“The ‘mid 2013’ MacBook Air is a year newer than the 2012 MacBook Air,” rob-ART morgan reports for BareFeats. “It has a newer CPU chip and newer integrated GPU. Is it faster overall? And if the 2013 MacBook Air is the ‘Cayman’ of laptops, how does its ‘lap times’ compare to the “Carrera” of the laptops, the Retina MacBook Pro?”
“The MacBook Air isn’t a ‘fire belching dragster.’ It is designed more like a ‘hybrid gas/electric car’ that balances power with long battery life,” morgan reports. “If you want a laptop that ‘peels rubber,’ as you can see from the graphs [in the full article], the Retina MacBook Pro is the ‘ride’ you’ll need.”
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morgan reports, “The Intel HD 5000 is a clear improvement over the 2012 MacBook Air’s Intel HD 4000. However, neither can compete with the Retina MacBook Pro’s discrete GeForce GT 650M with its dedicated 1G VRAM… If you are trying to decide between a refurbished 2012 MacBook Air and a new 2013 MacBook Air, I say the 2013 is worth the extra dough. Not only is it faster in most CPU and GPU intensive tasks, but it has a much faster solid state storage, longer battery life, and 802.11ac WiFi support.”
Check out all of the benchmarks in the full article here.
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