If you're thinking of buying Apple's newest MacBook Air, spend the extra $100 and get the 13-inch MacBook Pro instead

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Apple finally updated its MacBook Air last October.
But if you're considering the 2018 MacBook Air, you may as well consider the 13-inch MacBook Pro (with no Touch Bar), which only costs $100 more.
Take a look at the advantages the 13-inch MacBook Pro without Touch Bar has over the 2018 MacBook Air.
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Apple finally updated the MacBook Air last year.

The latest MacBook Air is the first "Air" laptop to feature a Retina display. It also comes with two USB-C ports for charging and connecting other devices, and a headphone jack.

But the new MacBook Air isn't cheap — it starts at $1,199. If you're spending that kind of money, you can (and should) spend $100 more and get Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro, which does a better job at justifying its starting price tag of $1,299.

1. Both computers have the same size Retina display — 13.3 inches — but the MacBook Pro has better colors.

The MacBook Air features an standard RGB display, which was featured on all iPhones prior to the iPhone 7. The MacBook Air features a wide color display, which offers more colors and better accuracy.

Apple Insider has a good breakdown highlighting the improvements from sRGB to wide color displays.

2. The MacBook Pro display can get way brighter than the MacBook Air screen.

The biggest issue with the 2018 MacBook Air, when I first saw it in person, was that its maximum brightness wasn't bright enough for my eyes.

The MacBook Air screen maxes out at 400 nits of brightness, but the 13-inch MacBook Pro display can get much brighter, and is capable of 500 nits.

3. The 2018 MacBook Air features newer chips, but the 13-inch MacBook Pro is still more powerful.

The 2018 MacBook Air features eighth-generation processors from Intel, which can achieve Turbo Boost up to 3.6 GHz.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro features older processors — Intel's seventh-generation chips — but they have a better Turbo Boost of up to 4.0 GHz.

The MacBook Pro can also be upgraded to include a beefier Intel i7 processor, in case you want to do heavier tasks like video editing. With the 2018 MacBook Air, you're stuck with an Intel i5 processor, which could struggle under heavy load.

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