The MacBook Lineup: A Guide to Choosing the Right Device for Your Needs

When it comes to choosing a new MacBook, there are many options available, and it can be overwhelming to decide which one is right for you. In this article, we'll break down the different models in the MacBook lineup, their features, and who they're best suited for.

Choosing Between the Two 13-Inch Models

If you're not sure whether to get a 13-inch or 16-inch MacBook, it's essential to consider what you plan to use your computer for. If you want a device that's portable but still has some power, the 13-inch model is an excellent choice. With 16 gigs of RAM and tenth-generation Intel processors with integrated graphics, this model can handle most everyday tasks with ease. However, if you need more power or plan on doing intensive work, such as video editing, the 16-inch model is a better option.

The MacBook Air: A Reliable and Portable Choice

If you're looking for a casual user experience, the MacBook Air is an excellent choice. It's designed for everyday use, such as browsing the web, checking email, and word processing. With its portability and ease of use, it's perfect for those who just need to get things done without worrying about performance.

The 13-Inch Model: A Balance Between Power and Portability

The new 13-inch MacBook model offers a balance between power and portability that makes it an excellent choice for many users. With 16 gigs of RAM and tenth-generation Intel processors with integrated graphics, it can handle most tasks with ease. However, if you plan on doing more serious work or need to edit photos, the screen may not be as vibrant as some other models.

The MacBook Pro: Power and Options

If you're looking for a device that offers more power and flexibility, the MacBook Pro is an excellent choice. With options starting at 16 gigs of RAM and tenth-generation Intel processors with integrated graphics, it can handle even the most demanding tasks. Additionally, the 13-inch model offers some powerful features, such as faster SSDs and improved performance.

The 16-Inch Model: The Beast for Serious Users

If you're a serious user who needs to do heavy lifting, such as video editing or other resource-intensive tasks, the 16-inch MacBook Pro is the device for you. With its massive display, powerful processors, and fast storage, it's perfect for those who need to take their work home with them.

Comparing the MacBooks: A Scale of Power to Portability

When comparing the different models in the MacBook lineup, it's essential to consider your needs and how much power you require. The more power you need, the smaller the model should be. On a scale of portability to power, the 16-inch model is at one end, while the MacBook Air is at the other.

The Mac Pro: Not Part of the Main Lineup

While the Mac Pro is not part of the main MacBook lineup, it's an excellent choice for those who need extreme power and flexibility. With its powerful processors and advanced features, it's perfect for professionals who require high-performance computing.

