I figure out my needs and see which one best fits it.How do you decide which one to get?
What are the practical differences between all the MacBooks without the apple marketing? How do you decide which one to get?
What are the practical differences between all the MacBooks without the apple marketing? How do you decide which one to get?
Air: low power dual core, very light, very slim, stupid long battery life. Unfortunately screen a bit out of date probably best to avoid until it gets a retina screen. However it is cheaper and will run almost any day to day software you throw at it. ok for casual gaming.
rMBP 13; much like the air to be honest but with better connectivity, better CPU and GPU and a fantastic screen that makes this the best all round day to day laptop available at the moment in my eyes. Still thin and light but the battery life takes a bit of a hit.
rMBP 15; this is your desktop replacement screaming fast quadcore processors good graphics amazing screen. A must for those wanting desktop like performance and screen real estate on the road.
rMBP 15 with NVIDIA graphics: As the other 15 inch but a must for those rendering 4K video, and using CUDA enabled apps extensively and playing modern games at a decent level.
Hope that helps...
What are the practical differences between all the MacBooks without the apple marketing? How do you decide which one to get?
macbook air:
-lighter
-better battery life
-mediocre screen
-low power CPU, so slower than the pros
macbook pro r13:
-retina 13" screen
-dual core CPU
macbook pro r15 with igpu:
-retina 15" screen
-quad core CPU
macbook pro r15 with dgpu:
-retina 15" screen
-quad core CPU
-switchable, more powerful graphics
RAM and SSD size depend on your needs. I wouldn't go with less than 8gb of RAM for any usage case anymore. If you can live with putting all your media on an external USB 3 hard drive, a small SSD is enough.
Which would be best for home and on the go entertainment including Hd movies, music, casual gaming.
I'd say the 13" rMBP with 8gb RAM and probably the 256gb SSD. I have the late-2013. The only difference between it and the mid-2014 is a very slight bump in processor speed. I used mine for school work, watching movies (HD and SD), and music. I can't speak for gaming, but it could probably handle causal gaming.
Also I just noticed why are the MacBooks about double the price of a dell notebook of the same specs. What are you paying extra for?
Also I just noticed why are the MacBooks about double the price of a dell notebook of the same specs. What are you paying extra for?
http://m.dell.com/mt/www.dell.com/uk/p/xps-15-9530/pd?fl=m&fl=m&oc=cnx9516
I can't tell the difference between this dell machine and the rmbp 15 inch.
1TB 5400 RPM SATA HDD with 32GB mSATA
http://m.dell.com/mt/www.dell.com/uk/p/xps-15-9530/pd?fl=m&fl=m&oc=cnx9516
I can't tell the difference between this dell machine and the rmbp 15 inch.
Also I just noticed why are the MacBooks about double the price of a dell notebook of the same specs. What are you paying extra for?