Applecare is excellent?, Is Apple paying you to say that? Apple makes money each claim, other OEMs lose money each claim, Apple's surcharge is than the repair cos, other companies no surcharge, and if you count absurd initial price with outrageous surcharge for an actual accident, you could've bought a new computer AND their base configuration is Chromebook specs with miserable amount of RAM and pathetically sized SDDl Those "sale prices" are obsolete configurations they've over produced and don't want to discount on their own site, nobody should buy those, they're 3 year old configs
yes it will, depends on what you’re doing, obviously for 1000 dollars it’s not worth but if you can get a cheap used 8GB Ram 256GB SSD macbook for everyday tasks that you do on your phone, it’s def worth it
Mac os is well optimised enough that you don't really need more. A bit like how an iphone with 4gb of ram will perform the same if not better than an android with 12gb ram
@@Vareiili it's really not though. Compare it to windows then sure, yeah, we all know windows sucks eggs. But Linux will runs circles around OSX every day of the week. And, like android, you're not locked into the crapplesphere, so you have access to a lot more programs and customizations. Oh, and, you're being dramatic. On average IOS is around 10-15% more efficient than android. That's because it runs native without an intermediary layer. But then, stepping up to a device with more ram is over 2x more expensive with Apple tax.. Soo, you do the math... 🤣
True. I got mine 2,5 years ago and it was perfectly fine but man I do struggle right now. I didn’t change the way I use it and in fact use the same apps but the MacBook runs out of RAM like 5 times a day. I have this “force quit” window pop out at random moment forcing me to close one of the apps which as I can see uses ridiculous amount of memory (20-25gb). Ok I can close it and open it again. It takes few seconds but it’s annoying as hell when it happens 3-8 times a day. Also google chrome crashes 4-10 times a day at random moment which is a crucial, cuz sometimes I have calls on my job using chrome.
Not true. Not sure if you actually have one!! My M1 hit the ball out of the park when I do something on it. 4k 4 layers video 6 layers audio+ insane amount of transition+color correction and grading+ Adobe Photoshop in the background with many images+ 15 webpages on safari + logic pro having 8 layers of audio and Instruments and it still doesn't suck at all. The base variant is a beast- it just take few extra minutes to export and render. That's it. And few extra minutes don't matter and for those it matters they don't think about few extra 100 dollars. Most are already millionaires.
@@unlurn2186 ok mister “not sure”, maybe I should send you a picture 🤦🏻♂️ Idk what caused this issue, because as I said everything was super smooth the first 2 years. I didn’t update macOS at all. Maybe Apple’s being douches again and ruin their previous updates. Just google “force quit application issue” and see for yourself. It’s a real problem and a lot of people who have 8gb RAM MacBook face it, it’s not something I made up
Unfortunaly, there aren't such big sales in other countries like Germany. While a MacBook Air 13 M1 costs 750$ or a Air 15 M2 999$, in Germany they cost 900€ (in $: 980) and 1350€ (in $: 1460). Same for Zenbook 14s or other good laptops
This is terrible advice. The ram is non upgradable, so if you dont buy enough or limit yourself to the base model you might be in trouble a year or two down the line. Storage you can always use the cloud and external hds but ram you are kind of stuck. But storage can be a pain too, see everyone with a base mode iphone to see how that goes. I recommend going at least 16gb for future proofing unless you think the extra $ is worth buying a new laptop 2 years early.
yep 8GB of RAM is a joke I tired an 8GB M2 mac and was useless for me, filled the RAM and then was using swap and system started to stutter with micro lock ups like the SSD was struggling.
@@arranmc182use swap? Sure. Every OS does it. But that's not all that happened in Mac. Either you describe it wrong or you just don't have the Mac. PS: i have a Mac and what happened is far worse than memory swap.
@@victorutomo7244they could easily be telling the truth. I tried the base model M2 Air because the sale and I ran into the same issues. Tested on my friend’s who has 16GB and didn’t replicate the issue. Still had some swap but barely any.
Unfortunately I dislike Microsoft and Google and avoid all their products. Apple and Linux is the only way I currently work, consume content, communicate. My workplace gave me MacBook, that helped me a lot.
I got an open box (excellent new) MacBook Pro 14 18gb ram 512ssd from Bestbuy for $1600. The new one was $1700 and on sale from the original price that was $2000. And I haven’t owned my own laptop for 10 years (college) since I had a desktop, but decided it’ll be nice to have one now since I move around the house a lot. Worth the upgrade/ splurge since my last laptop was a 2012 MacBook.
main issue with these tips is that for creatives we often have to upgrade to get the power we need for our workflows, so while this is great for the average consumer, just know on the creative side of things it may not cut it.
If ur a student or in the right line of work u get a discount on Apple products from the Apple Store. Works if u wanna bumb up a spec a little on the custom models to
Moment he said buy base model I was like WTF 90% of base Mac's only ship with 8GB RAM and have tested M Mac with 8GB and honestly it was terrible I was able to fill the 8GB of RAM easy then the system slowed right down due to having to use the swap file via the SSD and feels like the SSD is struggling at times as once was was full the computer started stuttering, was more laggy at times than older Intel Mac's that had 16GB & 32GB and far slower CPU's So I 100% aghree with your tip given
@@Warp2090 Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster & better than overpriced limited windows crap laptop. Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency. Also, Find me a Windows laptop that has 22 plus hours of battery life, has the performance of M3 Pro/Max chip, has full performance on battery, has a 4K 1,600 nits 120hz mini-LED 16-inch display, doesn't lose performance when unplugged, fans are always quiet, efficient processor, made of aluminum, has Ray Tracing, supports up to 128GB RAM with 8TB SSD, has loudspeakers with a great webcam, top-notch trackpad, have a biometric, top built quality display, has a thin premium design, has thin bezels & doesn’t need a separate power brick/charges with a USB-C. 😁😁😁😁
oh please! whenever i have tried to save on apple products, they are under specced like the storage. It becomes a huge pain if you decide on using a laptop for a long time. apple is only for the rich.
Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster & better than overpriced limited windows crap laptop. Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency. Also, Find me a Windows laptop that has 22 plus hours of battery life, has the performance of M3 Pro/Max chip, has full performance on battery, has a 4K 1,600 nits 120hz mini-LED 16-inch display, doesn't lose performance when unplugged, fans are always quiet, efficient processor, made of aluminum, has Ray Tracing, supports up to 128GB RAM with 8TB SSD, has loudspeakers with a great webcam, top-notch trackpad, have a biometric, top built quality display, has a thin premium design, has thin bezels & doesn’t need a separate power brick/charges with a USB-C. 🎉🎉🎉
@@user-91291 Also, you probably noticed that cheaper Apple silicon Macs were destroyed more expensive windows laptops. And the MacBooks were unplugged/on battery while having Full Performance on battery whereas windows laptops were plugged into the charger the whole video.
