What's the best distro to start my Dad with?

My dad has a 2012 macbook pro that can barely run the latest version of MacOS it supports, so I adviced my dad that he should install linux on it.

My dad isn't clueless about computers he can very well research on his own and probably figure out a whole distro even without my help. But since he doesn't have the time for that I'll want something similar to the MacOS or Windows that he's already used too.

He mostly uses his laptop for browsing, and apps like pages to make documents from time to time, so the switch shouldn't be that drastic. The only thing he wants is for his apps and security to be up to date.

I was thinking of going with the classic linux mint xfce for perfomance or maybe something like zorinOS, but i wonder if you guys have any good distros that are lightweight, and easy to use.