In case anyone want to suggest a solid Windows alternative, feel free to share it. I don't want you guys to say that 'get the M1 Pro 14 inch as it is much more expensive than my current budget (even M2 Air really pushes my budget, but for the goods of it, I am ready to spend that money). I also plan on using the laptop for at least 5-6 years and probably will give it to family member in the end, but it would be nice to have some resale value by the end of my use span. For statistical cases, I use STATA a lot. Save on a range of MacBook Pro and MacBook Air builds, including the pictured Apple MacBook Pro M1 Max 16' Laptop w/ 32GB RAM (2021) for 2,999 (500 off). I might even use it for Photoshop or light to moderate video editing and coding. I am ending my master's degree this year and for the first couple of months, I will use it to use my thesis, but afterwards, I expect to have light gaming on it, use it to record my demo songs, use moderate sized excel sheets (starts from 5-6 mb in size with some VBA and complex formulas), sometimes use Windows emulators such as Parallels or something similar, because I have some specific cases where the software only works on Windows. Personally, I love the new design of new M2, and as I am going to be a new Apple user I don't know if I should care about MagSafe, but the screen size definitely looks better in M2 Air. I have student discount from unidays so with these configurations M1 costs 1258 pounds and M2 costs 1529 pounds. I have an interest in buying M1 or M2 Macbook Air with 16gb/512gb configuration. I have an old Acer laptop which served me well for 6 years and now its screen is broken, so I think it is a perfect time to buy a new laptop.

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