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I have had older models and currently own M2 Air and M1 14 inch pro.
I wouldnt worry about ram, disk space and get the base model for your needs.
A rep youtuber compared a base M2 air (8gb/256) with a fully maxed out M1 Max (32/2tb).
He said he could do everything on the air that the M1 max could do and noted that the M2 Air swapped out 30gb ram from hard disk when needed. His big mixes, productions.
Apple do refurbs so might be worth a look there. If you really fancy treating yourself,, M1 14 inch pro will handle anything you throw at it and is prob best laptop ever made bang for buck.
Throttling is an issue technically on airs, with no fan.. But doubt you or anyone will notice unless rendering complex 4k vids. For music, prob wont even get there and not that you would notice. Fanless systems are an audiophiles dream.
Good luck.
If you search YT you will find plenty of clips from people who stress-tested the entry-level M1 MBA with a hundred plus tracks and plenty of plugins when it first came out. An amp sim or three with a handful of other software instrument or audio tracks will not make it sweat. There will be no CPU throttling due to heat (my M1 MBA has never felt warm to the touch).
Grateful - I’m getting there I.e at least understanding what I need.
I finally pulled the trigger and bought an M1 MacBook Air 16GB/1Tb direct from Apple.
I used my work Microsoft lap top on top of an upturned heavy baking tray, in the hope that it helps it cool quicker (fan gets noisy when doing video in Teams)
I have no proof that this is working for me really
TBH, the annoyance of remembering to eject the SSD before disconnecting the MBA from the TB3 hub is almost worth the hassle of swapping to an MBA with 1TB internal SSD.
Which browser do you use? I find Chrome will run very hot, so I only use it minimally for debugging. I have a lot of tabs in Safari though that don’t heat it up. (Hope that might help you).
Having bought a Universal Audio Apollo interface I have been playing with Luna, but I have been taken aback how it can cause the fans to start whirring with only 2 tracks in it. I need to figure out whether this is due to a problem plugin or if Luna will always do this, but I am not especially optimistic.
My plan had been to use Luna and save money, but I am considering buying Logic to use instead (perhaps before the rumoured Apple UK price bump in a week or so).
Somewhere down the line (in a year or two?) I can imagine buying a Mini or Studio using an M2 / M3, but that’s not a solution for me anytime soon.
seen few people saying this should enough for 'most people', just wondered if anyone's had any direct experience with one, I'd basically be using it for a couple stand alone Neural DSP plugins, amplitude 5, and would do some very light recording with logic (just a few tracks etc). from what people have said, think the entry model be fine, any advice appreciated.
It does require a dongle to plug the USB interface in, but I had one of those anyway. It goes one of the USB-C ports on the macbook air and gives me 2 USB-3 ports, an HDMI port, an SD card slot AND the same USB-C slot it takes up*. I think it was £15 on Amazon and I'd recommend one for any Mac user regardless of what you were planning on doing with it.
*Just don't plug your charger into this port, this can allegedly damage the battery life.
Although those things can be useful to have around, especially with an SD card slot.
Just got a Mac Mini M2 with 512gb SSD and 2TB extra in a dock that adds loads of ports and a second display output. Replaces a 2012 iMac that was never challenged by music (DAW, dozen+ tracks + plugins) or Final Cut video work.
Unless you REALLY need portability (I use cheap Windows laptops to capture multitrack live at gigs from the desk), the minis are very cost effective.