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should you upgrade to the new 2024 M2
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iPad Air M4 iPad Pro or M3 MacBook Air
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that depends on which model you're
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coming from so here's my advice to help
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decide let's start with the M2 iPad Air
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if your iPad Air still has the old
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design with the curved edges and a home
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button you have a lot of good reasons to
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upgrade the new one will still have
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Touch ID but integrated into the power
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button and it will be significantly f
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faster you also have the choice of
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getting a larger iPad this time around
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because the new iPad Air comes in both
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11in and 13in sizes you can also expand
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its capabilities with these cool
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accessories like the magic keyboard that
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it snaps into magnetically to add a
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laptop style keyboard and trackpad or
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the magnetically attaching apple pencil
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that you can use for drawing or taking
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handwritten notes you can even plug your
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iPad into an external display for real
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multitasking if you have one of the
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models in the middle the third
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generation from 2019 or the fourth
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generation from 2020 you could probably
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hold on to your iPad for a few more
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years I mean it'll definitely get the
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software updates but consider that the
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iPad Air isn't updated on a very regular
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schedule so if you want to hold out for
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the Seventh Generation model to come out
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that might not happen until 2026 and if
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you bought your iPad new from the
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original year of release the battery
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might not last that long you should
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upgrade now and if you can afford to one
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downside to buying the new iPad Air is
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that it breaks compatibility with the
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first generation and second generation
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apple pencil for one it no longer has a
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lightning Port but also it moves the
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camera from the portrait side to the
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horizontal side the same side where the
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second generation pencil attaches
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magnetically that means Apple had to
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rearrange the internal components that
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handle charging and pairing but you do
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have more choices you can choose between
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the apple pencil Pro or the cheaper
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apple pencil with USBC now if you
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already have the M1 iPad air from 2022
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don't worry about upgrading this time
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around you already have the advanced
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features like stage manager and you can
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keep using your existing accessories the
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M2 iPad Air offers a big boost in speed
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but nothing that's worth the higher cost
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of upgrading should you buy the M4 iPad
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Pro any older iPad Pro with a home
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button your time has come these new iPad
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Pros are like a completely different
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device again with a magnet ically
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attaching magic keyboard that's now been
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redesigned and redressed in nice
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aluminum and the apple pencil Pro which
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has so many additional features on top
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of the old apple pencil even the first
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iPad Pro at the all screen design from
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2018 is starting to show its age to the
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M4 iPad Pro will offer a gigantic bump
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in speed and the tandem Ola display will
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be significantly brighter with richer
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blacks and popping colors and with Stage
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manager you can plug into an external
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display for dual screen productivity the
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difference gets weaker with the newer
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models like the fourth generation from
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2020 or especially the iPad Pro with M1
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only upgrade if you really want the
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tandem OLED display especially
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considering that the new iPad Pro breaks
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compatibility if you already bought the
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apple pencil or magic keyboard this new
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design is much thinner and much lighter
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weight so it wouldn't fit in the old
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magic keyboard accessory for that reason
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you definitely shouldn't upgrade if you
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already have the iPad Pro with M2 just
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wait it out and get a little more value
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for your money should you buy the new M3
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MacBook Air if you have any older model
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with an Intel chip inside it's about
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time for you to jump ship to Apple
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silicon they offer unimaginable battery
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life and blazing performance all without
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running blazing hot or even with a fan
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inside at all unless you have the very
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last Intel model from early 2020 where
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you can probably get away with waiting
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for the M4 MacBook Air only because the
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MacBook Air is Apple's most popular
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laptop and it's bound to be updated with
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the M4 chip within a year considering it
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was just introduced on the iPad Pro even
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if you have the first M1 MacBook Air
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from late 2020 you might consider
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upgrading to the M3 model as well this
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time around you have options for more
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memory and the return of the mag safe
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connector means you can have more
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accessories plugged into your Mac while
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you're charging it also comes in a new
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15in in size if you want a slightly
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larger laptop with more screen space and
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you even have the choice of a color dark
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blue it's almost gray but it is
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technically a color now if you already
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have the M2 MacBook Air don't worry you
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already have the latest design all the
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latest features you will get many more
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loyal years out of your laptop so that's
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my buying advice you can find this in
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article form or infographic form Linked
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In the video description
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I'm D Griffin Jones with Cult of Mac
