u/akshobhya07

Hi all, I am planning to take masters in AI, and I am currently a practicing data scientist for 8 years at an energy company. I have been using my home desktop PC for personal ML experiments and work laptop for work related stuff. Need a laptop for my masters, and I am thinking of buying a macbook. It would be my first time with a Mac, hence wanted to get your opinions. I have almost all other devices in the apple ecosystem though, so it could integrate well.

I saw a promo on a retailer selling M4 air (24/512) for a $100 less than what a M5 air would cost with an education discount. Is the $100 difference worth it to get the previous model?