Hi sifus,
I'm in the middle of choosing a lightweight laptop for daily browsing at home.
So I need something that is lightweight(1.25kg and below) and have long lasting battery life.
After days of study online I found macbook air considered as all rounder for general uses. Windows laptop have some competitors but their prices already near to macbook air anyway.
But getting a macbook air, I'm limited with lower quality display and refresh rate compared to the windows counter part, so I were thinking is it better for to just get the old M2 ipad pro and magic keyboard which will cost around (RM5400) while macbook air will cost me around rm5200.

In your opinion which of the 3 options are the best for my use case and for long term usage?
1. Macbook Air M3 = RM5200+-
2. Ipad Pro M2 + Magic Keyboard = RM5400+-
3. Windows laptop with similar weight and battery life = RM4,500 - RM6,000 (lowest price is 8GB Ram only)

Thanks sifus in advance

This post has been edited by bibirbieber: Jun 26 2024, 01:08 PM

Internet browsing including youtubes and casual movie streaming. Phone screen is too small for my convenience. I need dedicated keyboard thats why i includes magic keyboard for ipad there

I have Windows PC that can handle my heavy task such as coding, photo editing and light gaming. The reason I'm looking for new device is for portability since I travel quit a lot after married.
I do agree that apple pencil is really useful when using ipad.

The combo price of M4 ipad pro with the keyboard is out of my budget already. Thats is the reason I'm looking for the M2 version.
I even though of getting the new ipad Air instead which cost less but loosing the high refresh rate display which makes a lot of difference for me while browsing and scrolling documents.

M1MBA still a good buy for 2024? I just worry of the od support for long term use

True, windows starting to release ARM based laptops as well. The performance of M1 really more than good for my usage, just worry of the Apple OS support for that particular model. Not sure if Apple treat the Mac as their iphones as well or not. Like those older model iphone wont get their latest OS updates right.

Can give real world usage and reviews please? Like what is the downside of the laptop so that I won't get disappointed later.

Understood. The difference price between the M1 and (M2&M3) is very huge also. Maybe need to wait till any promo online.

you used your ipad pro with keyboard or just on its own?

Thank you so much sifus for the advice and idea given. I just purchased the MacBook Air m1 for rm3,599. writing this comment using it also. hopefully will last longer with me.

Just now the machines's salesperson kind of insist me to purchase the extra accidental warranty from them saying that MacBook Air m1 always have mother board issues.
But the extra warranty cost rm999 and to have new replacement later need to pay another rm999. So I decided to not buy the extra warranty since I need to pay extra rm2000+- to utilise the warranty itself.
I did the right decision or not a smart one ya? hehehe

love the trackpad a lot.

waaahh.. this way cheaper and covered for 3 years. thanks for sharing the info. really helpful info

Thanks sensei

need to update my os in order to install it. updating. Thanks2

Wow. That a good idea, my pc's monitor does support 120Hz, need to get that usb C to display port cable first to try then

Man, this is so good to easily ask questions with shortcut keys.

As of now I really happy with the screen and text. I just the text at default size and so far I can read it without bending my back that much on table. Maybe due to its high resolution panel.
Im more than happy with the build in track pad. so smooth and huge compared to my office laptop which is plastic and small even tho its 15 inch laptop

That's cool.

Wirelessly Use iPhone Right from Mac with
iPhone Mirroring -> This feature looks like will be used a lot later. Hope wont cause lag in my M1MBA. hehe

Tried facetime last night. Usefull when call families