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- The brand new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, powered by the Apple M1 chip, offer the same basic set of features, guaranteeing the same overall performance.
- The MacBook Pro costs $300 more than the M1-powered Air but offers a few extra perks that professionals might appreciate.
- The MacBook Pro comes with a Touch Bar, a bigger battery capacity, and active cooling to allow the chip to run at peak performance for longer periods.
On Tuesday, Apple held its third and probably final press event of the second half of 2020, unveiling exactly the products we expect to see at the virtual show. The Apple silicon processor that will power the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini is a beefed-up version of the A14 Bionic chip inside the iPhone 12 phones. The Apple M1 will be the first of many Mac processors that Apple will launch in the coming years. Aside from the massive performance and energy efficiency that the chip will offer, there’s one added benefit that might not have been immediately clear during the online press conference. The M1 lets Apple bridge the gap between the MacBook Air and the Pro in a way that hasn’t been possible before.
This should not surprise anyone, considering we’ve seen this in action for years on the iPhone. All the phones launched during the same event are powered by the exact same chip, which means they all offer the same basic performance. From iPhone 12 mini to iPhone 12 Pro Max, all iPhone 12 models pack the same powerful A14 Bionic chip that will beat any Android handset running against it. But there’s a $400 price difference between the mini and the Pro Max, as the bigger phone packs plenty of additional features. The same principle applies to the M1-powered Air and Pro. The two devices will essentially offer the same core specs and therefore support the same performance. But the MacBook Pro costs $300 more, which buys a few perks that Pro users might need.
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The M1 MacBook Air is practically a MacBook Pro – here are the main differences originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 11 Nov 2020 at 06:50:35 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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