I have the m2 air with 16gb ram and am really happy with it. I carry it in my bag everyday so the weight difference to the 14pro is importantly to me. But I have to say that I semi regularly forget to bring my usb c hdmi dongle to meetings. I am still leaning more towards the air since I can still do video cutting and coding much faster than on any other pc.
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The 11th gen Intel cpus did not age well at all. They ran too hot, they were super inefficient at light work. They'd idle fine but as soon as you did something small, the fans would kick on and you suddenly had a half hour reduction in your battery life.
The M series laptops are fantastic and honestly, I don't mind USB hubs as much. Also if your phone supports USB c display out, you can use it with that. Unless if it's an iphone, then it's kind of scuffed. It does work and I have gotten actual work done with it.
The 14” pro is nice, but unless you’re buying an older model at a steep discount the base machines price is just insulting. Get a good USB hub and the air will be great.
As long as you get a good one that doesn’t overheat its HDMI converter chip you’ll be golden. Ideally buy one that’s just DisplayPort, those have been far more reliable for us at work.
Have to agree with some comments here about the 14 inch MacBook Pro - it’s a lovely machine. I switched a couple of years ago after decades on Windows (I’m a software developer) and couldn’t be happier.
I seem to remember that you can use more monitors with the Pro than the Air, etc, so it’s definitely worth doing some research when choosing. Do you have an Apple Store nearby?
I’m heavily leaning towards the pro, I’m going to buy it when i visit the states later this year unless tariffs raise the prices. Then I’ll get it locally.
I think long term, I’d be happy that I got the pro.
The 14” Pro is a lovely machine.
I have a M1 Air and 2 M3 16” Pros ( for work).
The 16 is just too big. My partner has a 14” and it’s really nice.
I was thinking about the 15 air, or the 14 pro.
I won’t be buying until around October this year, so maybe the m5 pro will be out which would be the deciding factor.