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Title: Should you get the 13-inch MacBook Pro with or without Touch Bar and Touch ID?
Post by: HCK on August 08, 2018, 04:05:21 pm
Should you get the 13-inch MacBook Pro with or without Touch Bar and Touch ID?

Apple offers the 13-inch MacBook Pro with and without the Touch Bar and Touch ID — so which should you get?

The MacBook Pro comes in two sizes: 13 inches and 15 inches. The 13-inch also comes in two versions: the 2018 model with the Touch Bar and Touch ID sensor, and the (currently still) 2017 model without the Touch Bar and Touch ID.

Apple is aiming the non-Touch Bar version at MacBook Air customers who've been wanting to upgrade to a high-density Retina display for years now. The Touch Bar version is aimed at more traditional 13-inch MacBook Pro customers.

So, broadly speaking, if you've always wanted a 13-inch MacBook Air with Retina display, you want the MacBook Pro (2017) without the Touch Bar. If you want an updated 13-inch MacBook Pro, you want the MacBook Pro (2018) with the Touch Bar.

They both have the same, gorgeous DCI-P3 wide gamut Retina display, the same 8GB and 16GB options for LPDDR3 memory, the same larger Force Touch Trackpad, and the same silver and spac...

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