Key features for MacBook Air 2018 include the 13.3-inch screen which conforms to Apple's Retina Display, Touch ID fingerprint scanner, driver for Siri, and 3rd-gen switched keyboard all features. Returning for MacBook Pro line-up, Touch Bar is now standard feature of the range no longer will you get to opt for version with function keys. MacBook Pro is aimed more at professionals while Air sits as the choice for users. Every 13-inch MacBook Pro comes with Intel Kaby Lake-U Refresh processor running under the hood, while the 15-inch versions have six-core Gen CPUs, with the option coming with Intel Core i9 chip.. The name of Intel Core-i5 CPU which sits in MacBook Airs has not been named, and Apple's listed its basic clock speed except no other information has been released so far.. Generally, you can get 256GB, 512GB, 1TB or 2TB of on board storage with all of the 13-inch options, and between 256GB and 4TB with the 15-inch versions.. That said, with the less demanding processor, Air should, theory, give you more miles to the gallon than MacBook Pros do.. They're not much heavier than MacBook Air, meaning the more compelling the argument is to just switch to Pro instead.. For £300 more, you can get MacBook Pro with 15.4-inch screen with True Tone, 2.2GHz hexa-core 8th-gen Core i7 CPU, AMD Radeon Pro 555X GPU, 16GB of memory, four Thunderbolt 3 ports instead of two and 1TB of storage. OK, and it seems like there's bit of overlap here, and if you need performance machine, MacBook Air might cut it in most situations, and if its power you need, you should be shopping around for MacBook Pro..
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