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Some of my student had brand new 2023 Macbook Air with an amazing 8gb ram!! Those 1.5k$ computers struggle to do anything serious lol.
Are you sure they’re not just slacking off and claiming the computer is slow?
Sure, you’re not running multiple CAD programs on a base model Air, but it’s a perfectly capable machine for web browsing, Electron apps, Citrix, MS Office, PDFs, usual desktop stuff.
And the base model Air is less than a grand - if you’re spending $1.5k, you’re getting more than 8GB RAM.
Yes, I should specify. Macbook Air are perfectly capable of meeting all basic needs. I teach in music tech, we use software that can be asking (plugin, etc.) but nothing like serious video editing etc., and I’ve seen that several of these machines quickly struggle with heavy Pro-tool sessions. I’m not an Apple detractor on the hardware side (my m1 max is by far the best laptop I’ve ever had) but let’s be serious, 8gb of ram is 2012 standard, not 2024. Also I’m in Québec, I meant CAD dollars but it’s true that I might have exaggere a little bit lol.
Crazy thing is that I can actually by two 16 / 256 Mac Mini’s for the price of one 32 / 512 Mini.
I expect Apple’s upgrade pricing to be stupid and inflated, but this is straight up silly. And a 256 drive is going to be downright problematic for people.
Enshitifiers gonna enshitify.
I’m sorry, but I would have that drive maxed out in a week, even if I only use on demand cloud storage. Go 1TB or go home.
So, 1TB only lasts you a month?
That’s not exactly how storage works, at least in my experience. The first week is generally when the largest items get installed in my experience (all the core programs and games that I need) and the rest gets slowly filled up over time barring other larger installs.
