Step 1) Email or call your college major department to make sure they don't use software that only works on Windows PCs.
Step 2) Performance is fine for any M series pro laptops with 16GB of RAM or more. 14-inch is better if you will be traveling around campus a lot. 16-inch for online only colleges.
Just check with your engineering department to see if there will be software that doesn't run on MacOS. Some colleges still use software that only works on Windows PC.
Edit: Get an M1 MacBook Pro 14-inch to save money and get good quality if the college doesn't have software limitations.
Just check with your engineering department to see if there will be software that doesn't run on MacOS. Some colleges still use software that only works on Windows PC.
Edit: Get an M1 MacBook Pro 14-inch to save money and get good quality if the college doesn't have software limitations.
The M2 Air with 16GB of RAM can do most things where MacOS isn't blocked. Any social science, history, math, medical studies, journalism, philosophy, English literature are fine to use a Macbook.
College engineering programs that use software that doesn't work on MacOS, Power BI, Azure cloud, c# programming, or heavy-duty GPU tasks are the only limitations.
Go with the Air 15-inch.
The M3 are for people running a small business for running heavy duty calculations/video edits (30 8k video rendered per day).
Could you provide some specs and other info about the laptop?
RAM
SSD
Typical use
Go for the MacBook Air. Easy to carry around for vacation or different locations, and comfortable to type on for writers. Also, excellent battery life.
Just make sure to get it with 16GB of RAM.
Just get a refurbished Surface Pro 8. Comes with a pen and excellent display resolution and 120hz refresh rate. Incredibly lightweight to the point you think it is a tablet.
Macbook Air.
But that can be done with the MacBook Air line or a refurbished M1 MacBook Pro 14-inch at lower costs. The latter comes with 16GB of RAM as the base model.
I'd have to see side by side comparison like the video presented. Non-comparative statements like "it works on my laptop" mean nothing as a standalone. Reminds me of the history that led to Dockers creation.
Step 1) Email or call your college major department to make sure they don't use software that only works on Windows PCs.
Step 2) Performance is fine for any M series pro laptops with 16GB of RAM or more. 14-inch is better if you will be traveling around campus a lot. 16-inch for online only colleges.