I got my first Mac a week ago, MacBook Pro with basic M3 chip with 8GB of RAM. I am a first-year student, studying computing for business. I do not run any serious pro apps and do not play games on it (maybe some small indie projects), and my budget was very strictly limited and I couldn’t spend more. I didn’t experience any issues with it and didn’t feel any lack of performance or anything. This is my first and only laptop so I couldn’t wait any more as I needed it for college. Asking because everyone says that 8GB is waste of money, but if I don’t really know why do I need a more powerful Mac, did I really made a mistake for buying basic M3 ? Should I have waited and bought on M3 Pro chip ?
To be honest apple isn’t stupid they didn’t make a very expensive laptop that won’t their applications. You might find trouble with 3rd party apps, but even then it’s multi tasking that will be the issue. From reviews I’ve seen the 8gb is probably enough for most use cases and from the sound of it you aren’t going heavy load at this stage. Also as a student you have that most valuable resource - time. If things take longer or you can only do one thing at a time, so be it! Enjoy your new machine and stop looking at reviews or opinions on base M3 and 8 Gb.
Thank you, the words that needed to be heard, after the euphoria of the new device subsided a bit, I started to have my doubts, but now I feel like I made a right choice, especially since the best MacBook is the one you own, not the one in the shop))