It has a 13.3-inch high resolution “retina” display, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and Apple’s new M1 processor.

The MacBook Air is Apple’s most popular computer, and it’s the one we recommend to most people. If you have older accessories, you’ll need to get an adapter or full-sized hub to connect them to your machine.īattery Life: The laptops below all get between 10 and 20 hours of battery life on a single charge, which is more than enough to get you through a standard day of use. MacBooks only have Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C compatible) ports. Inputs: A computer’s inputs (known more commonly as ports), are what allow you to connect accessories to your machine. If you have a large local media library, or will be working with large files on a regular basis, you should opt for a laptop with extra space. Having less storage is fine if you steam your media, and prefer to keep most of your files in the cloud. Storage: We’re recommending MacBooks with between 256GB and 1TB (terabyte 1000GB) of storage. The MacBooks on this list have either eight or 16GB (gigabytes), which should be more than enough for most tasks. RAM: The amount of RAM (random access memory) a computer has determines how many apps it can run at once without slowing down. Some apps may only run on Intel processors, though. Apple is beginning to transition all of its computers to its own processors, which are more powerful and energy efficient. Processor: A MacBook runs either a high-end processor from Intel, or one of Apple’s new M-series chips.

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