I’m planning to purchase a Macbook Air (M2), and I’m not sure which of the ones above I should upgrade (for future-proofing) on the customization page — I can only afford 1 and IDK which is more important. It’ll be for the usual day-to-day stuff: sheets, browsing, movies, and The Sims 4 lol. No video editing, coding, or music production.
This is the 1st laptop I’ll purchase for myself and I’ve never had any experience with Macs either, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Personally I would spend extra for the 512gb SSD because the standard 256gb is up to 30% slower with writes and 50% slower with reads. In fact I’d always recommend getting the largest internal storage you can afford, especially since that model doesn’t have SD card capability. For what you’re using it for, you don’t need the 10-core GPU (the stock M2 is a *monster*!) nor more than 8 GB RAM, although I’d also recommend getting the most memory you can afford as well.
I owned an 8GB M1 Air that I absolutely loved, but I had to return it for a 16 GB M1 Pro because I use so many graphic design apps at the same time for work, and I needed bigger HiDPI resolutions with an external display.
Good luck and have fun! Apple Silicon is a jaw-dropping game changer!
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