In this inaugural edition of Life With a MacBook Air, I explore the possibility that it is time to upgrade from my current model to a newer version. I personally use a MacBook Air 13" Early 2015 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of Storage and know that there are many people also using the same spec model. Is it time to upgrade, is the 2015 MacBook Air EOL (end-of-life)? Do you know what is not EOL?:
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Now to be clear, I am not saying that the 2015 MacBook Air is EOL, but I am saying that some may need to upgrade to a newer device depending upon their needs. Apple considers products to be vintage after 5 years since they were last manufactured and obsolete after 7 years. Officially the "newest, vintage" MacBook Air is the Mid 2012 model. While that MacBook Air cannot run macOS Mojave, all Late 2012 and newer MacBook Air models are compatible.
I do not foresee the 2015 MacBook Air to become unsupported by macOS 10.15, but I experience some bottlenecks and issues with my current setup. In my case I run into issues with available RAM. My MacBook has only 8GB of RAM and almost consistently see RAM usage in the low to mid 90 percents. This causes the laptop to slowly load some webpages and slow loading times when switching from window to window.
I do not foresee the 2015 MacBook Air to become unsupported by macOS 10.15, but I experience some bottlenecks and issues with my current setup. In my case I run into issues with available RAM. My MacBook has only 8GB of RAM and almost consistently see RAM usage in the low to mid 90 percents. This causes the laptop to slowly load some webpages and slow loading times when switching from window to window.
In conclusion, yes I should upgrade and you should upgrade if you are an extreme multitasker like me. If you consistently see RAM or even CPU usage above 80% (even 70% in some cases) you may want to consider upgrading. More RAM will allow better multitasking, with more windows and different programs open at once, and a better CPU can create more CPU power that you can utilize within your programs and apps.
Now what you should get is another question. If you simply have a lot of web browser windows and tabs open, I recommend the 16GB version of the MacBook Air. However if you use Final Cut Pro (or similar software), Logic Pro, do Photo Editing, or Program in any capacity (including HTML/CSS/JS) you should get a MacBook Pro with 32GB of RAM and however much storage you think should be sufficient in the long-time (think 3-4 years from now).
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Now what you should get is another question. If you simply have a lot of web browser windows and tabs open, I recommend the 16GB version of the MacBook Air. However if you use Final Cut Pro (or similar software), Logic Pro, do Photo Editing, or Program in any capacity (including HTML/CSS/JS) you should get a MacBook Pro with 32GB of RAM and however much storage you think should be sufficient in the long-time (think 3-4 years from now).
Thank you for reading. Please let me know what you think of the new Life With a MacBook Air series! Did you know that our Patreons received early-access to this post? You can become a Patreon and receive early-access to post and Patreon only-content by going to https://www.patreon.com/itechnews/!