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I went back and forth between the m3 pro 14 inch and the 15 inch M3 air. I tried them both and this is the conclusion I came to. Yes the screen is better on the pro but you don't notice it unless they are right next to each other. I hear people say that the speakers are better on the pro but not by much to be honest. I actually didn't care for the pro speakers. The pro is better at almost anything but feel. The pro felt cheap in my hand and typing is horrible. If you have big hands the edges dig in your wrist and it bothers. Screen size makes a huge difference. The 15 inch makes you want to be in front of it. It's also light. Yes, you do feel the weight difference especially while you're holding it in your hand. Unless you are really rendering a ton of videos and yo need color accuracy to be at its best go for the pro, but for most of us, the AIR is it. It feels amazing in your hands and holding it makes you want to keep with you at all times. Once you use the 15 inch air you don't want anything else. I created a million reasons why I needed the pro and ultimately stood with the 15 inch air 16/512. Im super happy!
The M2 15 inch air I have it for over 5+ months now close to a year and it’s an absolute beast! I only maxed out the RAM to 24gb ram with 256gb SSD cause i don’t really see a difference with the speeds and I always don’t mind the waiting on the downloads anyway since I’m doing something else to keep me busy. Overall, I’m very satisfied with it! Use multiple tabs, have photoshop open while watching a stream or RUclips, pretty much have multiple applications open and the 24gb ram REALLY helps to not wear out the SSD swap or MacBook itself, absolute powerful machine!
I have wanted apple to make a 15 inch air for the longest time. Now that they finally have and it supports two monitors i plan on getting one. Once there is a 400-500 price drop so i don't get gouged on ram and ssd upgrades
I just bought mine a week ago and even after a week of using it im so impressed. It’s also my first ever Apple computer so I’m glad I took your advice. 💯 👌🏾
Still have my m1 13" Mac Book Pro which is fantastic for taking on vacation and trips. Wanted a new M3 model and went with the 15" Air (16GB, 512 storage), in retrospect now reading reviews on the 14" M3 Mac Book Pro and thinking for the extra $100, I'm gaining more than I'd be loosing and thinking of swapping for a 14" Pro. But I love the thin form factor and the 15" screen so I'm really on the fence... I don't care about the extra ports, but The two leading features of the Pro model I like are the ability to use the laptop screen and two additional monitors (3 in total) and that huge upgrade on the screen.
I'm in the exact same boat, got the 15 inch air 512/16gb, but then the price of the refurbed mbp m3 pro was only $200 more, I'm switching over to the pro. I do love the form factor of the air and the screen. How's your experience been?
As much as I love the screen size and portability of the 15-inch Air, 120HZ mini-LED brighter outdoors display, ports, and better speakers tip me towards the Pro. Not to mention the upgrade of the RAM on the Air brings the price quite up there. 14-inch Pro FTW!
Great that dual monitor support was brought to the MacBook Air and will be coming to the base m3 macbook pro. I understand the software limitations of not being able to run two monitors and the built in display at the same time, but why must the lid be closed? I own an apple vision pro and when I use mac virtual display it blacks out my screen but I can keep using the trackpad and keyboard. Why not do the same thing for the m3 air and pro? Black out the laptop screen if connected to two external monitors but don't require the lid to be closed. That way people can still use the keyboard and trackpad and don't need to get an external keyboard and mouse. Seems like an easy software change.
I'm really torn if I should go for the 13'' air + a monitor for home use. or just for the 15'' air. I like the portability of the 13 and the screen real estate of the 15
I thought it was good trade in value for my M2 and upgraded to the M3, the 15'" was tempting but I just love the lightness of the 13" in my backpack and carrying around. Went Starlight as that gold pops and 8/10/16 specs but bumped up to 1TB storage to make this M#3 my go to for a long time.
I want to buy a new Mac, but I am lost between the MacbookAir M3 15“ (with 16GB unified memory) and the MacBook Pro M3 14“, could you make a comparison video ?
I’m after a new machine for console streaming via capture card. And then of course video editing. Would the M3 Air handle this ok? Or better off going with the M3 pro?
