Oh, I see. Yeah, maybe there was a problem with your SSD or something like that. As Star-fire says, usually i don't see any problem when I try to install a new OS on the Macbook.
I think is Catalina as well. It moves nice, not that old as High Sierra/Mojave and if you like the old design so, this is the best option.
It would be interesting something like a Macbook 12" with maybe a lower spec M2 like a 4/2 core split, or maybe even just efficiency cores, I'd imagine with just 4 efficiency cores it could get insane battery life. It would have to be pretty cheap though to compete.
There are some out there... I'm trying to remember when I bought mine, it was the summer so I guess it was summer 2022.
It's not. Go and look at, say, Geekbench results for a i7-7Y75 vs a m3-7Y32.
I had Monterey on my base m3 2017. It worked fine (MS teams was a bit slow but that's given).
Monterey may be a bit less taxing, but Ventura is more modern. I do note that Ventura is sometimes sluggish on my 2017 m3/16/256 but then again it was sometimes sluggish on Monterey too, as these Intel chips are so old and were never fast to begin with.
Sweet Deal! Enjoy the machine. FWIW, I'd stick with Ventura. That's what's on my 12". It runs pretty well overall. It' not an M3 mac, but it runs acceptably well for my needs.
I will test with ventura first - thanks for your feedback! Yes the 12" will be my pocket mac on the go - my backpack dont like my 16" macbook pro - too bulky and heavy!
Wow congrats! Hopefully the battery is in good condition. Sequoia is still beta - right?
I think at the time, Apple's intention was to discontinue the MacBook Air given that it was still on the pre-Retina design. Much of the MB's design lives on in the current Air. The way I see it, the Air is essentially the MB but with a better facetime camera, a magsafe port, an extra usb-c port, and both usb-c ports can also do thunderbolt, and a larger screen.
