This is dependent on what you do everyday and what your personal tastes are. The main differences between the two are GPU The MSI laptop has the more powerful GPU as it runs off a dedicated GPU instead. This means that the MSI laptop has more gaming potential. The MacBook on the other hand uses Intel HD graphics which are garbage for gaming but absolutely fine for doing anything else. OS The MSI laptop wille with Windows 1 Home installed on it by default while the MacBook wille with Mac OS by default. Both laptops can be dual booted into Linux (if you are into that sort of thing). However if you are looking to use both Mac OS and Windows 1 get the MacBoook as Bootcamp (dual booting utility on Mac OS) allows users to partition their hard drives to boot into windows. Battery Life MSI laptops (due to their higher endponents) should usually have the shorter battery life. The MacBook should easily last up to 5 hours of productivity (as long as you don use extreme power consuming apps) Build Quality MSI laptopse in a plastic shell while MacBooks have an aluminum unibody. While this is a bit mundane it does add to the overall feel of a laptop. Keyboard MSI laptops use more typical laptop keyboard switches while new MacBooks all use Apple Butterfly Switches. Essentially ites down to personal preference on what you prefer to on. IO IO simply refers to the ports available on a device. The MSI laptop (dependent on model) shoulde with multiple USB A ports (typical USB ports) mighte with a Type-C port Ethernet port etc. The MacBookes with 4 USB Type C thunderbolt ports. Thunderbolt ports allow the use of external GPUs. This is especially useful if you want to have a work machine by day and a gaming machine by night. (This means you do need to buy an external GPU and bootcamp the MacBook into windows to play most games. I can help you with that if you want) Personal Comment If you are looking for gaming power an MSI laptop with a decent GPU (GTX 15 GTX 15ti GTX 16 etc.) will give you more than decent performance (battery life will be less than decent). If you are simply a person who writes emails and browses social media get a chromebook. If you want a more premium option for doing general things get the MacBook. Side note (As a techie I cannot express how frequently I see people buy overpriced laptops for mundane uses and I will happily help you pick out a laptop if you want.)