Revisiting the 2015 13” MacBook Air in 2024

[@ryanverances7168]

I'm actually planning on buying a cheap Macbook Air 2015 so im looking for reviews online, glad I found your review.

[@KennDee]

any update? i wanna know if it works for ms office smoothly. :)

[@rhoss27]

i was planning to buy the same model macbook air 2015

[@jayceecooks]

​@@KennDeeit does. I have 2 here, if you want one dm me

[@Demoxx1]

@@KennDee got an 11 inch with the i5 and 8gb. I highly recommend 8 gb of ram. I love mine. I use it as my second laptop. My primary laptop has bad battery life and the air is way better. I can bring my air anywhere and work on stuff without getting worried about plugging it in. You cant beat it for 80$ No windows or Chromebook comes close.

[@rosemariemadriaga5335]

Thanks Terry, I have exactly the same Macbook Air 2015 Model which I bought way back in 2016 and up until now I still use it, although I am now considering to finally upgrade to Macbook Air M3 2024 model.

[@KennDee]

is it still okay in 2024? how about microsoft office?

[@rosemariemadriaga5335]

Yes it still works even the Microsoft Office as I have subscription to it

[@ghungrooseth1946]

Bro just go for the M1. It’s super cheap and gets the job done without any issues. If you were using the 2015 air until today then M1 is more than enough for you.

[@KennDee]

@@ghungrooseth1946 thank you for your suggestion. I was about to buy M1 but I heard it doesn't have Bootcamp, so I chose MacBook Pro 2015 i7 15" Pro Retina display with 16GB Ram and 256GB SSD for $262. It's enough for my school works and light Steam Gaming. Instead of Microsoft Office, I am using Libre Office for free. I haven't seen any lag aside from when it's getting hot. I think I will keep this for a while until it fails. Cheers everyone! 🎉

[@braixeninfection6312]

I've had a 2015 air for quite a few years. Got it in late 2017 and used through college and after. It was always a great laptop! It had a 128gb ssd and 8gb ram with the i5. I gave it to my mom and recently upgraded it to 512gb of storage. Then have macOS on half and windows 10 on the other half for her. It is still a great laptop and there is no reason it shouldn't have support still.

[@KevinC-yg2nf]

Thanks terry for the review! I am currently deciding on a MacBook right now and I’m leaning towards an m1, but considering I only do light web browsing, this just might work!

[@KennDee]

any update? i wanna know if it works for ms office smoothly. :)

[@TheSuperAJTV]

1k subs incoming 🔜

[@BEGINPLAYCH]

Right now,I'm using a MacBook Air 2015. It's amazing how well it still performs for general work tasks. Surprisingly, the battery can last around 4-5 hours, which is better compared to a Thinkpad with an i7 Gen 7 processor-I think that's worse

[@christopherangeli1141]

I bought an early 2015 Macbook Air model just last month from eBay and it's great, sadly the battery only lasts around 2 hours with heavy use. Given its age, its' not bad. Not too expensive to replace the battery and easy to replace too. It looks very modern still, i get compliments on it lol also, i was lucky, it has NO cosmetic damage cos the previous owner used a case

[@ethanconnor-hodges]

Thanks for a great video! I'm going to get the 2015 13 inch Macbook Air. I just want a light weight laptop that will run Office, surf the web and watch KZbin videos on

[@prestotechreviews8871]

Good video! I personally use a 2014 13 in macbook air with the i5 and 4gb ram as my secondary throw in a bag computer in addition to my main machine which is a 2021 16 in m1 max macbook pro. It works great for basic web browsing and video consumption (if you're patient, not snappy like newer machines), but anything more than that is going to be too much for it. Even basic 1080p video editing in Final Cut Pro lags. Also, I have mine running the latest version of macOS Sonoma with opencore legacy patcher. It works fine but is definitely slower than Big Sur which is the last natively supported version on the 2013 and 2014 (but even Big Sur was pretty slow). I also have it triple booted with Windows 11 through bootcamp (that's unsupported) and with the native install of macOS Big Sur for compatability. To answer your question on why apps load slowly, it's just that these machines don't have a lot of CPU horsepower. Yes they have the SSD but the CPU is really the bottleneck on these machines. These have dual core low power CPUs. In fact if you open apps you'll notice the CPU usage spikes up. This is just because the newer apps and operating systems are just so much more hardware intensive than they were 8-10 years ago. The CPU usage also spikes up when loading intensive websites and videos. For $150, this is probably one of the best values. A $150 chromebook is going to be trash and probably have a Intel Celron processor, and a new $150 Windows laptop is not going to be very good.

[@whoisrra]

How do I update it? I just purchased one. Is it worth keeping?