Conclusion

Choosing a new MacBook can be overwhelming with so many options available. By considering your needs and the features of each model, you can make an informed decision about which device is right for you. Whether you're looking for portability, power, or flexibility, there's a MacBook in the lineup that suits your needs.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's going on guys to traverse consumer and today we're gonna be checking out the brand new MacBook Pro 13 inch model for 2020 and know a lot of us were expecting a 14 inch model kind of like what we saw with the 16 inch model that came out that replaced the 15 but sadly there's no changes there we do have the 13 inch model with the overall body that were used to but Before we jump into all the things that Apple changed let's take a quick look at the unboxing experience when you pick one of these guys up now of course you get that standard minimalist Apple packaging where you just peel off the plastic open up the lid and you get access to the goods now of course the first thing that you're greeted with is that 13 inch MacBook and I got to say as somebody who uses the 16 inch model as a daily driver it's just crazy to me how much smaller and more portable this thing is not that I'll ever give up using a 16 inch model because of the things I need to do for work but man 13 inches is really portable I've been seeing how this overall size is just so much more portable with the more recent MacBook Air but to have the power of the MacBook Pro in that 13-inch body it's insane but well we'll talk about the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro in just a second back to the unboxing you get past the MacBook then you'll find of course your paperwork where you'll find your Quick Start Guide of course some Apple stickers if you want to put them anywhere and under that you'll get your USBC cable to charge it as well as the charging brick and honestly this is just very Apple esque that's not much more to the packaging that's pretty much what you get inside of the box I got to say I just love the experience of opening up a macbook for the first time you rip off that plastic and then you open the lid and it automatically turns on that's just a really nice touch I like the way Apple does that but let's talk about what makes this thing different from last year's model and as I said before guys this is still the same overall 13-inch model that we're used to but of course Apple has added the magic keyboard to this guy so now pretty much all the MacBook Pros in the line have this new keyboard so we're talking the new 16 inch MacBook Pro the MacBook Air that was recently dropped and now of course the 13-inch MacBook Pro so that means no more butterfly switches if you were ever on the fence about buying a macbook because it had that keyboard you no longer have to worry the magic keyboard is and leagues better you just get a better typing experience you feel the travel on the keys as you're typing things it just feels more tactile and you don't have to worry about durability as much because the butterfly switch keyboards you know things were a little shaky with that but for these you're gonna have a much better experience overall and the typing on it is just as good as you'd want it to be now in terms of changes on the physical side of things that's just about it but Apple did of course upgrade the internals as well and they've made a better value proposition compared to last year now Apple has double the storage options on the new 13-inch MacBook Pros and there are two different kind of MacBook Pros that you should be aware of for the 13-inch model there's a base model that has only two Thunderbolt 3 ports and that one starts with 256 gigs of storage which used to be 128 and there's also a fourth on the ball 3 version which starts at 512 compared to the 256 of last year if we're confused about which of the two versions you should get you just got to keep in mind what kind of things you're gonna be attaching to your computer if you're not gonna be putting a bunch of Thunderbolt 3 accessories like displays and SSDs and that kind of thing you go with the 2 if you do plan on using it to do a lot of work and you want to eventually build out how you use your MacBook you might want to go with the 4 but you know how you'll use it better than I do you can make the choice for yourself they've also doubled the memory with the base model starting with 16 gigs of ram with the option to go up to 32 gigs so if you want to throw a bunch of programs at this thing 32 gig is gonna handle that with no problem even if you don't 16 gigs is a very very comfortable place for mac OS of course I will to added some options with updated CPUs so now you can get like tenth generation Intel processors with integrated graphics so if you want to do some work with graphics you're gonna see some improvements here compared to last year's model now there are just so many options in the new MacBook lineup you might be curious which one should you get the 13-inch model is that middle ground of course if you want to have some power but you also want that portability you go for 13 inches now this isn't gonna give you the power or anywhere close to what the 16 inch can really do but if you're not someone who's gonna be doing a ton of intensive work this might be the one you want to look at but if you're looking for something that you just want a web browser with and you know just kind of take places on the go and not do anything crazy you want to be looking at the MacBook Air now when you start comparing that new MacBook Air to the 13-inch model a lot of things might look really similar on paper but trust me they're pretty different the Mac Pro is definitely a lot more powerful why does the MacBook Air I feel like that's more of the casual user the everyday person who just wants a MacBook to take places and you know just do bite web browsing nothing too serious you know how to use it if you have no plans on doing anything really serious with the computer that's where you want to lean but if you do use intensive programs or you have aspirations to use them maybe you want to do some video editing down the line or something you never know what you'll get into you want to have that room then you'll go for the MacBook Pro also you get a better screen on the MacBook Pro than you do with the MacBook Air so if you're doing anything like photo editing where you're doing any kind of creative work and the colors really matter this is a better option because it has that better screen you'll also get a faster SSD with the MacBook Pro I ran some black magic test and the SSD is substantially faster so if you want to open up movies do different things with files transferring and all that kind of stuff the MacBook Pro is a different beast compared to the air so you know I'll just break it down and make it really simple if you're confused about which of the three you should get the MacBook Air is straight up portability of course it's reliable just like all the other ones in the line but it's all about portability and just ease-of-use and grabbing it and going doing whatever you need to do real quick while the MacBook Pro get that same portability but you get a little bit more power if you plan on doing anything a bit more serious you get options with that 13-inch MacBook Pro but if you plan on specking it out and making it over-the-top you got to consider the 16 inch MacBook Pro because that's the Beast that's the one where you can get some really serious work done that's why I personally use when I'm doing my video editing and I need to take my stuff home with me do it all on the MacBook Pro 16 inch model so if you've already got that job where you plan on doing some really heavy lifting 16 inch models what you need so it pretty much works on a scale of portability to power so the more power you need the more you go down to scale so you pick what's best for you but what do you guys think of the MacBook lineup are you bummed that we didn't get a 14 inch model that might come down the line who knows hopefully this video is helpful and giving you some insight into which ones you should be looking