Getting the m3 air with 1 tb and 16 gb ram is not very far away, I think around $200 some dollars from m3 pro configuration refurbished (also 1 tb and 18 gb) which just gives you so much more. And the display isn’t just a little bit different, it’s a world away, in my opinion, for me. Watch a 4 k travel video, last I looked up was Tahiti, and it was such a huge difference in clarity, like everything looked more alive and super vivid. Air looks like almost 2d vs pro that looks like better than life. But if you never bother to look side by side or check out both, for image quality, or don’t care for image quality, it’s fine either way, and air might be better for those more light sensitive or eye sensitive. I wish I could post the side by side photo I took, even on that you can see it’s super different. But I was gonna get the 15” air specked up, and live limitations (less powerful, worse speakers, probably more delicate if dropped/mishandled), till I compared the displays… and everyday of viewing, I suppose I value that experience of beauty. Plus though I don’t do it all day long, or everyday, I want to edit large raw images and use many layers to make new art. I was trying to get away with a lighter machine with bigger screen for once from apple but seems I may still go for the pro. Thx for review though and I think it probably is a great choice for most people!
For many light users, the base 15-inch is the sensible choice. I have been using 8GB/256GB for 3.5 years with an MB Pro 13 M1, and it has been perfect with no need for more RAM, and I only use 40-50GB of storage. When the deals arrive in a couple of months and we get £150-200 off then the M3 MB Air 15-inch base will be a bargain. But even at £1300, it is cheaper than many Windows alternatives.
Great comment and a very valid argument. Must say I was very convinced a midnight m3 Air with added ram was the way to go. Went a to a store found the greasy midnight blue then there was a this 14” silver m3 pro looked amazing and clean. The MacBook air screen seems very flimsy compared to the pro. Since I had issues with my screen before and want something that could last. Taking into consideration spec’ing up the air is so close priced to a m3 pro. In my case I would go from 13” to 14” for very little price difference. Only downside is the slightly higher price compared to based air model and added weight but use it more at home than traveling. Didn’t have the opportunity to see the difference in screen quality side my side in the store.
My take is that a maxed out M3 15” MacBook Air with 24 g ram the highest processor and video selection with a 2 tb ssd is 2500 $ no small amount of money. Now I really want the mbpro16” maxed out but thats over 5300$ and I just can’t justify it. Mostly because I refuse to pay more than about $2500 for any laptop, IPad, personally built PC. Mostly we all know we have to pay the Apple tax and I still have my mid 2015 16gb ram with the upgraded amd video card and it came with base 512mb ssd. I’ve since upgraded it to 2TB ssd but Apple refuses to update the OS because of my “non standard drive) since it still works and does what I need it to do on occasion I’m keeping it. I have it docked and use it more like a desktop. Since I’m used to the 15” screen I’m ok with an air at 15” don’t like only 2 ports as my old near 10yo hardware runs its screen and 2 dell 27” monitors just fine. I’ve replaced the batteries in it and it’s time for an upgrade. If Apple wasn’t so greedy I’d buy more stuff but they seem to only want to cater to the people making over 150K a year. Not under like us blue collar workers. I’ll have to save up for the 3K for my new air, if I can get my old laptop to do some specific music stuff I’m looking to do in then I’ll just put off buying new stuff for longer.
I'm still using my M1 Macbook Air. It works just fine so I'll hang with it. I find it amusing that I upgraded my iPhone every year starting with the 11's until this year. I decided to break the habit and stay with my 14 PM. Yet, I'm still staying with my M1 MBA. Yes, I'm a knucklehead sometimes. LOL I will say I AM tempted as Midnight is my favorite color for the new one. I wish they had it for the 14 pro series. I got Space Black instead. It's a nice color but Midnight rocks.
I update my iPhone every 2 years and laptop normally every 2 years so it goes tic toc. Most importantly I never buy first generation except the MacBook Air M1❤
@@verttikoo2052 I got the MB about 2 months after launch. Then about 6 months later I bought a refurbished M1 Mac Mini fro Apple. Both still sailing along. I'll likely go 3 years on the iPhone but, like I said, the Midnight MBA is tempting! I MUST be strong! ROTFL
I would so much want the Air with a mini-led screen. I don't understand why they refuse to make one. I would be willing to pay for it. I want the form factor and the lightness of an Air but with a fantastic screen. I don't want to go up to a heavy Pro model just to get the better screen. I'm just a normal user and don't need all the pro stuff. However... I want a great screen. Why Apple? Just charge us like you do with all other products. Maybe it would make it heavier and/or thicker?
I just can’t decide if the base M3 chip is enough for music production. I’d probably need 16-24 gb of ram and I’m unsure if the 8 core cpu would be capable enough for long term use…anybody got any insight to this??
