What’s the last thing you bought online?

Sandy_123

No @ehit it's a delivery one for my daughter 

poppy123456

noman said:

MacBook Air

Ohh, please do let me know what you think of it because i've been thinking of buying one for myself, instead of using my desk top. The only problem i'm having is it's taking me a long time to convince myself i will like it

noman

I'm loving it poppy, nice & light, battery lasts forever compared to my previous win 11 laptop,i got 13.6 inch screen version which is just right for me.

Start up is fast and the fingerprint ID makes it easy when signing into websites (if you have your details saved) it takes a little time to get used to if you are coming from a windows laptop as the keyboard layout is different but I can recommend it!!

EDIT: Mine is the 2022 Model with the M2 Chip.

poppy123456

noman said:

I'm loving it poppy, nice & light, battery lasts forever compared to my previous win 11 laptop,i got 13.6 inch screen version which is just right for me.

Start up is fast and the fingerprint ID makes it easy when signing into websites (if you have your details saved) it takes a little time to get used to if you are coming from a windows laptop as the keyboard layout is different but I can recommend it!!

EDIT: Mine is the 2022 Model with the M2 Chip.

Thank you, i appreciate it. If i did go for one i would get the bigger 15 inch screen. (2023) Still thinking about it

66Mustang

Poppy

I have a MacBook Air with the same spec you are looking at. I could write a whole page on why you should buy it but I will just say, if you can justify the cost then get it, you won't regret it.

The one thing I will say is it's blazing fast. It is faster than a lot of desktops and heavy gaming laptops. Now if you consider it is a very thin and light notebook, it really has no right to be this fast!

If you for some extraordinary reason don't like it during the first 14 days you can even get a total refund, no questions asked.

poppy123456

@66Mustang thank you for that, much appreciated! This could be the push i need to buy one. The reason for wanting to change from my desktop is it just takes up so much space. With a laptop, i could also sit on the sofa with my feet up and that does sound very appealing.

I will let you and noman know if i do end up buying one.

66Mustang

The ability to use it anywhere is very useful I agree. Unless you do gaming (I don't believe you do) it should last all day for you on a charge as well.

Please do let us know Poppy

poppy123456

66Mustang said:

The ability to use it anywhere is very useful I agree. Unless you do gaming (I don't believe you do) it should last all day for you on a charge as well.

Please do let us know Poppy

No, i don't use it for gaming. I prefer the PS4 or 5 (if i ever get a look in with my daughter)

A couple of questions i just thought of, do you have the 256GB or the 512GB? and what's the difference please?

66Mustang

256GB or 512GB is simply the amount of storage space. So when you save things like documents, photos, videos and such. Which you need will depend on what/how much stuff you store on your computer -  personally I use very little storage, I haven't even used up 100GB yet.

The RAM is what I'd probably upgrade, if anything. The laptop comes with 8GB as standard which will "do" but 16GB is a decent upgrade and will future proof the machine if you intend to keep it for several years.

Edit: just to add the RAM (Random Access Memory) is what lets the computer run programs, every program uses a certain amount, and over time better more complicated updates to apps come out which tend to use more RAM. Also if you run several things at once each one will use a bit each so you if this is something you do you will notice the benefit of having more.

Second Edit : I just realised Apple tend to call it something like "Unified Memory" instead of RAM but it's basically the same thing.

noman

Unless you intend to store thousands of pictures and videos on your laptop then 256gb of storage is more than you will ever need!

For me 8gb of ram is plenty, if you intend to do lots of video editing etc and have multiple programs running at the same time then this will use a lot of memory where 16gb would be more useful.

If you only use it for browsing and emails etc then the 8gb of ram is more than enough memory!

66Mustang

Here's my memory usage. This is with just Safari (running Scope and 2 other tabs), Mail and Pages (Apple's version of Word) open.

(I have 16GB on my laptop.)

As you can see I am indeed not quite using 8GB but would be dangerously close to using it up if my laptop only had 8GB.

noman

What is dangerous about it ?

66Mustang

Nothing, it's a figure of speech.

I just think Apple providing 8GB on a laptop that costs well over a grand is a bit of an insult. Paying £200 to future proof it by several years is not much in the grand scheme of things.

I know from your previous posts aimed at me that you just don't like me so I'm not going to get into an argument, I am just trying to help Poppy make the best decision..

noman

Which posts would that be?

How could I dislike someone that I have never met or spoke to?

Albus_Scope

Ok folks, let's nip this in the bud now please. Tone can be lost with the written word.

poppy123456

@66Mustang and @noman thank you both very much for the very detailed explanation, it's very much appreciated!

Rumi

Kettle from curry’s 

Rosie_Scope

I bought some tights and a new overnight bag for toiletries

poppy123456

@66Mustang @noman just to update, decided to treat myself this morning and bought MacBook Air 2023 15.3 inch with 16gb unified memory. Delivery is tomorrow. Very excited! Thanks again for the advice! 

66Mustang

Congrats poppy!!!!! That is speedy delivery for a customised laptop as well, usually they take over a week if you edit the spec. I bet you can't wait!!!!