Incredibly powerful and remarkably quiet, the compact Studio is, without a doubt, impressive. But how much speed -- and how many displays -- you need might have you weighing other options. In other words: Think before you pay.

A year ago, we called the M3 version of the MacBook Air "just about as good as laptops get." The "as good as laptops get" part was about the qualitative experience of using the laptop, which was (and is) good-enough-to-great at just about everything a general-purpose laptop needs to be able to do.