So I'm in the market for a thin and light.

Was gonna use for a little work, need windows for some work application, and my personal entertainment (YouTube, Netflix, browsing). My company do provide laptops, but I just like to use my own for work at home.

This here comes, at 3.5k, the intel MacBook Air just have such an advantage in build quality compared to windows laptop at 3.5k. I do put great value on screen quality, and build quality.

Should I get intel MacBook Air i3? I can dual boot windows on it and run the software I need occasionally for work. The most I need is excel, outlook, team, and Audit Express running. The i3 should handle it.

Or should I get windows at equivalent cost?
Or, should I just get M1 macs and don't work on my personal device? ( can still run excel though, just not the software, as the software needs to generate and interact with a window based words and excel, I doubt wine bottler and Rosetta will do it)

For light office work try Samsung tab S7+. Should be able to fulfil your requirement. NetFlix and video watch is superb with this Tab.
Another plus point is it lasts longer than any notebook out there.

This post has been edited by chtan: Apr 8 2021, 01:32 PM

Get a Dell Windows laptop better. comes with on-site support and such.

No hassle for the dual boot thingy.

Depends on what you value most. Am using M1 air. No windows laptop from Dell or HP comes anywhere close to offering the beautiful 2k screen, keyboard, touchpad, battery life at 3.9k edu price. Seriously, I charge the battery once a week. And M1 is super quick for my usage. Of course, software is an issue. If you need the software very much don't buy M1 Mac. Wait for M2 if possible.