Which would you buy?

[roland.g]

With the new 2018 MacBook Pros the 13” is now a Quad Core powerhouse of a laptop. And the similarly sized 13” Air is underpowered by comparison and in need of a better screen.

The 15” MacBook Pro is what it is. Great computer. Good size. Decent weight. 6 Core monster. But overkill for most of us.

The 12” MacBook is a little sad. Great little machine, but little and underpowered nonetheless.

And the 11” Air is even worse. At that size, just get an iPad, right?

So the obvious step for Apple would be to offer both differentiation and options. Merge the 12” MacBook and 13” Air into a single MacBook line. Obviously they are going to go the direction all USB-C. Not expecting otherwise. And all their notebooks should be Retina. And all should likely include the TouchBar. But who knows if they would be that bold.

It would make the most sense to have the new line continue with a 12” model as realistically the smallest size you really want in the market and introduce a 14” version. This would give people who want a bigger screen but don’t want the power or to spend $2,500-$3,500 on a MacBook Pro, the option of something larger than a 12” or the current 13” Air.

Would you buy a 14” MacBook if it wasn’t really crippled over a 13” MBP or MBA as an alternative to the 15” MBP?

I realize this isn’t going to appeal to Pros.

 

[iKrivetko]

I prefer having some extra real estate, so not sure I'd be able to downgrade from a 15". Maybe to a 14" 3:2.

 

[Newtons Apple]

After using a 15" laptop for many years, going to a 13" would be very hard. Seems like there would be more scrolling.

Even if I had to carry it around with me all day long it would still be the 15" for me.

I am happy with my 2018 MBPro 15 SG 2.6 16gb 512gb

 

[dannyar]

I like having the GPU and 6 cores on the 15" but I'm contemplating keeping the 13" 16/512 I have arriving soon.I got the base 15" and I want to be able to lug it to work everyday with me. I also regret not spending a little more and getting the 512ssd for such an expensive machine, might as well future proof it with more storage. At the end of the day if the 13" can accomplish my video editing needs at even 80% of what the base 15" can then ill probably opt to keep the 13 just because its so light an easy to toss in a bag and not worry about it.

 

[zshane1125]

I think a 14" laptop would be the perfect balance. Some ppl just want a bigger screen for better viewing experience. But at the current state of things, you have to buy a 15" MBP to get that.

It would be really nice to have a low-powered, awesome display, decently priced, long battery 14" macbook that runs COOL for everyday use and media consumption, without having to drop $3K+ for a 15" MBP. 6core is overkill for vast majority of the users.

 

[VitaminX]

I’d go with the 15” that way I can actually see what’s on the screen.