Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. When Apple debuted its new M1 MacBook Pro and MacBook Air last year, it raised the bar on what we expect from a laptop. From 14 hours of battery life to performance that puts $4,000 machines to shame, the M1 MacBooks are the best laptops we’ve seen in a very long time. We know the MacBooks are better than their direct.