it's never been a worse time to buy a
new MacBook Apple has three different
models the MacBook Air the regular
MacBook and the MacBook Pro but each one
comes with this killer trade-off that
makes it hard to recommend one over all
of the others this is the MacBook Air it
has a lot to like here it has all the
ports a lot of people need standard USB
ports an SD card reader a display out
and that's good because today a lot of
modern laptops require you to buy
dongles and other accessories in order
to work with stuff you want to plug into
it there are some drawbacks though it's
barely changed in the last eight years
and meanwhile Windows laptops and some
of the more expensive mac books have
really upped their design game reducing
the bezels putting on high res screens
it's not great for watching video or
doing graphics or anything like that
it's just a basic machine that you can
get at a pretty good price it's still
under a thousand bucks and there are
rumors that it's gonna drop even further
later this year but under the hood it
checks all the boxes you're gonna want
it has one of the most powerful Intel
processors and a form factor like this
battery life is incredible you can get
at least 12 hours a day on it meaning
you don't have to worry about carrying
around a charger everywhere you go and
even though it does look a little bit
older it's still plenty portable and
light enough to take around with you now
let's talk about the regular MacBook
this one came out a few years ago you
might remember and it looks great it out
a lot of people the design is impeccable
it's almost like an iPad bolted onto a
keyboard it's super thin super light has
a full-size keyboard and of course that
gorgeous high-res Retina display but
there are also a ton of drawbacks to
this one first of all it only has one
port that you use for everything where
the problem is without a dongle you
can't charge and plug in an accessory at
the same time and most accessories don't
work with Thunderbolt right now so
you're gonna need a dongle anyway
another problem of the MacBook is the
power performance
it's way underpowered compared to the
even the MacBook Air you're not going to
be able to do a lot of photo editing or
video editing or other intensive
asks and it's way too expensive for what
you get spec by spec at 1,300 bucks
you're essentially paying for the design
and portability above everything else
finally there's the MacBook Pro this is
Apple's top-of-the-line laptop and it
comes in two sizes 13 inch and 15 inch
on top of the new design which was
inspired by the regular MacBook the
MacBook Pro has four Thunderbolt ports
meaning you can plug more stuff in it at
once and charge but the Marquis feature
of the macbook pro is the new touch bar
when Apple first introduced the touch
bar and tried to make it seem a lot
cooler than it was but really what it
does is it makes it more annoying to
hunt down the keys you want to find a
lot of users who have bought the MacBook
Pro over the last couple years have
complained that specks of dust or dirt
can get caught in the keys and
essentially ruined the device that seems
like a stupid fatal flaw for something
that's so expensive to use and Apple
still hasn't really addressed the issue
there is one dark horse candidate if you
can find the older version of the
MacBook Pro the model for the big
redesign a couple years ago get that one
instead some resellers have refurbished
models and it performs just as well as
today's MacBook Pro there's no perfect
answer when it comes to picking a new
MacBook right now each model has its own
critical flaw and the whole lineup is in
dire need of a refresh if you absolutely
need a new MacBook take a look at the
MacBook Air first yes it feels old and
antiquated but at least it checks all
the boxes for what most people need it's
so thin it even fits inside one of these
envelopes that we've all seen floating
around the office and so let me go ahead
and show it to you now
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