Don’t buy a MacBook Pro - MacBook Air M3

ShortCircuit April 5, 2024
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Pick yourself up a beautiful WhiteFox Eclipse Mechanical Keyboard and use code LMGECLIPSE for 10% off your purchase at https://apos.io/whitefox-eclipse-lmg Apple is back with an upgrade for their thin and light MacBook Air and this seems to be one heck of a power boost. With the new M3 there's hardware raytracing, tons of compute power, and looooong battery life, so why get a MacBook Pro? Jake is here to check out Apple's latest laptop to see if it's worth your hard-earned money. Check out the 13-inch MacBook Air: https://lmg.gg/NMFaq Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. Want us to unbox something? Make a suggestion at https://lmg.gg/7s34e ► GET MERCH: https://lttstore.com ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: https://lmg.gg/partners ► PRODUCTS WE USE ON THE SHORTCIRCUIT SET: https://lmg.gg/scset FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShrtCrctYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shortcircuityt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@linustech Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShortCircuitYT CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Controversial take? 0:22 Unboxing and ports/design 2:10 Specs 3:57 Sponsor - Apos 4:32 Keyboard, display, and speaker impressions 6:44 LABS display, performance, and battery tests 10:48 WiFi speed testing 11:41 Pricing and overall thoughts 12:40 Outro

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