2015 vs 2017

[Nahmeanz]

Hi,

My mid-2010 11" MacBook Air just crapped the bed and luckily my brother-in-law had a 2015 Retina MacBook lying around as he switched to a Surface Pro.

I was thinking of getting a 2017 MacBook before receiving this 2015 and wanted to know if there is anything significant that I will be missing out on. I believe the 2015 unit is a 1.2GHz dual-core Intel Core M processor with 512gb and 8gb of ram.

I'm mostly worried about the difference in the graphic cards and the ability to run 4K displays.

Thanks.

 

[EugW]

The 2017 IMO has a vastly superior keyboard. It also feels noticeably more peppy. And the 2017 has full hardware HEVC decode, so that even 10-bit 4K HEVC will play perfectly in High Sierra. (4K 10-bit HEVC is something that would make a 2016 Core i7 MacBook Pro choke badly.)