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It's time for a new laptop. I want to hear the pros and cons of MacBooks. I bought one a few years ago so my phone, iPad, and laptop would all sync up easily. Windows was so ingrained in me that I sold it and bought a PC. That PC has just had a key break off and the part to fix it isn't available. So.....I'm now thinking about a Macbook again.

Are there platforms that don't work on MacBooks? I've been looking on some platform websites and they don't mention anything about the requirements of the computer.

I've been sporting a 13-inch screen for a few years and I really miss the larger screen when looking at charts/indicators. Does Macbook play nice with external monitors?

Assuming I stick with a PC, what are the minimum hardware options you suggest?

For context: I'm not a day trader. My trades typically last days to weeks and I don't do deep analysis every day. It's more like a few days of heavy planning and then I just check in occasionally for the rest of the week.
 
MacBooks M-s are a huge step up. Great value for the price these days. I'd say get the basic M2 Air see how you like it. Their screen size feel very big because bezel is much thinner.

I have maxed out M1 Pro 14 inch, it is a total overkill pretty much for anything. Recently bought an M2 13 inch Air basic model just for a trip, was blowns away how fast and effecient on battery it is. 8GB memory was enough to even do some emergency programming with Docker containers and JVM, which I did not expect to go well on 8GB config.

On a very rare occasion you will bump into something not running on ARM (which is M-s architecture), but it quite rare these days, the only annoyance was rebuilding my VMs. I miss that M2.. sold it after, couldn't justify to keep. Beefed up versions with more CPU/GPUs and RAM are much less battery effecient. Still great but not excellent.

Had no problems with displays. 3 different brands in different rooms, all work.
 
ValeryN said:
MacBooks M-s are a huge step up. Great value for the price these days. I'd say get the basic M2 Air see how you like it. Their screen size feel very big because bezel is much thinner.

I have maxed out M1 Pro 14 inch, it is a total overkill pretty much for anything. Recently bought an M2 13 inch Air basic model just for a trip, was blowns away how fast and effecient on battery it is. 8GB memory was enough to even do some emergency programming with Docker containers and JVM, which I did not expect to go well on 8GB config.

On a very rare occasion you will bump into something not running on ARM (which is M-s architecture), but it quite rare these days, the only annoyance was rebuilding my VMs. I miss that M2.. sold it after, couldn't justify to keep. Beefed up versions with more CPU/GPUs and RAM are much less battery effecient. Still great but not excellent.

Had no problems with displays. 3 different brands in different rooms, all work.
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I didn't understand any of that
 
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I didn't understand any of that
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Google every term in her answer since you claim you didn't understand anything.

"Also your original post is poorly thought out.Are there platforms that don't work on MacBooks? I've been looking on some platform websites and they don't mention anything about the requirements of the computer."
Call customer service.
 
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Peter8519 said:
If all you need are just MS Office and browser, Mac is OK. Just make sure that you do not have any software that runs on PC only.
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That's my issue. I currently use three different platforms that are installed on my PC. Two of them have web versions as well but I've never liked using them. There are less functions and the browser takes up to much screen real estate.
 
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