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My Friends Always Ask Me What MacBook to Buy. Here's What I Tell Them

Luke Larsen

created: June 30, 2025, 2 p.m. | updated: July 2, 2025, 11:43 p.m.

You've got two sizes of MacBook Airs, two sizes of MacBook Pros, and all the chip configurations, ranging from the M4 to the M4 Max. When someone comes to me, asking which MacBook to buy, I start them with the 13-inch MacBook Air M4. The M4 MacBook Air is capable of far more than people realize. A decade ago, it wasn't just that certain tasks were faster on a 16-inch MacBook Pro; it was that the old MacBook Airs couldn't perform these at all. If you were an amateur musician, artist, or programmer, you were forced into saving up for a MacBook Pro or forgoing those hobbies for the time being.

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