Which MacBook should I get for web development, specifically VueJs, Ruby on Rails coupled with a few Virtual Machines (Homestead) and Parallels?
Is the MacBook Pro 13 Dual Core slightly faster than the newer MacBook Air 2018? I am looking at 16GB RAM modes ONLY.
Your thoughts and suggestions are most appreciated ๐ฌ
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Macbook pro if you want to get more juice out of the cpu.
The pro model has a higher base clock speed which results in better cpu scores.
You can check the geekbench results for both of those model.
browser.geekbench.com/macs/415
browser.geekbench.com/macs/437
Not much of a difference though? Just a margin of a few hundred. Is it worth spending a few hundred more for it?
honestly, i don't think CPU speed would make much difference in a web development setup. By the way, Beaware of the keyboard issues.
Keyboard issues on the 2017 MacBook Pro I presume?
They all have this problem. I am currently using macbook pro-2017, had to replace my keyboard and now i'm having this problem again.
I think I am going to go for a refurbished 2017 MacBook Pro 15 with the 2GB Radeon graphics card. Benchmarks are double that of the Air 2018 and thatโs just spending an extra ยฃ100.
Thank you for all answers!