

My previous MacBook lasted nearly ten years. But on balance, it’s still my preferred OS.

Gaming is notoriously shaky on a Mac, and we don’t recommend buying even the latest MacBook Pro if gaming is your number one priority. macOS does not do it all, and it’s not necessarily a platform that’s going to please tweakers and hackers. Others would class some of these pros as cons, and no operating system is perfect or immune to security issues. The price you pay for a MacBook buys you a ticket to use what is arguably the best operating system for a wide range of users. In terms of notebooks, your Hackintosh options are even more limited, and Apple’s switch to its own ARM-based architecture may spell the end for the practice entirely. There’s always the Hackintosh route, but I don’t want the hassle of configuring hardware and patching installers.
