Is the Macbook Air or Pro better ?

Let’s go through some key comparisons between MacBook Pro and Air laptops, then finally deciding which best suits our use case.

Intel or Apple’s M 🔗

No need to argue anymore. Choose M-series; it is just better.

Expensive or Cheap 🔗

MacBook Pro laptops are more expensive than MacBook Air counterparts.

Performance 🔗

MacBook Pro laptops are more performant than MacBook Air counterparts because Apple’s M4 Macbook Pro models have additional unified memory, long battery life, extra ports (including three Thunderbolt 4 inputs and as SD card slot), and a more sophisticated hardware setup than their Air counterparts. There are two MacBook Pro display sizes: 14-inch and 16-inch, and they house different M4 chips.

Choosing your needed MacBook 🔗

Do you need your laptop for editing videos, editing images, retouching photos ? If yes, choose a MacBook Pro.

Do you need your laptop for light-ish programming such as web development, frontend web dev, backend web dev ? If yes, you’ll be fine if you chose either one, so from the financial perspective, choose a MacBook Air.

Do you need your laptop for mobile app development for Android or iOS using Swift, Kotlin, or Flutter ? If yes, choose a MacBook Pro.

Do you need you laptop for surfing the internet, watching YouTube and Netflix, sending emails, writing documents, and creating presentations ? If yes, you’ll do great with a MacBook Air as you have no need to that workstation of the Pro one.

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