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I bought an M1 MacBook Air in 2025 – but can I resist the M4?

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/I-have-absolutely-no-business-buying-an-M4-MacBook-Air-and-yet.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>I thought I had this figured out. I was making a hard-headed decision to buy a refurbed M1 <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/macbook-air/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MacBook Air[/url] with 16GB RAM for half the price of a <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/05/apple-unveils-m4-macbook-air-in-sky-blue-color-and-cheaper-starting-price/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">new M4 one[/url], for reasons I’ll explain in a moment.</p>



<p>But, ironically, it’s because the M1 version is so good that I think I’m at risk of selling it again and buying the shiny new M4 model …</p>



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