I am on the go most days and keep my laptop in my backpack, and my 13 barely makes my backpack heavier. Its so easy to transport and is super convenient. If portability isnt a factor, i think the 15 makes sense.

15in is the best! I know 15in laptops out there are so shit. But this one is perfect. Go and see it from near.

13" air or 14" pro, imho the 15" air is the dumbest thing they’vre rleased.

For your use case the extra RAM won’t really have much benefit.

Go with the size you want and feels personally better to you. If it were me I’d go 13" and save a bit of money by lowering to 16gb ram. But some people really like the big screen.

Also wait a few days. You may be able to get an m3 for the same price or a significantly reduced m2 model.

Maybe wait a few days for the scary fast event or

1. Performance - MBA 13” 24GB
2. Bigger screen - MBA 15” 16GB

I’d say wait until the Apple event in a few days but also, if it’s gonna be plugged in the whole time, why not just get a Mac mini? You can get an M2 Pro Mac mini for $1300 and a regular M2 one for less than $600 now iirc. Unless you need the portability and you don’t already have the other peripherals you need, I don’t see why you’d wanna get one of these.

I’d say 13. It’s the ideal laptop size in my opinion.

15 has also 10 cores and a little more battery, better mics and speakers

As a student I can say that 13" will fit into a lot more backpacks and is easier to use on-the-go

Speakers are better in the 15” - the sound is amazing.

Neither… wait for next macbook in a couple of days.

Aren’t they coming with a new one next week? Or is that just the MacBook pro

That’s up to you. They’re identical except for the screen size so if you’re talking about the same exact configuration just a bigger screen that’s something only you can answer. I like the 13-in but more importantly my 14-in MacBook Pro better than both of those it’s the perfect screen I feel and has the higher resolution :-) but if I was buying one today I would go with the 13-in because if I’m having a laptop with me I’m all about portability and the 15-in if you fly a lot isn’t the greatest experience flying coach on a airplane using a tray table. It’s not horrible but the 13 in is much easier and lighter to pack around

If it’s going to be plugged to a monitor probably would be better to go with a pro model

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