"Best for AI" is a bold claim. But think about it. It has now faster circuitry for on-board AI processing, and this is great for light AI tasks like speech recognition, photo editing, and such things. The "real" AI revolution that is currently happening (think ChatGPT, AI generated images and video...) are so insanely ressource-intensive, that they can't run on a Notebook anyway. They run in the cloud, and the neural cores of the M3 don't help them at all, no matter how fast they are. *Disclaimer:* This comment was generated by NI (Natural Intelligence) 🧠
We have a compare coming soon! The M3 Air is going to be the best laptop for anybody, but maybe not quite for everybody. The updates really close the gap between the Pro and the non-pro lines for most people. If you need the increased horsepower or added connectivity of the Pro line, then you probably already know who you are. That makes the M3 Air a super easy default recommendation for anybody 🙂
It depends on the task you're using it for. For simple day-to-day office tasks, mostly running on small performance spikes on a single core, the M3 air will outperform the M1 pro. On the other hand, when running long-time high performance tasks like rendering, video transcoding or video export, the M1 pro would still be the far better choice.
Yes, it will easily handle the editing part, as long as your video project does not require transcoding of files or extensive background effects rendering while editing (it will quickly throttle your M3, active cooling would be better here, but you can always do transcoding offline if needed). The hardware video decoding support of the M3 should easily handle almost any video format you throw at it in real time, so transcoding would be rarely needed, just edit using the full files. I even did this on my M1 Mac Mini, and it was just as fast as my 8-core Intel i9 MacBook Pro. Export of the final video is of course another story. Yes, it can handle this as well, but be prepared for it to take much longer than on an actively cooled M3 or even a M3 Pro/Max with a lot more graphics cores. They will do the job MUCH faster. Get 10 graphics cores, at least 16 Gigs of RAM and as much storage as you need for your projects, and you're ready to go. Just for reference, I'm doing video editing as well, and I ordered a 13 inch M3 MBA, 24 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD. Don't need the bigger screen since I'm mostly at the desk with two 27-inch monitors. But when I need to travel, it's ultraportable and has enough storage to have all my current projects with me, without me having to fiddle around with external storage.
Thank you for your insight!! I figured it had to be faster than. My 2016 MacBook Pro that has recently stopped working. Keep sharing your experiences with the world!!!
@@pshimmons If you had a 2016 MacBook Pro, you'll be surprised by the performance of the M3. I'm replacing a 2019 maxed out Macbook Pro with it. In the meantime, I got a M1 Mac Mini which in most cases outperformed my 2019 MacBook Pro. However, the Mac Mini has active cooling. But benchmarks have shown that a passively cooled, throttled M3 can be as fast as an actively cooled M1. So, I expect no problems here. Next year, I might go for an M3 Max Mac Studio to complement my new MBA, just for doing longer rendering tasks.
The new MBA M3 is not really an upgrade. What has been offered is an insult to any customer. The base model ist with 8GB RAM and 256SSD is sickening and is no longer a standard. The M3 with a so-called 20% performance increase is not worth mentioning. You won't feel it when will you have 20% more power for a fraction of second. The dual screen set up is just ridiculous. With Windows PC you are able to use multiple screens for at least a decade. I went for a MBA M2 15GB and 256SSD plus an external 1TB SSD because I am not insane enough to throw money at Apple.
"i'm not here to gripe about things" bro that's exactly what you should be doing it's a product review 💀 you can't just gloss over the negatives like a yes man
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I went back and forth between the m3 pro 14 inch and the 15 inch M3 air. I tried them both and this is the conclusion I came to. Yes the screen is better on the pro but you don't notice it unless they are right next to each other. I hear people say that the speakers are better on the pro but not by much to be honest. I actually didn't care for the pro speakers. The pro is better at almost anything but feel. The pro felt cheap in my hand and typing is horrible. If you have big hands the edges dig in your wrist and it bothers. Screen size makes a huge difference. The 15 inch makes you want to be in front of it. It's also light. Yes, you do feel the weight difference especially while you're holding it in your hand. Unless you are really rendering a ton of videos and yo need color accuracy to be at its best go for the pro, but for most of us, the AIR is it. It feels amazing in your hands and holding it makes you want to keep with you at all times. Once you use the 15 inch air you don't want anything else. I created a million reasons why I needed the pro and ultimately stood with the 15 inch air 16/512. Im super happy!
