New MacBook Pros

[13aines]

For similar money second hand would you go for a 2017 256gb or 2016 512gb model? Both 13" non-touchbar.

I currently have a 256gb Air (upgraded from 128gb) which is just over half full, with a full 128gb Jetdrive card in the SD slot (which could live on an external drive tbh) so need at least a 256gb.

Is the 2017 keyboard and improved processor performance worth the sacrifice in storage space?

[hyphen]

I thought the 2016 and 2017 keyboards were both similar? It's the 2018 ones that apple is claiming to have made them better and a bit less noisier.

Edited by hyphen on Saturday 25th August 22:43

[13aines]

I have heard the 2017 keyboard feels better than the 2016 one. Not sure...

[Lynchie999]

should be a Mac event this month, I wonder if they will give the non-touchbar MBPro an 8th gen processor and fixed keyboard ?? thats generally what i'm waiting for... or... just get a touchbar one now... hmm ...

[tim0409]

Lynchie999 said:

should be a Mac event this month, I wonder if they will give the non-touchbar MBPro an 8th gen processor and fixed keyboard ?? thats generally what i'm waiting for... or... just get a touchbar one now... hmm ...

From what I've read there is a chance that they will do away with that model and whatever the Air replacement is will take its place. I think if they were going to update it they would have done it when they did the rest of the MBPs.

I bought a 13.3" MPB base spec when I was on holiday in the States earlier in the year and have only used it twice as I find the latest 12" fast enough for me, especially now that I have a 27 4K external display.

If anybody wants a "as new"/used twice MBP 13.3" 128GB/8GB in Space grey for £800 it will be in the classifieds soon....

Edited by tim0409 on Wednesday 3rd October 16:28

[megenzo]

I've just put an order in for a 13" tbMBP, 16/512 to replace my 2012 MBA.

Hopefully will be a really big step up in performance and niceness.

[13aines]

megenzo said:

I've just put an order in for a 13" tbMBP, 16/512 to replace my 2012 MBA.

Hopefully will be a really big step up in performance and niceness.

I got a 2017 13" 8/512 touchbar MBP recently, as an upgrade for my 2014 i5 4/256 MBA, and it is a seriously nice upgrade. Keyboard takes some getting used to though.

[Bikerjon]

I'm interested to try the new MB Air keyboard. I've mostly got used to the new generation of Macbook keyboards but it wasn't until I was working on a 10 year old Dell a few weeks ago that I realised how much nicer those old keyboards were! Trackpad was terrible though and that's one area where Macbooks win every time.