Macbook air M3 Feedback request

Donux

Apple-Meta-USA True. In fact in every store the same thing, so measurement is tricky, unless you use some sort of black cover is in ancient photography 🙂 But I guess security would think you are trying to steal it. I can not even speak about these issues with store staff, they say to me - I own macbook air m2 and with standard settings I am fine. I think this is a form of corporate gaslighting 🙂

JTL

Donux I can not even speak about these issues with store staff, they say to me - I own macbook air m2 and with standard settings I am fine. I think this is a form of corporate gaslighting

They either a) don't know bother or b) are trained to deny said issues.

In any case a waste of time.

DisplaysShouldNotBeTVs

Donux when returning a Macbook that didn't work for me the apple store staff I was talking to surprisingly actually knew about the issue and mentioned they had a friend that couldn't use any new Macs because of it

they might have been "breaking script" to say this but still interesting

Donux

DisplaysShouldNotBeTVs If this is official apple store, they might have been a bit more free to say what they think. I was talking with premium reseller store. For them probably pressure is much higher to make sure you keep coming back.

Nomorebrightlights

Wow, that's too bad that they didn't allow for disabling the blinking cursor on the M3/ after Ventura. But I found this link saying that Sequoia allows for it to be disabled again, except that certain apps aren't compatible:
https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/how-to-stop-the-cursor-blinking-in-macos-15-sequoia-copy

I am brand new to this forum so I will check out your comparison thread on the M2 Macbook Pro Touch Bar. I wonder what specifically makes that one good, while the other Macbook Pros all suffer from screen, PWM, and dithering issues. My issue is that I really want a new laptop that has as much RAM as possible -- 24 GB of RAM at least, ideally, and I'm really hoping to stay in the Apple ecosystem. I ordered the M3 Air for those reasons, while I can't find any Macbook M2 Pros with Touch Bar refurbished with that much RAM anywhere online. The best I could find is one in "fair" condition with 16 GB RAM but with a too-small storage harddrive, at just 256 GB. I'm hoping that the M3 Air screen will be tolerable for me if I can figure out how to download this app someone was mentioning about creating an invisible animation to prevent flickering that's happening in addition to disabling dithering with StillColor? Do you think that would solve the "additional issues" you talk about the M2/M3 Air screens having, or is there something else that would be prohibitive for someone getting M2/M3 Airs with screen sensitivities… ?

I am running an old 13.3" Macbook Pro retina, early 2015, and have had little issues with this model causing me increased eye strain. It's definitely much better than my iPhone 16, which makes my eyes swim and gives me headaches. 🙁 But I need a replacement for this 2015 MBP, because the battery is shot and it is on its way out… hoping for a bigger screen, too.

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