I'm loving what I see with the M3...but I don't regret buying my 15 in M2 last month. Buying it for under $1,000 was too good of a deal to pass up
lool samething happened to me
how did you get that discount?
@@bririe5296 Best Buy has had it on sale for that price off and on for the past month
I got myself the Midnight Air M3 15' 16GB/512GB cool stuff
The M2 15 inch air I have it for over 5+ months now close to a year and it’s an absolute beast! I only maxed out the RAM to 24gb ram with 256gb SSD cause i don’t really see a difference with the speeds and I always don’t mind the waiting on the downloads anyway since I’m doing something else to keep me busy. Overall, I’m very satisfied with it! Use multiple tabs, have photoshop open while watching a stream or RUclips, pretty much have multiple applications open and the 24gb ram REALLY helps to not wear out the SSD swap or MacBook itself, absolute powerful machine!
I picked up the M2 MacBook Air instead. It’s for my daughter who’s going to college. I think that should be plenty for her.
I have wanted apple to make a 15 inch air for the longest time.
Now that they finally have and it supports two monitors i plan on getting one.
Once there is a 400-500 price drop so i don't get gouged on ram and ssd upgrades
I just bought mine a week ago and even after a week of using it im so impressed. It’s also my first ever Apple computer so I’m glad I took your advice. 💯 👌🏾
Still have my m1 13" Mac Book Pro which is fantastic for taking on vacation and trips. Wanted a new M3 model and went with the 15" Air (16GB, 512 storage), in retrospect now reading reviews on the 14" M3 Mac Book Pro and thinking for the extra $100, I'm gaining more than I'd be loosing and thinking of swapping for a 14" Pro. But I love the thin form factor and the 15" screen so I'm really on the fence... I don't care about the extra ports, but The two leading features of the Pro model I like are the ability to use the laptop screen and two additional monitors (3 in total) and that huge upgrade on the screen.
Update swapped for the 14” Pro. Zero regrets
I'm in the exact same boat, got the 15 inch air 512/16gb, but then the price of the refurbed mbp m3 pro was only $200 more, I'm switching over to the pro. I do love the form factor of the air and the screen. How's your experience been?
Just ordered the 13" M3 Macbook air with 512GB & 24GB RAM! Super excited!😁
I have ordered one in the midnight and I can’t wait for it to get here. I am upgrading from the MacBook Air that has the Intel processor.
That's awesome! we just got one and I love it. It just works so well..
As much as I love the screen size and portability of the 15-inch Air, 120HZ mini-LED brighter outdoors display, ports, and better speakers tip me towards the Pro. Not to mention the upgrade of the RAM on the Air brings the price quite up there. 14-inch Pro FTW!
Great that dual monitor support was brought to the MacBook Air and will be coming to the base m3 macbook pro. I understand the software limitations of not being able to run two monitors and the built in display at the same time, but why must the lid be closed? I own an apple vision pro and when I use mac virtual display it blacks out my screen but I can keep using the trackpad and keyboard. Why not do the same thing for the m3 air and pro? Black out the laptop screen if connected to two external monitors but don't require the lid to be closed. That way people can still use the keyboard and trackpad and don't need to get an external keyboard and mouse. Seems like an easy software change.
I'm really torn if I should go for the 13'' air + a monitor for home use. or just for the 15'' air. I like the portability of the 13 and the screen real estate of the 15
My wife is debating the same thing! I think she is leaning towards the 15" if that makes any difference to you!
Go test at a store.
I’m looking at the 15” MacBook Air. You’ve convinced me. 😀
I thought it was good trade in value for my M2 and upgraded to the M3, the 15'" was tempting but I just love the lightness of the 13" in my backpack and carrying around. Went Starlight as that gold pops and 8/10/16 specs but bumped up to 1TB storage to make this M#3 my go to for a long time.
Just ordered the 15inch m3 from best buy new in opened box for 1056.00 what a steal.
I thought M1 was the best, then M2 was the next and now M3 is the best. And let me guess M4 is the best .
No m55 is best
I like the MBA 15 m3 with the 16gb upgrade!
Nice video.. just ordered the 13” M3 with 512 GB And 24 GB ram. Looking forward to try it out. Mostly working with photos. 🇩🇰
I want to buy a new Mac, but I am lost between the MacbookAir M3 15“ (with 16GB unified memory) and the MacBook Pro M3 14“, could you make a comparison video ?
