# Undecided between buying a MacBook Air or Pro.
**URL:** https://community.bestlaptop.deals/t/undecided-between-buying-a-macbook-air-or-pro/318
**Category:** Suggest a Laptop
**Tags:** black-friday, deals
**Created:** [November 29, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.bestlaptop.deals/t/undecided-between-buying-a-macbook-air-or-pro/318 "2025-11-29T17:25:55Z")
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### Author:  [@cmvalencia13](https://community.bestlaptop.deals/u/cmvalencia13)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.bestlaptop.deals/t/undecided-between-buying-a-macbook-air-or-pro/318/1 "2025-11-29T17:25:55Z")
I’m an Industrial Engineering student. I currently have a 2021 Asus ROG Zephyrus M16. It has its flaws, but I’ve learned to live with them.
However, I constantly need to be plugged in to work on it, it’s heavy, and I find it too bulky to carry around the university. Since I work with Solidworks and Power BI, my plan is to keep it and buy another one—a lighter one with amazing battery life.
I feel like the 13.6" MacBook Air with an M4 processor, 512GB of storage, and 16GB of RAM is what I ideally need. Even though I’ve never been a big fan of small laptops, I feel like it’s what I need.
My question is: are there any other options worth considering that I haven’t thought of? Or is that laptop the best option for me?
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### Author:  [@JustJosh](https://community.bestlaptop.deals/u/JustJosh)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.bestlaptop.deals/t/undecided-between-buying-a-macbook-air-or-pro/318/2 "2025-11-29T17:28:26Z")
I thought Power BI didn’t work on Mac. At least not the native version. Are you ok with this? If so a Mac is fine.
If not I would look at the ThinkPad X9 15 ←- Even though its a 15inch display it is MUCH lighter than your M16.
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If you want a 14inch this is a nice one
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