Sold my 16 inch a month before the M1 came because I knew what was coming and I could spend that time away from a laptop. I got the full specced air (cause that’s what was release first) and that air was way snappier and equal or faster for my tasks (programming, photo editing) than the almost maxed out 16 inch. Best decision and you should switch asap.
When the M3 comes out… the M1 will still be cheaper and effectively the same speed as the M3.
Performance has diminishing returns - at a certain point it’s just “instant”. The M1 got there for everyday tasks, and the M3 won’t be noticeably faster for any of those.
Sold my 16 inch a month before the M1 came because I knew what was coming and I could spend that time away from a laptop. I got the full specced air (cause that’s what was release first) and that air was way snappier and equal or faster for my tasks (programming, photo editing) than the almost maxed out 16 inch. Best decision and you should switch asap.
I’d rather wait for the M3 release or whatever if it’s gonna be the same price for more performance.
The m2 was more expensive though (m1 air vs m2 air)
And 3nm process is also more costly than 5nm?
You cant be sure that prices wont increase
Why wait for M3 when you could wait for M4???
This is the reason I’m still using my 2012 MBP (with OpenCore Legacy Patcher).
2015: “Ew, butterfly keyboard? I’m going to wait until they release non-butterfly keyboard models”
2020: “They finally stop using butterfly keyboard, but M1 will be released soon. Might as well wait another year”
2021: “Not all apps has been ported to ARM yet. I’m going to wait a bit to see how it goes”
2022: “What’s that? M2 is going to be released soon? I can wait just a bit more”
2023: “Wife just got an M2 macbook air and it’s really nice, but what’s this talk about M3 getting released soon?”
I wouldn’t.
When the M3 comes out… the M1 will still be cheaper and effectively the same speed as the M3.
Performance has diminishing returns - at a certain point it’s just “instant”. The M1 got there for everyday tasks, and the M3 won’t be noticeably faster for any of those.