If you're interested in a new Mac laptop but shy away from the extremes (the extreme power of a 15-inch Pro, the extreme portability of an 11-inch Air), which new 13-inch offering do you buy? Specs at a glance:ġ.6GHz Intel Core i5-5250U (Turbo up to 2.7GHz)Ģ.7GHz Intel Core i5-5257U (Turbo up to 3.3GHz)ĤGB 1600MHz LPDDR3 (soldered, upgradeable to 8GB at purchase)ĨGB 1866MHz LPDDR3 (soldered, upgradeable to 16GB at purchase)ġ28GB PCIe 2.0 x4 solid-state drive (upgradeable to 256GB or 512GB)ġ28GB PCIe 2.0 x4 solid-state drive (upgradeable to 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB)Ģx USB 3.0, Thunderbolt 2, card reader, headphonesĢx USB 3.0, 2x Thunderbolt 2, HDMI, card reader, headphonesġ2.8" × 8.94" × 0.11-0.68" (325 mm × 227 mm × 3-17 mm)ġ2.35" × 8.62" × 0.71" (314 mm × 219 mm × 18 mm)
#2015 MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH 128GB PC#
We’ll post similar individual reviews soon to better consider how each computer stacks up compared to the wider PC market, but this piece serves a very specific purpose. Last year as part of our review process, we took a good long look at both laptops, picked the best and worst things about each, and made purchasing recommendations based on what you need in your 13-inch Mac laptop. What was once an easy recommendation has gotten more difficult. They’re even priced in the same ballpark. Both use modern dual-core CPUs with some of Intel’s better integrated GPUs.
The Air has become more powerful and less compromised, while the Pro has slimmed down and dumped features like user-replaceable RAM and its Ethernet jack. In the last two-to-three years, that gap has narrowed substantially. One was bulkier but pretty fast and user-serviceable, while the other was thin-and-light to a fault, arriving with anemic low-power CPUs and GPUs, slow hard drives, and no easy means to upgrade. Further Reading Hands-on with the Retina MacBook: One-port wonderThe 13-inch MacBook Pro and the 13-inch MacBook Air were once very different computers that served very different needs.
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