I did not.
I don't know if I need extra piece.
What are your experiences?

I'm thinking of third party. I don't like many adapters. If possible, I'd like everything in one piece.
I think the only think I will buy in addition is the power adapter and cable: the original ones for home use, another ones for outside use.

But costly also

Haha... lucky me that I've waited...
I went to compare the weight of both myself yesterday and I don't feel much difference.
MBP is slightly heavier and smaller compared to MacBook...
I ended up placing an order for MBP without touchbar yesterday evening...
Now I went broke again...

If you compare a MBP 13 inch i5 without touchbar 256GB SSD with a MacBook m5 512GB, the price is just RM200 difference.
Go to any apple authorized reseller and compare both on your single hand, trust me, you could just feel slight difference.

Thinking of getting something like this for home use, outside use if needed.
Another will be a USB-C to USB cable for only outside use.


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I don't know. I still subjectively feels MBA is heavier than MBP

Am getting this one...


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Sounds like microusb

I'm okay with anything SSD more than 256.
But I upgraded the ram to 16GB.
I don't think space is of any issue. You can get portable drives, clouds etc. They are good.

Perhaps that's because I compared them while the lids open...

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Am getting these two... third party...
Until I have enough money...


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Windows, nah... I've another machine run on Windaus 10...
The largest program of install will probably be Microsoft office or SPSS... not going to install any movie or photo editing apps... not going to install any games on it...
I'm still surviving on 120GB MBP 2011 (of course with lagging this and that. That's the only reason for my upgrade)...

Haha... my iPhone has 128GB. I loaded it with my complete whole sets of iTunes songs, the whole library on iBook which contains hundreds of eBooks and journals, work related, shopping related, study related apps, I haven't even touched half of the phone storage...

Perhaps I'm just a light user.

They are still cheap la... I mean MBA...

What do you expect woh....

RM4k+ for a laptop with:
Intel Core i5
8GB DDR3 RAM
128GB Flash drive
A LED screen
A reliable multi touch trackpad
A forever-free-upgrade-until-your-hardward-couldn't-support operating system


and more importantly....


A glaring bright Apple logo at the back of the LED screen

Macbook is just like an ultrabook: Light-weighted, compact, portable. But definitely minus point in terms of processing power compared to a regular one.
MBP has 2 usb-c ports; Macbook has only one.
There aren't much difference in terms of price. But if you don't mind the extra 300g (frankly speaking, I do not feel the extra weight. You definitely should compare both in any authorized reseller shops), I would suggest you to get MBP.
And try upgrade the RAM as possible.

My experience is:
I upgraded the RAM to 16GB. At least I need not worry about lagging issue in the future MacOS upgrades (at least for the next 5 years).
Disc space is least of my worries as I can store my files in my portable hard drives or even onto the cloud drives.

The RAM and flash drive are soldered.
There is no way to upgrade the RAM of flash drive.
So, think before you make any order/purchase.

It costs RM920 for RAM upgrade to 16GB (from 8GB), same price for upgrade to 512GB flash storage (from 256GB).
Education price is RM50 cheaper for the upgrade (RM200 cheaper for the machine).

I agree with you.
"Choose something that suits you" is still important.

Erm, I don't know how to answer you.
As far as I know, Apple Malaysia will only check your identity randomly.
Most of the time Apple doesn't even ask for your identity.
Even if they do check, as long as there is someone in the family has a valid student card, I don't think there is any problem.

Here's some terms and conditions
(quoted from: https://www.apple.com/my-k12/shop/browse/op...lespolicies/edu )

2. Eligibility

Those eligible to purchase from the Apple Store for Education Individuals include faculty, staff, students and parents as follows:

K12 - Any employee of a public or private K-12 institution in Malaysia is eligible. In addition, school board members who are currently serving as elected or appointed members are eligible. PTA or PTO executives currently serving as elected or appointed officers are eligible.

Higher Education - Faculty and staff of Higher Education institutions; and students attending, or accepted into a Higher Education institution are eligible to purchase. Purchases from the Apple Store for Education Individuals are not for institutional purchase or resale.

Higher Education Parents - Parents purchasing on behalf of their child, who is a student currently attending or accepted into a public or private Higher Education Institution in Malaysia, are eligible to purchase.

4.Purchase Quantity

Faculty, Staff and Students purchasing from the Apple Store for Education Individuals will be allowed to purchase the following quantities of product per academic school year:

a. Desktop: One (1) may be purchased per academic year
b. Mac mini: One (1) may be purchased per academic year
c. Notebook: One (1) may be purchased per academic year
d. iPad: Two (2) may be purchased per academic year
e. Display: A maximum of two (2) may be purchased per academic year
f. Software: A maximum of two (2) per software title may be purchased per academic year
g. Apple TV: There is no limit on the quantity of Apple TV purchases per academic year
h. iPod: There is no limit on the quantity of iPod purchases per academic year