DerpyUnicorn

Laptop suggestions

I am planning to buy a laptop for personal work. My work would be-

learning new tech(small POCs) on weekends
freelance work UI heavy(once a month if any)
content consumption (music/OTT)
storage (need to store personal files)

My work laptop given by my company is a M4 pro. So I was more inclined towards M4 air(16gb + 256gb). But I feel that considering my usage it would not be worth spending ~83K just for a laptop.

Can someone suggest a good laptop? Would love to hear some feedback if you own a similar laptop.

Thanks!

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PerkyCupcake

Oracle1mo

I bought Macbook Air M1 chip in 2020. Still works like a charm, you’ll feel its expensive but it’s totally worth it.

SquishyRaccoon

HCL1mo

Bro , I have plan to buy M1 air , may I know which variant you are using , Wil that suit for development like dockers, springboot , js , freelance ... please suggest me.

JumpyWaffle

Grapevine1mo

MacBook Air M4 is prolly the most value for money laptop ever. Works like a charm and should work for 6-8 years on medium use easy

DerpyUnicorn

Stealth1mo

Thank you for your suggestion 🙌🏻

DancingMuffin

Stealth1mo

Do not go for 256 GB variants. At least 512 GB if at all.

My suggestion : Go for an older mac - even M1 would do, but atleast 16 GB ram and 512 gb ssd. The more the better. Skip M3s.

WigglyDumpling

Stealth1mo

Why to skip m3?

GigglyMuffin

EY1mo

Problem is Apply charges unreasonably high price for storage upgrades. I feel its better to buy a high speed external SSD for that price

MagicalLlama

BlackRock1mo

I recently bought M4 air as a developer , I m in love of that machine. My productivity and excitement to develop passion projects has increased a lot. Amazing machine. Extremely thin and light with super power.

JumpyWaffle

Grapevine1mo

Solid to know even devs are loving the air now

SillyRaccoon

Accenture1mo

Which variant have you brought?

MagicalJellybean

Accenture1mo

MacBook air m4 24gb-512 ssd at 1,16,000 in sale, went for 24 gb as i run multiple simulators 512 cos enough to work on multiple apps, i don’t download anything else on the mac as i have an old windows for other stuff
Ps: do not resale your old pc can use it as storage and backup if you need windows laptop

MagicalLlama

BlackRock1mo

Use it as cloud server

SillyPenguin

Leegality1mo

bhai kha se liya itne saste me..amazon ?

DerpyPenguin

Publicis Sapient1mo

Macbook AIR M4 , I got it at 77k in sale

JumpyPancake

Oracle1mo

ram and storage?

DerpyPenguin

Publicis Sapient1mo

16, 256

SquishyTaco

General Electric1mo

Try a used machine mini in case mobility is not needed. There are good ones available in the second hand market. Else, a used macbook air would do too. On the windows side, I would recommend commend the Samsung one

SquishyTaco

General Electric1mo

I was referring to mac mini

ZoomyPretzel

Marsh & Mclennan1mo

Samsung galaxy books are also great, you can visit any samsung store nearby and give it a try.
If you are looking for windows one as you already have company mac.

DizzyLlama

Walmart1mo

Samsung galaxy books are trash

SwirlyBiscuit

Stealth1mo

I mean, you can start from looking at the specs the UI heavy software recommends. Because if you are doing rendering work then an Integrated GC will not be the best choice.