Perhaps if I hadn’t already gone the MacBook Air route, I might have been persuaded by the newly–unleashed capabilities of the iPad, but it’s come just too late for me.

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That means our recommendations for the best MacBooks remain the M4 MacBook Air for most people, the M4 MacBook Pro for creatives and the MacBook Air with the M3 chip as an excellent budget option.