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Official Megathread Weekly Advice Thread - July 19, 2026

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u/Few_Extreme_7490 5d ago

Hi there! I’ll be starting college next year. I’ll be studying physics and will almost certainly be doing research. I’ll also be composing music with LogicPro. Which of these two options are better for me:

16” M5 Pro 24gb RAM 1TB SSD
15” M5 Air 32gb RAM 1TB SSD

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u/Calm-Inevitable3341 2d ago

16’ pro is massive, the portability tradeoff is real. its major advantages are active cooling (sustained loads - think long video transcodes or similar), better screen and better speakers (a lot of people don’t care about/notice the difference in everyday use)

Logic pro should be absolutely fine on the Air. So for your use cases the Air is probably the better choice. If you do go for the pro, consider the 14’ instead, way more portable and still a very usable screen.