and couldn't be happier. I still think the best way is to sell your old tech and upgrade for less. These M series MacBooks are so powerful that most people will be happy with an M1 MacBook Air. I just wish they would start setting 16GB as standard. I bet it's the first thing people upgrade when buying new.

Nice informative video, Thanks!

Wow you answered every question I can think of! I really appreciate the way you explained all the pros and cons of every model in the context of what different users would need. Thanks for all the thought you put into this incredibly informative video.

Thank you for the guidance, this was super helpful! 💜

Great vid. You've got a new subscriber

I got a M1 Pro for Christmas with 16 gigs of ram and this thing is a beast. I wouldnt be mad, then again, MKBHD hasnt upgraded yet and thats good enough for me.

thanks for this. it is helpful

I went with the 14" M3 Pro 18gb ram 512gb storage, was on sale for £1750. I was going back and forth between that and the 15" Air M3 16gb 512GB at £1530 sale. Kept my last Mac for 6 years so that bit extra for a better screen, speakers, active cooling, ports, processor, ram I think will work out better in the long run.

Thank you for posting this helpful video

The main reason I would choose a Mac over Windows is battery life. My base MB Air M2 is used for 2-3 hours daily, and I do not need to charge it for four days. In standby, it sips about 2% in 24 hours (tested), and when I open it, it is ready to go; I find most Windows laptops have either shut down or some form of hibernation. The Windows machines last less than half a long, which is a pain, so your battery health will degrade twice as fast. My M1 MB Pro 13 is 3.5 years old and still at 98% (I only charge 90% as that is enough for 12+ hours SOT!). As this video implies, the MB Air is powerful enough for most ultrabook users, and the base M3 is an absolute bargain at around £1040 (Amazon). Most people will find 8GB of RAM more than enough, especially for browsing, office work, social media, watching videos, etc. People complain about the upgrade costs, but if you take a step back and look at the bigger picture, you see that Apple offers a premium product at a very reasonable price for that demographic with those base models. Their 16GB/512GB MB Airs are similar in price to nearly every Windows premium ultrabook (XPS 14, Galaxy Book4Pro, LG GRAM 14, Surface Laptop 6, etc). So it is a bit of a misnomer about the upgrade costs for the base to 16GB/512GB, more a misunderstanding of basic demand-side economics.

I'm looking for a mobile editing powerhouse capable of flawlessly handling 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 footage. It can be damaged, refurbished, or just used (I know how to do repairs). My budget is under $500, and I don't mind whether it's a Mac Mini or a MacBook, however i do prefer a Laptop. What would you recommend for good repairability and upgradability? PS: I've never used a MacBook before, only repaired them. My current editing setup is an RX 7800XT with a 7800X3D. How will the editing performance compare if I switch to a Mac as my primary/secondary mobile editing rig?

Thank you Tom for explaining, i am a Btech Artificial intelligence and machine learning student and i need a laptop for heavy programming and software applications so i choose Macbook Pro 16 inch with M3 Pro chip(18Gb memory with 2TB storage)

Im thinking about a refurb on applecom m1 gold air... so I can use it for my quest 3 vr monitor.... I have eyed a maxed out m1 gold air... and I like the gold colour ... what do you think? 16GB 2TB.... $1500... is it future proof?!? is it a good deal? I dont plan to do heavy tasks with it ... just a base for my VR headset... and when the vision pro 2 comes out ... I currently use an intel macbook pro for quest 3 displays... it works well but want something a bit snappier...

A similar video for windows laptops would be great

Great review going for Mac air 13inch

Hi, thanks for the video on a Mac. Am a Mac user my self, but travel and use adobe products, the main questions really is that I can’t decide as most of the Mac’s only have 8g ram and you know you can’t buy ram on like you use too, so being undecided? Which putting me of buying another Mac, can you help or make a video on this, ? Thanks 🙏

I can’t understand you must close the M3 MacBook Air to use two external monitors. Apple can let us turn off the internal screen without closing it, so that you can use the built-in trackpad and keyboard with two external monitors.

I so wish the Macbook Air came with more than 8GB of RAM for the base model. The extra US $200 creates a bit of hesitation and forces me to think they could have made 16GB the standard, even if they had to bump up the price by $50-$100 and the result would be virtually no negative press, everyone would have a machine they'd be happy with, would be good for longevity, and none of this 8v16 discussion.

I sold my MB PRO M1 14' for an M3 Air 13' and I'm delighted. I can't see any difference in terms of screen size / quality on a day-to-day basis (I don't watch films on it) or usage (no games or graphics apps, but lots of office work), but in terms of weight it's a real boon. I don't regret my purchase at all.