I just bought a refurbished MacBook Air M2 16GB for around £950 or $1200 total. A great price that I’m paying in three instalments. Machine is pristine, battery health at 96% didnt come in an official box but everything worked perfectly. Not bad at all!
@@buickmanincAnd with Windows devices, enjoy having a 15 minutes of battery life, poor performance when unplugged, poor efficiency, always needs to be plugged into the charger and enjoy having loud fans.
@DustyKing I can edit 6 videos, have a broswer full of tabs, watch a movie, and play any maxed out Triple A Game on dual monitors and have memory to spare. While you struggle in 8gb
Best buy is NOT a reputable reseller! I ordered a M3 max 36gb/1tb and received an M3 pro 16gb/512gb in the box. When I contacted them, all they said was, 'it was an open box item so we can't do anything for you'?!?! This is a classic case of false advertising/bait and switch. All they had to do was send the correct model, which they refused to do. If you've ever had this happen to you, leave a comment. I am considering filing a class action lawsuit, although I don't need to because they're already guilty of deceptive advertising. Why would a company that's on the verge of becoming obsolete, want to risk the few customers that they barely have?!?! Thank you, and let's hold these greedy, deceptive companies responsible for once?!
This isnt terrible advice to the majority of users. Not everyone is using the heaviest hitting video and photo editing softwares, and so extra ram isn’t needed for most people. If you’re an average college student (which is the majority of macbook users), the base models is more than enough. Dont waste your money.
@@federicocatelli8785and how are they going to make the ram overflow into the ssd? RUclips? Browsing? Taking notes? Like the op said, you're better off buying an upgraded model or a different brand altogether if your workload is heavy.
I do light video editing and coding on my Mac mini, and I’ve never felt like 8gb wasn’t enough. It would be nice to have 12 or 16gb in the base model, but I personally don’t feel like most people would benefit from it because of how efficient Macs are with ram compared to pcs
I am grateful for this advice (which was given in the full youtube video few weeks back). I bought latest 16" M3 Max 48GB base model (retail @$4000) from BestBuy (open-box excellent) at $3400, saving me a whooping $600 which covered my AppleCare+ and then I saved some.
Just bought my first ever MacBook today, saved $350+ on the 16GB / 512GB 13” M3 MacBook Air. Best Buy did a $350 off all MacBook flash sale, + the 90 savings going open box. Best sale since its release in the exact config I want. Needed the extra memory and plan on keeping it for the next 5-6 years, so the extra over the $850 base was well worth it (sale price was $1169 for anyone reading this)
Exactly lol. And while I do agree on buying the base storage….8gb of ram will be hell for anything more than simple tasks. 16GB of ram is the sweet spot. Also, macs (and iPhone) have great resale value anyways so when you sell them to upgrade down the line, you get a lot back irregardless of buying from Apple or best buy.
Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster & better than overpriced limited windows crap laptop. Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency. Also, Find me a Windows laptop that has 22 plus hours of battery life, has the performance of M3 Pro/Max chip, has full performance on battery, has a 4K 1,600 nits 120hz mini-LED 16-inch display, doesn't lose performance when unplugged, fans are always quiet, efficient processor, made of aluminum, has Ray Tracing, supports up to 128GB RAM with 8TB SSD, has loudspeakers with a great webcam, top-notch trackpad, have a biometric, top built quality display, has a thin premium design, has thin bezels & doesn’t need a separate power brick/charges with a USB-C. 🎉🎉🎉🎉 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@DustyKing Stop watching MaxTech lmao. Even the ROG Ally eats the Apple Silicon for breakfast on performance, efficiency and price. The M3 is ever so slightly better in Performance/Watt, but the x86 chips make up for it with almost double or multi-core and GPU performance. Apple Silicon was great, back in 2020, competition has caught up and surpassed.
@@DustyKing I'm not sure what models you ate speaking about , I was referring to the MacBook and the lack of an efficient ram and storage in the base models , I know you can configure them after but this guy is suggesting the base models
I usually find some incredible eBay deals now and then. Most of the machines aren’t in amazing condition condition or have small faults like a touchbar not working but it’s never been a biggie.
Bro they are just bunch of isheeps a laptop from 600 to 850 will be better in every category than the MacBook pro don't believe anyone who says BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BEST CHIP this is just nonsense when you can't use it to the fullest because of low ram and low gpu with no ability to upgrade and they charge you too much for the ram and in some tests you can actually see that an 8GB DDR4 is faster and more reliable than an 8GB MacBook pro @@jacobporter419
If you wanted 8gb version, it's fine but you'll be limited using single or three program at the time. I advice to not buy 8 gb version of Mac if you're an extensive programmer or college student that requires high load of laptop power.
Nah retailers are also cheaper with upgrades. Otherwise it’s not beneficial To be retailer. AMAC for instance. The base one is around 100 cheaper there. While upgrades are anywhere between 20-90 cheaper. Or buy on apple student page.
Literally less than a hundredth of a percent of the population actually upgrades their laptop. Ultrabooks are always thin and light and most their users will be just fine with the base configuration. The fact that you need upgrade ability doesn’t translate over to all other users
@@gaboshkaboi6885 No, that's an unusual artifact of the trends towards throwaway purchases pushed by corporate marketing, objectively a bad thing. Right now a laptop from 15 years ago can still be perfectly useable with a drive swap and memory upgrade, things which used to be routine, simple tasks.
@@gaboshkaboi6885Not upgrading their systems shows their stupidity. Having to buy a new laptop for thousands of dollars when your old one can run smoothly for a couple years more just by giving it a memory upgrade? By the time the device actually becomes obsolete, newer models will be in the market. You will be saving close to $800-$1000 in a span of 16 Years (And that is with the resale value in mind)
Never again will I buy a base model MacBook, especially storage. Made that mistake back when I bought my Mid 2015 MacBook Pro 15in. I upgraded from that to a 2020 16 in all specd out MacBook Pro and I love it. Don’t have to worry about filling up 256 Gbs of storage now
@@asianstud7 you can get the student discount all year long but during June to September (in the US and Canada) you can get the student discount + a gift card + discounted apple care
Good advice, if you think MacBook Air 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage is less, then buy MacBook Pro M3 Pro with 18 GB 512 GB storage which one can easily find on discount
I'll go one step further and wait for the $250-$700 off deals. If we dont buy at full price, ever, prices will go down indefinitely. This applies to every consumer good.
Not at all he said get a base model Mac most of them ship with 8GB RAM and honestly 8GB on the new M mac's is only good for doing the basics as I ordered one used it for literally less than 24hr's and took it back as with in the first hour I was already hitting the swap file due to RAM being full and system get so slow I boxed up the unit and took it right back the next day for a full refund, 8GB of RAM outside the pure basics is useless in 2024 for doing real work most the time.
