For everything I listed above, even if I end up upgrading after 4 years (which would convert to $6 per month), I'm more than willing to spend more up front for a laptop that I enjoy using that much more.Īnd yeah, the MacBook Air is lighter than the MacBook Pro, at 2.8 pounds to the Pro's 3.0 pound chassis. Spread out over 8 years? That's just around $3 per month. The extra battery life mentioned above isn't just important for today, but for the inevitable long-term degradation of endurance, as 2 hours more today will mean some extra amount for each and every year going forward. That's how long my current MacBook Pro has lasted, and when it comes to laptops I've got a very strong "invest in the future" mentality. The entry-level MacBook Pro is $300 more expensive than the MacBook Air, and while that is a not-insubstantial amount of money, I want to buy a laptop for the next 8+ years. The biggest reasons to get the Air are for your budget and back. I won't notice the new MacBook Air's perks When I take my laptop to any other spot in my house (and anywhere else on earth, once this pandemic is over), I'm going to want my music and movies to sound as good as possible. And while my next laptop may be plugged into the same speakers I connect to my record player, that's only when I'm at my desk. Last, but most certainly not least, the MacBook Pro's speakers support high dynamic rage, and the MacBook Air's do not. But once you go above that, you get the strong image quality that leads to colors staying strong at a wider array of angles, and a laptop that's simply better for Netflix and YouTube. 400 nits, to me, is sort of the entry-level minimum for a premium laptop. The M1 MacBook Pro also features a brighter screen (500 nits to the Air's 400 nits), and that screen brightness is another place where I'd actually value the difference. And of all the upgrades you can give a Mac (RAM, storage, etc), battery life is the one place where I'd always pay more. On top of that, the M1 MacBook Pro is rated for 2 hours of extra battery life, at 17 hours of web browsing to the MacBook Air's 15 hours.
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