MacBook Pro – 13 & 15 inch screens
Credit: Medium
In the 13-inch MacBook Pro, Apple has crammed the capabilities of the Pro line into the space occupied, for all practical purposes, by the MacBook Air (now available only in the 13 inch size). Look at the dimensions:
13-inch MacBook Pro
Height: 1.49 cm (0.59 inch)
Width: 30.41 cm (11.97 inches)
Depth: 21.24 cm (8.36 inches)
Weight: 1.37 kg (3.02 pounds)
MacBook Air
Height: 0.3–1.7 cm (0.11–0.68 inch)
Width: 32.5 cm (12.8 inches)
Depth: 22.7 cm (8.94 inches)
Weight: 1.35 kg (2.96 pounds
Smaller in every dimension but two: the Pro doesn’t have the taper, but the height is less than the Air at the thick edge. My experience has been that the taper doesn’t make any practical difference to the space the Air can be fitted into.
And the other dimension where the Pro is bigger? Weight. The Pro, at 1.37 kg is 0.02 kg (0.06 pounds) heavier. That’s around the weight of 5 sheets of A4 photocopier paper.
Argument for the Air has always been: trade processing power & ports for portability. Price has varied – the very first MacBook Air was way too expensive. Now, lower price is its only remaining advantage.
Real, “sacrifice power for small size & weight”, option is now the MacBook 12".
In addition to processing power & small size, the new MacBook Pro adds the security of the iPhone’s TouchID – Secure Enclave included.
Wired: “The MacBook Pro’s Most Important New Feature? Touch ID”
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/macbook-pro-touch-id-secure-enclave/?mbid=nl_103016_p3&CNDID=
Medium is doubtful: “Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for”
https://medium.com/charged-tech/apple-just-told-the-world-it-has-no-idea-who-the-mac-is-for-722a2438389b#.xb9g2ejxf / Apple’s new MacBook Pro thinner faster silver space grey color colour OLED touch emoji Photoshop shortcuts most important MacBook Pro upgrade much more easily secure your digital life new MacBook Pro includes Touch ID fingerprint scanning technology iPhone fingerprint identification staple all flagship smartphones log onto our mobile devices now enterprise laptops deployed comparable biometric security measures for years Touch ID MacBook Pro represents significant advancement security Apple fans entire industry change how you use your MacBook Pro Touch passwords too hard to remember too easy to crack massive corporate server breach Myspace fans suffers deficiencies your fingerprint Touch ID unlock your Mac pay for items online replace passwords altogether recognize multiple fingerprints secure simple access multiple profiles same device huge boon for authentication Thomas Reed Mac security firm Malwarebytes stronger than password easy for even a novice to use good password manager improve user’s online security potential use cases are limitless logging on Apple push Apple Pay onto the web Touch ID more and more payments both safer more convenient bank apps already Touch ID-compatible most retailers protects them from embarrassing damaging leaks password manager 1Password MacBook Touch ID upgrade Touch ID improvement ease of use fingerprints are stored biometric information stays on your device potentially vulnerable server somewhere Touch ID similar biometric systems asymmetric cryptography Stephanie Schuckers director Center for Identification Technology Research Clarkson University no shared key MacBook Pro server you’re connecting to private key keep secret, stored on the device can’t be seen by the app service on the other end use Touch ID for your fingerprint won’t wind up on any computer but your own nearly impossible to hack direct access to your device other big addition MacBook Pro Secure Enclave /