What’s the program used to view the temperature on the menu bar I saw on this video at the 7:55 point.

Thanks. Watching this on a dinosaur 13" MBP from 2015. It's lasted a good while, but by the point it was 4 years old, couldn't handle video editing. Still, it has well outlasted the 2010 13" MBP that had a hard disk drive that broke at under 5 years old. MBP 14" M3P would probably be right for the video editing ability, as most of what I use the computer for is photo and video.

I feel that the pro products are a very good investment because you won’t have to upgrade for a very long time.

Question: Is it a good option to buy the Mac studio m2 max in 2024 right now or is it better to wait until the new Mac studio m3 max?

Hi, thank you for the informative video! I m looking to get a Macbook but I m not sure about the storage size. My view point is that I don t want to invest into Icloud storage space as these are available only online and I would like to have the photos/ videos and memories offline in the same amazing quality as they were taken. At the same time, I could be taking an external storage space and save them there, but I wonder if the quality stays the same and if the Live photos/ 4k videos keep the same file type. If I m paying that much for a device that can show this quality then I do not want to lose it while I store it. I hope you guys get my questions, maybe somebody tested this and could help me with some advice? Thank you in advance!

Apple bamboozled so many people with the “our 8 gigs is actually like 16 gigs”. Sick.

vr on the train is wild lol, lookin to get robbed blind🤣

I you are a photographer or filmmaker i reccomend you getting the 16inc macbookpro, cause idk why there is a slighty color difference between the 14inch and the 16inch monitor... and i personally prefer the 16inch cause the color grading is more accurate and has a better monitor calibration

Do a video about windows alternatives to the MacBook pro m3pro / M3 It helps I don't want to switch to apple but I also want to use for longer duration and good performance

Can't believe I saw a honkai impact advertisement on Tom's video 🤯!!

I am planning to get a MacBook for photo editing, watching movie and editing short videos so I'm confused between the mbp M3 8gb ram 512 vs mba 15 8gb 512gb

Is the MBPro midnight black smudgeless like the new MBair M3?

I got the base M3 macbook pro, I'm just a student and don't exactly need the power but just prefer a high refresh rate screen and the IO, 8GB RAM not really a massive problem for me either, love the laptop so far though

On the Mac vs. PC pricing debate, I would actually counter that, even though Macs are more expensive, they still make sense financially. Hear me out lol. Any Mac, though particularly base spec model of each line, can be re-sold or traded in for a reasonable amount of money anytime from purchase through 3-5 years time later. If you deduct that residual value from price paid, it’s much closer to buying a PC that will lose 50-80% of its value the day you buy it. Seriously, if buying a PC make sure you’re in love with it because if you try to sell or trade it you will always take a massive bath. Microsoft Surface devices aren’t quite as bad, but yeah it’s still bad haha. Recent example: I just bought a 14” M3 MacBook Pro on Amazon for $1699 and sold my year old 14” M2 MacBook Pro for $1400 locally. I get the newest model every year or two for the cost of a disposable $300 Walmart PC laptop. (Well even less really with 5% Amazon cashback)

A base model 16” M1 Pro MBP is the best way to go in 2024. These things are super cheap for what you get now!

I really need a new laptop and I don’t know what to get. I mostly use a Cricut Maker so I want to make sure the laptop can handle it. Please help!!

Is the newer M macbook pro generation are reliable ? I have an issue with the 2017 screen.

I am a Windows and a Mac user. I am getting into more video editing. Is it easy when I am on the go working on videos on my phone and Windows laptop when then when I am home moving the video to continue working on it on a Mac? Was thinking getting a Mac mini. I do also have a iPad and windows tablet.

watch this on my 2019 16 inch MBP, yes I'm still using Intel Mac 😁

My current laptop is a Mid 2015 MBP 16Gb quad core i7. The time has come to replace it. Obviously I'm not the ideal Apple customer - I don't buy a new device every year, but tend to hold on to my laptops for a while. So, my big question is - do I go for the MacBook Air or MacBook Pro? I want something that will be futureproof for a while.

Would you completely avoid the M2 13" Macbook Pro? The Base Model refurbished is the same as the M2 Air (in the US) and has the cooling system as well just the old design

Please answer my question is Razer Kishi Ultra full size thumb sticks like xbox or PlayStation controllers have??

I considered an M3 Air but ultimately wanted to spend less, so I’ve ordered a base M1 Air refurb from Apple for £750. It’s coming tomorrow. I won’t be editing photos (I do that on my phone now I don’t use my DSLR), will be mainly used for browsing, watching videos, discord chat, recording podcasts with Reaper etc. I’ll see if it can run Reaper, Discord and a web browser open. If it can, I am good. If I run into too many problems I’ll return it, but hopefully will be fine. Thoughts?

