2020 should receive OS upgrades for another 3 years.
Also apple has never made an i3 air. There was an m3 MacBook which was older, I believe support for these has now ended.
wiseman121
joined 11 months ago
For college/university absolutely 100%. 8gb is also enough providing you don't plan on extensive machine learning or multiple VMs.
For professional developer use I'd opt for a pro 16gb.
Don't buy older than 2017, it's no longer supported and really old/dated hardware.
General advice in the Mac space is don't buy an Intel Mac.
You can pick up M1 airs for as little as $749 new or $500 used. This will be supported until at least 2027 and be perfect for the needs you described.
Simply no. It's a five year old laptop, they're littered with issues/faults and Apple is killing support as soon as they can.
General rule on this sub "Do not buy an Intel Mac"
Wow, thanks for clarifying this. I've never seen one in the wild either. Must have been a short run before the M1 air was released.