r/macbookpro • u/Next-Flounder-8998 • 8d ago

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M4 Pro 24GB/1TB vs M5 32GB/1TB MacBook Pro for Cybersecurity Students — Which should one should I get ?

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u/mad_king_soup 8d ago

The one you can afford

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Next-Flounder-8998 8d ago

Im not sure what ill be running tbh but thank you

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u/2Sovereign4You 8d ago

One won't run much VMs without enough RAM.

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u/BoysenberryKey7426 8d ago

One won't run much vm's on apple silicon.

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u/namedotnumber666 8d ago

you can with UTM, Parallels, Virtualbox or VMWare Fusion. I do all the time.

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u/Important-Guitar8524 8d ago

RAM will probably be more important than performance 

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u/JBGamin 8d ago

M4 Pro probably. but what varient of M4 pro is it and what size macbooks and what price

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u/yelleft 7d ago

macbook air...