Working on it! I think most people should go with the Air.
I’m after a new machine for console streaming via capture card. And then of course video editing. Would the M3 Air handle this ok? Or better off going with the M3 pro?
Just went from Asus 2015 lap into Macbook world with my new MBA 13,6 inch 16GB and 512 GB, sweet sweet peace of tech🥰
just got mine yesterday
Getting the m3 air with 1 tb and 16 gb ram is not very far away, I think around $200 some dollars from m3 pro configuration refurbished (also 1 tb and 18 gb) which just gives you so much more.
And the display isn’t just a little bit different, it’s a world away, in my opinion, for me. Watch a 4 k travel video, last I looked up was Tahiti, and it was such a huge difference in clarity, like everything looked more alive and super vivid. Air looks like almost 2d vs pro that looks like better than life.
But if you never bother to look side by side or check out both, for image quality, or don’t care for image quality, it’s fine either way, and air might be better for those more light sensitive or eye sensitive. I wish I could post the side by side photo I took, even on that you can see it’s super different.
But I was gonna get the 15” air specked up, and live limitations (less powerful, worse speakers, probably more delicate if dropped/mishandled), till I compared the displays… and everyday of viewing, I suppose I value that experience of beauty. Plus though I don’t do it all day long, or everyday, I want to edit large raw images and use many layers to make new art. I was trying to get away with a lighter machine with bigger screen for once from apple but seems I may still go for the pro.
Thx for review though and I think it probably is a great choice for most people!
For many light users, the base 15-inch is the sensible choice. I have been using 8GB/256GB for 3.5 years with an MB Pro 13 M1, and it has been perfect with no need for more RAM, and I only use 40-50GB of storage. When the deals arrive in a couple of months and we get £150-200 off then the M3 MB Air 15-inch base will be a bargain. But even at £1300, it is cheaper than many Windows alternatives.
Great comment and a very valid argument. Must say I was very convinced a midnight m3 Air with added ram was the way to go. Went a to a store found the greasy midnight blue then there was a this 14” silver m3 pro looked amazing and clean. The MacBook air screen seems very flimsy compared to the pro. Since I had issues with my screen before and want something that could last. Taking into consideration spec’ing up the air is so close priced to a m3 pro. In my case I would go from 13” to 14” for very little price difference. Only downside is the slightly higher price compared to based air model and added weight but use it more at home than traveling. Didn’t have the opportunity to see the difference in screen quality side my side in the store.
My take is that a maxed out M3 15” MacBook Air with 24 g ram the highest processor and video selection with a 2 tb ssd is 2500 $ no small amount of money. Now I really want the mbpro16” maxed out but thats over 5300$ and I just can’t justify it. Mostly because I refuse to pay more than about $2500 for any laptop, IPad, personally built PC. Mostly we all know we have to pay the Apple tax and I still have my mid 2015 16gb ram with the upgraded amd video card and it came with base 512mb ssd. I’ve since upgraded it to 2TB ssd but Apple refuses to update the OS because of my “non standard drive) since it still works and does what I need it to do on occasion I’m keeping it. I have it docked and use it more like a desktop. Since I’m used to the 15” screen I’m ok with an air at 15” don’t like only 2 ports as my old near 10yo hardware runs its screen and 2 dell 27” monitors just fine. I’ve replaced the batteries in it and it’s time for an upgrade. If Apple wasn’t so greedy I’d buy more stuff but they seem to only want to cater to the people making over 150K a year. Not under like us blue collar workers. I’ll have to save up for the 3K for my new air, if I can get my old laptop to do some specific music stuff I’m looking to do in then I’ll just put off buying new stuff for longer.
I'm still using my M1 Macbook Air. It works just fine so I'll hang with it. I find it amusing that I upgraded my iPhone every year starting with the 11's until this year. I decided to break the habit and stay with my 14 PM. Yet, I'm still staying with my M1 MBA. Yes, I'm a knucklehead sometimes. LOL I will say I AM tempted as Midnight is my favorite color for the new one. I wish they had it for the 14 pro series. I got Space Black instead. It's a nice color but Midnight rocks.
