ljpuk@twit.social
ljpuk@twit.social

Is the M1 MacBook Air still good in 2024?

I’ve been using the MacBook Air M1 since 2021 and it’ll be just over 3 years of owning it now so I wanted to share a few thoughts. As a hobbyist content creator with the guitar recording, blogging, podcasting, photography and occasional video editing I’m pleased to report it’s been great, even with the 8GB RAM base model I have. …

ljpuk.net/2024/09/05/is-the-m1

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andrewmelder@me.dm
andrewmelder@me.dm

@ljpuk still happily using mine (also 8GB). Then again, at the moment photo editing is the hardest I hit this machine and it handles it easily.

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hawaiiboy
hawaiiboy

@ljpuk I still love mine.

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ljpuk@twit.social
ljpuk@twit.social

@andrewmelder I’ve run into issues with RAW editing definitely. Do most editing on my iPad and it handles it just fine.

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andrewmelder@me.dm
andrewmelder@me.dm

@ljpuk hmmm no such issues here. Although I'm mainly editing 24MP Ricoh DNGs.

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ljpuk@twit.social
ljpuk@twit.social

@andrewmelder I was running into issues with the iPhone pro raw mainly

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