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For Anyone Thinking of Getting a 2018 MacBook Air
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<blockquote data-quote="nickyr" data-source="post: 1825123" data-attributes="member: 40791"><p>I was recently in the position of wanting to replace my 2015 MacBook Pro. My daughter's MBA had given up, so I gave her my MBP and then started looking around for a new laptop for myself.</p><p></p><p>My main machine is a new 5K iMac, which is used for photo and video editing in the main.</p><p></p><p>My laptop has always been used as a machine to browse the web, compose emails and other documents and have as a back-up editing machine should I need to do some work while out and about.</p><p></p><p>After looking at all the options, I settled on a 2018 Retina MacBook Air. And I couldn't be happier. It does everything I need, but there are some things perhaps you need to know if you are considering such a machine.</p><p></p><p>1. photo editing in Adobe LR and PS is fine, even with multiple layers open in PS (though the 8GB of RAM struggles here a little)</p><p></p><p>2. 1080p video editing in iMovie is fine. 4K = less so! It took three goes to eventually render an 8 minute video in 4K.</p><p></p><p>For me though, the MBA is great. the Retina display is really enjoyable and the battery life is just superb <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickyr, post: 1825123, member: 40791"] I was recently in the position of wanting to replace my 2015 MacBook Pro. My daughter's MBA had given up, so I gave her my MBP and then started looking around for a new laptop for myself. My main machine is a new 5K iMac, which is used for photo and video editing in the main. My laptop has always been used as a machine to browse the web, compose emails and other documents and have as a back-up editing machine should I need to do some work while out and about. After looking at all the options, I settled on a 2018 Retina MacBook Air. And I couldn't be happier. It does everything I need, but there are some things perhaps you need to know if you are considering such a machine. 1. photo editing in Adobe LR and PS is fine, even with multiple layers open in PS (though the 8GB of RAM struggles here a little) 2. 1080p video editing in iMovie is fine. 4K = less so! It took three goes to eventually render an 8 minute video in 4K. For me though, the MBA is great. the Retina display is really enjoyable and the battery life is just superb :-) [/QUOTE]
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