2015 MacBook Air vs 2015 MacBook Pro vs 2015 12-inch Retina Macbook: Which Mac Better Suits You, Specs Comparison and More

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Apple has recently released its three MacBook notebook computer brands. The company first released its 2015 MacBook Air last March 9, followed by the 2015 MacBook Pro with Retina Display on March 10, and finally by the 2015 Retina MacBook on April 10.

Without further ado, the following table compares the features and specifications of the three latest Apple machines.

2015 MacBook Air

2015 MacBook Pro

with Retina Display

2015 Retina MacBook

Size

11-inch and 13-inch

13-inch

12-inch

Keyboard

-

-

Butteryfly mechanism

Touchpad

-

Force Touch

Force Touch

CPU

1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with 3MB shared L3 cache

1: 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz) with 3MB shared L3 cache

2: 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz) with 3MB shared L3 cache

3: 2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 3MB shared L3 cache

1.1 GHz dual-core Intel Core M processor

RAM

4GB of 1600MHz LPDDR3 RAM

8GB of 1866MHz LPDDR3 onboard RAM

8GB of 1866MHz LPDDR3 onboard RAM

8GB of 1866MHz LPDDR3 onboard RAM

8GB of 1600MHz LPDDR3

Flash storage

128GB PCIe-based

128GB PCIe-based

256GB PCIe-based

512GB PCIe-based

512 GB PCIe-based

Display

13.3-inch, 1440 x 900-pixel display

LED-backlit display with a Retina-class resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels

2304x1440 pixels

Graphics

Intel HD Graphics 6000 integrated GPU

Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Intel HD Graphics 5300

Battery Life

54-watt-hour battery: Up to 12 hours wireless web browsing

74.9 Wh: 10 hr 7 min

9 hrs.

Price

$899 (11-inch); $999 (13-inch)

$1,299

$1,299

Macworld UK presented the pros and cons of the three MacBooks:

  • 13-inch MacBook Air
    • Pros: Thunderbolt 2 enables "4K" display output; incredible storage performance
    • Cons: Little discernible change in battery life or graphics performance
  • 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro
    • Pros: staggering battery life; unbelievable storage speed; same peerless design; no net price increase; cool new Force Touch trackpad; good array of ports
    • Cons: lack of external changes hides breakthroughs within
  • 12-inch MacBook
    • Pros: very thin and light; cool new Force Touch trackpad
    • Cons: only one data/charging port

Meanwhile, Cult of Mac cited a helpful guide on how to use the MacBook in closed-clamshell mode. The guide goes with any model of the MacBook. What is needed are power adapter; external keyboard, mouse, or trackpad; and external display.

The following steps include:

  • Plug in the external monitor, and connect MacBook through HDMI (or DVI, RGB via dongle)
  • Connect an external keyboard, and mouse (through Bluetooth, USB, or radio donge)
  • Plug the MacBook into power
  • Try closing the MacBook's lid. A short blank screen might be seen, but it should come right back up.
  • If the MacBook was accidentally disconnected from power while it's in the closed-clamshell mode, just reconnect the magnetic power plug and tap the spacebar on the external keyboard a few times to wake the display.

Apple provided the complete steps on using the Mac notebook in closed-clamshell.

Tags
Macbook air, Force Touch

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