Should You Buy a Discounted M2 or M3 MacBook Air in 2024 or Wait For M4 Air?

Should you buy a discounted Apple M2 or M3 MacBook Air right now in 2024? Or should you wait for the brand new M4 MacBook Air that will be coming out soon? In this video we discuss the correct choice and what MacBook Air you should really buy between the M2, M3, and new M4 MacBook Air. We know the M4 MacBooks will be faster and maybe come with more ram. And this time it's important you pick the correct MacBook model.

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[akhilmohan]

Still waiting for M4 Air 😢!


By the way, this video pretty much answered my question that I was madly searching on Youtube ( 15+ videos already watched)

Thank you so much 🙏🏻

[tom]

I think you're right this is a unique situation and we should wait to see what's the price of an M4 MacBook Air base price since it does have 16 gigs to start with.

[matth]

Guess it really depends on your use case. I had an M1 at release with 16gb and it’s been great but is starting to show its age so will probably look at what the M4 version looks like when that comes out. I’d imagine M1 to M4 will feel like quite a jump but then so would the M3.

[tonyburzio]

M4. Apparently the frame rates for the just released Game Porting Toolkit D3DMetal 2.0b3 are getting pretty good for Windows Gaming on Mac.

[michalh.]

Hello Craig. I have my own 16 inch MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16GB ram and 1TB SSD, which is very nice notebook and I really love it. For work I have the same but M3 and i find both of them pretty heavy but I love all those extra ports and battery life. I am very excited for MacBook Air M4 and if that one comes out with better screen, I am considering to choose smaller and lighter personal computer... for the same reason I feel pretty excited for rumoured iPhone 17 air... but I would really like the pro motion screen on both!

[asan]

Thank you very much Craig for the recommendations.

[sglatitude]

3:08 I completely agree. For typical office users juggling tons of apps and over 50 browser tabs, having more RAM makes a bigger difference. Sure, the chip is crucial for things like video editing or content creation, but for everyday use, I’d rather have more RAM. My setup runs buttery smooth with 24GB in use, leaving 12GB free for whatever else I need.

[alipat]

My birthday is in october and i want a new macbook but need 16 gb of ram. Waiting to see what the price is for the m4

[auistin]

Hello may i have your opinion. I have want to get a MacBook air m2 16gb ram and 256 gb ssdd. I will used for normal stuff. I saw a refurbish for $799. Or may be wait for the m4 and see m3 drop price. What can you recommend me? Thank you

[mdtagayong]

I'm using mba m2 and still rocking. battery health is still at 100%.

[katangosTV]

Is mba m3 13inch 16gb ram good for editing in nba2k25? It almost 1hour per game.
New subs here my friend🤗

[clarklight]

M2 base model now also start with 16gb Ram 👍👍 and $250 or so cheaper than M3

[tedsukramani]

Would you recommend an M2 with 2/256 GB for $595 or an M3 16/256 for $874? Use is for emails, Microsoft Office, web browsing.

[Colin-sb]

Do you think m2 and m3 airs will be discontinued this time around? Seems everything is m4 now, even the cheap Mac mini starts at m4

[CycleDoc]

Right now as of 11/09/2024, a Macbook Air M2 13in 16gb 256 ssd is $799 at Best Buy. $300 more for the same computer but with M3. Based on that, would you reconsider waiting for M4 and get that M2?

[nicolasb.henry]

I use a base M2 MacBook Air since almost 1, 5 year now and it is an amazing machine I just upgrade to M4 for the Ram I have the base model 8Gb is ok but I am afraid to be stuck in a couples of years. But this is the only reason for me to upgrade. Since Apple create the M series chips following your worflow a Mack book Aire with 16Gb Ram and 256/512Gb storage is more than enough for a large part of users even creative people a pro is really for a specific niche of users. . By the way I love your videos as you are totally related to 80% of Apple users we just need the right technology for our workflow

[latinreuben]

Good content. Imo, a $500 minimum before considering buying. Recently, my debate was bet MBA 15 m3 16/512 for 1450 or MBP 14 16/512 for 1475. MBP won out bc of bigger savings. Only questions are the smaller screen coming from MBP 15 inch & m4 superior specs, which i suspect r gonna b bigger than expected bc of new competition.

[bryans]

I would opt for waiting for the M4 because a price reduction for the older models always follows. That would be the time to do the price/feature comparisons. I did that when the M2 iPad Air released and ended up saving a lot of money.

[EV_car]

i have m2 with 8GB of RAM and i edit video, 3d model and have like other 16 tabs open and its incredibky fast i recommend it if you edit video on light video editing platforms like iMovie and if you want a powerful and fast computer. its great and the best ive ever had

[jonisin]

M1, unless M4 comes with 16GB Ram minimum.