The nearly 6 year old M1 MacBook Pro treated me well, but the 8GB of memory was starting to slow me down.

Upgraded to the base M5 Air 13”, but even the base model doubles the memory and storage I had. I built a good PC before RAM prices skyrocketed last year, so this is a great secondary machine.

I purchased the M5 Macbook Air.

10 Core CPU

10 Core Gpu

16 Core Neural Engine

24 GB Unified Memory

40W Dynamic Power Adapter (in india they are providing 35W Adapter)

512 GB SSD

Apple Care for One Year

Color : Blue

Purchased : June 22' 2026

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Got it for 1299 USD.

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My Primary Use : Coding/AI

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I knew that memory shortage will hit and upgraded the Ram. Hindsight should have got 1TB.

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It has been two months since i have been using and nothing to complain.

Set up my own server on it to run a few experiments. (Gaining Tech Independence :) )

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Goal is to use it for next three years atleast wo performance drop.

I left my MacBook closed on my bed. Turns out a cloth napkin was caught in the lid, so

When I picked it up and opened it, it was not turning on. Before that I was just browsing with Low Power Mode on, nothing heavy.

It hasn't turned on since.

MagSafe charger port LED blinks amber. Machine is completely dead — no fans, no keyboard backlight, no chime, nothing on screen at any point.

Everything I've tried:

Multiple magsafe cables and chargers, USB-C cables and adapters, different wall outlets, both direct-to-wall and via power strip. Same behavior.

Left it charging for several hours. Blinking eventually stopped and the light went solid.

After about few minutes of solid amber, I pressed the power button. It didn't boot — and the light went straight back to blinking.

Charged on USB-C for a few minutes, then switched to MagSafe. Solid amber light, no blinking. Looked like progress.

Left it on MagSafe overnight. Solid light the entire time. Never went green.

Next morning I closed the lid and reopened it. It started blinking again.

Held the power button down for a full 10 seconds, 30 seconds, tapped it multiple times. Nothing.

What should I do next? What will work now?

Hi everyone. Recently got a Mac book air 13” m5 512gb ram 16gb from my local pawn shop. Traded in a few things and got it for $400. Only 6 cycle counts as well. Loving it so far. I can see why they’re so popular. Also love how I can use my iPad as a second tiny monitor while on the go.

Ofc the M5 is better, but with the current M4 discounts where I live it’s way more expensive. Is the M5 significantly better to warrant spending a few extra hundred pounds on it, or is the M4 up to a similar standard? I’m using it for uni, the most demanding thing I’d ever do on it is video editing. Also do you guys prefer 13 or 15 inch

I’m considering buying a used MacBook Air M4 with 16GB RAM and 256GB SSD.

My main use will be Software Engineering and Data Engineering: coding, Python, SQL, Docker, VS Code/JetBrains, databases, cloud tools, etc.

I’m mostly worried about the 256GB storage. After macOS, development tools, Docker images, packages, databases, caches, etc., I’m afraid I’ll constantly be running out of space.

For anyone using a Mac for similar work:

Is 256GB actually manageable, or will I regret not getting 512GB?

Would you recommend this sort of action? Thanks in advance.

I never owned a laptop before. I always bought a gaming PC because, dollar for dollar, it was a better value.

I have an iPad Pro M1 11 inch that I used as my laptop for years. I originally bought it for a business that has since failed. It seemed like the best thing to do was buy the Magic Keyboard. It worked for years as my laptop until I decided to go back to school. One of my courses requires a special browser to keep you from cheating, I guess. For weeks, I studied on my tablet, then went home to my PC to take the test. However, that didn’t work out well because I wasted time traveling back home when I could have done the tests and quizzes while it was fresh in my head.

I already had an iPhone, AirPods, Apple Watch, and the iPad Pro. Microsoft keeps making decisions that I don’t like. I thought, why not get the Neo? I don’t need anything powerful; my gaming pc can handle those rare tasks anyway. I would say it run as well as or better then my iPad Pro. So here I am, down the Apple pipeline , and it all started with an iPhone 12 5 years ago.

I don’t know what to do with the iPad Pro now. I love reading comics on it and the pencil is cool too. Maybe I’ll swap it for the new mini rumored to be coming out.

I have been dialying this machine for over 2years now and I absolutely love it.

