- Cyber Security
How to Prepare for a Cybersecurity Audit
11 Mar, 2026
£4759.57 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
This is an absolute beast of a machine, but it’s also the kind of spend you only justify if you’ll actually *burn* through the performance. The 16" MacBook Pro with the Max-tier chip is best for heavy, sustained workloads like serious video editing, motion graphics, large codebases, data work, or running compute-hungry creative pipelines all day. If you’re in that world (or you’re an agency/production team where time really equals money), the value is less about “specs” and more about how smoothly it stays responsive under load and how long it’ll feel relevant compared to cheaper laptops.
That said, I wouldn’t recommend it for the average business buyer who mainly does Teams, browsers, spreadsheets, and the occasional presentation. For £3.9k ex-VAT, you’re paying for headroom you may never use—plus you’re locking into a premium ecosystem (and premium pricing) that only pays off if Macs are already your standard. If your priority is cost control or broad “safe” office use, there are cheaper MacBook configurations (or non-Mac options) that’ll feel more proportionate. If you tell me what software and workloads your team uses day-to-day, I can sanity-check whether this level of power is genuinely worth the spend.

Samsung
Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro - Intel Core Ultra 7 - 258V / up to 4.8 GHz - Evo - Win 11 Pro - Intel Arc Graphics 140V - 32 GB RAM - 512 GB SSD NVMe - 14" AMOLED touchscreen 2880 x 1800 (WQXGA+) @ 120 Hz - Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth - grey

HP
HP EliteBook X G1i Notebook Next Gen AI - Copilot+ PC - Intel Core Ultra 5 - 226V / up to 4.5 GHz - Win 11 Pro - Intel Arc Graphics - 16 GB RAM - 512 GB SSD NVMe - 14" IPS 2560 x 1600 (2.5K) @ 120 Hz - NFC, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth - atmospheric blue - kbd: UK - with HP Wolf Pro Security Edition (1 year)

Dell
Dell Pro 14 Plus PB14250 Intel? Core? Ultra 5 236V, vPro? (40 TOPS NPU, 8 cores, up to 4.7 GHz) 16 GB: LPDDR5x, 8533 MT/s (onboard) 512 GB, TLC, SSD 14", Non-Touch, FHD+, IPS, Anti-Glare, 300 nits, 45% NTSC, FHD IR Cam Fingerprint Reader, Smart Card Reader with NFC, Control Vault 3+, No RJ-45 FHD HDR + IR Camera, Facial Recognition, TNR, Camera Shutter, Microphone Intel? Wi-Fi 7 BE201, 2x2, 802.11be, Bluetooth? 5.4 wireless card English UK backlit Copilot key keyboard 3-cell, 55 Wh, ExpressCh

Lenovo
Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 7 21T0 - 180-degree hinge design - AMD Ryzen 5 - 230 / up to 4.9 GHz - Win 11 Pro - Radeon 760M - 16 GB RAM - 512 GB SSD TCG Opal Encryption 2, NVMe - 14" IPS 1920 x 1200 - Gigabit Ethernet - Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth - black - kbd: UK - with 1 Year Lenovo Premier Support, CO2 Offset 0.5 ton (2nd Gen)