2019 13.3 MBP Sanity Check

[PHILIP1193]

Hey all,

Sorry another one of those can you check this that and the other thing for me.

i’m thinking of getting a MBP for the requirements below. There is some good Black Friday deals about, plus the Apple refurbished store has a 13.3” pro with Touch Bar for around £1100 which is cheap. It’s also a July 2019 version so I’m hoping it’s got the fixed keyboard.

I have a new iPad Pro that I’d likely use as a second screen.

I’m really tempted to try a bit of iOS coding for fun. I have no experience and this won’t be for a career so I don’t think my processing requirements are high.

I could afford the new 16” pro but I think it’s OTT for my needs, plus I prefer the existing keyboard to type on having Tried both. The MBA looks good but I prefer the looks of the pro, plus the pro has more grunt under the hood.


- Light gaming (CS:GO at best)
- light iOS app dev
- web browsing

I won’t be doing any video editing or photo editing. I won’t watch Netflix on it.

Is the Touch Bar a complete gimmick or actually useful? It looks cool but I’m not sure if it’s actually of any use?

Thoughts are appreciated

 

[Fishrrman]

If you NEED one now, BUY one now.

If you can stand to wait until around March 2020, then wait until then and get one of the upcoming 13" MBP's with the scissors keyboard instead.