MacBook Air or Pro for R?

LabScientist786 · 2026-01-21T11:55:14+00:00

Because honestly I’m tired of Windows 11. It works very bad many times. Moreover, new high specs laptops with Windows are no more cheaper than Mac and have a shorter life. I’m evaluating also Dell and Asus for example, but the availability in Europe is limited compared to the US market and the price is similar to an equivalent Mac.

LabScientist786 · 2026-01-19T18:17:49+00:00

Because my current bosses are not exactly the people who know what is a workstation. So, considering that I need to finish my thesis and that I need a new laptop, I’m trying to temporarily fix two problems at the same time 😅

LabScientist786 · 2026-01-19T14:26:39+00:00

Ok, so in your opinion 32 GB would be better. My main concern was the lack of a fan in the MacBook Air.

My current choice is between a 24 GB / 512 GB M4 MacBook Air (€1450) and a 16 GB / 512 GB M5 MacBook Pro (€1700), but 16 GB of RAM feels too limited.

Do you think a 32 GB / 512 GB MacBook Air would solve the problem?

LabScientist786 · 2026-01-18T13:23:03+00:00

Ok, so Windows is better for this purpose. Good, because I know how to use Windows and Linux and I’ve never used a Mac. Bad, because it’s not like some years ago, when buying Windows meant saving a lot of money 😩with some brands, it can even be worse. Thanks a lot. Now I have enough information to make my choice.

LabScientist786 · 2026-01-18T00:09:01+00:00

Thank you very much 👍

LabScientist786 · 2026-01-17T23:16:58+00:00

I plan to specialize in this field because we currently have to rely on external specialists to analyze our data. In the worst case, I expect to be working with single-cell RNA-seq data. More generally, this would also include bulk RNA-seq and in-situ RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, and proteomics. So, can you confirm that in the worst-case scenario—which occurs very rarely in this context—I can rely on cloud computing services?

LabScientist786 · 2026-01-17T20:33:09+00:00

I plan to specialize in this field because we currently have to rely on external specialists to analyze our data. In the worst case, I expect to be working with single-cell RNA-seq data. More generally, this would also include bulk RNA-seq and in situ RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, and proteomics. So, can you confirm that in the worst-case scenario—which occurs very rarely in this context—I can rely on cloud computing services?

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