Whenever I buy apple products from elsewhere, they turn out to be refurbished. So it’s always better to pay little extra and buy from authorized dealers.
@@nnasosss Windows pcs are not cheap, they are overpriced with so many limitations. Can I use Final Cut Pro on the windows pc? Will I be able to Airplay or Airdrop things to that limited windows pc? Will the continuity camera feature work with that pc? Will the Handoff feature work with that overpriced limited pc? Will the windows pc work seamlessly with my ecosystem? Will I be able to use most of the Apple apps on the windows pc? Can I open Mac files on the windows pc, will the keychain password work with a windows pc? Will the copy and paste from one device to another work with a windows pc? Does windows pc have iMessage? Will the universal control feature work with a windows pc to my iPad Pro? Will the windows pc open Xcode? Will the windows pc work seamlessly with multiple devices? Does windows pc have Logic? Does the windows pc have the Bear app? Does windows pc have Pages? Does windows OS have the Notes app? Does windows have Numbers? Does windows of have Apple Arcade? Does windows have Journal? Does windows have the Pixelmator Pro software?Can I access iPhone widgets on windows pc? Does windows have passkeys?… No! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. I can list over 100 windows limitations. Buying a windows pc is a waste of money with so many limitations. Also, windows garbage with similar specs & performance cost way more than the Mac. Windows UI is very ugly. Windows pcs are a waste of money, they’re super limited & can’t do the things macOS can. On the other side, windows laptops are straight garbage & nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks. Should I write more? Throw your limited Gay lights windows trash away & buy a Real computer. (That can do a lot of things & not be limited) Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster & better than overpriced limited windows crap laptop. Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency. Also, Find me a Windows laptop that has 22 plus hours of battery life, has the performance of Pro/Max chip, has full performance on battery, has a 4K 1,600 nits 120hz mini-LED 16-inch display, doesn't lose performance when unplugged, fans are always quiet, efficient processor, made of aluminum, has Ray Tracing, has loudspeakers with a great webcam, top-notch trackpad, have a biometric, top built quality display, has a thin premium design, has thin bezels & doesn’t need a separate power brick/charges with a USB-C. 💪💪💪💪
@@nnasosss have fun using your windows laptop unplugged for more than 15 minutes, enjoy your overpriced windows crap laptops poor battery life, poor performance, limited Pro software, loud fans, trash display quality & enjoy always being plugged into the charger 24/7.
i only buy refurbished from apple / apple care with my apple card (3% cash back and 12 month 0% interest) the only thing i upgrade is the ssd my last MBP still working from 2013--let that sink in FROM 2013
I won’t buy certified used or open boxes from anyone but direct from Apple or Microsoft. Third party extended warranties are often not honored. I would rather buy outgoing model at discounted price but new. For example MacBooks M2 is still available.
Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster & better than overpriced limited windows crap laptop. Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency. Also, Find me a Windows laptop that has 22 plus hours of battery life, has the performance of M3 Pro/Max chip, has full performance on battery, has a 4K 1,600 nits 120hz mini-LED 16-inch display, doesn't lose performance when unplugged, fans are always quiet, efficient processor, made of aluminum, has Ray Tracing, supports up to 128GB RAM with 8TB SSD, has loudspeakers with a great webcam, top-notch trackpad, have a biometric, top built quality display, has a thin premium design, has thin bezels & doesn’t need a separate power brick/charges with a USB-C. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I got 150 dollars off from apple plus a 250 dollar gift card (which i sold) to get a total of 350 dollars off. No other store was giving me such a good deal, but the important thing is that you check before you buy.
TLDR: This video is for people in the US since discounts of such value do not exist outside the US. Dont buy 8gb ram model. Apple Intelligence is not going to be a smooth sailing for you when it comes out. If iam strapped for cash I'd ditch 512gb storage to 256gb to get the 16gb ram.
If you were looking at an air at all you probably wont be needing the 16gb anyways, I feel its for people who want an ipad but also want an actual mac at the very least(256 is gross though and should be illegal😊)
It's very different in Australia though. The only stock configs I'm finding at retailers are 8gb models, almost never see a retailer here with say 16gb model. I've been to local costco, jbhifi, Amazon, officeworks etc, only base 8gb models mostly. Refurbished Apple here in Australia are almost the new price, and there's very little to choose from. If anyone finds a good deal here in Australia, do reply in here.
Always buy a MacBook with at 16Gb RAM and 500gb of storage if you plan to do anything other than surf the internet or keep it a very short time. And if all you p,an to do is surf the internet or do very basic word processing, then by a Windows laptop, again with 16gb of ram and at least 500gb of storage. Apart from that this creator got everything right.
Enjoy buying overpriced laggy Android phones and enjoy getting ripped off and scammed by android phone companies. Can you name me 2018, 2019 or even a 2020 Android phone running the current Android 14 update? Also, Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster, has full performance on battery/when unplugged & better than windows laptop. Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency.
Anyone who buys 8gb in 2024 is crazy. The memory pressure for these devices easily exceeds 8gbs and then you have to that extra unified memory cache forward to the SSD.
8GB is for the people that dont use computers to do anything other than literally surf the web and may be word processing, as 8GB M Mac's are almost useless for real work 8 used one and was able to fill the RAM doing my normal stuff them system felt like it having issues as OS got laggy due to having to use the swap partition via the god awful SSD as it seems like when using the SSD on an M2 for swap feels like the SSD is struggling at times as the micro lock ups was crazy.
Yeah I wouldn’t buy anything refurbished from Best Buy because my dad accidentally did he bought me AirPods Max for full price and they were refurbished and the sound was off it kept glitching out so he returned it and got me new ones and I’ve had no issues since
@@carlosmcse Can you list me one? Don’t list me plastic windows laptops that have ga y rainbow pride lights on them and die in 15 minutes because of their poor battery life. Also, don’t list me a windows laptop that has loud jet sounding fans or lose performance when on battery/unplugged. List me a good windows laptop that has full performance on battery while being fully made of aluminum. And no slow inefficient intel trash.
@DustyKing i can list you 3, but you'll come back with some bullshit. Its obvious by your response you haven't looked at laptops in many years. Yes. There are laptops that have superior specs for the same price as an air. Yes they have fan less design and/or silent fans (MacBooks get very loud under stress and the fanless ones you can fry an egg on them if you push them hard. I know because i had one). And no they're not plastic. A Thinkpad X1 Carbon you can pour a glass of water on the keyboard and the water will just run off of it. Try doing that with a MacBook. Oh and it has a much better keyboard too. But that wouldn't matter to you. Just get your MacBook. Just make sure you subscribe to Louis Rossman for when it dies for no reason and nobody can fix it. Guess what he bought? The guy who repairs all those shitty macbooks for a living.
