Which MacBook pick in 2018

Notice how the MacBook lineup has grown over the past few years? Previously, the choice was between a powerful and compact Pro Air. Who is the model number of five (!) Laptops and a dozen modifications.

To understand them is not easy, even fans that speak of new users. I will try to ease the torment of choice and tell what MacBook pick in 2018.

MacBook Air

MacBook Air - the most affordable, but at the same time controversial laptop lineup.

The design has not changed for six years, but still looks fresh. Brushed aluminum case perfectly assembled and, by the way, is stronger than today's MacBook. We must try to damage it or scratch. The new MacBook has become much softer, so grows chipped scratch.

MacBook Air weighs a little more than a kilogram, so it can carry all day and work wherever convenient. Despite its compact size, the autonomy stable enough for 10-12 hours. You can easily work with pictures and texts, even to mount a simple movie.

The usual ports on the spot. A pair of USB and SD card slot, which is lacking in the new Pro.

Last (but not least) the argument in favor of the MacBook Air - the price. It is the most affordable notebook Apple and, in my opinion, the best option in the segment up to 70 thousand rubles. new MacBook prices start from 100 thousand, and they can afford not everyone.

However, if you decide that the MacBook Air - the perfect laptop, take your time.

In MacBook Air outdated in all respects with the display resolution of 1440 × 900 pixels. From him quickly tired eyes, faded and grainy picture. After the new Pro without tears will not look.

The second drawback - the old keyboard and trackpad without Force Touch. Typing on a "butterfly" is more convenient and faster. To get used to the small keys to move and do not want to go back.

I do not advise to take the MacBook Air. He was a poor screen, the old keyboard and not the slim and lightweight body. New models circumvent it by these parameters. The main advantage - the lowest price of all the MacBook. But you obviously buy outdated equipment. I am sure that after the summer presentation MacBook Air will be removed from sale and will leave it to history.

If you want a small laptop, pay attention to the following model.

MacBook

Next in the lineup goes MacBook. Just MacBook.

If the MacBook Air compact, the MacBook - tiny. Weighs 900 grams, and sometimes checks whether forgot to bring. Are smaller 12.9-inch iPad Pro. Supermobile This makes it an indispensable business trips and traveling. You can work comfortably in a train car - yes anywhere.

The screen on the MacBook great and is second only to Pro models. Diagonal - 12 inches, resolution - 2304 × 1440 pixels, thin frames around. The picture is bright and saturated, watch movies and edit photos - a pleasure. Curiously, the crumb has an impressive autonomy - an average of 8-9 hours. During the working day, you can forget about the outlet.

The MacBook passive cooling. No coolers, so it works silently. Heated slightly, only in the most demanding applications.

MacBook - Apple's first laptop that got a keyboard with the mechanism of "butterfly". I'm used to fast, slow speed like keys, and work on other keyboard is now uncomfortable. It seems as if his fingers fail.

When in 2015 Apple introduced the first generation MacBook, many did not take him seriously. Small, weak processor, only one port USB-C. "Expensive Typewriter" - as it was called. For me, it was the main computer, which cope with all tasks. I was often on business trips, to write posts on the road, processed photos.

Of course, he conceded in the MacBook Pro speed, but this is a case where size does matter. In 2017 we introduced the third generation of dual-processor - a mobile m3 and "adult» i5. Laptop markedly increased in speed and easily learned to cope with the heavy software.

the only problem I decided to port-inch monitor 27 with the purchase of USB-C. On the road, a laptop is still a small and convenient, and home runs before the big screen. The periphery is connected directly to the monitor, it has a USB for a couple. In the process monitor, and more charges MacBook. All this through one port USB-C - here it is, the future of wireless.

The only disadvantage of the MacBook - the high price. It stands as the MacBook Pro 13 without Touch Bar. If the performance and the number of ports is more important, pay attention to him.

If you need a mobile, smart and beautiful laptop, the MacBook - the best choice.

MacBook Pro 13 without Touch Bar

Low-end model in the line of professional notebooks Apple. He was introduced as the successor to the MacBook Air. It is compact, powerful, with a new keyboard and a stunning display. From older models is different, in fact, the number of ports and the lack of Touch Bar.

USB-C pair is enough to connect the monitor and accessories. But the lack of a slot for SD-cards, fingerprint scanner and a discrete graphics processor is written in the cons.

If the MacBook - image-thing, the MacBook Pro 13 without Touch Bar - a practical option: cover the most common user tasks.

It is worth to pay about 20 thousand rubles for a model with Touch Bar? I think no.

MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar

MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar may seem like the perfect laptop. Good iron cool screen with an expanded color gamut, a four-port Thunderbolt 3, a fingerprint scanner and Touch Bar.

But in 2017 Apple has reduced battery capacity c 5800 to 4300 mAh than negated the benefits of a laptop. Battery lasts a maximum of five hours, it is absurd for the working tool.

There is the use of Touch Bar? Probably not. Find use as possible, and you will find, knowingly overpaid. But it does not make your workflow more convenient. Think of it as a nice addition, but not the cause of laptop purchase.

I do not advise to buy MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar in 2017. Better to take a version without a Touch Bar model 2016 with a more capacious battery.

MacBook Pro 15

Versatile notebook for any task. Already in the basic configuration - i7 quad-core 2.8 GHz, 16 GB of RAM, graphics Radeon Pro 555 with 2 GB of memory and Intel HD Graphics 630. Depending on the tasks of the graphics processor is automatically switched. At the top-end version costs Radeon Pro 560 has 4 GB, but will have to pay about 30 thousand rubles.

Prices for MacBook Pro 15 terrible, but it is chosen for a particular application. This solution is not for everyone, but it is worth the money.

It stunning 15.4 inch display with a resolution of 2880 × 1800 pixels, giant trackpad and a cool sound. With these speakers the need for additional acoustic disappears.

Battery, fortunately, has not changed compared to last year and keeps honest 6-7 hours.

The cons I'll take except that there is no slot for SD-cards. Why he does not find a place in the Pro models, for me remains a mystery.

Verdict

• MacBook - beautiful slim laptop for those who are important mobility. The perfect solution for working with text or photo editing on the go.
• MacBook Pro 13 without Touch Bar - for those who are not productive enough conventional MacBook and one port, but I want to have a small and light notebook. A worthy replacement MacBook Air.
• MacBook Pro 15 - a professional tool, for that will have to pay a considerable sum. He will cope with any challenge, whether it's video editingWork with graphics or photos. In this case remains compact and slim laptop.

Similarly, I do not advise to buy MacBook Air. And several times think about whether to pay for the MacBook Pro 13 Touch Bar.