I have a Macbook Pro. Less than 2 years of use, the mother board broke. After that, I had to change 2 keys from the keyboard. Now it is on service again, and they told me I will need to change the whole keyboard. Super expensive for poor quality. I regretting buying the pro.

Hi, which Apple computer do you think is best for programs such as ArchiCAD, where most of the work is done by designing in 3D? The M3 Pro or Max is already comparable to the old multi-core Intel processors with powerful Nvidia GPUs, or do I still have to wait? Right now I'm using an M1 Max Studio with 64 GB RAM and when working in 3D it can get muddy, sometimes it even seems less smooth than my old PC ;)

Have the m1 pro 16. Love this MacBook (Used for work and privat). But 16 gb ram is very little (for me).

Confused between the 14 inch m3 pro, 512 gb, 18gb vs 36gb or the 16 inch m3 max 14c/30c,36 gb 1 tb ssd. My needs are 4k video editing, lightroom and photoshop. I want the max but if m3 pro is enough, I don't want to overspend. Please help me make the right decision.

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I'm in need of a new laptop. Mind is the macbook air 2017 so I'm sure the M2 would be fine but I want it to last a little longer so maybe for an extra £100 maybe I will just go for the M3. Sadly there is no NHS discount on these at the moment. Anyone know if its worth waiting for the black friday sale???

Hey, I know I’m late but I’m looking for a computer for college and with the deals for students right now I’m lost on which to get or what would be the best. I leaning MacBook Pro, 14 in with m3chip but again I’m not a computer wizard so I’m bit lost. Any advice?

I think reviews like this should also include the implications of GoFetch in their recommendations and not recommend anything below m3 and maybe even wait for m4 since the patch will kill some serious performace for m2 and m1 and slightly less affect the m3. And for the memory, everyone should recommend 16 & 24 for air, 8 is only good for (older) moms (who doesn't do anything but youtube or basic browsing - non-pro moms that is) 🙂

the fact stores don't carry 32gb models of m3 pro on hand helped me save the $ lol and stick with 18. I would have otherwise most likely got 32gb but overpaid

My m2 pro just got wet luckily i live in the netherlands and insurance is good so gonna go for the m3 pro this time

Guys, I’m planning to buy a mac for my girlfriend, which you could recommend? It would mostly be used in studies, watching movies, maybe working with some video editing programs. Thx!

Tom, where would YOU recommend buying laptops from in the UK? Not specifically macs, general gaming laptops etc. Everything seems so expensive in comparison to US market.

Would an M1 Mac be good for a beginner learner to edit videos for youtube on Final Cut or other software with a 4k camera?

"and it's a 4-year-old laptop" and here I am watching it on my 11-year-old laptop :))))

Hot take mac air m1 is still one the best mac to buy right now if you are tight on the budget the changes arent that big to spend more

My wife is a photographer (as a side gig) and needs a laptop. Choices are Apple Macbook Air M1 16gb ram and 256gb ssd or M2 8gb ram and 256gb ssd. Difference is around $150 between the 2. What would you recommend?

I am thinking of purchasing the 15 inch MacBook air m3 but I am confused in upgradation, should I upgrade ram to 16 gb with 256 ssd or 8 gb with 512 ssd as, many where it says 512 ssd is more faster ssd with high benchmark and read, write speed . Upgrading both ssd and ram won't be in my budget . Which upgrade would provide me long term multi tasking better , efficient performance?

Is there a difference between the 2023 macbook pro 16 in and the 2024 macbook pro 16 in? Or is this the same model just changed the year as they haven't released anything new this year?

I just treated myself to the base M3 Pro MacBook Pro 14 (18/512), and it's an excellent device. I got the silver model (which feels almost sacrilegious to say) because the finish will hold up just about forever.

I’d love a MacBook if I had a use case for one considering all my products are apple. I use my iPad M1 Pro and 13 pro max for all my needs and I don’t even need a pro iPad but got a good deal a while back on a refurb one so thought why not. If my needs change and I need a laptop I’d probably go for a refurb m2 with extra storage and ram.

Not discounting from the improvements of the M3 MacBook Air, from a value-to-performance perspective, the M1 MacBook Air still is the best all around MacBook in 2024. At $699, you get a modern Mac capable of audio production, video editing, photo editing and even gaming.

Hey, I was looking for a laptop to get and I have really no prior experience with any MacBooks. Was wondering if anyone could a brother out and recommend a MacBook that I could get and would last a decently long amount of time. I don’t mind the cost too much

The speakers are much better on the Pro models, we have both Air and Pro at home, and the difference is huge. Go for the Pro instead of an upgraded Air.

