Updated August 2018: Reflects changes in the latest MacBook Pro models.As always, there were many rumors and speculations about new features ahead of the announcement on October 27th. Once you've decided, let me know what you got! If you're still having trouble choosing which MacBook Pro is for you, make sure to pay our Apple notebooks discussion forums a visit. See at Apple (opens in new tab) Still undecided? If you want power, the biggest display possible, the ability to drive ridiculous amounts of external displays, and options for the most memory, processor cores, and graphics chips available, you want the 15-inch MacBook Pro. See at Apple (opens in new tab) Who should get the 15-inch MacBook Pro (2018)? If you value portability over power, don't need to drive double the displays, are fine with fewer processor cores and lower end memory and graphics options, and otherwise want a pro without paying top dollar for it, get a 13-inch MacBook Pro. Who should get the 13-inch MacBook Pro (2018)? If you want the largest amount of storage possible - 4 TB - you want the 15-inch MacBook Pro.They don't hold as much as old-style hard drives and are still more expensive, but they're ultra-fast and far more resilient.įor the 13-inch MacBook Pro, you can get:
Now they're solid state - Flash chips with no moving parts. Storage used to consist of big, noisy hard drive platters that spun around and didn't take well to bumps or power problems. If you want to max out your RAM, you need to go 15-inch.If you don't want 16 GB of RAM, you need to go 13-inch MacBook Pro.The amount of random access memory (RAM) in your Mac determines how many apps you can keep live at a time, how big your photo or video editing projects can be without having to swap data out back and forth on the drive, and otherwise keeps everything super fast.įor the 13-inch MacBook Pro, that capacity story hasn't changed:īut, for the 15-inch MacBook Pro, there's a whole new story: Battery life is pretty much the same on all models, just know that the more and hotter you push them, the more you'll have to charge them.The higher the processor and graphics options you get, and the harder you push them, the less battery life you'll get. (iTunes movie playback is hardware accelerated, so YouTube in Chrome will consume way more power, for example.) All versions of the MacBook Pro (2018) are rated for 10-hours of web browsing or iTunes movie playback and 30 days on standby.
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