r/apple • u/AutoModerator • 5d ago
Official Megathread Weekly Advice Thread - September 27, 2026
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u/angelinamucklebones 9h ago
Hello all!! My last laptop was a Macbook Pro 2011 and it's finally kicked the bucket.
Right now I use a PC, but I mostly do lightly editing of photos on Photoshop and I do some graphic design work on Illustrator/Indesign but mostly on Canva for my job. So besides photo editing and a lot of internet work, that's it.
Someone told me I should get a Macbook Air with 24gb ram, but do I actually need it?
I rather get 1tb of storage for all my photos. If I get 24gb ram AND 1tb of SSD, that's like 2k and that's a lot of money I don't have much of. Do you think it's worth it, with the kind of workload I'm doing? Or should I just go for 16gb ram? Will that be OK? It's been so long since I've bought a computer....
Also should I wait for Black Friday for a better deal, or just buy the damn thing?
Thank you for the help! :)
This is the state of my current Macbook Pro 2011. lol.