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Wait for M3 Air or go for the Pro? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by Ambitious_Winter_814@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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Looking to upgrade but not in a rush. I have a 13” M2 MBA but my problem is the RAM. I do photography and mainly use lightroom and photoshop. This isn’t my main machine and mostly only getting a laptop for travel purposes so size and portability are top of my list alongside RAM. I LOVE the aesthetic and portability of my 13” MBA but understand I need better performance. I have pretty much narrowed it down to the 14” MBP with the M3 Pro chip OR wait for the M3 Air to come out and spec up to 24GB memory. I intend to keep this for several years so I don’t want to end up in the same position I am now with needing to upgrade after only a year due to not being knowledgeable in the first place about the base RAM. any opinions appreciated.

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[–] hereismarkluis@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I edit 51 megapixel photographies (150mb each) with Capture One on my M2 pro…works smooth.

[–] Ambitious_Winter_814@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

did you upgrade the RAM? i’m finding anytime I am using both Lr and Ps and doing any sort of retouching is when it really bogs down the worst. it’s using a ton of swap when doing that. if just using lightroom it’s okay but when I get into doing more intense editing, using healing brush or denoise it really starts to slow

[–] hereismarkluis@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I have 16 GB. I also do retouching in Photoshop. Apparently similar tasks to you: healing brush, liquifying, removing background, adding noise.I didn't experiment any kind of slowness here

m2 pro 16 GB 512 GB less than a month of use...