MacBook Pro or Air?
Discussion
Pro. But I’m not sure about the new ones.
If its for causal things, not compute intensive - air. If you building something multiple times a day etc - Pro 14”
I'm using iPad Pro (M1) the most. M1 Air is good, too.
Depends what you use it for though.
Depends on what you are planing to do with it!
Office Things -> Air
Programming/ Video Editing -> Pro
Id prob go with pro
Linux 😎🙂
Pro. Light may limit your creative possibilities. Set yourself up for those possibilities. 😊
I’m on a Pro. I design in Figma every day. But also create art in Photoshop (large files), video edit, animate and illustrate. I only started video editing and animating a year ago bc of a project required it. I wouldn’t have been able to do so on a lesser computer.
Neither. Samsung Galaxy Book
Pro
Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 12 with Fedora or Debian GNU/Linux 😉
Pro + AMOR.
Neither.
-Put that money in Bitcoin
-Use your old computer until after the halving
-Nibble off what you need for an Air then
Not an option. Need a laptop. My old one crapped out and has been gone for a while. I’ve been getting by on my desktops.
Both the M1 and M2 Airs are great
If you're doing a heavy sustained workload, the pro.
The M chips end up throttling in the airs if you load the CPUs for longer than a burst.
Good to know!
Had many pros with problems, now I only buy the entry level Mac.
Keep getting mixed advice 😭
I have two MacBook pros, and a 27" iMac. One pro got dropped and the ribbon that connected the trackpad became detached. Took it to an apple store and they fixed it under warranty anyways.
Experiences vary. You'll pry my pro out of my cold, dead hands. Others could not care less. Really need to think about your workload.
Design work in figma? Air is prolly fine. Web dev? Air is prolly fine. Coding in a compiled language, editing video, working with ML models, etc? I'd get the RAM and thermal room of the pro.
Screen size desired also makes a difference. I won't use a 13.
That's my expanded advice. Hope it helps.
MacBook Air unless you need a bigger screen, then go for Pro