Slimbook pro x AMD vs. MacBook Air M1, which to choose and why?

Annie Taylor Chen - Nov 2 '21 - - Dev Community

I am comparing two laptops for web developer. I don't need much storage as it'll be used mainly as working computer. So the focus is other performance.

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Slimbook pro x AMD (Linux)

  • AMD Ryzen 7 4800 H with 8 cores and 16 threads 8M cache 2.9 GHz Turbo 4.2 GHz
  • AMD Radeon ™ Graphics Vega 7 1600 MHz Compatible with 5.5 kernels
  • Display: 14 inches FullHD IPS LED high definition and high color range True Color cover 100% sRGB - 300 nits
  • Keyboard: backlight
  • Material: Aluminium
  • USB 3.0 Ports: 2
  • USB-C Ports: 1
  • USB 2.0 Ports: 1
  • HDMI Ports: 1
  • RJ45 Ports: 1
  • RAM: 32GB 2 non-soldered DDR4 slots 3200 Mhz
  • SSD: 250GB SSD NVMe
  • price: 1,169.00 EUR | 1,353.88 USD

Tuxedo Pulse 14

Have almost exact the same with Slimbook pro above, just color is dark gray and is a bit ugly....

  • price: 1,090.00 EUR | 1,261.87 USD

Apple M1 Chip with 8-Core CPU and 8-Core GPU 512GB Storage

  • Apple M1 chip with 8‑core CPU, 8‑core GPU, and 16‑core Neural Engine
  • 8GB unified memory
  • 512GB SSD storage¹
  • Retina display with True Tone
  • Magic Keyboard
  • Touch ID
  • Force Touch trackpad
  • Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports
  • price: 1 078,50 EUR | 1,249.00 USD

Which one would you choose and why?

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