I bought a 16" Pro thinking I would need it and realized I never do anything other than simple photo/video editing, occasional VM usage and browsing the internet. Returned it and used the $1000~ savings to book a vacation to the Caribbean instead.
I had fallen for the future proof fallacy when even than, the savings could have been used to buy another new MacBook Air in 3-4 years which would be newer than whatever ‘future proofing’ I can do now. I would rather buy a new and updated MacBook Air every 4 years with the savings than budget for a Pro model every 7-9 years.
I noticed no difference between using the Pro and Air at all, at least not worth $1000. This sub convinced me that the Air is what 99% of the population would need and is very powerful as is!
Impossible not noticing 120hz to 60hz and vice versa
does nothing
confused why literally any laptop will do the job
This sub
you couldn’t have done better lol. the silicon Air models are just so good it’s not even worth getting the Pro model in most cases.
How’s the heat between the two?
Since you got the Air, have you done any video editing? Recently I was about to get a Pro as well but decided to go with the Air because the Pro was out of stock where I live and I didn’t wanna wait. Plus, I think can save a bit of money because I may not be able to fully use it.
The pro certainly has some features that the Air can simply not compete with.
Screen quality, multiple displays supported, better audio, has a built in cooling system that wont reduce your system to a crawl should you happen to run something intensive. I think those features are quite useful for more than 1% of the population.
I bought a new 16" M2 pro, 16/512 Gb a few days ago for the same price as a 15" M2 air 16/512 now. For the reasons you wrote above. It will replace a 13" pro retina from early 2013 and I expect to replace it not before 2030. And the old retina I hand down to my kids for homework. The last time I spent 2000 bucks on a windows laptop were totally gone in 5 years.
Super random, but where did you go?
How is that “super random” when he talks about the vacation in the post? Super random would be asking him about his dick size.
He’s going to the Caribbean, that’s a relevant question
Apart from the grounding issue, my 16" Pro has done things alone that most of my peers use a laptop AND a desktop to get done. But yeah, if you’re not processing a ton of realtime video, or saturating thunderbolt with network traffic or something, then the Air could do any 2-3 of the 8 things I’m doing at once admirably. And I’d probably be less pulled in all directions. lol.
And the air will be much easier for you to carry on your vacation (if you’re planning on bringing it)
i totally agree with you… for basic usage base model 15 macbook air is fine without paying much more.
If my question is not absurd, can I ask how you guys return a opened sealed pack and get full refund?
Depends where u buy it from. Most retailers give u a certain amount of days to return full refund back even after opened. Like Best Buy, Amazon, etc. Ebay is a different story.
You could get the base MBP model and still save close to 1000usd, but with additional ports that will help your life easier dongle-free. 😄
Aaugh! Here I thought I was whackadoodle for agonizing over MP16 vs MA15 for two days. In the end, I made the same decision as you. Cheers!!
Could have bought a good enough PC and taken two vacations.
What specs did you go with on the MacBook Air 15”? I was considering 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD (just for the faster speed itself over the 256GB).