should I buy the MacBook M1, which is 256GB and 8GB of RAM, or should I buy Asus ZenBook 14, which is 1TB, 16GB of RAM? And it’s Ryzen 7 7730, but keep in consideration that my computer science college prefers us to use a Windows laptop, because many software they use are only for Windows, but I can download Parallels on Mac, so it’s no problem. So, which one should I pick? Also, the MacBook M1 is about $750, and the Asus is $900. So, the MacBook is $150 cheaper.

  • kempi46@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I will probably go with the ASUS laptop. I do have an M1 Macbook and I use Parallels too but you can only use Windows ARM with parallels and it will be a problem if the software you’ll be using is not compatible with Windows ARM. I have some software that I use for work that crashes a lot of time in Parallels, and some software just doesn’t run at all.

  • BlendlogicTECH@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Parallels on m1 is still arm version of windows not Garunteed to work - so depends on the software you are gonna need for school

  • Flashy-Ad-6461@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For school forget the mac. It’s not just would the software can be run on the mac but also the tutorials, files from ur teacher,…Depending on your major, u may have better window choice beside the zenbook.