Returned MacBook Pro 16" and bought a 15" Air instead. Used the savings to book a vacation. (alien.top)

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I bought a 16" Pro thinking I would need it and realized I never do anything other than simple photo/video editing, occasional VM usage and browsing the internet. Returned it and used the $1000~ savings to book a vacation to the Caribbean instead.

I had fallen for the future proof fallacy when even than, the savings could have been used to buy another new MacBook Air in 3-4 years which would be newer than whatever 'future proofing' I can do now. I would rather buy a new and updated MacBook Air every 4 years with the savings than budget for a Pro model every 7-9 years.

I noticed no difference between using the Pro and Air at all, at least not worth $1000. This sub convinced me that the Air is what 99% of the population would need and is very powerful as is!

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I just did the opposite. The air just didn’t quite do it for me. The main reason is the Air only supports one external monitor…. Carrying the Air was fantastic though!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Out of curiosity, since I have a final year Intel MBP, I’m thinking of switching to an Air soon, does the 1 monitor limit include using sidecar? One thing I like doing right now is using my iPad as a display as well as my desktop monitor.

The only thing I use it for now is for IDE stuff since I’ve moved over all my heavy lifting stuff to my home PC.

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