@@carlosmcse Bro, I literally work and owned many windows and Mac laptops. Windows laptops used to be good, but Apple silicon changed the way I look at laptops now.
I agree with all of your comments except for the third one and I would also add you don’t have to buy AppleCare because it’s good quality. I went through Amazon and on prime day I got a MacBook Air 13 inch stock for $900 , with an M3 8 GB RAM and 256Ssd but I paid $35 for an external ssd deive. Also don’t be a muppet and pay $80 for a Magic mouse, when you can get a good wireless apple compatible mouse, for $15-20. I do music and video editing and 8 GB of ram is fine what did people do back when they were four and eight gigs of ram is the option not make music videos and movies or when there were no Macbook laptops? 😂
Same here. I haven't bought a laptop in years. Linux is much more versatile than either Apple or Windows. As a smarthome integrator, unless you're using cloud-based apps like Amazon or Google, Linux is the only way to go.
Got macbook air m3 16gb/ 512gb refurb from Apple for $1140.00 after Military discount PS: Avoid the 8gb models unless you are just gonna web browse on it.
I will only every buy the top model with all the add ons. If i cant then i will wait till i can. At that price range, $200 isnt important, whats important is only apple sells applecare and i know there is no better product than the one im using
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Applecare is excellent?, Is Apple paying you to say that?
Apple makes money each claim, other OEMs lose money each claim, Apple's surcharge is than the repair cos, other companies no surcharge, and if you count absurd initial price with outrageous surcharge for an actual accident, you could've bought a new computer
AND their base configuration is Chromebook specs with miserable amount of RAM and pathetically sized SDDl
Those "sale prices" are obsolete configurations they've over produced and don't want to discount on their own site, nobody should buy those, they're 3 year old configs
Base model….. laughs at 8Gb ram + 256Gb SSD 😂😂
You can get a higher spec one
@@DustyKing yes for more money not on sale like the 8gb ram, 256 gm storage one.
i believe you could find it on sale but not that often or easy!
@@DustyKing8gb ram upgrade +$200
256gb storage upgrade +$250 😂
@@JaguarBST nope
Former Best Buy employee here. Often Best Buy has some higher spec ones in stock that still qualify for sale price.
Thank you
I just got one coming soon can’t wait & the iPod air m3
Just bought an M3 Air for $940 with taxes.
Base model with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage? Yeah nah fam, that ain’t cutting it in 2024
yes it will, depends on what you’re doing, obviously for 1000 dollars it’s not worth but if you can get a cheap used 8GB Ram 256GB SSD macbook for everyday tasks that you do on your phone, it’s def worth it
@@tylerdurden783 thus the reason why I got 512GB of storage
Depends on what you do
Mac os is well optimised enough that you don't really need more. A bit like how an iphone with 4gb of ram will perform the same if not better than an android with 12gb ram
@@Vareiili it's really not though. Compare it to windows then sure, yeah, we all know windows sucks eggs. But Linux will runs circles around OSX every day of the week.
And, like android, you're not locked into the crapplesphere, so you have access to a lot more programs and customizations.
Oh, and, you're being dramatic. On average IOS is around 10-15% more efficient than android. That's because it runs native without an intermediary layer. But then, stepping up to a device with more ram is over 2x more expensive with Apple tax..
Soo, you do the math... 🤣
Please dont buy an 8gb laptop in 2024
True. I got mine 2,5 years ago and it was perfectly fine but man I do struggle right now. I didn’t change the way I use it and in fact use the same apps but the MacBook runs out of RAM like 5 times a day. I have this “force quit” window pop out at random moment forcing me to close one of the apps which as I can see uses ridiculous amount of memory (20-25gb). Ok I can close it and open it again. It takes few seconds but it’s annoying as hell when it happens 3-8 times a day. Also google chrome crashes 4-10 times a day at random moment which is a crucial, cuz sometimes I have calls on my job using chrome.
Not true. Not sure if you actually have one!! My M1 hit the ball out of the park when I do something on it. 4k 4 layers video 6 layers audio+ insane amount of transition+color correction and grading+ Adobe Photoshop in the background with many images+ 15 webpages on safari + logic pro having 8 layers of audio and Instruments and it still doesn't suck at all. The base variant is a beast- it just take few extra minutes to export and render. That's it.
And few extra minutes don't matter and for those it matters they don't think about few extra 100 dollars. Most are already millionaires.
@@unlurn2186 ok mister “not sure”, maybe I should send you a picture 🤦🏻♂️
Idk what caused this issue, because as I said everything was super smooth the first 2 years. I didn’t update macOS at all. Maybe Apple’s being douches again and ruin their previous updates.
Just google “force quit application issue” and see for yourself. It’s a real problem and a lot of people who have 8gb RAM MacBook face it, it’s not something I made up
90% of people are fine with 8gb
@@Noirloreas the time comes software will be more extensive, therefore buying one in 2024 with 8Gb is def not worth it
Unfortunaly, there aren't such big sales in other countries like Germany. While a MacBook Air 13 M1 costs 750$ or a Air 15 M2 999$, in Germany they cost 900€ (in $: 980) and 1350€ (in $: 1460).
Same for Zenbook 14s or other good laptops
In US prices tax is not included like we have in UE. The difference is a bit smaller but still quite big.
@@GRZYMKOWSKIoMotoryzacjiaha so these prices don’t have tax included ?
Make sense
@@GreatTaiwan
Exactly. You have to add about 10% of a tax
Damn that blows
@@GreatTaiwan That's only the case for most states. Some states do not have sales tax though. Like Portland.
This is terrible advice.
The ram is non upgradable, so if you dont buy enough or limit yourself to the base model you might be in trouble a year or two down the line.
Storage you can always use the cloud and external hds but ram you are kind of stuck. But storage can be a pain too, see everyone with a base mode iphone to see how that goes.
I recommend going at least 16gb for future proofing unless you think the extra $ is worth buying a new laptop 2 years early.
If you need that much ram you should probably be on a windows PC 18gb will be fine for a average person
yep 8GB of RAM is a joke I tired an 8GB M2 mac and was useless for me, filled the RAM and then was using swap and system started to stutter with micro lock ups like the SSD was struggling.
@@arranmc182use swap? Sure. Every OS does it.
But that's not all that happened in Mac.
Either you describe it wrong or you just don't have the Mac.
PS: i have a Mac and what happened is far worse than memory swap.
16 is enough but 8 is criminal indeed
@@victorutomo7244they could easily be telling the truth. I tried the base model M2 Air because the sale and I ran into the same issues. Tested on my friend’s who has 16GB and didn’t replicate the issue. Still had some swap but barely any.
The best way of saving your hard earned money when buying a MacBook...
Is not to buy a MacBook!
Lol
True
Unfortunately I dislike Microsoft and Google and avoid all their products. Apple and Linux is the only way I currently work, consume content, communicate. My workplace gave me MacBook, that helped me a lot.