Can i know best macbook for videoediting in capcut

my only concern with buying the m1 MBA (now that m3 is out) is will apple stop giving updates for the m1 and will the laptop become slow or redundant after 4-5 years of use? so should i get the m1 or m2 or m3?

The fact that you’re suggesting 16 gig of ram as plenty makes me think perhaps my thinking of getting the 64 gig of ram might be a little bit overkill 😂 My first thought was to just max out for 128 gig, but that’s before I started watching more down to earth reviews to realise that’s ridiculous haha

Hey, great video. What's the current battery king amongst Windows laptops? Looking for ultra-portability and forgeddaboudit battery life and am considering the expensive switch to a Macbook Pro simply because Windows books can't seem to get battery life right.

yeah I'm getting m3 pro now.

I am a working nurse, need mac book pro for working, saving date and do small video editings, learning some other computer program's 🖥 😊

If you can still find it the base M1 Pro 14" is a better deal than the base M3 "Pro" 14" which has a measly 8GB of RAM and one less USB-C port for the same price the aforementioned M1 was for months back in 2022. Most online discussion then agreed that it didn't make any sense to buy an M2 Air with extra RAM and storage because then the price became the same as the Pro but with a slower processor, worse screen/speakers, less ports, etc.

I can only afford the current price for 2019 16 inch macbook pro. Planning to use this for front end web development and ui/ designs. So will be running code editor, adobe photoshop, figma. What do u think?

m3 air or m2 air? both 16/512 gb asking after the reveal of "Apple AI" and their ambitions and should i get apple care?

just got the m2 air 8/256 its amazing

Great video! I wish he covered the keyboards for the M3 Air vs M3 Pro. I've tried them out at an Apple store and I found that the Pro keyboard is so much better than Air.

It could be a good time to wait until the m4 chip comes out 😉

Got an update after the WWDC?

For most regular users, if you need a pro without busting the bank, look for an M1 Pro. My 16" is still more than enough for what I need. On the Windows side, I'm also loving my 2023 Legion Slim 7i, which is more powerful but not (of course) as effecient as the M1 Pro.

I bought my mom the Samsung s9 fe is s a dream. Everything works incredibly, the experience is amazing and you couldn’t tell it costs 400€. I was obsessed with the macbook air 15 with the m3, but ended up not buying it because of the ridiculous price of 1370€ if it was shipped from another country and 1700€ if I were to guy it from my country. This price is ridiculous for a laptop that has 60hz, doesn’t come with touchscreen and has only 2 usb c ports. I am truly disappointed with the prices on these apple devices, including the most ridiculous one, the ipad with the m4

24gb over spending club ... m3 air 15inch 24gb ram 1tb . Final Cut beast

i dont play games on mine..I just need one for grad school so i need storage. I have the macbook pro 15 i bought in 2013 and now its crashing.. i want the macbook air 15 but not sure which storage is right for me?

I spec'd out a MBP and a comparable Dell, and with my gov't employee discount and veterans discount, the MBP is a better buy -- unless I have to buy a bunch of new software.

Which one support windows?

i want a good mac with good battery life not too big and good for video editing

I don’t think that air is power enough for even usual activities I think pro is better or if no one wants to buy the pro they can go to windows devices. great video by the way

I believe the purpose of the 14” pro is simply to nudge you towards the M3 Pro variant. For $200 you can simply get the better one and that’s how Apple is a pro at stretching your budget.

So im 12 years old and have wanted a MacBook Air for abou a year now. But because I’m 12 I don’t have money to spend so I looked on stuff on eBay, but I found a MacBook Pro with M2 or M3 for about $200 plus $30 for shipping and tax and I will have it about next week.

I’m completely new to the MacBook and I’m thinking about getting the Air m3 13 inches… is it good ?

M2 air with 512 storage or m3 air base model , which should i go for

Is a 2019 i9 64 gb 512 storage a good deal at 650? I’m currently editing on a 2015 MacBook Air 8 gb 😂

I don't really know what to choose. the MacBook M3 Air 16GB/512GB (€1,760) or the MacBook M3 Pro 8GB/512GB (€1,850). I would mainly use it to edit photos on Photoshop. The better screen quality and the SD card slot on the PRO model is a big advantage for me. Or am I better off with the Air M3 16GB/512GB because it has more RAM? I use a Nikon D750 and edit an average of 500 photos per year. So not a heavy user I guess? My current laptop is an Acer nitro 5 (8GB/512GB) from 2019

isn't there a 7th may apple event? won't they release anything then?