People really need to understand a few things before recommending stuff.
1. Given the fact the multi-core results in the Air not having an x4 multiplier on the 4-core design but still maintaining an x2 score on the 2-core design, it seems that cores 3 and 4 are not perfoming as expected. Wattage can be an indicator to lower performance but there are plenty other metrics that differentiate the MBA CPUs from the MBP ones. The Pro's CPUs do their cores justice which is why I believe the Y-series talk started in the first place.
2. Turbo mode and thermal factors: In theory this offers a boost but the wording suits it well, a boost. More of a sprint than a marathon, it helps fire up an unlaunched application, but it practically consumes thermal reserves in a heartbeat and you're most likely to return to normal clock speed soon therafter. If you compare both laptops in a real-world situation you will realize than short-term boosts on the Air will draw more power than it would on the Pro.
There is an advantage in the thermal design of the MBP, and another one in the MBP with the 10th gen CPUs as well as 4 thunderbolt ports which is the second fan, helping sustain stress even more. This has a positive side effect on battery wear and tear since it being exposed to higher temperature can significantly reduce its timespan. However, if you are more than casually encountering situations where your device gets hot, use the ability to actually being able to use it on your lap without it getting uncomfortable as an orientation as to whether or not root for an iMac if you actually can do your work/whatever stationary. If you can't keep it on your lap with reasonable temperatures that also means that the battery charge will be rather short.
3. What is light work/usage?
One can do such simple things like opening text edit or, the famous all-rounder, work in spreadsheets or watch a video on youtube. You might be surprised however, what an open youtube tab requires in terms of power. Also, do you consider a user who just surfs the web, watches a simple video online but has 5 windows open with 15 tabs on each, plus a spreadsheet app, a text app and Mail a pro user? Sure you don't but that doesn't make system demand light use per se, and the device temperate will say the same.
4. Touch bar
The physical keyboard is a tool that enables you to keep your eyes on the screen, the touch bar negates than benefit. IMO that's a major design flaw.
My rule of thumb is to choose a laptop which will stay cool and not warm for most of your tasks. If your use case keeps the machine under stress make sure you really need a laptop instead of a fixed workstation.
1. Given the fact the multi-core results in the Air not having an x4 multiplier on the 4-core design but still maintaining an x2 score on the 2-core design, it seems that cores 3 and 4 are not perfoming as expected. Wattage can be an indicator to lower performance but there are plenty other metrics that differentiate the MBA CPUs from the MBP ones. The Pro's CPUs do their cores justice which is why I believe the Y-series talk started in the first place.
2. Turbo mode and thermal factors: In theory this offers a boost but the wording suits it well, a boost. More of a sprint than a marathon, it helps fire up an unlaunched application, but it practically consumes thermal reserves in a heartbeat and you're most likely to return to normal clock speed soon therafter. If you compare both laptops in a real-world situation you will realize than short-term boosts on the Air will draw more power than it would on the Pro.
There is an advantage in the thermal design of the MBP, and another one in the MBP with the 10th gen CPUs as well as 4 thunderbolt ports which is the second fan, helping sustain stress even more. This has a positive side effect on battery wear and tear since it being exposed to higher temperature can significantly reduce its timespan. However, if you are more than casually encountering situations where your device gets hot, use the ability to actually being able to use it on your lap without it getting uncomfortable as an orientation as to whether or not root for an iMac if you actually can do your work/whatever stationary. If you can't keep it on your lap with reasonable temperatures that also means that the battery charge will be rather short.
3. What is light work/usage?
One can do such simple things like opening text edit or, the famous all-rounder, work in spreadsheets or watch a video on youtube. You might be surprised however, what an open youtube tab requires in terms of power. Also, do you consider a user who just surfs the web, watches a simple video online but has 5 windows open with 15 tabs on each, plus a spreadsheet app, a text app and Mail a pro user? Sure you don't but that doesn't make system demand light use per se, and the device temperate will say the same.
4. Touch bar
The physical keyboard is a tool that enables you to keep your eyes on the screen, the touch bar negates than benefit. IMO that's a major design flaw.
My rule of thumb is to choose a laptop which will stay cool and not warm for most of your tasks. If your use case keeps the machine under stress make sure you really need a laptop instead of a fixed workstation.
