Hey guys, I have been having a real hard time deciding which macbook I should buy and I hope you might be able to help me.
I am a PhD student and use my Mac mostly for studying, giving online lectures and preparing seminars - I have a Windows laptop for running data analysis due to MacOs lack of compatibility to the softwares I use. I currently own a M1 MacBook Air and sometimes it freezes or takes long time to load heavy image files, powerpoint presentations and word files.
I am considering buying a baseline 8gb/256gb M2 15in MacBook Air OR a baseline 8gb/512gb M3 MacBook Pro. When it comes to the M2 MacBook Air, I am open to upgrading it to 16GB of RAM and 512gb of SSD, which would make it slightly better than the Pro, but would this upgrade on RAM and SSD be worth it? I know it sounds awkward, but my M1 Air is a 2020 model and is giving me some headaches to simply open heavier files, that's why I want to upgrade.
Considering that, which would you guys say is the best choice? Baseline M2 MB Air, Baseline M3 MB Pro, or Upgraded M2 MB Air - with which upgrades?
Thanks a lot