Do you also remember the days when you could choose a PowerBook for work or an iBook for study and leisure? All decisions basically depended on whether you wanted to use the computer for truly productive activities and it should earn money on its own, or whether you needed it for something that was productive but didn't directly make money. Unfortunately, those days are long gone, and we are gradually seeing a range of options available. Applu had to get used to the new computers and their configurations. However, something happened yesterday that is unprecedented in the company's modern history. Apple now has six different laptops on offer, and if we look at their individual configurations that are available without configuring anything yourself, that's 11 different machines.
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Let's first look at ultra portable devices, including 12″ MacBook, new MacBook Air and last but not least, the old one MacBook Air, which still remains on offer Applu. Just the original MacBook Air is currently the company's cheapest laptop Apple. Unfortunately, its parameters and price, which is official, in 2018 are a little out of line with reality. Apple However, he left it on the market and in my opinion he is betting mainly on what retailers have been doing with this model for many years. You can often get it for around 25 thousand including tax and as a bonus you sometimes get headphones, a subscription Office or something similar. Even in this case, however, I dare say that I have already MacBook Air the original generation makes no sense and paying any amount over 2018 thousand crowns for this computer in 25 is nonsense.
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Another option to consider is MacBook 12″, I personally use it and have been completely satisfied with it for several years. Despite how Apple yesterday he presented an extremely thin and small body MacBooku Air, is 12″ MacBook still the smallest and lightest in the company's offer. Honestly, the 300 gram difference and the smaller thickness combined with the size thanks to the 12″ display do their job and this is a truly minia computer that offers a large enough display for me personally. However, the truth is that it Apple offers 4000 CZK more expensive than the one introduced yesterday MacBook Air, but with 256 GB of memory. Air It has only 128 GB in the base and expanding to 256 GB will cost you 6000 CZK. On the other hand, in terms of performance, it is 12″ MacBook with new Airis completely incomparable and is really only sufficient forancelectrical work or very basic adjustments in more complex programs.
In addition Air is the computer introduced yesterday, so far what MacBook The 12″ has been on the market in its current form for many years and some of its parts simply haven't received the kind of improvement that it offers. Air. It is worth mentioning Touch ID, T2 security chip, better keyboard, trackpad and many other new features offered AirSo if you don't mind the extra 300 grams and you care about performance, then there's not much to hesitate about and basically buy from Apple in the area of these ultrathin computers anything other than new Air It doesn't make any sense to me at the moment. Even with 256 GB of memory, you can buy it for only 2000 CZK more than the 12″ MacBook and its performance and features are miles ahead of the 12″.
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If mobility is not your thing, then they also come into play MacBooky Pro. Here basically for the same price as MacBook Air you can buy MacBook Pro without TouchBar, which offers a difference in the graphics chip and processor, as well as a display with higher brightness and P3 gamut. The problem is that we currently do not know how significant the difference in performance is between the seventh and eighth generation i5 processors that it uses Apple v Airua in Pro. Personally, I think it's a relatively negligible difference. So here again, I can't justify why I'd go for Pro instead of the Pro for slightly higher performance. Air and thus lose T2 or TouchID and other gadgets.
nakonec therefore only remains in the game MacBook Air a MacBook Pro with TouchBar, which is much more powerful, has a better display and is simply a computer for work, including the most demanding ones such as video editing or editing complex PSD files and so on. So if you really want to work and produce a lot of things every week, I would choose MacBook Pro with TouchBar. If you are concerned about mobility and want a computer that is light, thin and at the same time quite powerful for its size, then there is nothing to hesitate about and you have it here MacBook AirSo the question is what are all those other computers on offer for, when by completely logical deduction we ended up with the PowerBook and iBook again, only this time with the names MacBook Air a MacBook Pro.
"The problem is that we currently don't know how significant the difference in performance is between the seventh and eighth generation i5 processors that it uses Apple v Air"u.a. in Pro"
Like completely maximally we don't know exactly, but I'll approximate it - the graphics are about on par airand from 2013 (hd 5300) and the cpu is better but only in turbo boost – there it gives short-term performance like mb for nTB 2017 – but as soon as it lasts for several minutes, it cools down by throttling and drops to the base frequency (or when the gpu is loaded at the same time as it) so we fall to about half, with the fact that long-term load is out of the question.
