Which laptop / MacBook for university research?
My wife is looking for a new laptop or MacBook. 100% to be used for her Ph.D. research. Last time she needed that, was during the Covid period and her desktop device was powerful enough to run everything. But now she needs a portable machine.
On her behalf:
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Which laptop for study; switching between programs (Zotero, Obsidian, university libraries). AMD 5 or 3? And 8 GB or 16 GB RAM? Or Apple equivalent?
I have no clue. Someone here who can help?
Menno
Which laptop / MacBook for university research?
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thieuster
My wife is looking for a new laptop or MacBook. 100% to be used for her Ph.D. research. Last time she needed that, was during the Covid period and her desktop device was powerful enough to run everything. But now she needs a portable machine.
On her behalf:
I have no clue. Someone here who can help?
Menno
Zotero and Obsidian both run on Mac, so I’d be looking at an M1 or M2 MacBook Air.
We’ve got both in the household and they’re quick and battery lasts ages. Apple’’s take is that Apple Silicon running 8GB ram is the same as a Windows equivalent running 16GB.
You can pick up some bargain used M1’s on the bay.
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