Advice On Which MacBook

[Oliver G]

I am looking to buy a MacBook Pro, I have narrowed it down to two choices

June 2017 - MacBookPro - 3.1GHz Dual Core i5 - 8GB RAM - 512GB SSD - $2400

July 2018 - MacBook Pro - 2.3GHz quad-core i5 - 8GB RAM - 256SSD - $2300

I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on which I should choose. The 2017 model has more space but the 2018 one has a quad core processor.

I will be mainly using it for database, web development, writing, excel, minor photo editing. Will never be used for games.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[chscag]

Only you can make an informed choice, but if it were me I would choose the 2018 model because of the faster CPU. Its storage is half that of the 2017 model but you can always add a fast external TB3 SSD to supplement the space.

 

[Howard2k]

I'd take the quad core for sure. I'm thinking that the extra horsepower will provide longevity. Storage is easy to upgrade via external SSD, NAS etc.

 

[Oliver G]

Thanks guys, I was leaning towards the 2018 quad core so I think i'll buy it. Thanks again.