[@Will-up4li]

I play fortnite and valorant on this laptop

[@TamilNaturee]

Is this laptop hanging

[@ProGamER__801]

Is it still good for bachelor level programming ? If yes which specific features to look for in one ?? 🤟🤟

[@JonTrott]

Upgraded my 11 inch to a 1 terabyte nvme drive (used a $12 adapter so it would fit w/ Apple's weird ssd connector). It sped mine up quite a bit.

[@redesignedlife777]

11 in is way too small. Spoil yourself and get a 13in version.

[@braixeninfection6312]

I did the same recently. But I got a cheap used 512gb ssd from a computer shop. And it was a stock apple ssd so no adaptor needed. It sure makes a huge difference having 512gb vs the original 128gb lol. Even in 2017 when I first got it that ssd was so limiting.

[@harshpreetsingh5515]

I recently bought a refurbished maxed out MacBook a2251( 2020 intel MacBook pro), and I love it. Loading times are similarly slow for some reason, if you find a fix, please let me know!

[@TerrysTechTips]

I don’t know? That’s interesting.

[@harshpreetsingh5515]

@@TerrysTechTips what I've noticed is ,third party applications take way longer to load( longer than 3 seconds), for example, Microsoft edge

[@redesignedlife777]

Apple throttles all the intel chip sets nowadays. They forcing you to go to Mchips. If you had those specs on a windows, ain’t no way it would lag like that.

[@harshpreetsingh5515]

@@redesignedlife777 eh now I'm seeing that it's random, sometimes it opens really quickly. regardless, the native mac applications are snappy, even heavy applications like final cut pro is really snappy but I'm sure premiere pro would struggle

[@np-ql2ih]

Is this true? If it is and it can be proven, couldnt apple be sued for such unethical practices?

[@jenex5608]

I think the slow load time is because of the veesion of macos. On High Sierra it works perfectly

[@Georgy_47]

I have one with 59 cycle counts in mint condition I have a collection of MacBook Air now and this laptop is my favourite 🎉

[@ThePeter567]

Just so you know, I get 60-90 fps on Minecraft 1.20.4 in this laptop, I just have settings turned down, so it is definitely playable

[@TerrysTechTips]

Nice. I have heard of mods like Lunar client too that allow for better frame rates.

[@leechacc387]

Crazy how it can be working perfectly fine one day and then suddenly apple decides it's out of date and you can't use any apps on it or internet. Mines completely useless till now, lasted me a solid 6 years

[@TerrysTechTips]

App Store apps are typically the next thing to get dropped support after Apple stops sending out the latest updates.

[@weelebaseknowles4410]

i got a 2015 like a year ago for cheap still great about to open core it soon

[@munhibmazhar1748]

My fav thing about this laptop is the keyboard and the apple logo backlight. I recently bought m2 MacBook Air and although it is really good but the keyboard is not what I like about that model and that is why I have decided for now to not sell my older macbookr air.

[@Francis-es4mp]

I have this model 2015macbook air 95 percent restored, a 10yr old laptop, but it’s still better than a Chromebook comparatively, the cot of restoration vs the cost of a Chromebook hands down better device🙂

[@emmiemoore]

I’m actually going for this MacBook for school

[@NataRivano]

Whats about these different performance between catalina and monterey or big sur?

[@TerrysTechTips]

I don’t know unfortunately

[@ThePeter567]

Big sur/ Monterey are slower than Catalina

[@manvalddo-oh1gi]

Is it very good for microsoft office (typing and doc)

[@TerrysTechTips]

It ran fine when I used it. It’s not going to be super snappy because it’s older.

[@ethansteiner]

Would it still be able to run KZbin, Netflix and Tubi?

[@TerrysTechTips]

Because those are through the web browser, definitely.

[@dronedays450]

I'm running sonoma quite happily on mine

[@whoisrra]

How?

[@amandajamesvaccaro7263]

I’m getting this with it being wiped how do I go about putting a new software on it? Do I put an old one I have on and then go to the App Store to update system to high sierra or whatever the newest one is. I need help 😂😂

[@TerrysTechTips]

This support article will show you how to do it. You want to hold down option-command-R when you boot into macOS recovery. support.apple.com/en-us/102655

[@billyb6001]

Videos don’t play for some reason😊

[@Shyam51134]

Why video quality 720p???

[@focused9118]

maybe his camera but who cares he still does quality content

[@prestotechreviews8871]

@Shyam51134 probably because he might have edited the video on this machine and even basic 1080p video editing lags on my 2014 13 in air.

[@keekee-si7rs]

Can I play pubg macbook air 2015? Bro