Even as the most ‘value’ Mac on our list, it still packs quite the punch. The headline feature here is the M1 chip that we found to outperform the competition at this price during testing, with it breezing through basic productivity tasks, as well as rendering 4K HDR video content with multiple apps running in the background. If it’s a great value Mac you’re after, look no further than the MacBook Air M1.
Best value desktop: iMac 24-inch (2021) – check price.Best value: MacBook Air M1 – check price.It’s also worth checking out our Best Laptop, Best Ultrabook, Best Student Laptop and Best Budget Laptop pages for a more general look if you haven’t got your heart entirely set on going for macOS. If you can’t find a Mac you like at the moment, we’d recommend bookmarking this list as we’ll be updating it frequently as more of them pass through the Trusted Labs. We’re also in the process of reviewing the new Mac Mini, so if that gets a recommendation we’ll add that to this list too. We’ve also made sure to pick a good range of Macs, ranging from the light MacBook Air laptop right up to a fully fledged iMac, so whatever you’re looking for, you’ll be sure to find a Mac that suits you. To get these real-world testing results, our team of experts use each Mac as their main device for at least a week, utilising both real-world experience and a series of industry-standard benchmarks and specialist equipment such as colorimeters to gain accurate and comparable results.
When we review a Mac, we focus on key things such as how well it is built, along with how well it performs in real world and synthetic benchmarks, and, if it’s a laptop, how long the battery will last. It’s a good job then that we’ve reviewed and properly tested all the big hitters, including the M2 Pro-powered MacBook Pro which was released in January 2023.
If you’ve got your heart set on an Apple computer then you’ll need one of the best Macs to make that dream a reality.Īpple makes a wide variety of different computers, so knowing what you’d like is going to be a little fiddly.
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