You might want a more powerful processor or a bigger screen, but a laptop that doesn’t weigh you down is essential.
If you don’t need the sheer power of the M5 Max chip, you can step down to the still-very-beefy M5 Pro chip. A 14-inch ...
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A $600 MacBook would have been unusual even without the RAMpocalypse.
It's because CPUs are joining DRAM and SSDs in the way-too-expensive club.