iPad Air M1?

[Jonzjob]

Once again I am confused? I have a thread running in bthe iPad forum, iPad Air & ethernet. We are going to retire our 13 year 4 day old MacBook Pro 13" and are bouncing between the iPad and a MacBook Air 13 M1.

My confusion is about the age of the MB Air M1? Is it a 2020 machine? I haven't been able to find that out because if it is I'm reluctant to get 3 or 4 year old tech for what seems to me to be new prices? It's obviously going to running on Ventura, but if it's already 4 year old tech how much further will it go when the new OS versions are released?

Can anyone help this old git out please and would it be worth spending the extra beer tokens on an M2 jobbie?

 

[IWT]

MB Air M1

This was launched in November 17, 2020 and discontinued 6 June 2022.

For those on a tight budget, it's probably worth it, but if you are wanting a Mac that is current and more future-proof, than you might care to consider other options.

MacBook Air (Apple silicon) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ian

 

[Jonzjob]

Thank you Ian. I am now wondering if it's worth waiting for black Friday I haven't really looked closely before.

 

[MacInWin]

Also, you can see if the MBA M2 has showed up in the refurb store at Apple. Reduced price, same warranty.

My wife has a new MBA M2 and loves it.

 

[Rod]

M1 or M2 you will still be getting Silicon, System on a Chip (SoC) technology as opposed to an Intel processor. There will doubtless be differences and advances made in SoC processors but M1, M2 and soon M3 will still all be intrinsically the same and macOS upgrades will be written to suit that suite of processors.