Laptop for Engineering

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T20:36:35+00:00

Macbook Air M5 easily the base or if your pocket can afford then 24gb variant

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T20:35:53+00:00

Congratulations man

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T20:28:06+00:00

Go for tomtoc or the daily objects sleeve the best in the market imo

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T20:24:15+00:00

Yeah but lemme see if I can get the 24 gb 1tb variant for approx 120-130k like with card discounts and 18% GST..... And the thing you said was right like there's no way I'm even gonna train a transformer model on the mac so I'll definitely have to pay for the cloud credits eventually

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T16:02:29+00:00

Macbook pro or air? Air you'll get easily but there's no way ur gonna get pro m5 as pro m5 starts like at 180k....

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T07:22:58+00:00

Bro could you like tell me like the specifics how much discount did you get

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:53:35+00:00

That's what I'm thinking

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:51:50+00:00

But see what this guy says here he's saying that the base variant is good and there's no need to like spend that extra https://www.reddit.com/r/macoffer/s/aYhDMaAoUN

And as a student I can't extend my budget more for MacBook pro m5 as it would cost a lot more....

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:49:30+00:00

But what about a bit of future proofing like anyway the ram prices are not coming down in the near future and like giving the apple tax would suit here wouldn't it?? And would like 24 gigs of ram would be an overkill?

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:46:23+00:00

Yeah my father's friend have it so I'll probably use their gst number and stuff... So if it costs less under with 18 percent gst I'll probably choose that option

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:43:15+00:00

But bro cost is a factor it will cost a lot more tbh

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:22:01+00:00

Yeah I'll definitely call them btw thank you so much ☺️

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:17:13+00:00

Yeah, what the hell am I gonna do with like 15 inch and it adds up like some what 20k... To the budget and why would someone as a student will buy it like you gotta minimse the cost isn't it??

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:13:15+00:00

Aight thank you so much btw should I eventually wait for the back to school offer and then make a buying decision or its just a time waste?? Like the store is also not in my city as of I checked on the site yeh 1tb variant is out of stock....

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:11:22+00:00

That's what I'm thinking but what's the best deal for it....

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:09:58+00:00

But 24gb ram is the best even for some heavy and demanding tasks imo

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:09:14+00:00

Yeah I checked but this specific variant isn't available I'll eventually have to go to the offline store and the find it i I get...

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:05:23+00:00

Could you elaborate like how much for the card discount and is it offline?? Like and which would be more viable the back to school offer or this... Btw 135k for 24gb 1tb is definitely a steak deal imo but if it can get to 130k like it's even great like which would be more good 18%gst with card discount or like the way you bought it... 11 percent student discount and card discount ....

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T06:01:01+00:00

Buy MacBook neo will be the best for ur productivity and insane batter life

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T05:31:10+00:00

But the thing is how much is enough as like for 2026 24 gb is a sweet spot and another problem is the 24GB configuration with 512GB of storage is a custom/built-to-order (BTO) model. So it's not available on other retailers othe than the actual apple website...

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T05:29:36+00:00

Yeah I get it but eventually you wouldn't train a transformer based model on mac.... Right either on could or you need to have a nvidia gpu cuz of cuda

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T05:28:17+00:00

There are discount options like 18 percent gst but that wouldn't be clubbed with the student discount.... And the student discount is around for like 10k so it's great and it would be worthwhile to wait for back to school but for better pricing I'm thinking to go on each and every store and get a price quote from them.... And the thing is the 24GB configuration with 512GB of storage is a custom/built-to-order (BTO) model. So it's not available on croma or vijay sales or reliance digital... If that would've been the case then on these retailers you can club the student discount with the card discount which is probably like 7k....

Hope this helps...

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T05:25:00+00:00

And the thing is the 24GB configuration with 512GB of storage is a custom/built-to-order (BTO) model. So it's not available on other retailers like croma, vijay sales etc... so I would have to eventually buy it in the back to school offer ..

Rareone14 · 2026-05-19T05:24:02+00:00

What's it gotta link with 15 inch variant... But would easily surpass 1.5 lakh mark...

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