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Note that the version with function keys has a 2.0 GHz processor and 1866 MHz RAM, compared to the base touchbar configuration with 2.9 GHz and 2133 MHz.

You can configure it up to a 2.4 GHz i7 for $300, bringing it to the same price as the 2.9 GHz i5 and touch bar. I don't know how those two processors compare.

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Looking closer, I'm pretty sure that the non-TouchBar model is just the previous model.

It has the 4th gen processors where the TouchBar models have 6th gen processors. The non-TouchBar model also still has the "smaller" touchpad and the same ports & layout as the previous models. The body itself even has the same finish as the older model. So yeah, I'm pretty sure it's just the previous model.

Not sure where you're looking, the non-touchbar model is physically identical to the touchbar except that it has a function key row and two less ports. Definitely the new model, it's the same thickness, same screen, same trackpad. See the tech specs if you want to confirm: http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/

The non-touchbar model also has a 5kwh larger battery.

Not a bad deal for $200 cheaper.

Pardon. I was looking at the 15", which doesn't offer a non-Touch Bar model:

http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MJLQ2L...

At the time, I wasn't aware that there was a new 13" non-touchbar model.

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