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You must consider how absurdly overkill the M series are for these tasks. I have an M2 Air and it's ridiculously snappy for far heavier workloads. Hell my Macb
by nicbou 3y ago
You must consider how absurdly overkill the M series are for these tasks. I have an M2 Air and it's ridiculously snappy for far heavier workloads.
Hell my Macbook Pro from 2017 was fine for this.
- calf 3y agoI did consider that, and what you're implying is the M2/M3 wouldn't matter for now*. The issue is which one would be future proof 5+ years later. It seems the answer is M3 by 2 years, because yesterday's Ars Technica review says Apple phases out its OS/browser upgrades by model year, so the M2 would lose upgradeability 2 years earlier if purchased today versus the M3. The article ends recommending the M3 for this reason. It's not a great reason IMO but the one that makes sense to me.