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If you want more than this, I'd say you should save for Pro or XPS 15 (which might be 2x this price). You can't get a Macbook or Dell XPS anything with these same specs. I think its the best value, and punches well above its weight. If I were to buy a laptop for photo/video editing, and it was in the same range as the MacBook Air, it would be this. Unfortunately there isn't an Apple that has those 3 and fits in that same category. Does this suggest that your budget is determined by price ($999)? In today's world, I think I would have 3 requirements (at least these): 8th Gen i5 CPU, 8GB (I wouldn't settle for less than 16GB personally, even if that means waiting a little bit), SSD any size.