#1
Apple
MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025)
$925.65
positive
neutral
negative
HP
ZBook Ultra G1a 14"
7 positive 0 neutral 4 negative
Based on 11 Reddit mentions
$3488.26
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Apple debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max to supercharge the most demanding pro workflows
That price is mostly inflated by 8TB storage. The only actual AI MAX macbook-laptop Ive found is HP ZBook Ultra G1a 14", 2TB, 128GB, and 14" screen for $4,378.99. Same specs Macbook Pro costs $5099. and you get more than double the bandwith, much better CPU (even M4 max is has 30% better ST) and muc
...Nkrth in r/hardware
March 3, 2026 3:15 PM
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Provocative question for Thinkpad users - why choose a Thinkpad over a Mac at a higher level of specifications
I don't see many comments addressing your AI/LLM interest. For $2000, Apple's hardware will be better than anything you can buy in an x86 laptop for $2000, due to the unified memory. If you have $4200 you can get something like a Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 Review: Blackwell Power in a 4 Pound Workstat
...Cory5413 in r/thinkpad
January 25, 2026 10:51 PM
1
UK laptop for work and play £2-2.5k
Update: I ended up buying an HP ZBook Ultra G1a, 14" Touch OLED 120Hz, AMD Max Pro 395 16 Core, 64GB RAM, 1TB. HP were running a business promo cashback so I ended up paying just over £1900. I had some issues with it initially, it would crash randomly, mostly while in sleep mode. After fully updatin
...blazito in r/laptops
October 20, 2025 2:28 PM
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