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M1 MBA could be the one! I just got one from Hoxton Macs to replace my 2018 MBP and its lightning fast in comparison. If you look at benchmark there is a big jump from intel to apple silicone but then about 10-15% max each increment M1 to M2 to M3 to M4.
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I have an 11 inch MacBook Air running latest MacOS via OpenCore patcher and it's fine. They're pretty cheap secondhand. Try to find a 2014/2015 8GB one, althoug if you genuinely only want a word processor any of them will do.
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M1 MBA are ~£400 on ebay and £500 on CEX.
If money is really that tight that you can't stretch to £400 and it is just word processing, then I'd get a used small chromebook or put Ubuntu on a small cheap windows laptop. If you ask friends and family you might get something free. I'm sure if you post a wanted ad here and spam the pc thread you'd get something for <£100.
It strikes me as a false economy to spend more than £100 unless you spend the ~£400 on an MI MBA. Especially as you do have a working laptop, albeit not the one you want. #2p
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PM me Jan 1st, I’ll have a M1 Air for sale if you still need one.
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Heya. I’ve been wanting a very lightweight laptop for really nothing more than word processing (admittedly on the heavier duty end of that, long research reports kinda stuff). I’d like it to be apple because I’ve been using them most of my life, so naturally Im thinking of an MBA. Though I’d love to get an M2 1TB guy I can’t realistically afford a long term investment laptop at the moment, not enough work coming in, so I’ll keep using my 2015 MBP til it dies. But I’d like to stop lugging that around, both for its own longevity and also to make my everyday carry lighter. People keep telling me that getting anything prior to M chips is totally utterly pointless at this point, but I’m here to ask if this is really the case given I basically need an on the go word processor that will feel familiar, run ok, sync well with my main machine. Tldr, would a reasonably specced out pre-M chip MBA be worth getting for word processing and internet use if I can find one? If so what should I be looking for ideally? And are there things I could do to keep one of these machines running reasonably well for the next year or two if I got one? Thanks.
adendum: I don't want an ipad.