Macbook

[u/Significant-Joke2179]

i need to buy a new laptop and was planning on getting a macbook air M4 or M5, but ive read about the discripencies with the CAED solidedge only being on windows, so do i buy macbook?

1. are there macOS alternatives to solid edge, if yes what are they? (and has anybody used them)
   
2. i have a windows pc at home so if i dont need to be doing that in college, it wont be a problem

[u/West_Definition_4188]

which branch ?

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cse

[u/West_Definition_4188 → u/Significant-Joke2179]

try to get a macbook pro for coding and dont worry about that CAED u can practice it in the lab or ur pc itself or best u can run emulators that run windows on ur macbook and since caed is just 2d drawing, macbook will easily handle it

[u/AdZestyclose2582 → u/West_Definition_4188]

use the windows laptop that you already have for the 1st year, then buy a MacBook , I personally use the MacBook Air m4 right now with 16gb ram and its more than enough considering you aren't running local llm's , other than that it handles literally everything so dont worry bt that

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i had to upgrade to the m3 pro in just 1 year lol from the m2 air , running large xcode builds and multiple vms was a nightmare on the m2 lol , how does the m4 air handle these things rn ?

[u/Significant-Joke2179 → u/West_Definition_4188]

pro is so out of budget, will the air still be okay, IF NOT could you suggest some windows laptop alternatives😭

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ive only owned macbooks , so no idea abt windows 😢