Apple rarely offers you more for less, especially in its most popular products with the broadest appeal. It has perfected the measured, iterative year-over-year product cycle. But for the 13- and 15-inch M4 MacBook Airs, Apple has put new chips in its established design while shoring up the device’s biggest flaws and dropping the price by $100.

Apple's new MacBook Air M4 promises more power than its predecessors for a lower starting price, cementing its place as the best MacBook for most of us. Here's why.