Solved: Laptop 50-60k | Macbook Air M1

[Jonas]

This is primarily for work from home. Work doesn't require any intensive computing power as such. But I'd love to carry it to cafes.

Requirements:

• Durable
• Lightweight
• Decent battery backup
• 14”
• Not a fan of antiglare screens

I was thinking about using it for video processing occasionally (1080p, basic editing with color grading at max). And I actually was considering getting an M1 MacBook, but then I'm not sure if I wanna use it for day to day work.

 

[Sushubh]

M1 is great. Except that you would have to find a solution for low storage. Cloud Storage might be an option but not an elegant one.

 

[Navjot Singh]

You can always configure the M1 MacBook during purchase to add more storage. At exorbitant cost, of course.

 

[Sushubh]

But then alternative pc options would also sort of stop at 512GB though some models might have a secondary hard drive.

I think m1 comes with 250gb as minimum. That should be good enough for current projects.

 

[Aashish.007]

Any good 512 external ssd sets you about 6k so that's there..

 

[Jonas]

Online storage and external drives do make sense to me. Once you're done with a project the files are not frequently accessed except for the recent ones.

M1 doesn't come with butterfly keyboard, right? They charge 25k to replace the entire keyboard even if a single key stops working.

 

[Sushubh]

pc options are probably Dell xps, lg gram and the fujitsu ultrabook that Amazon keeps on promoting heavily.

 

[Aashish.007]

It's all scissor now. RIP butterfly

 

[igloo]

Asus has good range of oled laptops.

 

[mikrotik]

In past couple of months laptop prices have gone up drastically. Although the silicon shortage seems to be easing. My Dell laptop which was stuck for parts for over a month in August, had no waiting in January.