


But considering how I won’t use the laptop as frequently as I will my Windows desktop PC, I don’t need all the bells and whistles of 2021's MacBook Pros. Granted, that laptop has a superior mini-LED display, more ports (including HDMI) and a stronger M1 Pro chip. Though this bumps the price up by $300 to $1,499, I'll still pay $500 less than the entry-level MacBook Pro 14-inch, which starts at $1,999. If I get the MacBook Air 2022, I’ll opt for a configuration with 10 GPU cores, 16GB of unified memory and 265GB of storage. Those specs and that price are pretty solid for most people.

This configuration includes a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina 2560 x 1664 display, 8GB of unified memory, 256GB of storage and an Apple M2 chip with 8 CPU cores and 8 GPU cores. The MacBook Air 2022 has a starting price of $1,199.
