#BEST ANTIVIRUS FOR MACBOOK PRO RETINA PRO#
For example, I got my 2016 MacBook Pro with 2TB storage for $3,300, which is about $1,000 savings over a brand new one. B&H has been selling previous generation (2016 or 2017) models at very generous discounts. There is one more interesting wrinkle: What generation of computer to buy. This has always been my problem with the new MacBook line, at each level you get better performance out of the older (and pre-retina display) MacBook Air or the slightly heavier MacBook Pro. Even Appleinsider's review () noted the slowness of the Core m3 in Safari.Īlso once you are at $1,599 MacBook, I would be looking at the $1,499 MacBook Pro (with smaller 256GB storage) or $1,699 MacBook Pro (with matching 512GB Storage). The $1,549 MacBook Air you dismissed for the $1,599 MacBook also includes a 2.2Ghz Core i7 against the MacBook's 1.3 Ghz core i5. Yes, the MacBook is a newer generation Core processor, but the Core m series in general and the m3 in particular is avoided by anyone who knows anything about processors like the old Celeron processors were. Both the $999 and the $1,199 MacBook Airs come with a 1.8 Ghz Core i5. Even now, you have to move up to the $1,599 model to get a 1.3Ghz Core i5. Part of the reason the MacBook Air has held on for so long over the new MacBook is that originally it only supported the Core m3 series processor. That's easily enough to make us prefer the MacBook over the MacBook Air Its processor is also newer than the one in the MacBook Air. Spend $100 and get a basic MacBook for $1,299 which has 256GB SSD. Instead, this is a case where you get better value spending slightly more money.