Gpu iris in mb for nTB is thus 2x more powerful and thanks to tdp and active cooling, the difference is not only maintained but also multiplied. Uhd 617 falls one more time lower.
So that difference is miniat least 2x in the ideal case and more under load. You can play anything on iris, certainly nothing on uhd.
It's a device for short "bursts" where you won't even be able to tell the difference between pro and air. You load the page - boom burst speed and you read and it cools. Open 10-15 tabs at once and the poor thing will throttle - with a wave of your hand.
But maybe it's because of the finish line airbasically ok This applies to macbook 12 "
Thanks for the brief comparison. Nice article.
“On the other hand, in terms of performance, it’s 12″ MacBook with new Airis completely incomparable and is really only sufficient foranc"mechanical work or very basic adjustments in more complex programs."
I wouldn't say completely incomparable - it will be very similar to macbook 12" with i5 (512gb version) or with some configuration. Unfortunately, at the moment it offers a really weak m3 for 1499 with 256gb - it is slow even when it is turned on filevaultand now the t2 chip will help. The truth is in the current offer macbook 12" disadvantageous - we are waiting for another CPU from Intel - I assume that to justify the price, he will get the same i5 as air + touchid and t2 – then it will probably only be about the same size as xs and xs max...
Of course I don't have it 😊 But I've seen it often in my time Airand among students, for example - or among women in cafes. When I was selling macbook 12" I was surprised how many women contacted me (no I didn't have rose gold)... clear from that neuroI know the global statistics, but it will somehow be that these users did not get any long-term CPU utilization and then throttling, etc., etc.
Otherwise, as I can see below, if the fan is there, the sustainable performance will really jump a bit.
Editor, I still disagree. I also had foundations MacBook 12 and now I have a CT0 i7, 16 GB. (I travel a lot, I mainly need a lightweight machine). Yes, it's a huge difference even though I programmed quite a lot even on the basic model and it went really fast. As long as the Server and plus some development environment are not running together) this also went quite OK even on the basis. But that memory is quite limiting.
If a person makes graphics, then probably not, na Java C++ or Xcode OKAY.
Imperator, I'm as smart as an ass 😀 I think the 8th generation will be better than the 7th generation. We'll see after the first benchmarks, now it's pointless to speculate about which is better. I think apple knows why he put this chip, for energy saving and the performance will be sufficient for 90% of users. If you want to jerk off above the performanceonem, buy an iMacpro….
He compared the 7th gen i5 v pro and the 8th v airi – it's not i5 like i5 but I can already 100% to say that "old" air he had a better performance 😊 of course it will be enough - normally people don't notice it
Sorry, but Imperator wrote it exactly as it is, the difference in IPC between Intel generations is absolutely zero and you need to compare both the number of cores (and also whether it has a truncated cache like M or Y) and secondly the wattage of the processor, plus whether the chassis macbookYou can cool it down.
MB 12" = 2c 5W
MBA 2018 = 2c 7W (both cut cache)
MBP 2017 = 2c 15W
MBP 2018 = 4c 25W approx (everything has a short-term boost)
The performance corresponds to the wattage and the ability to cool it.
Deer: most users 12” a Air he uses a laptop as a mobile phone and somehow the pad team doesn't even charge him seriously. Then these technical parameters are just ordinary "geek stuff"
And those who go to the pro probably already know what to expect - otherwise, thanks to active cooling, you can keep the CPU boost at maxime and gpu about half or vice versa - which is really nice (I don't know how 25w and 45w tdp macs have it)
Otherwise, a proper replacement airu is nTB pro - which, if you remember, was still labeled as such - and it also has a proper 15w successor 😊
Imperator: what exactly do you mean by active cooling? Because the new Air Does it have a fan or not?
https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2018-10/501c98e0-dd25-11e8-95ff-5e830d1fb1ea
So what's in that picture on the top left? Isn't that a breeze? Active cooling?
That could be onen professor in the new MBA
https://ark.intel.com/products/189912/Intel-Core-i5-8210Y-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3-60-GHz-?fbclid=IwAR3N-zSqK32Cygp0ACBQEW4mG-aufXOCXQNPV1KOG2QjmtIjgqQSHEpVzFM
Hey hey it's him – I guess intel added him today
7W so what, will there be a fan or not? :) Write not what?