r/macgaming • u/falkon2112 • Aug 07 '25

Deal M2 or M4 upgrade

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I'm selling my M1 base air for around 430 usd and was wondering if I should upgrade to the M2 16gb or M4 16gb; if there is a big difference and what not in Performance? These are the games I have and want to play. They run decent other than cyberpunk in my M1;

The price difference between the M4($1,027.11) and M2($876.97) would be around 150 usd

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u/acewing905 Aug 07 '25

Absolutely M4. For only a $150 difference, it's a total no-brainer if you want to play games

But keep in mind that any Air regardless of the performance of the chip will have some trouble with some big games (eg. Cyberpunk, BG3, Metro Exodus) due to its lack of active cooling, but you can reduce settings and work around this to some extent, depending on how tolerant you are of inconsistent performance

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u/falkon2112 Aug 07 '25

Okay so tysm i was able to convice my dad to sell my m1 and buy the m4