Hacker News Reader

Comment by romanovcode | Hacker News Reader

I don't get it.

If we have same CPU on MacbookAir and MacbookPro - why would I get more expensive "Pro"? Can someone explain how is Pro faster than Air with same CPU?

Also, the "Windows Guy" bit is a bit lame IMO. I have two MacBooks and one custom built PC. The PC is faster than both MacBooks combined.

View on HN

As one has a fan and the other not, they are probably clocked differently and the cooled one might sustain full power infinitely. The pro also has a larger battery, better speakers and microphones and the touch bar.

Does it also come without touch bar?

No.

No, but at least it has an esc key.

"and the touch bar" that is not exactly a selling point :)

Indeed, I'm considering getting an air specifically because it doesn't have the touch bar.

same here

Me too.

Lets call it a "differentiation point" :)

Yeah, haha. This was the reason I actually got Air instead of Pro last year.

It's already the case that the Macbook Pro and Air have the "same" CPU - 1068NG7 and 1060NG7 are physically the same die, but with different power limits.

Thermal Throttling ;-) Also the GPU is up to 8 cores so I guess some of them will be turned off in the Air.

> Can someone explain how is Pro faster than Air with same CPU?

Active cooling.

The price difference is pretty tiny anyway. Fan means it can keep that performance up for more than a minute or two.

Because of all the other components which are different? A laptop isn't just a CPU.

The article mentions that the new M1 contains the CPU, GPU, memory, I/O, etc. in a single chip.

> If you read the article

Accusing people not not reading the article is against the rules here.

> CPU, GPU, memory, I/O

Screens, batteries, form-factors.

Yep. Like more USB ports....

Almost certainly faster clock speeds on the MacBook Pro.

It'll be way faster with the fan to cool it.

Better cooling. Faster SSD. Faster and more memory.

Discrete GPU

The 13” MacBook Pro doesn’t have a discrete gpu. They’re all using the integrated gpu of the M1 chip. We have idea how well it’ll perform in real world benchmarks yet.

Seems that you’ll also need the Pro to get 16Gb of RAM or 1~2To SSD

No way, the current Air has 16gb ram.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com