If you are techy - you could build a computer using pc hardware and install the mac operating system (a “hackintosh”). That combo will give you the best performance (make sure to do the research on what’s compatible. The info isn’t hard to find. ) and also bang for buck. You could build a pretty powerful/quiet machine for around 1k that would be easy to upgrade in the future “piece by piece”. In my humble opinion - Overall, i think apple charges wayyy too much for their computers the hardware specs aren’t really worth it.