My wife is a teacher and I want to get her a Mac. The M3 Pro is $1799 for black Friday, or I could get a 15" Air with 16GB of Ram for $1449. IDK if she will ever use IO of the pro, but I can’t decide. Any teachers on here or any recommendations for me to go.
Definitely get her the M3 Pro MacBook Pro, the extra I/O will help in the long run, it also has a way better screen and has better battery life and 2 fans. The M2 MacBook Air has a lot of issues and problems (including overheating problems) since it doesn’t have any fans, it’s also been extremely criticized too.
Haven’t seen anyone criticize it personally. Nothing but praise I have scene. I will consider that.
Ok great, let me know if you have any questions.
Definitely get her the M3 Pro MacBook Pro, the extra I/O will help in the long run, it also has a way better screen and has better battery life and 2 fans. The M2 MacBook Air has a lot of issues and problems (including overheating problems) since it doesn’t have any fans, it’s also been extremely criticized too.
I’m using a base model MBA and I never notice any slow down with it. It sometimes uses swap though so definitely get the 16gb if that’s what you want
Air. My wife is a teacher and she’s on a M1 8/256 and has had zero issues.
Personally, if you’re in the states, I’d get a 16/512 of the Air or the 14” pro off of Apple’s Refurbished site.
I have purchased half a dozen items off of it and they’re better than new as they’re 15% off with the same warranty as new and qualify for Apple Care.
Do not get the 13 pro.
As a teacher with the Pro I will get an Air next time. Yes - ports and battery life are priority and I would take an extra inch of screen!
16 gb Air. Teachers don’t need compute power. Portability is best.
Teacher here, and the new MacBook Air M2 is plenty enough for me to do anything I could want.
For “ teachery” things she does not need the power. The future however brings local ( privacy) AI of all kinds which needs lots of power….