Watch: Apple's 2016 13" MacBook Pro without Touch Bar vs. 2015 13" MacBook Air
With the launch of its new 13-inch MacBook Pro without Touch Bar, and subsequent 11-inch MacBook Air discontinuation, Apple appears to be drawing down the thin-and-light series in favor of more affordable pro laptops. To see how this plays out in real life, AppleInsider pit the new entry-level MacBook Pro against last year's 13-inch MacBook Air.
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Here's my 2.2 Ghz MBA:
That's a 3% multi-core difference, not 20%.
At some point I'd also be curious to see a comparison between a tricked out new 15.4" MacBook Pro and a comparably priced 17.3" Razer Blade Pro: http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro 'desktop replacement'...
I hope to God in the next couple of years as they inevitably kill off the MBA entirely that these current new Macs begin to move down in price. As $1,627 (yes, including tax) for the most affordable Mac—with a single port—would be a mighty strange situation.
On the plus side, and it's minor, but still, on the plus side I'm glad to see them phase-out 4 GB RAM Macs and the early stages of the culling of 128 GB SSD Macs.