Which MacBook to buy?

[dennusb]

Hi,

I'm starting my own company as a DevOps Engineer with mainly AWS and Azure. Now i'm a bit unsure which new MacBook to buy, i currently have a MBP 14" M1 32GB from my employer.
Thinking about a MacBook Air 15" 24GB versus a MacBook Pro 14" 32GB. I'm a DevOps Engineer, so mainly VSCode, some Python and Go, a lot of websites in use at the same time, some office use, not so heavy.

What do you think?

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

Sorry for the delayed response.

For your stated usage, any model will work. None of those applications are processor or memory intensive like video/audio applications are. Honestly, anything over 16 GB RAM should work.

Here is a pretty nice write up of the differences: MacBook Air vs Pro: Which should you buy?

Hope that helps.

C

 

[MacsBug]

One major thing that you may think about being a developr is your need for external display support.

The MacBook Air will only support a single external display where the MacBook Pro supports up to 2 external displays.