I update my iPhone every 2 years and laptop normally every 2 years so it goes tic toc. Most importantly I never buy first generation except the MacBook Air M1❤
@@verttikoo2052 I got the MB about 2 months after launch. Then about 6 months later I bought a refurbished M1 Mac Mini fro Apple. Both still sailing along. I'll likely go 3 years on the iPhone but, like I said, the Midnight MBA is tempting! I MUST be strong! ROTFL
I would so much want the Air with a mini-led screen. I don't understand why they refuse to make one. I would be willing to pay for it. I want the form factor and the lightness of an Air but with a fantastic screen. I don't want to go up to a heavy Pro model just to get the better screen. I'm just a normal user and don't need all the pro stuff. However... I want a great screen. Why Apple? Just charge us like you do with all other products. Maybe it would make it heavier and/or thicker?
They have to differentiate between the Air and the Pro.
@@davidjacobs6244 Well… the screen in my opinion is not what makes something “Pro”. The screen is not the internal power.
They are going with OLED for the MB Air either with the M4 or M5.
Prefer the 13.6 Air. So much easier to tote around.
The IVANKY is great. I've had one for months and not a hitch.
15 inch Midnight (it comes with16 GB of ram) and I upgraded to the 1 TB hard dive
I will buy when the notch disappears (so ugly every time I see it in person) until then M1 Air.
Seems line the IVanky is not necessarily appropriate for the M3 Air since it cannot do 2 monitors for the Air where the Air natively can. Am I wrong?
This M3 can manage two external screens but you have to close the MacBook Air to see on two screens
I love my midnight MacBook Air M3! Battery life is incredible! Thanks for a great review
Such good battery life! Love it!
Which is better for lightroom/photoshop and light video editing? M3 MacBook Air 13” with 16gb or 14 MacBook pro M3 pro with 18 GB?
Pro, no contest. Choose air if you really want portability and battery life. To get stuff done fast, the Pro is a no brainer.
I just can’t decide if the base M3 chip is enough for music production. I’d probably need 16-24 gb of ram and I’m unsure if the 8 core cpu would be capable enough for long term use…anybody got any insight to this??
I’d love to know “for sure” if this is the BEST machine for AI! I plan one picking up a 15 MBA M3 machine very soon.
Best? Maybe. There are two more M3 hardware tech variants coming from TSMC for the rest of the Macs. Might not be portable though.
"Best for AI" is a bold claim. But think about it. It has now faster circuitry for on-board AI processing, and this is great for light AI tasks like speech recognition, photo editing, and such things. The "real" AI revolution that is currently happening (think ChatGPT, AI generated images and video...) are so insanely ressource-intensive, that they can't run on a Notebook anyway. They run in the cloud, and the neural cores of the M3 don't help them at all, no matter how fast they are.
*Disclaimer:* This comment was generated by NI (Natural Intelligence) 🧠
We have a compare coming soon! The M3 Air is going to be the best laptop for anybody, but maybe not quite for everybody. The updates really close the gap between the Pro and the non-pro lines for most people. If you need the increased horsepower or added connectivity of the Pro line, then you probably already know who you are. That makes the M3 Air a super easy default recommendation for anybody 🙂
Hard to believe Apple upgraded to wifi6E when. so many other devices already ship with wifi 7, they'll be rolling that out later as a breakthrough.
I'm in Canada. Waiting for the sales people said would come.. suppose it takes time?
Which one AIR 16GB or PRO 8GB both the same price.
I like my m3 pro 11 core. Best price vs performance in my opinion
MBA 15 , 16/512/Silver :)
MBA 13, 24/2048/Midnight :)
i got the base model 15 inch it will be fine for me
I’d wait on refurb from Apple of it. It’d be solid at 15% off market price
Not only that, but it comes with a warranty and you can trade in your old one to help lower the price even more.
Would you recommend the M1 pro over the M3 air??
It depends on the task you're using it for. For simple day-to-day office tasks, mostly running on small performance spikes on a single core, the M3 air will outperform the M1 pro. On the other hand, when running long-time high performance tasks like rendering, video transcoding or video export, the M1 pro would still be the far better choice.
I just ordered the MacBook Air 15", M3 , 24Gb , 1Tb.
I chose this over a couple other lap tops.
Can't wait to get my hands on it!
So will this handle multi cam video editing of an hour long video? 2 4k and 3 1080 files?
