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It's hard to predict, but I would say it will handle what you need it to for 3 years at the very least. If your schoolwork will consist of just browsing the web and writing papers, then you could get away with using a 2013 or 2014 MacBook now, so in that regard I would say the M1 MacBook will last for maybe 7 more years, provided the battery can hold up. The M1 machines have better longevity than most other machines in the category, due to their insanely low power requirements, so the battery may last longer than that of an x86 machine.

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So I’m looking at getting an m1 MacBook Air soon. The issue I’m having is not knowing how long it will perform. I am going to really need it for school in just over a year and then on into University (College). I was wondering how long they will last performing well. I want to do some video editing on it but would store all of the videos and sounds etc on an external storage system. 

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Nobody can really tell...

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It's hard to predict, but I would say it will handle what you need it to for 3 years at the very least. If your schoolwork will consist of just browsing the web and writing papers, then you could get away with using a 2013 or 2014 MacBook now, so in that regard I would say the M1 MacBook will last for maybe 7 more years, provided the battery can hold up. The M1 machines have better longevity than most other machines in the category, due to their insanely low power requirements, so the battery may last longer than that of an x86 machine.

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Laptop - ASUS ZenBook 14 with ScreenPad, i7-1165G7, Xe iGPU 96EU, 16GB Octa-Channel 4200MHz, MX450 2GB, 512GB SSD with 32GB Optane

 

Old Laptop 1 - HP Pavilion 15, A10-9600P, R5 iGPU, 8GB, R8 M445DX, 2TB HDD

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iPad 2018 - 128GB

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That said, if you can wait until you begin school, then there will be new MacBooks which will likely last one year more.

Desktop - i5-9600KF @4.8GHz all core, MSI Z390-A PRO, 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3000MHz, MSI GTX 1660S OC 6GB, WD Blue 500GB M.2 SSD, Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM HDD

Laptop - ASUS ZenBook 14 with ScreenPad, i7-1165G7, Xe iGPU 96EU, 16GB Octa-Channel 4200MHz, MX450 2GB, 512GB SSD with 32GB Optane

 

Old Laptop 1 - HP Pavilion 15, A10-9600P, R5 iGPU, 8GB, R8 M445DX, 2TB HDD

Old Laptop 2 - HP Pavilion 15 TouchSmart, i3-3217U, Intel HD 4000, 4GB, 1TB HDD

 

iPad 2018 - 128GB

iPhone XR - 128GB

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