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Hey I currently have a macbook Air i5 with 4gb ram it's starting to show its age and I'd like to replace it with a new machine , I have an iPhone 8 and an old ipad so I am I'm the apple ecosystem .I personally considered a 2018 pro 13 with touchbar with the following specs 

I5 8250 4c/8t

16 gb ram

256/512 gb ssd  (would 256gb be enough if I didn't store photos and just had a few apps)

Would this be a major update from my current machine ?Also macs aside what are your recommendations for an Air replacement?

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only 4gb of ram? I'm surprised you still use this as a main machine today. I'm using over 6GB of ram with two safari tabs and the usual stuff running in the background like dropbox etc. 

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I'd say that machine will be a massive upgrade, yes. I personally wouldn't go for a Windows laptop if you're already deep in Apple's ecosystem so I'm not going to recommend anything from that side.

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Mabye upgrade the storage yourself with a samsung 850 evo, 200$ can get you 1tb of storage.

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6 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

Mabye upgrade the storage yourself with a samsung 850 evo, 200$ can get you 1tb of storage.

as far as I know the storage in the 2018 MacBook Pro is not user upgradable.

 

EDIT: and even if it was, Apple would void your warranty if you did it. so not worth it.

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6 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

Mabye upgrade the storage yourself with a samsung 850 evo, 200$ can get you 1tb of storage.

Impossible. MBP 2016 and onwards have soldered SSDs and the models before it have non-standard Apple custom m.2 SSDs.

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I can hear the wallets screaming from here. 

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Would the 256 drive be enough though ?

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1 minute ago, Hans2020 said:

Would the 256 drive be enough though ?

I'd say that vastly depends on your needs, so it's kind of hard telling you anything about that unless you tell us about them... :P 

Make sure to tag and/or quote people so they get notified... :P:D 

 

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13 minutes ago, ITheSpazI said:

I can hear the wallets screaming from here. 

really? how much was that core i7 laptop you have? including the RX480 and stuff? probably enough to fund a 13" MacBook Pro. 

 

2 minutes ago, Hans2020 said:

Would the 256 drive be enough though ?

how much do you have now? I'm guessing 128? 

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I won't store massive files , just discord chrome apple apps and updates and maybe some documents.

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1 minute ago, Hans2020 said:

I won't store massive files , just discord chrome apple apps and updates and maybe some documents.

apple apps? that's vague. I assume you meant pages etc. but just to be clear. 

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4 minutes ago, Hans2020 said:

I won't store massive files , just discord chrome apple apps and updates and maybe some documents.

Sounds like 256 would be enough. I personally have a NAS so I store large files there. Having wireless 802.11ac across the house also helps ;) 

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11 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

really? how much was that core i7 laptop you have? including the RX480 and stuff? probably enough to fund a 13" MacBook Pro. 

 

how much do you have now? I'm guessing 128? 

Just because you asked

~traded for the laptop(I'll say its worth 700 Used) ~200 for the Thunderbolt Dock(on sale) ~220 For the GPU 2 years ago Rough total $1120 VS the Base model macbook pro "starting at 1299.99" :P

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5 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Sounds like 256 would be enough. I personally have a NAS so I store large files there. Having wireless 802.11ac across the house also helps ;) 

I mean macOS  updates are rather tiny right so there won't be an issue here?

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5 minutes ago, ITheSpazI said:

Just because you asked

~traded for the laptop(I'll say its worth 700 Used) ~200 for the Thunderbolt Dock(on sale) ~220 For the GPU 2 years ago Rough total $1120 VS the Base model macbook pro "starting at 1299.99" :P

fair enough. I just don't like meaningless 'oh apple stuff is overpriced' comments. 

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8 minutes ago, ITheSpazI said:

Just because you asked

~traded for the laptop(I'll say its worth 700 Used) ~200 for the Thunderbolt Dock(on sale) ~220 For the GPU 2 years ago Rough total $1120 VS the Base model macbook pro "starting at 1299.99" :P

Honestly I'd prefer to pay for mac that will last rather than a lenovo/Huawei/dell which will probably last a while but will have vastly inferior build quality and will lack macOS

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8 minutes ago, Hans2020 said:

Honestly I'd prefer to pay for mac that will last rather than a lenovo/Huawei/dell which will probably last a while but will have vastly inferior build quality and will lack macOS

yeah HP= Horrible Product 

 

I'm actually going to meet a guys to sell it tonight because I really don't like it

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11 minutes ago, Hans2020 said:

I mean macOS  updates are rather tiny right so there won't be an issue here?

Well, point releases are usually between a few hundred megs and 2 gigs, so small is relative here. Lol.

 

 

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31 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Well, point releases are usually between a few hundred megs and 2 gigs, so small is relative here. Lol.

 

 

My concern is that system updates my clog that little 256 drive 

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2 minutes ago, Hans2020 said:

My concern is that system updates my clog that little 256 drive 

Nah, it's not like Windows where they stay on the disk until the OS or user finally decides to clean them up after a few weeks.

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