If it makes it easier to make money it balances out
@@remixisthis I agree.
I got an open box (excellent new) MacBook Pro 14 18gb ram 512ssd from Bestbuy for $1600. The new one was $1700 and on sale from the original price that was $2000. And I haven’t owned my own laptop for 10 years (college) since I had a desktop, but decided it’ll be nice to have one now since I move around the house a lot. Worth the upgrade/ splurge since my last laptop was a 2012 MacBook.
bought a m3 18gb 1tb. Biggest croc of shit. Old MacBooks were so much better. Had a 2015 MacBook Air. Way faster.
@@yuhstupid5658 yeah… ain’t no way a MacBook Air is faster than a Pro.
main issue with these tips is that for creatives we often have to upgrade to get the power we need for our workflows, so while this is great for the average consumer, just know on the creative side of things it may not cut it.
If ur a student or in the right line of work u get a discount on Apple products from the Apple Store. Works if u wanna bumb up a spec a little on the custom models to
Good comment
You saved me 200 bucks man, thanks.
Best tip:
Don't
Moment he said buy base model I was like WTF 90% of base Mac's only ship with 8GB RAM and have tested M Mac with 8GB and honestly it was terrible I was able to fill the 8GB of RAM easy then the system slowed right down due to having to use the swap file via the SSD and feels like the SSD is struggling at times as once was was full the computer started stuttering, was more laggy at times than older Intel Mac's that had 16GB & 32GB and far slower CPU's
So I 100% aghree with your tip given
Yes
Best tip is don’t buy an overpriced limited ga y windows crap laptop.
@@DustyKing Huh? my moms windows laptop only costed 500$ in 2017 and still works well to this day. its a lenovo
@@Warp2090 Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster & better than overpriced limited windows crap laptop.
Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency.
Also, Find me a Windows laptop that has 22 plus hours of battery life, has the performance of M3 Pro/Max chip, has full performance on battery, has a 4K 1,600 nits 120hz mini-LED 16-inch display, doesn't lose performance when unplugged, fans are always quiet, efficient processor, made of aluminum, has Ray Tracing, supports up to 128GB RAM with 8TB SSD, has loudspeakers with a great webcam, top-notch trackpad, have a biometric, top built quality display, has a thin premium design, has thin bezels & doesn’t need a separate power brick/charges with a USB-C.
😁😁😁😁
oh please! whenever i have tried to save on apple products, they are under specced like the storage. It becomes a huge pain if you decide on using a laptop for a long time.
apple is only for the rich.
Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster & better than overpriced limited windows crap laptop.
Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency.
Also, Find me a Windows laptop that has 22 plus hours of battery life, has the performance of M3 Pro/Max chip, has full performance on battery, has a 4K 1,600 nits 120hz mini-LED 16-inch display, doesn't lose performance when unplugged, fans are always quiet, efficient processor, made of aluminum, has Ray Tracing, supports up to 128GB RAM with 8TB SSD, has loudspeakers with a great webcam, top-notch trackpad, have a biometric, top built quality display, has a thin premium design, has thin bezels & doesn’t need a separate power brick/charges with a USB-C.
🎉🎉🎉
@@DustyKingI don’t think you watched the video 😂
@@user-91291 I have watched Max Tech.
@@DustyKing oh I have also. Still majority of us need windows laptops lol
@@user-91291 Also, you probably noticed that cheaper Apple silicon Macs were destroyed more expensive windows laptops. And the MacBooks were unplugged/on battery while having Full Performance on battery whereas windows laptops were plugged into the charger the whole video.
I just bought a refurbished MacBook Air M2 16GB for around £950 or $1200 total. A great price that I’m paying in three instalments. Machine is pristine, battery health at 96% didnt come in an official box but everything worked perfectly. Not bad at all!
For 1200 you could have gotten double the ram and storage and a OLED 4k screen brand new from a windows device
@@buickmanincI use good windows devices at work. Wouldn’t want it at home. Mac user for 15 years, thanks for the input.
@@buickmanincAnd with Windows devices, enjoy having a 15 minutes of battery life, poor performance when unplugged, poor efficiency, always needs to be plugged into the charger and enjoy having loud fans.
@DustyKing I can edit 6 videos, have a broswer full of tabs, watch a movie, and play any maxed out Triple A Game on dual monitors and have memory to spare. While you struggle in 8gb
@@buickmaninc you do know the 16-inch MacBook Pro comes standard with 18GB RAM and can be upgraded to 128GB RAM?
Best buy is NOT a reputable reseller!
I ordered a M3 max 36gb/1tb and received an M3 pro 16gb/512gb in the box. When I contacted them, all they said was, 'it was an open box item so we can't do anything for you'?!?!
This is a classic case of false advertising/bait and switch. All they had to do was send the correct model, which they refused to do.
If you've ever had this happen to you, leave a comment. I am considering filing a class action lawsuit, although I don't need to because they're already guilty of deceptive advertising. Why would a company that's on the verge of becoming obsolete, want to risk the few customers that they barely have?!?!
Thank you, and let's hold these greedy, deceptive companies responsible for once?!
happened to me to i bought a dell xps 15 and received a lenovo laptop in the mail, they said it was an issue with inventory
A class action lawsuit and there's not enough to Warrant that
Just return it and order a different one
This isnt terrible advice to the majority of users. Not everyone is using the heaviest hitting video and photo editing softwares, and so extra ram isn’t needed for most people. If you’re an average college student (which is the majority of macbook users), the base models is more than enough. Dont waste your money.
The less RAM you have the heavier is the strain on ssd (It has a finite limited number of r&w on such smaller drives)
@@federicocatelli8785and how are they going to make the ram overflow into the ssd? RUclips? Browsing? Taking notes? Like the op said, you're better off buying an upgraded model or a different brand altogether if your workload is heavy.
I do light video editing and coding on my Mac mini, and I’ve never felt like 8gb wasn’t enough. It would be nice to have 12 or 16gb in the base model, but I personally don’t feel like most people would benefit from it because of how efficient Macs are with ram compared to pcs
@@RK-qi4tvHow could 8bg of RAM be ok when only MacOS takes 6gb or RAM to run?
I am grateful for this advice (which was given in the full youtube video few weeks back). I bought latest 16" M3 Max 48GB base model (retail @$4000) from BestBuy (open-box excellent) at $3400, saving me a whooping $600 which covered my AppleCare+ and then I saved some.
Not true for Europe. No big sales for macs here.
This guy is such a gigaChad with his views. GOAT tech RUclipsr
Just bought my first ever MacBook today, saved $350+ on the 16GB / 512GB 13” M3 MacBook Air. Best Buy did a $350 off all MacBook flash sale, + the 90 savings going open box. Best sale since its release in the exact config I want. Needed the extra memory and plan on keeping it for the next 5-6 years, so the extra over the $850 base was well worth it (sale price was $1169 for anyone reading this)
First tip, don't trust RUclips'rs, Do Your Own Reseaarch
Exactly lol. And while I do agree on buying the base storage….8gb of ram will be hell for anything more than simple tasks. 16GB of ram is the sweet spot.
