But there are benefits associated with spending a little more on a desktop. If you want a portable Mac the MacBook Air is ideal. Hence the speakers in the MacBook Air, while perfectly acceptable, are not going to compare with the six speaker sound system inside the iMac. Hence the MacBook Air has no fan while the iMac has two. The MacBook Air is thin and light, which is a benefit if you want the ultimate in portability, but that also means there is less room inside the case for things like cooling and speakers. However, if you look at the disadvantages of a laptop the advantages of the desktop become a little clearer. Desktops are often more upgradable than laptops, but again, in the case of the iMac this Mac is not more upgradable – in fact it’s even less upgradable than the previous generation of iMac was. Apple hasn’t designed a different version of the M1 chip for the iMac. Generally desktop computers have larger and more superior components inside them – but in the case of the 24-inch iMac and the cheapest MacBook Air the components are exactly the same. Why then would you want to pay a premium to get the iMac? What does the iMac offer that warrants the extra expense? We’re all familiar with the benefits of a laptop – most obviously portability – but what benefits do a desktop computer bring? You can see the best prices for that MacBook Air right now at the top of this article. You can save £250/$300 by buying the 8-core CPU/7-core GPU M1 MacBook Air rather than the identically specced M1 iMac. If you were wondering which Mac offered the best value for money out of the iMac and MacBook Air the comparison above makes that pretty clear.

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