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which mac should i buy? - i mostly do web dev for work - on my computer all day every day. no tolerance for lag, ram limits, etc - not compiling anything, editing video, etc - i have a ton of chrome tabs open - want at least 1tb disk space - willing to pay extra for futureproofing mba, mbp, mini? m3 or m4?
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this will be my first mac btw always been a Linux guy
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If you travel the MBA. I have an MBA I use only when travelling. Small, lightweight and you can carry it on your back all day if you have to.
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The new Mac mini based on what you said - probably the Pareto of cost and performance (adding the 1tb)
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I just got a stacked M4 Pro Mac mini and it’s a beautiful thing, powerful as hell and idles at 4w 🥹
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from my tours in Apple Retail: figure out what cost you're willing to incur every _n_ months. buy whatever that cost will allow
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if you are willing to pay extra for future proofing I would go for the MacStudio + StudioDisplay, but wait until they refresh the current M2 offering. if you can't wait, go for a Mac mini. if you are not moving a lot and work on it everyday, a laptop does not make sense, you will end up using it like a desktop (external display and keyboard)
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Hey @grin - I'm doing a HW update write at the minute too, I'll give you my configuration and decision making thoughts, in case it's at all useful to your context: Currently on Macbook Air M1, 8GB RAM - which was doing amazingly well as a dev machine on just 8GB, because of the all the new "unified memory" on Apple silicon making that perform much better than what 8GB used to mean. Plan: I'm jumping to the 14" MBP, M4 Pro, 24GB-memory, 512GB-ssd. Rationale: Was intending to jump to the Macbook Air (15") but given this is within a few hundred dollars of the air, and is the new chipset (the Air's aren't refreshed until next year I think) - seems to make sense. A little more roomy screen that the 13", but still very portable for when travelling. Will be more weighty though, but I'm mostly not travelling - and just running a 48" screen off the MBA at the main work desk.
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mbp m4 2 tb
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for living your best chrome tab life, splurge on the ram
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M4 pro
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lol all completely different opinions in the comments
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Probably a maxed out air would be best. I would avoid things with fans unless I am compiling big things
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I switched from Linux to Mac once I used the M1. Id get a MBP with M4 pro 12 core and max ram. Portable, but easy to dock with a single USB-C cable if your monitor supports it.
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