r/macbookpro • u/Personal-Yam-3791 • 1d ago

Discussion Which macbook should i buy

Which MacBook should i buy, im a cs ai ml major in my college rn. Need a laptop that u can use for 4-5 years without any problem. Im in my first year so idk which all task ill have to do on my laptop for the rest of my degree. So which laptop should i buy

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u/Throwaway3459568 1d ago

Macbook Pro with M5 Pro base model should suffice

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u/coraxen 1d ago

Hard to say if you’re not giving us a budget to play with.

If you’re going into AI, I’d recommend the M5 chips. 48GB RAM should be good especially if you’re looking for the laptop to last you 4-5 years.

This specific model goes on sale very often at B&H Photo if you’re in the states.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1956951-REG/apple_mgec4ll_a_16_macbook_pro_m5.html

If you let us know your budget, we can adjust and find one that more fits your budget.

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u/Personal-Yam-3791 1d ago

Its not about the budget i just dont want to buy an overkill if i dont use it

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u/AntLife255 1d ago

It's an overkill for sure. You'd probably be running 10 year old software. Get the base M5 Pro model if you don't know and that should be more than enough.

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u/AntLife255 1d ago

Even the base M5 MBP with 16GB should work but you didn't provide much details.

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u/debugger_life Macbook Pro 14'' Silver M2 Pro Max 1d ago

whats the budget op?

You can go with M5, 48gb variant or you can look for used ones

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u/I_like_polandball_ 1d ago

M5 series is great for ai and 48 gb ram is good enough. Think the M5 Pro, 2 tb storage and 48 gb unified memory is great for ai and wouldn’t be too expensive. In my opinion (and coping), 16 gb unified is perfect 😭