2015 MacBook Pro to Macbook air 15 M2

[jinkster]

Just looking at upgrading from a 2015 MacBook Pro (2.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, 512GB SSD, 16GB RAM) to a MacBook Air 15" M2 (512GB SSD and 8GB ram) via Sky Mobile.

Sadly 16gb ram isn't upgradeable. through Sky. Will it be an 'Upgrade" as I dont want a downgrade.

Thanks all.

[snowman99]

Definitely. I upgraded from a 2019 Intel i7 MacBook Pro 16 inch to a M2 MBA 15inch, admittedly I carry it around a lot but performance wise it is faster (both stats online and how it feels) plus way better battery life.

[jinkster]

My biggest concern is going from 16 to 8 go ram. Did you do the same?

[therams]

Unified memory architecture - 8gb is the new 16gb 16gb is the new 32gb etc….

https://www.macobserver.com/analysis/understanding...

More important question is what is your use case? If it’s video editing then 8gb isn’t enough. If you are using it for an office machine then no problem

[thebraketester]

jinkster said:

My biggest concern is going from 16 to 8 go ram. Did you do the same?

What are you using it for?

[jinkster]

thebraketester said:

jinkster said:

My biggest concern is going from 16 to 8 go ram. Did you do the same?

What are you using it for?

Mainly office based stuff but also the odd photograph/ video etc. the MBP struggled when I plugged a GoPro into it.

[therams]

You’ll be fine. The machine you were working on was a good machine when it was new, but it is now 8 or 9 year old tech, things have moved on

16gb is always better than 8gb but for your use case, 8gb will be ok

I suspect Sky also can’t sell you a 16gb machine, they are probably limited to the “standard” specs which are 8gb on MBA 15”

[camel_landy]

I wouldn't be too concerned, as the Apple 'M' architecture uses RAM completely differently.

Personally, I found my biggest question was around the size of the SSD.

M

[jinkster]

camel_landy said:

I wouldn't be too concerned, as the Apple 'M' architecture uses RAM completely differently.

Personally, I found my biggest question was around the size of the SSD.

M

Thank you. I'd be going for 512gb which is plenty for my usage with iCloud as a backup.