Looking to buy a MacBook, unsure which to get.

[lone cape]

For sure get a macbook pro with a m3 pro chip if you are willing to spend that money. It should cover your content creation needs

[spiral prism]

I can get either these two, is it worth the extra $$$ for 16gb?

Actually ignore that, wrong chip

$3500 is the cheapest for pro chip

[lone cape]

i forgot you were talking about australian prices

i think you still should be fine without the pro chip and just went with normal m3

[spiral prism]

Should be alright with the normal M3?

[mint sierra]

i would not get the normal m3

comes with 8 gigs of ram

you could get 16 gig ram option

[spiral prism]

I heard you can get a student discount, do you need to just have a education email address?

Cause I'm in uni right now

Cause I can spend a little extra and get the 16gb version with the student discount

[mint sierra]

i think so

[spiral prism]

So based on what you guys said and for budget reasons

512gb/16gb https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/apple-macbook-air-13-inch-with-m3-chip-10-core-gpu-512gb-16gb-midnight2024

Is my best bet?

[mint sierra]

do they still sell the m2 air?

[spiral prism]

They do

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/apple-macbook-air-15-inch-with-m2-chip-512gb-ssd-midnight2023

[mint sierra]

do they have a 16 gig ram config?

[spiral prism]

This store doesn't but I'll have a look around at other stores

[spiral prism]

How big of a difference would this be @mint sierra

1: https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/macbook-air-13-m3-8-core-cpu-10-core-gpu-16-512gb-midnight-mba24m3161
2: https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/macbook-pro-14-m3-8-core-cpu-10-core-gpu-16-512gb-space-grey-mbp14z1c8

Same thing, just pro vs air

Is the performance jump big?

[mint sierra]

the chip is the same

you'd get a nicer screen

120hz vs 60hz

mini led vs lcd

iirc some better speakers

and more ports

[spiral prism]

Yeah gotcha, sorry to ping you, just trying to make sure before I go in and buy it haha

I think we should be good, but I'll do one last double check