No one can deny that one appealing thing about Windows laptops is the variety. On the other hand, like its predecessors, its performance beats similarly configured Windows systems on a lot of tasks.īut even an entry-level MacBook can stretch the limits of your budget, and those who've set aside a nice chunk of cash might want something a little more customizable. The M1-chip-based 13-inch MacBook Pro may have a performance advantage compared with similarly sized Windows alternatives, but there are still compatibility issues - plus Apple's jacked up the prices of the Intel-based models - which make it less of a slam dunk relative to the Windows systems than it might otherwise have been.Īnd the 16-inch MacBook Pro may have ditched the butterfly-switch keyboard in favor of a slightly better scissor-switch-based one (which I still don't like) but it's basically the same as it ever was and still lacks 4K options.
