Macbook Air M1 2020 - $1001
Supports P3 wide color
400 nits brightness
8-core CPU, up to 8-core GPU
16-core neural engine
True Tone
1680 by 1050 resolution
Up to 15 hr wireless web, 18 hr movie playback
49.9 watt lithium polymer battery
2 Thunderbolt USB 4 ports
8GB Unified Memory
Backlit Magic Keyboard
Touch ID
720p FaceTime HD camera
Stereo Speakers
3.5mm Headphone jacks
Pros
Great display with increased resolution.
Incredible Speakers
Great typing experience with the scissor switches.
Extremely Fast performance
Completely silent due to it being fanless
Display is very bright (sometimes too bright)
Works well with Apple Devices
Big Sur is really good for M1
Microphone is incredible
Great security and Re
Great Portability
Very Durable (Haven’t found a single scratch on this thing)
Ludicrous Battery Life
Great Design
Very few overheating problems
Cons
Not touchscreen
VERY limited selection of ports with two USB-C ports on one one side.
Some macOS features are weird
Camera is okay and can definitely be improved when you consider the price because it is 720p.
Display can get smudged
Doesn’t work well with mouses or keyboards unless it’s made by apple
Sometimes heats up when gaming (but cools down fast)
Would wish for thinner bezels (but the bezels now is okay but it's nice to have smaller ones)
MacBook Pro
Has all the features that the Air has however has a fan.
Starts at $1299.
Pros
Since there is a fan the processor can run hotter and it does not have to limit itself.
Cons
The price is high.
Even has 2 ports
Lenovo Yoga 710 -$500-$600 retails currently for $350-$450-2016
11.6”
Intel HD Graphics 515 FHD
Intel Pentium 4405Y 1.5 GHz
1920 x 1080 resolution with touchscreen
9 hr battery life
Pros
Very Portable
Touchscreen is very useful
Very Quiet (no fans)
Can be folded into a tablet and is very cool
Keyboard is great
Great display resolution
Cons
Limited selection ports
Mild volume and sound quality
Terrible endurance
Not Waterproof at all (learned the hard way)
Prone to Scratches
Battery Drains over time and is bad
Camera is low-res
Microphone is very unreliable
Slow and underpowered hardware