I'll have some money soon and I'd like to get a Macbook, should I get Pro or Air? (lemmy.world)

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I want to eventually develop apps but I wonder if I could do just as well with an Air and just maxx out the specs.

Under what circumstances should a Pro overrule the Air for my use case?

(Can linux also be dual-installed to be able to run some flavor of linux alternatively/parallel to MacOS? Might get a Framework one eventually as well

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[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Whats the weight difference qualitatively?

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Good question. Answer is, significant.

13” Air: 2.7 lbs.
14” Pro: 3.4 lbs.
15” Air: 3.3 lbs.
16” Pro: 4.7 lbs.

I have the 16”, again, for luxury. The 13” Air is probably the best value overall while being very nice, but the 14” Pro is a nice upgrade while still being very portable.

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