at in the whole lineup but if you enjoyed this video be the pool guy or girl that gives this video a thumbs up I'm gonna catch you guys in the next one so then it's your average consumer basewhat's going on guys to traverse consumer and today we're gonna be checking out the brand new MacBook Pro 13 inch model for 2020 and know a lot of us were expecting a 14 inch model kind of like what we saw with the 16 inch model that came out that replaced the 15 but sadly there's no changes there we do have the 13 inch model with the overall body that were used to but Before we jump into all the things that Apple changed let's take a quick look at the unboxing experience when you pick one of these guys up now of course you get that standard minimalist Apple packaging where you just peel off the plastic open up the lid and you get access to the goods now of course the first thing that you're greeted with is that 13 inch MacBook and I got to say as somebody who uses the 16 inch model as a daily driver it's just crazy to me how much smaller and more portable this thing is not that I'll ever give up using a 16 inch model because of the things I need to do for work but man 13 inches is really portable I've been seeing how this overall size is just so much more portable with the more recent MacBook Air but to have the power of the MacBook Pro in that 13-inch body it's insane but well we'll talk about the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro in just a second back to the unboxing you get past the MacBook then you'll find of course your paperwork where you'll find your Quick Start Guide of course some Apple stickers if you want to put them anywhere and under that you'll get your USBC cable to charge it as well as the charging brick and honestly this is just very Apple esque that's not much more to the packaging that's pretty much what you get inside of the box I got to say I just love the experience of opening up a macbook for the first time you rip off that plastic and then you open the lid and it automatically turns on that's just a really nice touch I like the way Apple does that but let's talk about what makes this thing different from last year's model and as I said before guys this is still the same overall 13-inch model that we're used to but of course Apple has added the magic keyboard to this guy so now pretty much all the MacBook Pros in the line have this new keyboard so we're talking the new 16 inch MacBook Pro the MacBook Air that was recently dropped and now of course the 13-inch MacBook Pro so that means no more butterfly switches if you were ever on the fence about buying a macbook because it had that keyboard you no longer have to worry the magic keyboard is and leagues better you just get a better typing experience you feel the travel on the keys as you're typing things it just feels more tactile and you don't have to worry about durability as much because the butterfly switch keyboards you know things were a little shaky with that but for these you're gonna have a much better experience overall and the typing on it is just as good as you'd want it to be now in terms of changes on the physical side of things that's just about it but Apple did of course upgrade the internals as well and they've made a better value proposition compared to last year now Apple has double the storage options on the new 13-inch MacBook Pros and there are two different kind of MacBook Pros that you should be aware of for the 13-inch model there's a base model that has only two Thunderbolt 3 ports and that one starts with 256 gigs of storage which used to be 128 and there's also a fourth on the ball 3 version which starts at 512 compared to the 256 of last year if we're confused about which of the two versions you should get you just got to keep in mind what kind of things you're gonna be attaching to your computer if you're not gonna be putting a bunch of Thunderbolt 3 accessories like displays and SSDs and that kind of thing you go with the 2 if you do plan on using it to do a lot of work and you want to eventually build out how you use your MacBook you might want to go with the 4 but you know how you'll use it better than I do you can make the choice for yourself they've also doubled the memory with the base model starting with 16 gigs of ram with the option to go up to 32 gigs so if you want to throw a bunch of programs at this thing 32 gig is gonna handle that with no problem even if you don't 16 gigs is a very very comfortable place for mac OS of course I will to added some options with updated CPUs so now you can get like tenth generation Intel processors with integrated graphics so if you want to do some work with graphics you're gonna see some improvements here compared to last year's model now there are just so many options in the new MacBook lineup you might be curious which one should you get the 13-inch model is that middle ground of course if you want to have some power but you also want that portability you go for 13 inches now this isn't gonna give you the power or anywhere close to what the 16 inch can really do but if you're not someone who's gonna be doing a ton of intensive work this might be the one you want to look at but if you're looking for something that you just want a web browser with and you know just kind of take places on the go and not do anything crazy you want to be looking at the MacBook Air now when you start comparing that new MacBook Air to the 13-inch model a lot of things might look really similar on paper but trust me they're pretty different the Mac Pro is definitely a lot more powerful why does the MacBook Air I feel like that's more of the casual user the everyday person who just wants a MacBook to take places and you know just do bite web browsing nothing too serious you know how to use it if you have no plans on doing anything really serious with the computer that's where you want to lean but if you do use intensive programs or you have aspirations to use them maybe you want to do some video editing down the line or something you never know what you'll get into you want to have that room then you'll go for the MacBook Pro also you get a better screen on the MacBook Pro than you do with the MacBook Air so if you're doing anything like photo editing where you're doing any kind of creative work and the colors really matter this is a better option because it has that better screen you'll also get a faster SSD with the MacBook Pro I ran some black magic test and the SSD is substantially faster so if you want to open up movies do different things with files transferring and all that kind of stuff the MacBook Pro is a different beast compared to the air so you know I'll just break it down and make it really simple if you're confused about which of the three you should get the MacBook Air is straight up portability of course it's reliable just like all the other ones in the line but it's all about portability and just ease-of-use and grabbing it and going doing whatever you need to do real quick while the MacBook Pro get that same portability but you get a little bit more power if you plan on doing anything a bit more serious you get options with that 13-inch MacBook Pro but if you plan on specking it out and making it over-the-top you got to consider the 16 inch MacBook Pro because that's the Beast that's the one where you can get some really serious work done that's why I personally use when I'm doing my video editing and I need to take my stuff home with me do it all on the MacBook Pro 16 inch model so if you've already got that job where you plan on doing some really heavy lifting 16 inch models what you need so it pretty much works on a scale of portability to power so the more power you need the more you go down to scale so you pick what's best for you but what do you guys think of the MacBook lineup are you bummed that we didn't get a 14 inch model that might come down the line who knows hopefully this video is helpful and giving you some insight into which ones you should be looking at in the whole lineup but if you enjoyed this video be the pool guy or girl that gives this video a thumbs up I'm gonna catch you guys in the next one so then it's your average consumer base\n"