Stop buying cheap Windows laptops: This 5-year-old MacBook is better

In 2020, Apple pulled off one of the rarest events in the world of computers—a multi-generational leap. The first generation of Apple Silicon chips weren’t just better than the Intel Macs that had come before, they were substantially better in every way. They were so good, that most people didn’t need anything more than the cheapest Mac Apple sold—five years later, they still don’t.