I Tried EVERY 2024 MacBook: Here's EVERYTHING You Need to Know

It’s hard finding the right MacBook and it’s even harder when each model is so similar, but what if you were someone who spent too much money on these things and used all of them before. Or at least most of them. That would describe me too well. Let’s talk about it.

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Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 MacBook Air M2/M3
2:33 Sponsor: Anker MagGo 3in1 Wireless Charging Station
4:08 MacBook Pro M3/M3 Pro/M3 Max
7:32 Screen Size Matters
8:55 RAM Is Important
10:22 Save on Storage
11:32 Apple Refurbished Machines
12:30 MacBook Charging
14:06 Conclusion: What Would I Buy?

I’m going to go over quite a few topics. I’ll try my best to make your life as easy as possible for you and timestamped all the topics below already. But we’ll talk about the MacBook airs, pros, their screen sizes, storage, ram, accessories, and my own personal picks of what I’d recommend based on budget and needs.

Okay. So this has everything I learned after owning quite a few macbooks, and most of the Apple silicon lineup. I hope you find this information useful in some way, and I’d love to know what you think. After this, what are you thinking about getting? Did this breakdown guide you to that decision in any way? Let me know in the comment section below!

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[Kathy-pdps]

SOOOO helpful. I was overwhelmed when I opened the Mac site to decide on which model to purchase and in less than 20 minutes, you made my decision crystal clear--MacBook Air M3 with 16 MB minimum and a GAN charger. Thanks so much.

[jimtipton]

100% with you Jimmy! The 14" M3 Pro MBP is the sweet spot in my world.

[overcominghomelessness]

Yes, this video did help me decide which MacBook to get. I got the MacBook Pro M3 Pro chip with 36 GB and 512 SSD.

[ibadriba]

I would never recommend 8GB of RAM, not even for casual users. It will bottle neck at some point. And for the „Pro“ lineup a base model with 8 GB is just outrageous, especially at that price.

[RichardBrightwell]

This review was awesome! I think you nailed it exactly. I too have had many MacBooks and can totally back up everything you said. Glad I found you. Looking forward to more videos.

[bryans]

Thanks for the lineup review and recommendations. I purchased a refurb'd M1 Pro MBP 14 (16GB/1TB) last July and for me it is the perfect travel device. Regarding external storage, I picked up a trick several years ago when I transitioned (mostly) from Windows. I format the drives with exFAT so that I can read and write to them from either my Macs or my Windows gaming computer.

[eFiggidy]

M1 air refurbished through apple with 16GB memory and 512GB SSD is $1099 which I was considering but I ended up going with open box good condition base M1 Air Gold from Best Buy for $605. It's in perfect condition and I'm only using this for taxes, typing long emails, Figma in browser, making invitations for parties and light stuff I don't want to use my iPad on and it's been amazing. I use my company issued laptop 16" M2 Max with 64GB memory for engineering work and that thing is way too overpowered and heavy for what I do in my personal life. Great content!

[vicepixel]

I got the midnight m3 15inch macbook air. 16/522 and couldn't be happier

[nikkihoffman]

Great overview. Very helpful and excellent comparisons. Well done!👍👍👍

[J.O.A.T.s]

Fantastic Video.
I just purchased a Mac book pro 14 inch for my wife .
Got the Demo with a bunch of upgrades and extended warranty for.

$1237.00

[lucasabbott]

Thank you so much!! Soon to be college grad here who needs to move on from my 2020 8gb ram MacBook Pro and you helped me out a ton

[RobbieKnox]

This is such a useful video. Thanks so much for making it.

[bisho]

the best mac is a used or refurbished one imo. u can get much more specs for the same price as the base model new from apple.

[kmentality]

Personally, before watching this video, I purchased a refurbished 15 inch base model M2 Air from Apple with only 6 battery cycles for $1019 about 2 wks ago. I only use my notebook for simple browing, YouTube, reading, etc. Essentially the lightest use case possible for most people and I wanted a larger screen for viewing which was why I didn't opt for the cheaper m1 Air or the 13 inch m2. I think for people like me, this is a perfect choice! The battery life, display size and brightness, and speakers are beyond great for regular usage

[ConorFitness_pt]

I’ve just picked up the M2 MacBook Air 13.6inch easy to use👌🏻 & coming from a windows user.

[rayfok]

thank you for sharing. your video is very helpful. I was in the process of buying a MacBook Pro replacement of my 10-year-old dated and broken one, and I ended up bought the basic 16" M3 Macbook Pro with 18/512 from Amazon for $1999 which is $500 cheaper than Apple Store.

[kylebrianbangcaya]

I have used both the M1 MBA 13 inch from my previous workplace and had personally bought the M2 MBA 13 inch a month ago, and I'm loving the portability of either laptops. The M2 MBA is an absolute beast and I'm loving the Midnight Color and design despite the fingerprints. I totally agree with your opinions! I totally believe MBP is the way to go, but portability and cost-wise, MBA is a very reliable machine to be used for a good couple of years. .

[JJONES]

I just bought a starlight 15 inch Macbook Air with 16 gigs of ram and 1 terra drive. I like having 2 monitors hooked up to my laptop at home, and when I am away I can use a split screen on the 15 inch built in display. Downside, almost $2800.00cdn...

[kranthithammandra]

This video was perfect for me to decide which ram size to go for, thank you sooo much!

[reypettis]

No one talk about the speakers much but the MBP M3 speakers are much better for content consumers than the Air and has a better screen. Sure you can use a Bluetooth speaker but is something else to carry around. I do some image editing on my M3 it does fine. Knowing what I know now I probably would have gotten the M3 Pro for future proofing.