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Waiting for the new MBA 15" 2024.
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From elsewhere on MacRumors:
"As for the 15-inch MacBook, it came out in June 2023, but it too is expected to see a refresh in March 2024, so now is not the best time to buy a MacBook Air. If you can wait until March, it is best to hold off to get the newest M3 chip technology."
"As for the 15-inch MacBook, it came out in June 2023, but it too is expected to see a refresh in March 2024, so now is not the best time to buy a MacBook Air. If you can wait until March, it is best to hold off to get the newest M3 chip technology."
I would wait until the M3 Air is announced then get a M2 Air at a discounted price. For the majority of users the performance gain the M3 will offer will not be noticeable. That spreadsheet calculating in 0.003 seconds instead of 0.004 seconds is not going to be a big deal.
What is unknown, and that would blow my assertion out of the water, is if Apple upgrades the base memory, improves the screen, and improves the black coating to minimize fingerprints.
What is unknown, and that would blow my assertion out of the water, is if Apple upgrades the base memory, improves the screen, and improves the black coating to minimize fingerprints.
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They’ve just updated the MacBook Pros and left them starting at 8 GB. So I would bet against them giving the considerably cheaper MacBook Air any more than 8 GB.
They’ve also just updated the iMac and left that with 256 GB of storage. In combination with having just this generation upgraded the base storage of the MacBook Pro to 512 GB, I’d assume the Air will stay at 256 GB. But I’d be less certain of that than the RAM, since you could argue a laptop needs more storage than a desktop for which external storage is no big deal.