MacBook Air M3

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MacBook Air M3

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Laptop- is MacBook Neo okay of rigor?

I would recommend getting a MacBook Air m3 or m4. would serve you well long term. With ai picking up everywhere, it’s possible you might have to do stuff in future that requires running local models. Even Claude code workflows can get hungry depend on what you’re doing. For a 5 year horizon - go big

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Additional-Bike-366 in r/MBAIndia

May 11, 2026 11:52 AM

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Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with the soaring performance of the M4 chip, a gorgeous new sky blue color, and a lower starting price of $999

I got a lot of "Apple would never raise the RAM to 16 GB for free." Then Apple did just that for M2 and M3 Airs. "But Apple will never do that for the M4 Air." Apple not only didn't raise prices on M4 Air for having 16 GB RAM—they lowered them by $100—and improved weaknesses like camera and number o

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78914hj1k487 in r/apple

March 5, 2025 3:16 PM

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Entering PhD this fall. Budget of $600- should I go with MacBook Neo or something else?

It will work but R is memory hungry. Look for a used / Refurbished Air with 16GB RAM. Apple has it for 750, you can find an M3 Air for about $600 on eBay if you look carefully. You can also add AppleCare to one of those for piece of mind.

Hoody007 in r/laptops

April 6, 2026 8:03 PM

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I am starting to think going with Chromebooks for my teaching staff was not the best move

Our staff have MacBook Air M3's and a Lenovo 300e. The MacBook is their main machine, and the 300e is a backup, so they can see what the kids see/experience, and to be left for a sub to use in the classroom with the sub's own credentials. On one hand, they are spoiled with the MacBooks. I, too, thou

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ZaMelonZonFire in r/k12sysadmin

April 8, 2026 8:59 PM

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New Apple products will launch next week, here’s what’s coming

I’m betting on a MacBook Air M4 for sure… so many price drops of the m2 and m3 airs recently

neleram in r/apple

February 8, 2025 11:02 PM

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Macbook Air Districts for Staff...are you moving to the Neo?

We have been mostly Mac for the district since 09. However, chromebooks clearly took over the educational side, and we have had Lenovo chromebooks for students since 2019. Teachers are now on MacBook Air M3, which are really great machines. When the neo was announced, the pricing to me was absurd. B

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ZaMelonZonFire in r/k12sysadmin

March 18, 2026 5:02 PM

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What is the best computer for vector drawings?

You’re already in the Apple ecosystem with the iPad, so I would suggest sticking with a Mac. You don’t need anything overpowered for Adobe Illustrator, just something that runs smoothly when files get a bit more complex. A MacBook Air (M3 or newer) with 16GB RAM is a sweet spot. Fast, portable, and

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LukeChoice in r/AdobeIllustrator

April 10, 2026 4:26 PM

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Laptop suggestion uni student

Go for the MacBook Air M3/M4 with 16GB RAM; it’s the gold standard for CSE students due to its battery life, Unix-based coding environment, and high resale value.

nuxrif in r/Dhaka

April 3, 2026 2:51 PM

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İş Bilgisayarı alacağım yardım lazım

MacBook Air m3 512 gb a 43 bin tl vericeğine aynı paraya m4 256 alıp bir flaş bellek almak ya da ssd almak daha mantıklı geliyor tabiki kendi düşüncem böyle karar sizin

Milyonerim in r/bilgisayar

December 2, 2025 4:42 PM

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Macs are expensive?

Can be hard to compare like for like but looking at Surface Pro X on the Australian store it's more expensive than my MacBook Air M3 24 GB for a completely inferior product. 16 GB Ram not 24 and less powerful GPU lol. And right now I can M5 Air with 32 GB for $2399 AUD vs Surface Pro X 16 GB for $25

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TheOfficialMayor in r/mac

April 19, 2026 2:30 PM

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