Originally Posted by
fdruid I'm ok with the m3 in terms of performance. And a plus to it is the price and the fact it doesn't draw so much power as the i5, which also has a fan and all. But of course, the i5 is more powerful and will last me longer. And I found a deal for an i5, so I'm wondering, even though I lean towards the m3 one.
it would really depend on your use case and how fast it takes you to be frustrated by slowing processors
if you plan on doing a lot of work, editing, typing, creative work - then go for the i5 backed by 8GB RAM