Also, macs (and iPhone) have great resale value anyways so when you sell them to upgrade down the line, you get a lot back irregardless of buying from Apple or best buy.
You don't get very much for the upgrade compared with the base when you resell
Dont be the muppet who buys a macbook.
Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster & better than overpriced limited windows crap laptop.
Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency.
Also, Find me a Windows laptop that has 22 plus hours of battery life, has the performance of M3 Pro/Max chip, has full performance on battery, has a 4K 1,600 nits 120hz mini-LED 16-inch display, doesn't lose performance when unplugged, fans are always quiet, efficient processor, made of aluminum, has Ray Tracing, supports up to 128GB RAM with 8TB SSD, has loudspeakers with a great webcam, top-notch trackpad, have a biometric, top built quality display, has a thin premium design, has thin bezels & doesn’t need a separate power brick/charges with a USB-C.
🎉🎉🎉🎉
🎉🎉🎉🎉
Don’t be dumb who buys an overpriced limited ga y windows crap laptop.
@@DustyKing Stop watching MaxTech lmao.
Even the ROG Ally eats the Apple Silicon for breakfast on performance, efficiency and price.
The M3 is ever so slightly better in Performance/Watt, but the x86 chips make up for it with almost double or multi-core and GPU performance.
Apple Silicon was great, back in 2020, competition has caught up and surpassed.
@@RandomGuy-om1vy ROg Ally? 💀
@@RandomGuy-om1vy Bro explained that he has Zero clue about the M3 Max chip or about the M2 Ultra chip.
Yeah all good untile you start using it and notice the lack of ram and storage
You can get a upgraded RAM & storage units
@@DustyKing I'm not sure what models you ate speaking about , I was referring to the MacBook and the lack of an efficient ram and storage in the base models , I know you can configure them after but this guy is suggesting the base models
Yeah, used models, waiting a few years to buy, and buying off a friend or relative, or not having to have the newest machine goes a long way.
I usually find some incredible eBay deals now and then. Most of the machines aren’t in amazing condition condition or have small faults like a touchbar not working but it’s never been a biggie.
What's the difference between brand new and refurbished? Plan to buy 😅
Top 1 tip for buying a Macbook:
- Don't buy a Macbook!
But why, everyone says the typical $500-600 laptop sucks for college
All the seniors I've talked to wished they would've had a Mac Book instead
@@jacobporter419if you’re not an engineer, or need windows related software get a mac
lol I was going to say the same thing.
@@jacobporter419at £500-600 you can get a pretty good laptop as long as it is not a chrome book, idk what type of bs you r on
Bro they are just bunch of isheeps a laptop from 600 to 850 will be better in every category than the MacBook pro don't believe anyone who says BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BEST CHIP this is just nonsense when you can't use it to the fullest because of low ram and low gpu with no ability to upgrade and they charge you too much for the ram and in some tests you can actually see that an 8GB DDR4 is faster and more reliable than an 8GB MacBook pro @@jacobporter419
Ah. The base model 8gb of RAM.
Fine for a lot of users but 8gb is still 8gb regardless what Apple says
Exactly if it is not 16 gb ram I have no interest.
Macbook is only for light users.
My macbook pro m1 with 32gb ram isn't powerful enough. Honestly the OS isn't great as well
If you wanted 8gb version, it's fine but you'll be limited using single or three program at the time. I advice to not buy 8 gb version of Mac if you're an extensive programmer or college student that requires high load of laptop power.
All great until you need a higher spec macbook so you need to buy a customised one from apple
Buy from bh xD they have all the configurations basically and they do go on sale from time to time
I once went on best buy to try and buy a mac and it ended up being more expensive than the price on the edu store 😭
Really wow
The base models are usually lacking key specs like ram and storage
But if you want a different keyboard layout that the one in your current country you can only have it on apple website
i bought a base and renewed one from amazon, it was like brand new.
Nah retailers are also cheaper with upgrades. Otherwise it’s not beneficial
To be retailer.
AMAC for instance. The base one is around 100 cheaper there. While upgrades are anywhere between 20-90 cheaper.
Or buy on apple student page.
Please answer me is really there’s a difference between 16 g and 24 g for ram, for Apple Mac air m3?
I was able to buy a MacBook Air M2 with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage at Best Buy. All for $975 without Apple Care. That can be bought afterwards
Best, tip: don't buy systems that can't be upgraded, period.
What?
Literally less than a hundredth of a percent of the population actually upgrades their laptop. Ultrabooks are always thin and light and most their users will be just fine with the base configuration. The fact that you need upgrade ability doesn’t translate over to all other users
@@gaboshkaboi6885 No, that's an unusual artifact of the trends towards throwaway purchases pushed by corporate marketing, objectively a bad thing.
Right now a laptop from 15 years ago can still be perfectly useable with a drive swap and memory upgrade, things which used to be routine, simple tasks.
@@gaboshkaboi6885Not upgrading their systems shows their stupidity. Having to buy a new laptop for thousands of dollars when your old one can run smoothly for a couple years more just by giving it a memory upgrade? By the time the device actually becomes obsolete, newer models will be in the market. You will be saving close to $800-$1000 in a span of 16 Years (And that is with the resale value in mind)
Never again will I buy a base model MacBook, especially storage. Made that mistake back when I bought my Mid 2015 MacBook Pro 15in. I upgraded from that to a 2020 16 in all specd out MacBook Pro and I love it. Don’t have to worry about filling up 256 Gbs of storage now
buy open box from best buy to save even more money. plus the warranty can be reset to full year if you call Apple.
Nah, the move is to buy the macbook during the back to school sale, they never check you and you can upgrade to a reasonable config
You mean you can buy a custom configuration from Apple during back to school you can get a school discount without proving you're a student?
@@asianstud7 YUP
@@tacticalsanti5438 oh nice thanks for that. But curious how and why is that possible during back to school but not all year long?
@@asianstud7 you can get the student discount all year long but during June to September (in the US and Canada) you can get the student discount + a gift card + discounted apple care
@@tacticalsanti5438 what kind of discount is offer for back to school? And don’t you need to submit a university email in order to get the discount?
Good advice, if you think MacBook Air 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage is less, then buy MacBook Pro M3 Pro with 18 GB 512 GB storage which one can easily find on discount
Right now, like ALL MacBooks are on sale, high end M3 pros are $500 off!
I'll go one step further and wait for the $250-$700 off deals. If we dont buy at full price, ever, prices will go down indefinitely. This applies to every consumer good.
