I’m sorry - I know there’s a bunch of these posts but I’d really appreciate any advice!! I use an older MacBook Pro for work but it’s at the end of it’s life. The company I work for requires me to use Citrix. I work at a bank and I run 3-4 of the bank’s systems at a time along with multiple Microsoft Office programs (typically 2 sessions of Word, 2-3 sessions of Excel). Nothing super intensive here, although the systems I run can be a lot all at once on my older device.
The Best Buy sales on the base M3 MacBook Pro and 15” M2 MacBook Air are great. The problem is I’m worried about 8GB not being enough but I’m not very knowledgeable about what I’d actually need. Best Buy only has the base M2 Air and base M3 MacBook Pro in 8G. To get a higher memory, I’d have to get the M3 Pro chip with 18GB memory which I can afford but I’m not sure if I actually need it.
Unfortunately I want to stick with Best Buy because I have an iPad trade in they gave me a Best Buy gift card for - so I have a lot of money off if I buy it there.
Thank you, I appreciate the advice. You know I was thinking about the single video output too because that’s something where I may want dual monitors when I work. The refurbished M2 Pros from 2023 are $1599 and the new M3 Pros are $1849 at Best Buy. Not a huge difference but that could be an option too. Difficult decision - I do want to keep whatever I get for as long as possible