How can this feature make something worse? All you have to do is put a piece of tape over it if it annoys you.The touchbar is a disadvantage. Sorry, not sorry.
Base 13-Inch MacBook Pro vs. MacBook Air vs. Keep Money
Guess who wins...
None of those three options!You do!
i have seen no one who says that touch bar is really valuable.
On Friday, I cancelled my 2020 i5 MBA and ordered a MBP instead. My suspicions were exactly as you described. Appreciate you confirming that.
Great minds think alike! I was thinking about the same thing as you, buying an i3 16GB.Hmm - my 2015 MacBook Pro (i5) currently has a 720 single core, 1594 multi-core Geekbench score. The computer runs everything I current need very well - I don't do video editing or games. The MacBook Air scores suggest that I could be fine even with an i3 2020 MacBook Air for several years if I bump it up to 16G RAM - does that make sense?
Who's being barbaric? Is it Apple for not displaying the price sans-VAT in your country?
How can this feature make something worse? All you have to do is put a piece of tape over it if it annoys you.
Unless... the lack of physical function keys is the problem. If that's the issue then just state it as such.
None of those three options!
I bought a 2020 iPP 11" + Pencil + Magic Keyboard and a Watch Series 5.
I'll keep my 2017 MBA for more time...
Agreed. Looks cool in marketing materials, but actually terrible to use. It freezes a lot (I've had three laptops with it), and the most frequently used areas get worn out and start looking gross (the brightness and volume area, in my case).Lack of physical function keys, lack of tactile response, worse battery life, having to look down to control something when it could just as easily be on the screen. It increases the price, and complexity; another potential failure point in the product. It's one of the dumbest things Apple has introduced in recent memory. Years in and it's still gimmicky garbage.
That doesn't sound good. What do you mean by worn out? Does it have a coating on it that wears off like on the screens?Agreed. Looks cool in marketing materials, but actually terrible to use. It freezes a lot (I've had three laptops with it), and the most frequently used areas get worn out and start looking gross (the brightness and volume area, in my case).
10th Gen MBP.8th or 10th gen MBP?
So you really expect a buyer only wants to get three years out of their Apple laptop?
We just bought the base $999 Air for my wife, and it's really a fantastic little laptop. Blows the doors off my ancient Macbook Pro....
We opted not to spend the extra $100 for the i5; she literally just uses the thing for browsing, job hunting, absolutely nothing that's going to tax it. My favorite feature is the keyboard; it's actually very similar to my old Macbook's pre-butterfly keyboard. Over the moon Apple ditched those things.
If anyone has any questions, shoot! We took advantage of a Best Buy sale and got 50 bucks off, to boot.
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Funnily enough in my country they'd charge $250 for the i5 upgrade… This is like so unfair. Do you guys not include the VAT or what's going on?
Something must be broken with your MBP. I have the LG 27UL850-W 4K HDR monitor, that I easily drive with my 2018 13" quad core MBP as well as my 2017 12" retina MacBook, both at full 4K/60Hz. No lag or dropped frames, especially with Mission Control and other macOS animations.I would hate to see what it's like running a 6K display off a MBA. My 2018 13" quad core MBP is just barely good enough to run a 4K display. Just because the specs support it doesn't mean it would be a good idea to buy that laptop to drive a 6K
Something must be broken with your MBP. I have the LG 27UL850-W 4K HDR monitor, that I easily drive with my 2018 13" quad core MBP as well as my 2017 12" retina MacBook, both at full 4K/60Hz. No lag or dropped frames, especially with Mission Control and other macOS animations.