I’ve been testing both laptops for the past few weeks, and while I don’t think there’s an easy answer for everyone, what’s impressed me the most is just how capable the tiny little MacBook has become. So I’ve been wondering: if I want to spend $1,299 again, which one should I get?
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And since the MacBook Air, still selling for $999, is woefully out of date - with a low-res screen that’ll look bad next to any current smartphone - $1,299 is essentially the starting price for a modern Mac laptop. Not only does the super-slim MacBook start at $1,299, but so does the new MacBook Pro. It’s now six years later, and Apple is hitting that pricing sweet spot again in a big way. And Apple had just dropped the Air’s price down to $1,299 - the same price I believe my original MacBook had cost. It was perfect timing: my last MacBook, the white plastic kind, had wiring literally sticking out of it after taking a spill. The last time I bought one was in the summer of 2011, not long after the MacBook Air’s first (and only) redesign. Except this also means you’ll need to buy a lot of adapters, even if you just want to plug in your iPhone into your MacBook.I badly need a new computer. Apple’s new MacBook Pro also does away with all other ports, and instead has only four type-C USB Thunderbolt 3 ports, which can be used to charge the device as well. The backlit keyboard has the second-generation butterfly mechanism.
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The company promises 10 hours of battery life, which is not such a big jump.Īpple has completely redesigned the MacBook Pro in this series going for a new all-metal unibody construction. The RAM is 16 GB with upto 2TB SSD storage space options. Apple MacBook Pro 2016 has the new Touch Bar on top. Apple is giving the option of Intel HD Graphics 530 or AMD’s Radeon Pro 450, 455, or 460 graphics with the new MacBook Pro, which is better than the previous version. The new MacBook Pro runs the sixth generation quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with clock speeds of 2.6GHz, 2.7GHz, or 2.9GHz and Turbo boost option of 3.8Ghz. The display is also brighter at 500 nits, and Apple has used the Wide color gamut (P3) seen on the iPhone 7 series in its new laptops as well. The new MacBook Pro 2016 also has a 15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Retina display with 2880 by 1800 pixels resolution. Battery life promised on the older MacBook Pro is 9 hours on wireless web.Īlso read: Apple’s new MacBook Pro 2016: Price, specifications and features
If you don’t wish to buy a bunch of adapters with the new MacBook Pro then it might be a better option to stick with the older one, though on paper the newer version is thinner, lighter and more powerful. Ports on the older MacBook Pro include: Two USB 3 ports, Two Thunderbolt 2 ports and HDMI port and the 3.5mm headphone slot. However, MacBook Pro 2015 has a lot more ports compared to the Type-C USB exclusive new version. Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch and 13-inch from the 2015 version. For graphics, this has the Intel Iris Pro but the new series improves on this bit as well. It also has 16GB RAM, but a maximum of 1TB SSD storage. The MacBook Pro 2015 comes with quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with clock speeds of 2.2GHz, 2.5GHz, or 2.8GHz and turbo boost up to 4.0GHz. In case of the old MacBook Pro (2015), the display is LED-backlit Retina display with 2880 by 1800 pixels resolution, and 300 nits brightness and a standard color gamut (sRGB). It was first announced in May 2016, and has the same 15.4-inch display size as the new version. The older MacBook Pro comes only in the Silver colour option, and is thicker and heavier compared to the new version. Apple MacBook Pro 2016 vs MacBook Pro 2015: A Specifications comparison.