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Considering purchasing a MacBook Air with the new M1 Chip. Looking for positive or negative feedback . Need it for travel and will be doing photo editing and working on Word Docs. Unclear as to whether I can use the 7 Core GPU or need the 8 Core GPU.
I strongly suggest getting the 8 core GPU if you are doing photo
editing.
I bought mine back in November and I am very pleased with the
performance and that extra GPU core helps to kick up many
of my apps a notch or two. Plus, the 512 GB drive gives ample
disk space to work with.
FWIW, my photo work is processing RAW images from a Nikon D7500
and use Adobe Bridge 2021 for photo management (as long as Adobe
keeps it free), DxO PhotoLab 4 for RAW processing, Affinity Photo for
"tweaks" and creating panoramas (which is M1 native), and occasionally
using Topaz Studio and EasyHDR3 for special images. All of these apps
are very "zippy" on the 8 core GPU.
I strongly suggest getting the 8 core GPU if you are doing photo
editing.
I bought mine back in November and I am very pleased with the
performance and that extra GPU core helps to kick up many
of my apps a notch or two. Plus, the 512 GB drive gives ample
disk space to work with.
FWIW, my photo work is processing RAW images from a Nikon D7500
and use Adobe Bridge 2021 for photo management (as long as Adobe
keeps it free), DxO PhotoLab 4 for RAW processing, Affinity Photo for
"tweaks" and creating panoramas (which is M1 native), and occasionally
using Topaz Studio and EasyHDR3 for special images. All of these apps
are very "zippy" on the 8 core GPU.
I have had mine for just 3 days but love it.
It seems so much slicker than a windows system and has a great build quality.
I too, bought mine with the intention of doing some light photo editing as well as general web browsing and streaming movies.
I opted for the 8 core GPU and 512mb drive.
It does not cost that much more for the extra graphics memory so it is just as well to get it to future proof things a little for yourself.
Who knows, but 6 months down the line you may end up needing it.
I haven't added Word yet but rest assured that typing on the MacBook Air is a breeze! The keyboard is beautiful.
Thank you so much! I have a MacBook Pro and this will be for traveling. The Apple graphics are always the best. Will take your advice on the 8 and 512.
Thank you! Definitely will download the Adobe and get the 8 Core GPU. Needed to hear from other users as the Apple chat person wasn’t knowledgeable enough. This was great input.
MacBook Air Purchase
