u/Emotional-Piano9059

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I’m deciding between getting a MacBook Air M5 for around $1100 or a MacBook Pro M1 Pro with 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD that I’m being offered locally for 270,000 PKR which is about $970 based on current rates, I mainly do AI and development work and care about performance and long term value, I’m unsure how the older M1 Pro compares to a newer Air in 2026 and whether it still makes sense to go for it, should I get this or just buy the newer Air?

Also I'll ask somebody to buy Air from the US .