Mac Book Air vs Mac Book Pro (16-inch): Which one is best for you?
Is Mac Book Air or 16-inch Mac Book Pro best? Which one should you buy? Here are the scenarios on which basis you can decide which one is better.
The decision criteria is now become more interesting as the Apple release Mac Book Air 2020 which gets a magic keyboard that 16-inch Mac Book Pro got the last year.
Specifications:
These specifications are given by the Tom’s Guide:
Design:
They both have the same design as they are like twins. Both have machine aluminum shells, available in Silver and Space Grey and both have little lip at front that helps in opening the screen easily.
Mac Book Pro is a bold while Mac Book Air looks like a wedge, has an iconic design and it becomes more attractive and pretty look when it comes in golden color. As the Mac Book Pro is a larger machine but it has the same thickness as Mac Book Air has.
Conclusion: Draw.
Ports:
Mac Book Air has only two Thunderbolt 3 ports. It will not entertain you as much. But on the other hand if you want plenty of ports 16-inch Mac Book Pro is the best option. It has four USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports on both sides of the laptop.
Conclusion: 16-inch Mac Book Pro is the winner
Display:
The comparison between them is almost the same in this regard. Both Mac Book Air and 16-inch Mac Book Pro has a sharp, colorful Retina display. The reason to go with 16-inch Mac Book Pro is that its brightness especially on a closer look.
Conclusion: 16-inch Mac Book Pro is the winner.
Keyboard:
Firstly Apple had issues regarding to his keyboard. In the beginning they made a butterfly style keyboard which created a lot of problems for their users. After the three years they switched that butter-fly style keyboard with the ‘Magic Keyboard’ which been very helpful to their users. Now all the Mac books have the same magic keyboard.
Conclusion: Draw.
Performance:
16-inch Mac Book Pro has a faster speed than Mac Book Air because Pro has faster U-series and Intel process while Mac Book Air has a slower Y-series process which is very suitable in case of performing daily tasks and for battery life.
Mac Book Air has Intel iris plus graphics but 16-inch Mac Book Pro has AMD graphics.
In SSD performance 16-inch Mac Book Pro has (2540 Mbps) read speed but Mac Book Air has (2573 Mbps) read speed.
In the case of playing 4K video and playing games 16-inch Mac Book Pro has also more speed than Mac Book Air.
Conclusion: 16-inch Mac Book Pro is the winner.
Battery Timing:
Again the 16-inch Mac Book Pro has step forward in this regard on Mac Book Air. Battery Timing of Mac Book Air is 9 hours and 31 minutes while the battery timing of 16-inch Mac Book Pro is 10 hours and 55 minutes.
Conclusion: 16-inch Mac Book Pro is the winner.
Audio:
Well both 16-inch Mac Book Pro and Mac Book Air provides great sound. You can enjoy music and video songs on both of them.
But 16-inch Mac Book Pro offers much better sound quality only because it has a six-speaker setup with force canceling woofers which Mac Book Air does not have.
The sound quality is so much good in a 16-inch Mac Book pro that you can fool someone from another room, who wouldn’t believe that sound is coming from a laptop.
Conclusion: 16-inch Mac Book Pro is the winner.
Feedback:
If you have more money you can buy 16-inch Mac Book Pro which has more qualities than Mac Book Air and Pro will entertain you more. But if you have a low budget you can be very suitable for Mac Book Air.