Yes, it will easily handle the editing part, as long as your video project does not require transcoding of files or extensive background effects rendering while editing (it will quickly throttle your M3, active cooling would be better here, but you can always do transcoding offline if needed). The hardware video decoding support of the M3 should easily handle almost any video format you throw at it in real time, so transcoding would be rarely needed, just edit using the full files. I even did this on my M1 Mac Mini, and it was just as fast as my 8-core Intel i9 MacBook Pro. Export of the final video is of course another story. Yes, it can handle this as well, but be prepared for it to take much longer than on an actively cooled M3 or even a M3 Pro/Max with a lot more graphics cores. They will do the job MUCH faster.
Get 10 graphics cores, at least 16 Gigs of RAM and as much storage as you need for your projects, and you're ready to go.
Just for reference, I'm doing video editing as well, and I ordered a 13 inch M3 MBA, 24 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD. Don't need the bigger screen since I'm mostly at the desk with two 27-inch monitors. But when I need to travel, it's ultraportable and has enough storage to have all my current projects with me, without me having to fiddle around with external storage.
Thank you for your insight!! I figured it had to be faster than. My 2016 MacBook Pro that has recently stopped working. Keep sharing your experiences with the world!!!
@@pshimmons If you had a 2016 MacBook Pro, you'll be surprised by the performance of the M3. I'm replacing a 2019 maxed out Macbook Pro with it. In the meantime, I got a M1 Mac Mini which in most cases outperformed my 2019 MacBook Pro. However, the Mac Mini has active cooling. But benchmarks have shown that a passively cooled, throttled M3 can be as fast as an actively cooled M1. So, I expect no problems here. Next year, I might go for an M3 Max Mac Studio to complement my new MBA, just for doing longer rendering tasks.
Is the M3 better than the M1 Pro?
Is this good enough for music production? For posting on RUclips. Please help! Thanks.
Yup! I think so!
For me, the MacBook Pro M3 is still the better option, simply because of the battery., display and speakers...
For someone in med school what MacBook would work best for me?
Any of them with an M chip.
As a user of a 5+ year old Windows laptop, the M3 is already overkill for me. An M2 refurb should be good enough.
I’m looking forward to ordering mine. Waiting for a bonus payout from work!
How apple can still charge 800 for 2tb in 2024? Last week i bought good 2tb m.2 ssd for 150
Should I buy the M3 Macbook Air? (I don't have a laptop)
Yes. Obviously
@@jrrichards9392 thanks for the help and have a nice day
The new MBA M3 is not really an upgrade. What has been offered is an insult to any customer. The base model ist with 8GB RAM and 256SSD is sickening and is no longer a standard. The M3 with a so-called 20% performance increase is not worth mentioning. You won't feel it when will you have 20% more power for a fraction of second. The dual screen set up is just ridiculous. With Windows PC you are able to use multiple screens for at least a decade.
I went for a MBA M2 15GB and 256SSD plus an external 1TB SSD because I am not insane enough to throw money at Apple.
so just by the windows machine and stop complaining ...
Sounds like u still threw money at apple, just not as much lol
Most people aren't interested in the Pro's better display ?
"i'm not here to gripe about things" bro that's exactly what you should be doing it's a product review 💀 you can't just gloss over the negatives like a yes man
Not EvERYONE, the best Mac for me is the M3 Max MBP.
Yes in 2024 256GB of storage on a DESKTOP OPERATING SYSTEM IS A CRIME
I picked up one identical to that one.
Nice!!
The M2 MacBook Air is a better deal. Also, I am happy with my M1 MacBook Pro.
How can one with lower performance be a better deal? 🤷♂️
@@davidjacobs6244 Idk maybe cuz it's cheaper...
No photo memory card slot so no
To be honest any Mac with the M chips will suffice.
I am getting. MacBook Air 15 in
Sweet! Love it!
If you push it hard you can heat a room.🙄😂😂😂
It gets soooo hot.
I would like to see Apple make a double screen laptop
🍎insideer 😃
£517 for the dock🤣🤣🤣
Most dullest product launch ever, inless your using an Intel just get a discounted m1 or m2 with more ram *16gb)
And what's the rationale for not doing this when you still have an Intel?
@valuemastery Its more of a upgrade than going from an M1 chip to M3
What did you want a complete redesign after like 10 months?
Kind of disappointed that the macbook air is being outperformed by the pro. They need to make the air surpass the macbook pro
What? LOL
@@fumblerooskie fr, WHAT LOL
Yes, disappointing indeed. I expected it to outperform the Mac Studio Ultra. That's so lame 😉
That's how it's supposed to work 😉
Wow. You should never work in any business, ever.
Just a paid advert thumbs down