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Witch one you prefer?
MacBook Air i5 8gb ram
Or
Surface Pro 4 m3 4gb ram with pen and type cover

For student

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    I had hopes someone tell me "Surface!" It looks very interesting, it is very light, good quality and convince to note :/ it all is important for student :/
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    What about i5 surface? Does MacBook is still better?
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    Rock, meet hard place.

    Linux laptop. Far better value for the money, and if you're on here probably more useful than either.

    If you're on a CS course you're likely to be doing dev work and running native Linux has its advantages.
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    Actual pen and paper :p
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    Surface!!! Delete windows and install Ubuntu so you don't become a corporate slave
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    I would say Surface

    Mac is slightly better specced though
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    I'd say mac for cs related stuff and surface for regular school stuff. Having the stylus in a note taking app can be really useful. If you don't think you'd use the touch screen a lot, the mac seems a better overall choice.
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    @iNCEPTiON Lol. Pathetic.
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    What are your plans that you plan getting a MacBook. I'm looking also for laptops and the MacBook Air has better specs than the MacBook when I researched it
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    You need 8GB of RAM.
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    @madskills No, if you're buying a laptop nowadays, you want 16GB minimum. Especially as you cannot upgrade MacBook or Surface RAM.
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    I been using the same specs Surface Pro 4... And its awesome!
    Didnt need anything else!
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    I'd prefer a surface as a student. But maybe one with an i5 and 8gb of ram.
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    I find Mac better to code on. We'll, mainly because of macOS. Every development tool out there is built on / for this machine. My main motivation to shift to a mac was to leave behind the days of setting up dev environment on Windows, which as you know, is nightmare.
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    I'd go with a KDE slimbook. Similar specs to a Macbook Air but the awesomeness of Linux preinstalled.

    That's just me, though
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    Something else what includes a CPU.
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    The surface pro looks underwhelming compared to the macbook.

    What's your budget ? There may be other choices out there of a ultra portable.
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    Hi guys i will back here at May 19, I'm really busy now and I want to do good research before buying new computer, but currently I don't have any time

    Thanks for help :)
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    MacBook air.
    Install Linux.
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    @YousifMansour

    Or save some money and get a better system by buying a KDE Slimbook.
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