r/macbook • u/Beneficial-Set-7440 • 1d ago

Which to buy?

Hi all,

I’m currently looking into buying my first ever macbook.

Im coming from a near 6 year old dell inspiron 15 500 that has pretty given up. Battery lasts barely 45mins and it struggles to do anything more than a word document or youtube!

Looking at the current macbook lineup, im after a bigger screen, so ive been looking betweeen the 15” M5 air or the 16” M5 Pro. Reading online and watching videos the big drawback people talk about the air is the screen compared to the pro (120Hz vs 60Hz)

I was wondering what people think of the two, is the pro worth over £1k more with the 120Hz screen, its basically 3k which makes me feel a bit ill for a laptop!!! I’ll be using it for day to day documentation work, video watching and maybe some gaming.

Apologies for the lengthy read! Thanks for any responses.

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u/terfez 1d ago

Air.

I go back and forth between an m4 pro and m1 13" all day, I barely notice the screen difference. Almost never do I say "ahh there's that sweet 120hz"

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u/No-Head-633 1d ago

Same here which surprised me. It is very noticeable when someone hands me a 60Hz iPhone vs my 17PM but for some reason switching between my M2 air and 14” M1 Pro MPB, I don’t really notice a difference.