Which MacBook to choose in 2024 — M1, M2 or M3? Buying guide!

Twenty MacBooks, and that's just the basic configurations. That’s the choice now and buyers of Apple laptops face a challenging decision. What to choose — MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, and what's the catch? Is there any difference between M1, M2 and M3, especially in real-life usage? Is M1 finally getting old if Apple considering it old? All the questions answered in this MacBook buying guide!

00:00 Twenty MacBooks! Confusing
00:47 Air vs Pro vs Real Pro
05:32 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with M1
08:24 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with M2
11:34 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with M3
13:39 MacBook Pro: M1 Pro or M1 Max, M2 Pro or M2 Max
16:12 MacBook Pro: M3 Pro or M3 Max
17:27 What to choose? And the price paradox

[shivamkrishn]

U knw what hurts? 34 views with 2 likes on this video!! I wish it was glitch!! This video must had received atleast 100k with 5k likes by now!

[meeer]

I wanted a M2 air but you can find refurbished M1 Pro MBPs for similar prices.

I ended up getting a 16” M1 Pro 16gb ram 512gb for $1300.

[Mbro-dqdo]

My M1 Air middle level model and my maxed out M1 Max still run flawlessly. Linux runs better then any of my windows machines in VMs. Battery life still unbeatable

[NTRTECHshorts]

I am planning to upgrade my current M1 MacBook to the M3 MacBook Pro 2023. Additionally, I am interested in purchasing two M3 MacBook Pro models, one for personal and professional use, as a technology content creator on TikTok.

[GregSoledad]

I still have an Intel i9 MBP with Touch Bar. Ridin' it until it dies. It still does the job for business presentations, vector graphic work and photo-editing for social media or large format posters.

[lethalburns]

I'm not sure I would call the MacBook Air a typewriter :). The M3 is a fairly powerful chip in all forms and I'd argue you'd really only go the Pro if you have fairly heavy editing workloads that require more sustained performance. Keep up the good work man!

[rudyelizondo]

I like my MacBook Pro m1 with the display bar, I love the way I can work with the selections. I love the applications on the bar for easy maneuvering too. It’s easy to operate and if you get lost, too bad you’re not intuitive enough.

[hottrakz]

MacBook Pro with M1 10 core 32 core GPU 64 gig 4tb performs better than the M3 with the same specs for music production and mixing.

[ericdraven]

Updates could happen this fall. M3 wasn’t going to be long term so I’m waiting. I have a M1 MBP maxed out. I’ve been needing a bigger screen, more memory and just over all more performance. I still love it though.

[guilhermemoraes]

Very Helpful, i didint decided yet but now i know the air m2 with 16 gb solve my problem, although the pro has some features that i like.

[henristillalive]

I really liked this video. It helped me choose the best option for me. In my case the MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro chip. I think this machine will be capable enough to manage the kind of work I want it to (writing texts, watching movies/ videos and some slight gaming, like Minecraft). I think I will try to get my hands on a model with 512 gigabytes of storage and 16 of unified memory. The only thing that I am unsure of is, how long it will receive updates? But we can only guess and hope it will be a long time.
Keep making your videos and I wish you would do the same for the iPad lineup, if you have enough time and want to.

[songsan]

This is like the best review video of the M series MBP and reason of which one to buy. Have many older Intel MBP and am on the fence on getting an M series MBP and this helped a lot.

Originally was going to get just an M1 non-pro MB that I seen a lot from Amazon and eBay. After your review it seem to make more sense to get an MBP M3 Pro from Costco at about $1600 which I seen other places were selling for the same price for the MBP M1 Pro.

[michaelgodd]

My 5yr Windows laptop gave up the ghost 2 days before exams lmao, and need something better, so I’ll be going to MAC. Just unsure what yet, don’t need to do any intensive tasks so will probs go 15” M3 Air 16GB & 512SSD

[castleofcostamesa]

Thank you so much for your in depth video! I am considering buying a MacBook Pro 16” 18GB RAM 512 Hard disk size today.

[beansprout_apg]

I bought my very first MacBook M3 16gb and I’m happy😊 It took me a long time to finally decided to buy one coz..hmmm… I’m really curious😅

I did lots of installation, testing and used different OS through VMs in my work and my thinkpad e480 that I won in bidding for 115 dollars did an amazing job!! But it is bulky and the battery is still problem and the Macbook did solve all those problems❤.

But I still bring my 2 laptops in my travel(if I use my car) coz if I need to perform my task, it’s still easy to use the Thinkpad😅.

But overall my experience for macbook is amazing but right now I just used it for simple task..😅

[mustardfj]

These newer Apple silicon Macbooks are fragile so beware!!! I have a 2012 Macbook Air from bought new and it just doesn't died, I replaced the batteries a few times, it travels with me around the world. I recently got a mint Macbook Pro M1 and the screen is now bad, I did some researches I learned these Macbooks aren't as robust.

[Horvath_Tibi]

Many thanks to explain us why are Macbook laptops the best in their cathegory! I would choose a Macbook Air M3 13” or 15” with minimum 16Gb RAM and 512Gb or 1Tb SSD… it worth more and at the end I buy a Macbook for 6-8 Year use… because the Mac standard and quality is more then excellent and allow it to use a laptop so long!

[teebeeonline]

I am not a Macbook fan, but I just bought Macbook air M1 base model for a bargain price. I was amaze of the performance (I am using a dell with core i9 in my daily basis btw)

[picdu]

M1. Even the base model, which you can find for really low prices, performs great. Spending more money on an M2 or an M3 is not going to be worth the jump unless you can find it for a similar price.

[flappospammo]

Apple raised the bar so high with the M1, even they're having problem surpassing it with any real meaning
I've got an M3 Max 48/1tb 16/40/16, and it's a sexy beast :)