Choose a macbook pro or macbook air with 512gb of storage about a 300 upgrade choose an imac which comes with a 500gb hard drive or more.
256 or 512 flash storage macbook air.
When apple unveiled the first macbook pro with retina display in 2012 it shipped with 256gb of flash storage at minimum.
The price leap into 256gb to a new macbook pro or macbook air is a good idea for regular people non professionals in these three situations.
Because i never recommend going with the least expensive model for an apple device the 256gb option is out.
This isn t high speed storage like the ssd in your macbook but it s nifty enough to store documents and media.
And you ll likely be taking more photos and video.
Therefore i would suggest for most people it s best to go with a 512gb macbook air 2020 version.
It comes in sizes up to 256 gb for around 70.
Instead it offers 256gb which is likely overkill for many.
Apple offers the 13 inch macbook air 2020 with 256gb 512gb 1tb or 2tb of flash storage.
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Should i spend more and get 256gb or 512gb instead.
Usb type c macbook owners are unfortunately out of luck.
Usb type a is a larger port and manufacturers have been able to take advantage of the size to squeeze in flash memory.
You have a lot of photos and video.
Meanwhile in 2012 the iphone 5 shipped in 16gb 32gb and 64gb variants.
Back to the macbook pro apple offers the 13 inch macbook pro 2020 with 256gb 512gb 1tb 2tb and 4tb where the 16 inch model comes with 512gb 1tb 2tb 4tb or 8tb.
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Choose an imac for the heavy lifting at home and get a macbook air or ipad for on the go computing.
I don t believe 256gb is nearly enough for most users and that minimal amount of storage should be avoided.
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