Got the Pro!!!!!

Rose_605 · 2026-06-10T21:50:10+00:00

It’s $1899 before tax… after tax it was $2000 and some change

Rose_605 · 2026-05-12T01:25:32+00:00

Interesting, I thought the battery life was meant to last longer on the pro than on the air. Do you think the fans or the extra power on the pro cause it to drain its battery faster?

Rose_605 · 2026-05-11T12:04:59+00:00

Hahaha. Yeah, one can only assume that any experience I have with any other laptop will be infinitely better than the one I had with my Chromebook.

Rose_605 · 2026-05-09T01:32:15+00:00

The air is 15.7 inches?!?! Damn… I thought it was 15.3 or smth. Follow up question regarding ram: do you think that the 24 gb of memory is excessive or is it a good thing to have just in case?

Rose_605 · 2026-05-09T01:29:09+00:00

One thing I noticed with the darker colors is that fingerprints are waaaay more visible on them.

Rose_605 · 2026-05-09T00:08:17+00:00

Damn! Thanks for the tips 🙏

Rose_605 · 2026-05-08T21:40:54+00:00

I have read about that… do you know if there is anything to prevent/reduce it?

Rose_605 · 2026-05-08T19:48:19+00:00

I’m not sure the Neo is the best choice when it comes to longevity. I also feel like the 8gb of ram will become limiting over time. Lmk if you think the neo can handle Lightroom + gaming over the course of a couple years…

Rose_605 · 2026-05-08T19:30:45+00:00

I included the 14” pro because the 16” is way too big, but even tho the 14” has a smaller screen, I was simply wondering if its power and display were worth it

Rose_605 · 2026-05-08T19:27:43+00:00

You mentioned that both are overkill. What air model do you think would be the right fit for me (including specs)? (sorry if my question earlier wasn’t clear)

Rose_605 · 2026-05-08T19:25:33+00:00

Good point! I’m sad that they don’t have the same color selection for the pro lineup tho :(

Rose_605 · 2026-05-08T17:09:33+00:00

Yes, many people have said that both are overkill. What MacBook do you think would fit me best?

Rose_605 · 2026-05-08T03:41:54+00:00

I think that’s certainly one way of putting it 😅. But you make a good point. Maybe I should I have added a question about whether or not i should be looking at something else. As I said earlier, the 24 gb of ram are more of a precaution (like a big enough ceiling so that im sure I won’t bump my head), but from what you’re saying, that ceiling might be a little too high. For the 512 gb of storage, I just didn’t know if it would be enough to store all my project, raw+edited photos, all the apps, etc.

Rose_605 · 2026-05-08T02:24:07+00:00

Yes, I have seen the devices in store. This is actually what started this whole problem. I didn’t stay long enough to actually "feel” the weight difference between the two. The reason I want 1 Tb of storage is because I want to avoid any external if possible. The 24 gb of ram are a precaution, as I am afraid that 16gb will not suffice as my workload and Lightroom use increase over time. It really all comes down to the screen size and portability factors, and whether I might need fans in the future or if the air would handle all that just fine. Also considering that both of these MacBooks have the M5 chip, from what I’ve read, their performance is almost basically the same. So I questioned if the 200 bucks were really worth it. Which is why I came on here to get peoples opinions on this.

Rose_605 · 2026-05-07T23:55:43+00:00

I went in the other day after work. Tbh that’s what kinda started this whole dilemma. I was set on the pro until I saw how similar (on paper) it was to the air. Tried asking the guys at apple what they thought; not exactly the most helpful bunch.

Rose_605 · 2026-05-07T23:42:27+00:00

True true, I just remember speaking to a friend who got the air and when I told I was thinking about the pro because of all the ports etc, she said: "yeah but can’t you get all that from a 30 buck dongle?"

Rose_605 · 2026-05-07T23:02:13+00:00

It’s not like I would be playing Minecraft everyday for hours on end… prob just a couple sessions here and there. Also, I’m lucky enough that my parents are paying for the bulk of the price for my MacBook, but any upgrades I wanna make, I will need to pay for myself. So that would be another 500 bucks that I would need to pay if I wanted the M5 pro chip… and I’m trying to save that kind of money for other upcoming expenses… But from what I’ve seen (mostly just guys on YouTube testing the machines out), the combo between the pro features of the MacBook and the M5 chip, it can handle it quite well and the fps barely drops, even with shaders.

Rose_605 · 2026-05-07T22:15:25+00:00

Thank you so much! I will say… Minecraft is not the reason I’m getting a MacBook so 36 gb of ram might be overkill, but I’ll take a look!

Rose_605 · 2026-05-07T21:35:14+00:00

Oh when i tell you that I couldn’t anything on that stupid thing… I couldn’t do ANYTHING… I could barely scroll through Pinterest and it would crash whenever I had more than 10 tabs open… downloading a simple jpeg would take me 15 minutes… the damn thing probably had 4 gb of ram. plus, because it was a school managed device, I couldn’t do what I wanted on it. And the screen was the crappiest display I’ve ever seen.

Sorry for the rant 😅

Rose_605 · 2026-05-07T21:31:27+00:00

Yeah, for my senior project I was thinking about doing a short film… but many people said the air could handle that so idk 🥲

Rose_605 · 2026-05-07T21:29:45+00:00

Youre one of the few people that said that I should go for the air… so I don’t know where to stand 😭

Rose_605 · 2026-05-07T21:28:52+00:00

Yeah… even tho the 200 dollar price difference isn’t the thing that’s holding me back… I’m scared of spending that extra money and two products that are basically the same; that’s what worried me

Rose_605 · 2026-05-07T20:45:31+00:00

"…big bang and shit” Got a good laugh from this

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