“Truly, the 13″ MacBook Pro is a pretty silly choice at this point,” The Brooks Review writes.
Reasons the 13″ MacBook Pro is silly:
• Lower screen resolution than the 13″ Air
• To get everyday use performance equal to a MacBook Air you will need the SSD. Making the cheapest 13 Pro option $1449 1
• Disk drives are going the way of pagers — you are buying something you will never use.
• It’s heavy.
The Brooks Review writes, “Here’s the crux of the issue: you are essentially paying a premium for ‘specs’ that you are likely to never use or notice. While at the same time forgoing things that you will notice every time you use the computer (screen resolution and the performance of an SSD).”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]