Buy the MacBook Air M3 or Wait?

Hi all,

I recently taken delivery of the MacBook Pro m4 14”, however having mostly 16” screens in the past, I’m finding the screen real estate to be a bit too small for my liking. I did considered the 16” MacBook Pro but the cost of it is a bit of a deal breaker.

I find the MacBook M3 15” with 16gb ram an attractive option. There is a deal with Very where I can get it for around £1070 on a Black Friday deal with a 20% discount for buying it on finance.

So here is my dilemma: Do I stick with the m4 MacBook Pro in hope that I get use to the screen size? Alternatively, do I go for the less expensive MacBook Air 15” 16gb, and if so would the m3 be suitable or should I wait for the M4 (which will definitely not be on any sale upon release).

I’m aware the route I go down largely comes down to my usage. I’m a software engineering student so I regularly use my laptop for coding and writing up reports. On the rare occasion I also run a VM. Other than general web surfing and answering emails, that’s pretty much the extent of my laptops usage.

I’d really appreciate your opinion on this, it’s starting to give me a headache 😂