For college/university absolutely 100%. 8gb is also enough providing you don’t plan on extensive machine learning or multiple VMs.
For professional developer use I’d opt for a pro 16gb.
For college/university absolutely 100%. 8gb is also enough providing you don’t plan on extensive machine learning or multiple VMs.
For professional developer use I’d opt for a pro 16gb.
2020 should receive OS upgrades for another 3 years.
Also apple has never made an i3 air. There was an m3 MacBook which was older, I believe support for these has now ended.