MacBook Air

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MacBook Air

416 positive 7 neutral 84 negative

Based on 507 Reddit mentions

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MacBook air I've never seen anyone use one for anything more intensive than Microsoft office, email, and web browsing.

Reading_username in r/greentext

November 30, 2025 10:37 PM

432

New iPhones See 'Stronger Than Expected' Demand With One Exception

The first MacBook Air sucked. It was underpowered, temperamental, and the battery barely lasted through lunch. My dad always warned us to never buy the first model year, but I didn’t listen. Source: I owned one.

SirCake3614 in r/apple

October 3, 2025 12:16 AM

305

Microsoft Says 'We're Faster Than a Mac' in Latest Windows PC Ad

"Microsoft says the top-end Windows PCs with Copilot+ branding are up to 58% faster than the previous-generation MacBook Air with the M3 chip" So their top-end Windows PC is faster than the previous version of the low-end Mac? Good job, I guess.

SillySpoof in r/apple

May 15, 2025 7:47 PM

1.7k

Macbook Neo

MacBook Neo and M1 MacBook Air are pretty comparable. You get a bit more performance in certain applications, but also a downgrade in screen and speakers. This is a side grade, and a waste of money. if you want an upgrade buy a MacBook Air with M4 or M5. Or just keep your machine.

DoKeMaSu in r/MacOS

April 2, 2026 12:38 PM

39

New MacBook Neo With A19 Pro Chip and 12GB RAM Expected Next Year

Why not an older MacBook Air 15 then? Kinda the same right

G952 in r/apple

April 7, 2026 8:22 PM

30

Bye bye MacBook

MacBook Air M1, I’m switching because I’m kinda of tired of MacOS, in terms of privacy I don’t really like the direction Apple is heading, specially in Europe where I live, we’ll see with the new CEO, and if you want to install any standard Linux distro you can’t simply plug the usb and install it.

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Skunddl3 in r/thinkpad

April 21, 2026 5:29 PM

19

MacBook Recs Please

My MacBook Air has NOT been enough on may occasions for my work even in R (I’m doing an MS in evolutionary biology) I wish every day I had just splurged on the pro with high ram. Depends on what you are doing but if you doing any modeling in R an air might not cut it

Advanced_Let_7878 in r/GradSchool

May 1, 2026 1:15 AM

3

Which platform is better to build a race track?

A MacBook Air is probably not going to run unreal engine very well at all. Unreal would also burn through a ton of that 250 GB. If blender works for your use case, use it. If you’re looking to make a game and not just a 3d model, try a lighter weight engine than unreal, such as godot

TheFlamingLemon in r/gamedev

April 21, 2026 4:17 PM

3

Awesomeness of mac?

I wouldn't pay £950 for that machine when the M5 MacBook Air is £1,099. The M1 range will only get a couple more years of OS updates, the M5 is looking at probably 7 years. You have to remember the M1 Pro is still a good processor, but it is a 2020/2021 processor, the warranty is long gone and you'r

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NumberInfinite2068 in r/laptops

April 22, 2026 1:35 AM

3

Mac neo confirmed??

It's a nice idea, but I don't think they'll release one. A Mac Mini is basically a MacBook Air M4 without the screen. keyboard and touchpad; the internals are otherwise very similar. How much less would a Mac Neo have to be than the MacBook Neo to be attractive? At least £250-£300 I'd say, but I sin

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Norphus1 in r/mac

April 14, 2026 4:03 PM

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