7 or 8 core GPU MacBook Air

[ARMS]

Hi,

I think I've justified to myself that I need to replace my ageing MacBook Air (Mid 2012) with a new one. However I'm a little confused about the two offerings of 7 or 8 core GPU. Do I need the 8 or will the 7 suffice. I do a bit of photo editing and a little video editing and of course all the other normal stuff one uses a computer for these days - emails, word processing etc.

What would the techies in the group suggest. My instinct is that the 7 should be enough for my limited workload.

Just thought I would check before purchase.

Andy

[Paul R Owen]

I bought a MacBook Air with 8 cores. My logic was that I didn’t want a crippled M1 chip with only 7 cores. The 7 core is apparently manufactured as an 8 core but 1 core failed on testing and rather than throwing it away Apple sell it as a 7 core.

That may not make any practical difference, but it made me feel better and I had the spare cash to up the spec.

Unless you’re doing heavy video editing I don t think it would make much difference.

Paul Owen

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[Stephen Watson]

I expect that the M1 Air will provide such a mind-bending speed increase over a 2012 Air that I doubt it matters one bit.

Put your seat belt on. 😉 

Stephen

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[ARMS]

Thanks for the advice, I'll probably go for the 8 core, 16 GB and 1 terabyte of disk. My old Air lasted 8 years so I might as well get one which will cope with the ever increasing demand on capacities.