Touch Bar: The MacBook Pro 13' 2019 features the Touch Bar, which is basically a small touchscreen right above the keyboard, which changes the icons it displays according to the program in use. Not a large gap between them, but it should be mentioned for the sake of completeness. Weight: The MacBook Air weighs 1.25 kg, whereas the MacBook Pros weigh 1.37 kg each. Therefore, in terms of future-proofing, the MacBook Pro 13' 2019 is the clear winner here. macOS is getting more resource-hungry recently, and applications tend to also get more resource-intensive over the years. Long-term, I would say that the MacBook Pro will hold up much better. The MacBook Pro 13' 2019 is the much faster machine. Thus, a higher Multi-Core Score directly translates into better general performance. Thanks to its 4-Core CPU (the other devices only have a 2-Core CPU), the MacBook Pro 13' 2019 has a much higher Multi-Core Score this is especially relevant due to the fact that modern programs are usually designed to make use of multiple cores in a CPU simultaneously. MacBook Pro 13' 2019, 1.4 GHz Intel Core i5-8257U Quad Core:Īs you can see, there is a large performance gap between the devices to the point where I would say that they are not even in the same league. MacBook Pro 13' 2017 without Touch Bar, 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5-7360U Dual Core: The MacBook Pro 13' 2019 is much more powerful than the MacBook Air 13' 2018 / 2019 and the MacBook Pro 13' 2017 without Touch Bar, take a look: I am going to include the current MacBook Air 13' 2018 / 2019 as well in the following comparison, in case this device is of interest to you. Also, the MacBook Pros 2016 / 2017 had and still have problematic keyboards. Reasons? Much slower than the MBPs 13' with Touch Bar since 2018, also slower than the current base model MacBook Pro 13' 2019 with 1.4 GHz i5 chip. No, not worth buying, especially not at that price point.

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