Don’t be a muppet that buys a base model. 8gb unified ram is not enough.
Buying used from Best Buy is cap. Hardly a discount
Great advice 🤙🏾
Not at all he said get a base model Mac most of them ship with 8GB RAM and honestly 8GB on the new M mac's is only good for doing the basics as I ordered one used it for literally less than 24hr's and took it back as with in the first hour I was already hitting the swap file due to RAM being full and system get so slow I boxed up the unit and took it right back the next day for a full refund, 8GB of RAM outside the pure basics is useless in 2024 for doing real work most the time.
Base models basic usage....tempted to get a Mac but adding nearly 500 for doubling RAM and storage🤨🤔👎
Returning an open box M2 MacBook Air for a Premium refurbish from Amazon with more storage for the same price of 889.00 😊
Whenever I buy apple products from elsewhere, they turn out to be refurbished. So it’s always better to pay little extra and buy from authorized dealers.
Base model with 8 gb of ram isn’t going to run anything beyond email and RUclips videos. And likely not even at the same time.
Firstly "don't"
Yes, don’t buy an overpriced limited ga y windows crap laptop
@@DustyKingwindows imo is better. Sorry apple sheeps
@@nnasosss Windows pcs are not cheap, they are overpriced with so many limitations.
Can I use Final Cut Pro on the windows pc? Will I be able to Airplay or Airdrop things to that limited windows pc? Will the continuity camera feature work with that pc? Will the Handoff feature work with that overpriced limited pc? Will the windows pc work seamlessly with my ecosystem? Will I be able to use most of the Apple apps on the windows pc? Can I open Mac files on the windows pc, will the keychain password work with a windows pc? Will the copy and paste from one device to another work with a windows pc? Does windows pc have iMessage? Will the universal control feature work with a windows pc to my iPad Pro? Will the windows pc open Xcode? Will the windows pc work seamlessly with multiple devices? Does windows pc have Logic? Does the windows pc have the Bear app? Does windows pc have Pages? Does windows OS have the Notes app? Does windows have Numbers? Does windows of have Apple Arcade? Does windows have Journal? Does windows have the Pixelmator Pro software?Can I access iPhone widgets on windows pc? Does windows have passkeys?… No! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.
I can list over 100 windows limitations. Buying a windows pc is a waste of money with so many limitations.
Also, windows garbage with similar specs & performance cost way more than the Mac.
Windows UI is very ugly.
Windows pcs are a waste of money, they’re super limited & can’t do the things macOS can.
On the other side, windows laptops are straight garbage & nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks.
Should I write more?
Throw your limited Gay lights windows trash away & buy a Real computer. (That can do a lot of things & not be limited)
Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster & better than overpriced limited windows crap laptop.
Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency.
Also, Find me a Windows laptop that has 22 plus hours of battery life, has the performance of Pro/Max chip, has full performance on battery, has a 4K 1,600 nits 120hz mini-LED 16-inch display, doesn't lose performance when unplugged, fans are always quiet, efficient processor, made of aluminum, has Ray Tracing, has loudspeakers with a great webcam, top-notch trackpad, have a biometric, top built quality display, has a thin premium design, has thin bezels & doesn’t need a separate power brick/charges with a USB-C.
💪💪💪💪
@@nnasosss have fun using your windows laptop unplugged for more than 15 minutes, enjoy your overpriced windows crap laptops poor battery life, poor performance, limited Pro software, loud fans, trash display quality & enjoy always being plugged into the charger 24/7.
@@nnasossspure cope lmao
i only buy refurbished from apple / apple care with my apple card (3% cash back and 12 month 0% interest) the only thing i upgrade is the ssd my last MBP still working from 2013--let that sink in FROM 2013
Is 1 and 2 the same thing?
I’d rather buy from the Apple Store because theirs no way I’m having 8gb ram on my MacBook pro
In the UK the price in other stores is to the penny identical to Apple Store
I won’t buy certified used or open boxes from anyone but direct from Apple or Microsoft. Third party extended warranties are often not honored. I would rather buy outgoing model at discounted price but new. For example MacBooks M2 is still available.
In my country a macbook was 3k in an apple store and 2k in amazon!
Well said. There are models on sale with decent specs.
1. have min 16 gb of ram.
2. don't buy a mac
3. apple charge 10 times factory cost
Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster & better than overpriced limited windows crap laptop.
Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency.
Also, Find me a Windows laptop that has 22 plus hours of battery life, has the performance of M3 Pro/Max chip, has full performance on battery, has a 4K 1,600 nits 120hz mini-LED 16-inch display, doesn't lose performance when unplugged, fans are always quiet, efficient processor, made of aluminum, has Ray Tracing, supports up to 128GB RAM with 8TB SSD, has loudspeakers with a great webcam, top-notch trackpad, have a biometric, top built quality display, has a thin premium design, has thin bezels & doesn’t need a separate power brick/charges with a USB-C.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Don’t buy an overpriced limited ga y windows crap laptop.
@@DustyKing yo why are you all over the comment section glazing apple? get a life bro
@@junky9689 why are you crying?
@@DustyKing steve jobs aint gon let u suck it lil bro stop glazing
Ive owned all types of computers and not one has lasted longer than my Macbook pros...base models and sll that
I got 150 dollars off from apple plus a 250 dollar gift card (which i sold) to get a total of 350 dollars off. No other store was giving me such a good deal, but the important thing is that you check before you buy.
TLDR: This video is for people in the US since discounts of such value do not exist outside the US.
Dont buy 8gb ram model. Apple Intelligence is not going to be a smooth sailing for you when it comes out. If iam strapped for cash I'd ditch 512gb storage to 256gb to get the 16gb ram.
If you were looking at an air at all you probably wont be needing the 16gb anyways, I feel its for people who want an ipad but also want an actual mac at the very least(256 is gross though and should be illegal😊)
A second hand laptop with only 8gbs of ram and a 512gb ssd with a 200$ discount still costing more than 1000$... that should tell you something
BACKMARKET >>>>>
M3 Pro with 18gb is the way to go and it’s always on sale and comes in space black
@@artofkumar Best Buy, usually goes down from $1999 to $1749
Where is it on sale?
@@asianstud7 usually Best Buy has it on sale
Why is it always money determining choice and not performance requirements???
What?
It's very different in Australia though. The only stock configs I'm finding at retailers are 8gb models, almost never see a retailer here with say 16gb model. I've been to local costco, jbhifi, Amazon, officeworks etc, only base 8gb models mostly. Refurbished Apple here in Australia are almost the new price, and there's very little to choose from.
If anyone finds a good deal here in Australia, do reply in here.
I was searching almost every retailer. I ended up buying the M3 from Apple Store. As you said, all the retailers only have an 8gb ram.
