Reasons to avoid. -. Size may not suit everyone. A larger screen is better for coding, but there's always a trade of, and we think the 13 and 14-inch laptops above have the edge in other aspects: power and display quality in the case of the M3 MacBook Pro and portability in the case of the M2 Air.
The MacBook Pro lineup was redesigned in late 2021, with Apple finally overhauling the older design (although it’s still part of the M2 13-inch version).
This is Apple’s most affordable MacBook Pro, starting at $1,299. The newer 14-inch MacBook Pro is similar in size, but has a much more powerful M1 Pro or M1 Max chip, mini-LED HDR display with Either the 13” MacBook Pro with 16GB unified memory and 512GB SSD or the base 14”. I would use this for programming and the difference is $300. Also have never tried the Touch Bar but I like the look of it. Just wondering if that’s something worth getting the 13” over the 14”. Apple is dropping the Touch Bar from all of their new
The MacBook Air (M2, 2022) configuration we review: CPU: Apple M2 (8-core) Graphics: Integrated 10-core GPU. RAM: 16GB Unified LPDDR5. Screen: 13.6-inch, 2,560 x 1,664 Liquid Retina display (backlit LED, IPS, 500 nits brightness, wide color P3 gamut) Storage: 1TB SSD.
The new MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020) is one of the most exciting laptops Apple has ever made for designers. This is because, unlike with previous models, which used Intel hardware for the processor and integrated graphics (or AMD graphics cards in the larger 15– and 16-inch models), this new MacBook Pro is powered by Apple’s very own M1 chip.
Second point: the transition to ARM might mean you’d look at buying a new Macbook Pro a few years earlier this cycle than before. That could sway you against too much future proofing. Personally that made me glad I got the i7 base model as-is in hindsight (I bought mine in January, when the transition wasn’t announced yet). There's not really any point with going with the M1 Max since that only has improved graphics, which is relatively useless for programming. Also, avoid the base 14 inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro because that has only 8 core CPU instead of the 10 core one.
In November 2020, Apple updated its popular 13-inch MacBook lineup with the first Apple Silicon chip for the Mac, the M1 chip.Both the 13-inch MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro received updates