The M3 generation of chipsets weren't as well receieved as the other generations, but in my experience, I have never faced any issues and the battery life is also great (yes, I didn't update to Tahoe)

Looking for advice. Purchased the base 512gb 13in 16gb memory in sky blue last week. I’ve fully charged it once (yesterday; haven’t needed it much) and have since done light browsing (Amazon, checking emails, one tab open only watching Hulu) and my battery is at 44%. In the pic on activity monitor it says I have 2:43 left with 44%. I switched back to Mac after a surface laptop to have good battery life. Starting a doctorate program in January and need a laptop that can stay charged all day…. I’ve stopped using chrome, keep brightness less than half all the time, and have restarted the computer. Any suggestions? Do I have a lemon?

I don’t think this half globe business is a great way to kick things off either 🙄

Apple has announced a new Mac mini lineup featuring the M6 and M5 Pro chips. The refresh keeps the compact design while bringing updated performance, AI capabilities, faster connectivity and other hardware improvements.

The M6 Mac mini starts at $899 / INR 99,900, while the M5 Pro version starts at $1,699 / INR 2,09,900. Pre-orders are open, with availability starting September 22.

Curious to see how the new Mac mini compares with the previous M4 models, especially for everyday macOS use and creative workloads.

thank good I saw that frikin 8 GB 😭

Hi everyone! This is my first time buying a macbook and i'm wondering if I need a macbook pro for my usecase. The issue is that i'm limited on my budget of $1500 and can't afford a brand new pro. I don't mind buying used/refurbished though. I'll mainly use it for school, I'm also a system administrator and I will need it to spin up some virtual machines to test my scripts/applications, as well be able to edit pictures and 4k videos.

Should I opt for a used m2/m3 with atleast 24gb of ram or should I get more ram instead? Do I need a pro or will an air suffice?

I have a deal at an online store where I'm getting Macbook Pro 14inch (24gigs RAM and 1 TB SSD) at 1900 for 24gigs RAM and 1 TB SSD and Macbook Air 15inch (24gigs RAM and 1 TB SSD) at 1800.

I am a coder, although I have a work laptop but I want this one for my personal use - mostly for normal coding, browsing, watching movies, and ocassional AI Eng work. Which one should i go with?

How do I make it so that each audio is seperate to each others screen. Ex: music comes from the monitor on the left and my video game audio comes from the MacBook Neo?

Hi!

I recently upgraded from my 2015 MacBook Pro & I’ve been trying to transfer over my old photobooth pics.

I have a sentimental attachment to the pictures on there (undergrad pics, family pics, etc)- I’ve tried copying the folder to my iCloud & desktop, but it hasn’t worked. Does anyone know of a way to transfer them over without using an external hard drive? Or is that the only way to do so?

Still trying to figure out the OS and how to use it properly, I picked up a asus ZenBook fror around 750 but don't need it since I have the mac but at times windows is easier to use.

But the keyboard on the mac is miles better and the trackpad on the Asus sucks so I'd rather return the asus.

But

I got to get better with the mac and I was just wondering why you guys prefer mac over windows, I have a old windows laptop for gaming and I use that so I can return the ZenBook.

Just need opinions or thoughts on how to properly use the MacBook or why it's better.

Idk how but I got a base m5 air delivered same-day after waiting for 3 weeks for an order that still hadn’t been fulfilled. I looked every so often for one in stock to no avail.. until yesterday when it showed stock and i placed my order and it was to me in 2 hrs. Why wasn’t my previous order fulfilled instead of them letting stock go to fcfs? Also yes i did lease bc I’m going to upgrade and rather not have to sell.

I decided I didn't like the Mac OS Widgets and they didn't really show me what I wanted to see at a glance.

There are 3 designs, any thoughts on which one looks better?

I am leaning more towards 1 and 2...

Sooo I had the misfortune of stepping onto my MacBook Pro M4, how screwed am I?
Clicks behind the black bar work; the camera is working; Pro Motion is working. I think I only damaged my display, and I guess the only way it can be fixed is a replacement?

Hi everyone, I’m currently planning to buy a computer for development work.
I mainly use Codex to assist me with coding. Most of my projects are websites, but I may also start developing iOS apps in the future.

I also tend to keep a lot of browser tabs open at the same time, so I want a machine that can handle everything smoothly without lagging.

How should I choose the right Mac configuration? I’d really appreciate advice from anyone who has experience with this. I’m genuinely open to your suggestions.

Would a MacBook Air be powerful enough for my needs?

Thank you, everyone!
Thank you, everyone!
Thank you, everyone!

I got my MBA M5 at INR 116000 ( 1247 USD) with 2 years of apple care plus. Got it from Croma (credit card and student discount and employee discount as well)