Best mac on Reddit

233 reviews from r/mac, r/memphis, r/macmini and 30 more subreddits

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#1

Apple

4.3
(153)
"I would get the MacBook Air, unless you do intense stuff like editing or whatever else"
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"The MacBook Air is the perfect computer for most people."
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"For me it’s Passwords by Apple. Allowed me to switch from Bitwarden."
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"I bought an M4 Pro Mac Mini and run Parallels on it for Windows (ARM version). For over five years I have been running this type of setup and have not hit any incompatibilities."
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"Go for the M4 Pro w/48GB."
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"Air is a perfect machine."
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"You want the latest Mac mini you can get, and the M4 mini at $500 is by far the best deal."
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"M4 which is the new one offers 16gb ram so that is why I upgraded."
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"Best laptop ever."
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"Take a hard look at the M4 Pro Mac mini. It's amazing and will easily get you 200+ tracks in Logic Pro with plugins and software instruments."
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#2

Mac

4.3
(13)
"Video editing and programming"
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"Love"
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"Upgraded to an M1 a couple years ago"
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"Max graphics with no problem outside of running out of battery quick"
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"Quieter, it's basically silent"
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"Fit into a rolling bag"
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"Found one on eBay for about $100"
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"Working flawlessly"
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"Minimum"
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"Find a cheap Mac book with a broken screen"
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#3

M1

5.0
(7)
"Future proof"
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"Future proof"
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"Future proof"
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"Future proof"
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"The increase in power will be noticeable."
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#4

MacBook

5.0
(6)
"Plenty"
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"Powerful enough for what you need"
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"Loaded up"
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"The right amount of storage for your situation"
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"Plenty of storage and RAM"
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"Really happy with a Macbook Air from 2015 running Monterey"
#5

Apple MacBook Air

5.0
(5)
"A Macbook Air would suit you nicely for college."
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"Get the M3 MacBook Air, on the Apple education site in the US it's $999."
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"No Brainer. Any MacBook Air with 16 GB of Ram."
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"I have a MacBook Air and i play with a ps4 controller and it works amazing!"
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"Macbook air 16g m3."
#6

Craft Kitchen

5.0
(3)
"Craft Kitchen in Southington has excellent Mac n Cheese!"
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"Craft kitchen in southington has the best mac and cheese I’ve ever had."
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"Craft Kitchen in Southington. 11/10"
#7

Central BBQ

4.3
(3)
"My fave Mac and Cheese in town!"
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"Pretty good"
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"Another solid option if you want to mix it up is Central BBQ. They sprinkle their bbq seasoning on top and it gives it a little bit of a kick."
#8

Rectangle

5.0
(2)
"Without those 3 I’m back to Linux (or even Windows lol)"
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"* [Rectangle] : Window management (disable Raycast's default one)."
#9

Zinnia

5.0
(2)
"Another vote for Zinnia."
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"I’m using zinnia"
#10

Costco

5.0
(2)
"I order their Mac and cheese at least twice a month."
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"Good"
#11

Chick-fil-A

4.5
(2)
"Probably the best cheap/fast option. You gotta love the slightly browned cheesy casserole bits they have in their Mac n cheese."
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"Good mac n cheese"
#12

Sob

4.5
(2)
"I really like"
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"Is my second-runner up."
#13

Patrick's

4.5
(2)
"Creamy and delicious"
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"Pretty good"
#14

Mac N Out

4.0
(2)
"Mac N Out in Milford."
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"I've also heard good things from a number of people about Mac n Out in Milford."
#15

Soul Fish

4.0
(2)
"I like Soul Fish’s Mac n Cheese"
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"Hit or miss"
#16

Cracker Barrel

5.0
(1)
"Good creamy Mac and cheese"
#17

Ballhoggers

5.0
(1)
"Mac and cheese"
#18

Windows

5.0
(1)
"Used"
#19

MacBook Air

5.0
(1)
"Passively cooled MacBook Air M1 nearly matched the performance of this Mac while being quieter and using less energy."
#20

Stouffers

5.0
(1)
"Kinda hard to beat Stouffers"
#21

Interim

5.0
(1)
"Theirs was so good"
#22

Jim & Nick's

5.0
(1)
"Awesome mac and cheese AND a drive-thru"
#23

Newk's

5.0
(1)
"Baked and toasted in the pizza oven"
#24

J. Alexanders

5.0
(1)
"Right up there!"
#25

Black Sheep

5.0
(1)
"Get the truffle Mac n cheese."
#26

Taino Prime

5.0
(1)
"Taino Prime is tops alone with Eli Cannon's."
#27

Rooster Co

5.0
(1)
"Rooster Co in Newington does a build a mac night every Wednesday."
#28

Wood n Tap

5.0
(1)
"The spicy Mac n cheese is so good."
#29

Bishops Orchards

5.0
(1)
"There’s a white Mac & cheese with bbq pulled pork that comes with fried onions."
#30

UConn Cafeteria

4.0
(1)
"Jalapeño bacon mac and cheese at the UConn cafeteria."
#31

The Shack

4.0
(1)
"The shack (East Lyme, Waterford, Groton)."
#32

Adobe

4.0
(1)
"If you have to upgrade 1 thing only, you should go with RAM first."
#33

Acasis

4.0
(1)
"Currently using the Acasis 40Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure + WD_BLACK 2TB SN770 NVMe and getting read/write speed of ~2.8k with my base M2 Mini."
#34

Western Digital

4.0
(1)
"There is a 2230 western digital 2tb internal drive that has good ratings and I use myself."
#35

Crossover

4.0
(1)
"Crossover usually does pretty well if the game is compatible but some games just won't run no matter what you do or you can use CXPatcher to broaden the compatibility a little bit but in my testing with OW2 it was"
#36

Hattie B's

4.0
(1)
"Hattie B’s is also really good. Very creamy."
#37

MacBook Pro

4.0
(1)
"Good for basic tasks"
#38

McDonald's

4.0
(1)
"Glitch on the app where they don’t charge for extra patties"
#39

macOS

2.0
(1)
"Parallels tries but the performance is not great, even on my M3 Max. Do not expect a good gaming experience with it. Even simple titles like indie party games (Lethal Company for example) can't do more than like 20-30fps in Parallels vs a smooth 60+ in Crossover."
#40

Intel

1.0
(2)
"INTEL is dead boat!"
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"Buying an Intel Mac is a waste of money at this point."
#41

iPad

1.0
(1)
"Don't get an iPad to do any real work"

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