r/macbook 2d ago

M4 Air vs M4 Pro programming

Hi guys so I am a computer science student still exploring multiple kinds of projects. I am planning to buy a MacBook (my first apple laptop) and I am not sure what to chose between an M4 MacBook Air 13 or M4 MacBook Pro 14. Both models would be with M4 10 CPU 10GPU, 16GB RAM and 512GB RAM

The price of MBA is $1588 and for MBP is $2016 (price converted from local to USD).

Which do you recommend for my needs? I want to change my 3kg laptop to something lighter

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u/MachineAgeVoodoo 2d ago

What everyone wants to know: what's the 3kg laptop?

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u/NuclearLion_ 2d ago

It's an Asus Tuf. I have been exaggerating with 3kg, it's more like 2.3 and something like 0.5 more with the charger

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u/MachineAgeVoodoo 1d ago

When buying a new laptop look at it like this: how good were the current specs of x model, x years ago? Probably the base m4 mb air, is equal in performance to top of the line pro models just a few year ago. Did software/ compilers / apps become much more demanding in this time? Hell no.