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Whats Macbook is the right for me? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by OrangeAnanas@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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I need a laptop for school that lasts 8 h easily. And since windows laptops don't do the trick i thought about a used macbook. Buyin an old one, maxing out RAM and SSD and be ready to go. Whats years of macbooks should i look out for? I want to do as cheap as possible. Its just used for google docs and for its battery life.

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[–] Trash2030s@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Forget 2016-2019 Macbooks. Pre-2016 doesn't have great battery life though still good computers with OCLP.

Get Apple Silicon.

And by that, i mean an M1 Air.

And also, Windows allocates ram differently than macOS does. MacOS is much more efficient with ram. And don't use Chrome (chromeisbad.com) , its one of the worst pieces of software next to Teams. So many other good browsers out there.

[–] biocross@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I'd suggest to just delay your decision for a few more hours, since Apple is going to announce new ones today and this could lead to sales on the existing models. https://www.apple.com/apple-events/

[–] Accomplished-Cry3352@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

latest macbook that has upgradeable ram is macbook pro mid 2012 (which is what i currently have).

IMO, currently, sure you have 16gb of ram. but your CPU is the bottle neck, what's the use of having more than 8 - 12 gb of ram.

however, having something used is likely going to have meh battery life too.

if you don't want a refurbished macbook air (m model) why not go for an ipad and with apple keyboard. surely as a student you'd likely need it mostly for documents, web browser, etc.