M3 MacBook Air Review: Should You Upgrade?

If you’re on an older MacBook Air or even a MacBook Pro, the M3 MacBook Air continues Apple’s impressive performance streak, especially if you’re in need of a graphics boost.

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00:00 Intro
00:19 Design
01:17 Configurations and Pricing
02:28 Dual Monitors
03:49 Features unchanged
05:00 Benchmark tests
05:58 Battery life
07:00 Conclusion

[floydteter]

Pulled the trigger on a 15" MBA this past weekend, upgrading from my 2013 13" MBA. Maxxed out the RAM, 512GB storage and upgraded to 70w charger. This will be my personal workhorse for the next three or four years, after which it becomes my travel machine (and after I've upgraded to the MBP with the Mwhatever chip).

[johnnydoe]

8GB RAM in 2024 🥳🎉🎉🎉

We are Truly Blessed to have Apple
giving us Generous RAM. 😊

[maverickr]

2019 MBP 16in here. wild how much these airs have improved, got me considering the swap

[cadenchurchill]

For me there is no way upgrading to the M3 Air from the M1 with 16GB of RAM is worth it. The most I do with my laptop is edit photos in Lightroom and the M1 Air handles what I do wonderfully. Love Apple silicon!

[manosioa]

“The excellent 1080p FaceTime camera”? The what? 😅😂

[philsibz]

I still use my 2020 air and tbh I don't see the reason of upgrading. I'm a casual user using my Mac for media consumption and light work.

[ArtutMTMartins]

I’ve upgraded from 2019 pro 13’ to the M3 air 13’ and I’m loving it. The difference is immense

[paison]

Close the lid and u still have 2 screens aka mac mini

[bradfowler]

I have been using a 2014 MacBook Air since new. Just ordered a MacBook Air - M3 - 16GB - 512! I can’t wait haha

[Stopreadingmyusername]

If you use sidecar on an iPad you could use that to kind of replace the Mac’s screen while using dual displays

[davva]

I own an M1 iPad Air, Mac Mini and MacBook Air and love them all. It was a huge leap forward at the time and while they have gotten even better I would not upgrade yet if you own an M1 or M2. I will probably trade in my Mac Mini and Air next year for the M4 Air and just have a docking station for when I want the desktop experience. My iPad Air is so good i dont feel the need to grab my laptop all that often.

[nicolasb.henry]

I have a base M2 MBA and it fits perfectly my workflow even more than expected. If I need more power I will go to MBP but within 3 or 4 years. The differences between M2 an dM3 don´t worth the price.

[MrAustinParrish]

I'm on a 2019 16" i9 with 5500m graphics, thinking maybe the 15" air as an "upgrade" because I really don't like how heavy the current 16" is and the 14" pro screen feels small.

[shaikhhar]

Forget upgradibility, the biggest issue with recent macbooks is repairability (or lack thereof ). I bought a base model m1 macbook air and using it as my main development machine for 2 years now. Absolute smooth but due to swap the write to SSD is already at 170TB ( ie over the rated 150 TB ) Now I am worried the ssd might fail because I can't simply replace it. If it was replacable then a quick $30 ssd replacement would extend its life for another few years, instead of saying goodbye to otherwise totally functioning 1000$ device.
And more recent macbooks like this one are even so unrepairable that you can't even have parts from another same model. So much for the greed. I wish I knew better and didn't purchase such unrepairable device from such greedy anti-consumer company like apple.

[Joshuadawg]

Should I go from a base m1 mbp to a m3 mba?

[perfectpubg]

Can I find a brand newmacbook air 13inch with m2chip in 2024

[drygnfyre]

Coming from the M1: can you charge the M3 using USB-c if you still want to carry just one cable, or do you have to use the MagSafe cable now?

[bwoohk]

The analysis is very professional, I wish you better and better! I look forward to coming to BWOO to have a look and guidance when I have time.😀

[philforde]

Conclusion- buy the previous model when Apple drops the price. Basically the same device as the chips are so on par.

[Poever]

Everyone who got an M2 MBA in the last year, even specced up, feeling red faced right now