I am looking for a Macbook. My workload will be browsing, officeworks (Word, Excel), Photo editing and light Video editing. Which one should i go for? I want to atleast keep it for 5-6 Years.
- Macbook Air M2 (16 GB Ram) 512 GB
- Macbook Pro M3 (8 GB Ram) 512GB
M2 with 16GB is better.
8GB of RAM, no matter how much Apple likes to say otherwise, is not the equivalent of 16GB on PC and 8GB is barely enough to run a web browser + a random program.
8GB is the bare minimum you want for casual use. You need/want more for photo and video editing.
My friend runs Ableton with dozens of plugins on a 8GB M1 Air. Yes it struggles from time to time, but for light work it's more than plenty.