the base Macbook is very well specified
The Macbook is not a great spec actually. My 2007 Macbook felt faster, very dissapointing. Seems like they’ve gone 100% for portability, it’s like an el-cheapo version of a Macbook air without the performance.
Decide budget, buy the fanciest box/laptop you can afford. Its as simple as that these days.
Not really, as you could end up like me with a Lenovo with i7, great 1080p LED IPS screen, SSD, Nvidia GPU, AND A FUDGING UNUSABLE TRACKPAD. I MEAN SERIOUSLY AT NO POINT IN DEVELOPMENT DID ANYBODY TRY TO USE THE ***ING THING?!!??!!?
I have to carry round a bluetooth mouse like a technopleb now.