Differentiating laptops: How about a decent keyboard? (2015)

Re:Differentiating laptops: How about a decent keyboard? (2015) by abrowne on Sunday July 02, 2017 @09:40PM (#14685361)

Even for the 13-inch, the two models aren't remotely similar outside the outer case. The one without the touchbar is really more like a MacBook Air with a 15W CPU.

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Re:Differentiating laptops: How about a decent keyboard? (2015) by threeseed on Monday July 03, 2017 @01:17AM (#14686000)

Same display, same memory, same CPU class, same SSD technology, same ports, same keyboard, same WiFi/BT, same camera, same battery and battery life:

https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/

And for more money you can spec them identically.

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Re:Differentiating laptops: How about a decent keyboard? (2015) by SyneRyder on Monday July 03, 2017 @08:27AM (#14687743)

Definitely not the same ports. The 13" without the Touch Bar only has two Thunderbolt 3 ports, not the four that the Touch Bar edition has.

And not the same CPUs. Max CPU speed without Touch Bar is 2.5Ghz, while the Touch Bar models begin at 3.1Ghz.

Different GPUs as well: Iris Plus 640 v Iris Plus 650.

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Re:Differentiating laptops: How about a decent keyboard? (2015) by ValentineC on Monday July 03, 2017 @01:06PM (#14689778)

The wifi/BT chipset is different as well — the non-touchbar one is 2x2 MIMO and only goes up to 867Mbps.

It's a downgrade: the pre-touchbar MacBook Pros (and the touchbar ones) have 3x3 MIMO wifi/BT chipsets.

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