Always buy a MacBook with at 16Gb RAM and 500gb of storage if you plan to do anything other than surf the internet or keep it a very short time. And if all you p,an to do is surf the internet or do very basic word processing, then by a Windows laptop, again with 16gb of ram and at least 500gb of storage.
Apart from that this creator got everything right.
Or build a pc and buy a windows laptop
I wouldnt suggest buying a
macbook in 2024, but not that theres anything wrong with it but personally id buy like an xps 14 laptop or summat else
XPS 14? 😬🤭💀 Apple silicon MacBooks are way better and Intel chips are the biggest joke in 2024.
I got a 2020 MacBook m1 on fb marketplace for $325 this week 🙏🏽
Top tips, thanks b 👍
Former 90’s Apple fan boy here. Buy any Apple stuff if you like being ripped off.
PC and Android caught up years ago.
Enjoy buying overpriced laggy Android phones and enjoy getting ripped off and scammed by android phone companies. Can you name me 2018, 2019 or even a 2020 Android phone running the current Android 14 update? Also, Just buy an Apple silicon MacBook which is cheaper, faster, has full performance on battery/when unplugged & better than windows laptop.
Go watch Max Tech Apple silicon MacBooks vs more expensive windows laptops comparison & then talk. Windows laptops are nowhere near Apple silicon MacBooks in performance, battery life & efficiency.
Anyone who buys 8gb in 2024 is crazy. The memory pressure for these devices easily exceeds 8gbs and then you have to that extra unified memory cache forward to the SSD.
I bought a MacBook Air last week with 16 GB and 512 GB at Best Buy. It was 200$ off, so your information is false.
I dont buy a Macbook to save money. So why should I choose a base model if it doesnt have enough memory for my use case?
8GB is for the people that dont use computers to do anything other than literally surf the web and may be word processing, as 8GB M Mac's are almost useless for real work 8 used one and was able to fill the RAM doing my normal stuff them system felt like it having issues as OS got laggy due to having to use the swap partition via the god awful SSD as it seems like when using the SSD on an M2 for swap feels like the SSD is struggling at times as the micro lock ups was crazy.
Yeah I wouldn’t buy anything refurbished from Best Buy because my dad accidentally did he bought me AirPods Max for full price and they were refurbished and the sound was off it kept glitching out so he returned it and got me new ones and I’ve had no issues since
Replace that no customise rule to for students buy using education Apple website
Bro, I just bought that exact same Best Buy laptop a few hours ago for only 799
When the base model has 8gb of ram for example how could you recommend it?
But some people like me want or need it to customize like I want the 4-8 tb configuration 16 inch
Don't buy one. There. I saved you a ton
Then what to buy?
@@DustyKing there are so many laptops out there. One that doesn't charge you $200 for a ram upgrade.
@@carlosmcse Can you list me one? Don’t list me plastic windows laptops that have ga y rainbow pride lights on them and die in 15 minutes because of their poor battery life. Also, don’t list me a windows laptop that has loud jet sounding fans or lose performance when on battery/unplugged. List me a good windows laptop that has full performance on battery while being fully made of aluminum. And no slow inefficient intel trash.
@DustyKing i can list you 3, but you'll come back with some bullshit. Its obvious by your response you haven't looked at laptops in many years. Yes. There are laptops that have superior specs for the same price as an air. Yes they have fan less design and/or silent fans (MacBooks get very loud under stress and the fanless ones you can fry an egg on them if you push them hard. I know because i had one). And no they're not plastic. A Thinkpad X1 Carbon you can pour a glass of water on the keyboard and the water will just run off of it. Try doing that with a MacBook. Oh and it has a much better keyboard too. But that wouldn't matter to you. Just get your MacBook. Just make sure you subscribe to Louis Rossman for when it dies for no reason and nobody can fix it. Guess what he bought? The guy who repairs all those shitty macbooks for a living.
@@carlosmcse Bro, I literally work and owned many windows and Mac laptops. Windows laptops used to be good, but Apple silicon changed the way I look at laptops now.
get the 16gb 512 its easy to find on sale for 12-1300
Can we get a guide for a windows laptop next 🙌😁
What a great idea. Sure I'll add it to the queue
get a framework
@@ChrisTian-sd5yqnot worldwide available.
Windows crap laptops sucks
I agree with all of your comments except for the third one and I would also add you don’t have to buy AppleCare because it’s good quality.
I went through Amazon and on prime day I got a MacBook Air 13 inch stock for $900 , with an M3 8 GB RAM and 256Ssd but I paid $35 for an external ssd deive.
Also don’t be a muppet and pay $80 for a Magic mouse, when you can get a good wireless apple compatible mouse, for $15-20.
I do music and video editing and 8 GB of ram is fine what did people do back when they were four and eight gigs of ram is the option not make music videos and movies or when there were no Macbook laptops? 😂
No one should buy a laptop with less than 16 GB of RAM in 2024.
What if I am not from the US or UK? The prices here are higher, and they rarely go on sale.
Then this video advice doesn't apply to you. It's not hard to understand that.
Come in Romania. Here the base model with 256 gb and 8 gb ram cost s more than 1000. So... it's not a good idea to buy a MacBook outside the US.
Then what should we buy?
@@DustyKing In Romania, at least there are some options from Lenovo and Asus. The only major advantage of MacBook is the CPU.
If you’re enrolled on a tertiary course anywhere in the world you can get discounts directly on Apple though Apple for education
i only bought new laptop for my wife, for myself, I re-use laptops thrown in the e-waste and install linux in them
Just use macOS which is better
Same here. I haven't bought a laptop in years. Linux is much more versatile than either Apple or Windows. As a smarthome integrator, unless you're using cloud-based apps like Amazon or Google, Linux is the only way to go.
Best buy got them amazing deals on apple products! 🔥🔥🔥
Got macbook air m3 16gb/ 512gb refurb from Apple for $1140.00 after Military discount
PS: Avoid the 8gb models unless you are just gonna web browse on it.
Base model laptops are pretty weak, go Max or Chillax
"High quality devices" .... some people watch Louis Rossman you know :D
Thanks microsoft for offering 16gb and 512gb base model on snapdragon x elite laptop
Snapdragon XE laptops sucks tho. They are super slow, inefficient, have poor battery life and poor performance. Go watch Max Tech comparison video.
I will only every buy the top model with all the add ons. If i cant then i will wait till i can. At that price range, $200 isnt important, whats important is only apple sells applecare and i know there is no better product than the one im using
Basically this video is a promotion for Best Buy
8gb RAM lol
You can have 128GB RAM on a MacBook though
@@KaneCarso For an extra $2K right?
RAM is cheap lol
lmao, its not the same as windows that are not efficient
@@cosmicreaverkassadin1143 Okay, whatever makes you sleep at night 😴
@@ElvisChibundu You keep ignoring facts. 🤭 Go watch Max Tech in-depth comparison video & then talk. 😀