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

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

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[robbdavis]

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

[marcusschneider]

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.

[lundsweden]

You think these old into Macbooks run good on iOS? I put Linux Mint on my wife's Macbook Air 2017 (same specs as the 2014) 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD. Runs at least 10 x faster.

My wife is amazed at how her old computer is now running so well now, with the snappy performance of a 2024 laptop!

The only small issue installing it was the broadcom driver isn't pre installed. You know how I worked around this? I connected the laptop to my phone, using the Wi-Fi over Bluetooth. I updated Mint, which installed the correct driver and voila! All working very, very well!

[EmL-kggn]

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

[joebwahn]

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.

[chrismara]

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.

[Raichle]

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.

[whoisrra]

I just purchased a restored early 2015. Should I keep it? It wasn’t expensive. I will use it to complete my novel, homework, & surfing the web.

[TheNerdGasm]

Just bought a 2014 version. i7, 8GB RAM & 512GB from Ebay (paid 200 euros). Comes with dual boot Sonoma & Win 10. Really looking forward to getting to know the little thing :)

[xashwty]

Just bought one for 138 USD, it’s the 2015 model with 256 GB SSS, but only 4GB RAM and an i5 CPU. Hopefully it’ll run stuff like FL Studio and school work decently. 😊

[jetstream]

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.

[djdontgetcooked]

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.

[samsquid]

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!

[weelebaseknowles]

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

[KevinMillard]

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

[BillyNoMates]

buy a second hand one and put Elementary OS or Tuxedo OS on it and it will run sweet

[CFLee-vprz]

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

[laurencejohnson]

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.

[evansytchou]

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

[Uunann]

Hey a have a macbook 11 a1465 i7 4650u 8gb ram 256ssd, What do you think about battery life? How many hours should it last? (İn monterey)