So, you want to buy a MacBook?
You have no shortage of options.
If you’re shopping from a third party retailer, the issue only compounds.
There are alotof MacBooks out there.
Which machine you should purchase is entirely up to you and your unique needs.
Before today,I recommended the M2 MacBook Air to most people.
(Sorry, PCs.)
You could pay more to acquire additional features and a power boost, but you didn’t have to.
A cool grand was all you needed.
Apple changed that deal a bit starting with the launch of the M2 MacBook Air.
Lucky for consumers, the M1 MacBook Air was great.
It’s still pretty great, in fact.
The M4 MacBook Air only continues that tradition, but with a bit of a twist.
The M4 is brand new, and yet it’s also the entry-level machine in Apple’s lineup.
The M4 chip
If the argument was just about money, it wouldn’t hold water.
But I feel that $999 is an evenbettervalue for the M4 MacBook Air.
Beyond performance, Apple will almost assuredly support the M4 chip longer than the M2.
Apple is also continuing the trend of starting each MacBook off with at least 16GB of RAM.
It’s an excellent value.
(The days of the butterfly keyboard arelonggone.)
You also get MagSafe charging, which is among the best MacBook features.
Various smaller advantages
What the company did change from previous MacBooks are minor, but notable.
First up, the camera.
The M4 sports a 12MP camera, which should improve the quality of video calls.
However, the bigger perk with this higher megapixel count is the addition of Center Stage.
That lets you walk and talk in front of your MacBook Air, while still remaining in focus.
That enables the M4 MacBook Air to extend to up to two 6K external monitors.
The colors have shifted a bit this go around, too.
However, the new Sky Blue color looksgreat.
This is the closest we’ve come yet, and I hope they keep it up with future models.
