Cost is around Rs 1,50,000 I am looking to buy apple Mac for cross platform development and other development stuff.
IMO, no. Not worth it.
I have used windows and Linux for most of my life. My latest company gave me a Mac.
Here's my conclusion.
In general nicer.
However, it's completely false to believe software or general experience on a Mac is better than windows. Not sure what kind of windows laptop the person claiming that loading up a browser will take longer on a windows lap than restarting a Mac, but this is pure bs. The latest MacBook Pro takes just as much time to load up chrome as my 4 yo windows laptop. Matter of fact, the UX in certain aspects is worse on Mac. I don't even get proper feedback when you double click an icon. Last, multi-tasking UX is very very shitty on Mac.
I haven't bought into the ecosystem but without considering that, I don't see the point of spending 3x for build quality and sound.
the reason i want to buy mac is because of both cross-platform and native development for mobile
If that's a deal breaker, you don't have much of a choice. The closest of a choice you have is to go the hackintosh route and buy a laptop known to have good compatibility with it.
A student definitely does not need this laptop for his development stuff.
TCS vale bhi dev karte hai kya 🙂
I literally mentioned that my old pc is not working properly and I am looking for a new pc for cross platform development then also he commented students doesn't need
Go for it. Macbook Pro is the best laptop. Dont think about the cost, Apple products are made to last. Windows laptops with same configuration may cost 1/3 but over the years they will become super slow where opening a webpage will take longer than restarting your mac.
Go for a 14 inch m2 pro with the same ram and storage configuration, it will cost you 30k more but it wouldn't be significantly better than this old design.
You mean same model but with different inch?
It would be significantly better. M2 pro is a much better chip than the baseline chip. Also 14 inches one has a good build. You should have purchased this laptop during the BBD sale, now make sure you use your student discount and HDFC card or some good credit card to get the right deal. I used a 13 inch m1 air which is strictly for very light computing, currently i use a 16 inch m2 pro with 32 gb ram it is a very good device. My colleague's 14 inch m2 pro is just as good so i suggest you go for the 14 inch.
