help MacBook Air m1 8GB 256GB vs MacBook Pro 13" 2016 i7 3,3GHZ 16GB 512GB

[Piefke_Paul]

Hi,
I plan on buying a MacBook for light Photoshop/ After Effects and Office tasks.

But cant decide between those both, can get them for same price.

New MacBook Air m1 base model 8GB 256GB 
Or
MacBook Pro 13" 2016 TouchBar i7 3,3Ghz 16GB 512GB

Can someone help me decide :/

[ProjectBox153]

If nothing you will be doing specifically needs an Intel CPU then definitely get the M1 MacBook Air. It is a lot faster than the older MacBook Pro, and the keyboards don't break. 

[Roswell]

Photoshop on a 13 inch screen would be a nightmare. Do you have an external display? 

 

Instead of a used 2016 13 inch I would look at a used 2015 15 inch. You would get a better display, more ports, a dedicated GPU and a much better keyboard for around 800 bucks.

[Piefke_Paul]

1 hour ago, Vitamanic said:

Photoshop on a 13 inch screen would be a nightmare. Do you have an external display? 

 

Instead of a used 2016 13 inch I would look at a used 2015 15 inch. You would get a better display, more ports, a dedicated GPU and a much better keyboard for around 800 bucks.

Got already an external Display.

Don't want to do professional editing just a lil bit.

I already thought for the 2015 ones but i dont like the small trackpad.

Mainly I want to use it for school (office, visual studio and cisco packettracer) 

Also a long lasting battery is important for me.

[Darkseth]

The 2016 model has the first generation Buterfly, so very bad keyboard (it feels bad, it's loud, and it fails alot. 2018/2019 Butterfly generations are better, but still feel not that great)

Also, it's a 7th gen (or 6th?) Dual Core only. Quad Cores came 2018 into the 13" Pro.

 

So the performance difference between that old Dual Core and the M1 will be out of this world.
 

I 100% vote for the M1 Air. You can buy external storage, and 8gb Ram with unified Memory architecture should not be worse than old 16gb Ram with x86 machines.

 

 

Also: Even if you need Intel and Windows, a 2016 Pro should be ALOT cheaper than the M1 Air. That thing is not worth 1000€ anymore. Not even brandnew.

Before you waste your Money on that failure from 2016, take a 2015 model. Also a Dual Core with almost the exact same Performance, however better keyboard, more Ports, better cooling.

 

2016 and 2017 Macbook Pro 13" with Dual cores shouldn't be an option.