There is a reason we believe the Apple MacBook Air M2 is the best laptop for most people. No matter where you look, you would be hard-pressed to find a laptop of this caliber for just $799. This is primarily due to the leap Apple computers made in performance since the release of Apple silicon. These new chips made Apple laptops a bit overpowered for their price.
This specific model comes with an Apple M2 processor, which we believe offers the best value out of the three chips available for MacBook Airs. The M1 is great, but you can kind of notice some slow-downs once you start doing more intensive tasks. On the other side of the spectrum, the M3 chip is better, but not enough for most people to really notice the upgrade. I actually own this specific M2 model with 16GB of RAM, and have used this laptop to edit RAW photos and 4K videos without an issue. When asking around, I found some of our co-workers have experienced the same. We find it hard to believe most users will truly push this laptop to its limits.