his week the MacBook Air computer celebrated its 10th anniversary since its release in 2008. Various improvements and improvements continue to be provided by Apple for this Mac computer. But in addition to the MacBook Air, Apple has also had other super-thin laptop products with the name 12-inch MacBook. Although both differ quite far in price, but targeted consumers can be spelled quite similar.
In this article the MakeMac team will share some of the differences, advantages and disadvantages of both types of ultra thin Mac computers and help you draw conclusions.
1. Price and Color
Apple uses the price of $ 999 and $ 1199 for the latest edition of the 13-inch MacBook Air on Apple.com for now (2015 output). As for the 12-inch MacBook released in 2016, Apple gave a price of $ 1299 and $ 1599.
Speaking of color, the MacBook Air device since its release 10 years ago is still using the body in silver. Simple, minimalist and arguably suitable for mixing with a variety of other gadgets on a work desk or traveling for example. While the MacBook 12 inch comes in 4 color choices, namely Space Gray, Gold, Rose Gold and Silver. This display is arguably more stylish in an easy child because there are many attractive colors like iPhone products, the design is very thin and there is no more Apple logo that lights up on the back side of the screen.
2. Hardware Specification
MacBook Air uses a dual-core 1.8GHZ Intel Core i5 CPU that supports 2.9GHz Turbo Boost technology. While the 12-inch MacBook uses the seventh-generation 1.2GHz CPU with the seventh generation Intel Core M3 that supports Turbo Boost up to 3.0GHz.
Both use the 8GB RAM specification but there is a difference bus speed that is 1600MHz LPDDR3 for MacBook Air and 1866MHz LPDDR3 for 12 inch MacBook. Another equation of this part of RAM is its position that cannot be removed or replaced - attached to the computer's logicboard.
Speaking of storage technology that already uses SSDs, Apple provides a choice of 128GB or 256GB on the MacBook Air (priced at $ 999 and $ 1999). Whereas the 12-inch MacBook uses a choice of 256GB and 5126GB (priced at $ 1299 and $ 1599).
3. Screen Technology and Input Port - Ouput
In the display technology, the 12-inch MacBook is clearly superior because it carries Retina Display technology. This makes the 12-inch MacBook has a screen resolution of up to 2304 x 1440 pixels with a density of 225 ppi. While on the 13-inch MacBook Air, the screen used supports resolutions of up to 1440 x 900 pixels only.
The next consideration that you must know is the input port - output provided. The 12-inch MacBook only has a USB-C port that can be used to charge the battery, video output and transfer data using a USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 cable for Target Disk Mode and a 3.5 mm headphone jack port. Meanwhile on the 13-inch MacBook Air, the available port is much more complete, 2 USB 3.0, 3.5 mm headphone jack, Thunderbolt 2 and SDXC Card.
4. Baterai
- Battery and Power MacBook Air 13 inci:
Up to 12 hours wireless web
Up to 12 hours iTunes movie playback
Up to 30 days standby time
- Battery and Power MacBook 12 inci:
Up to 10 hours wireless web
Up to 12 hours iTunes movie playback
Up to 30 days of standby time
5. Keyboard and Trackpad
Speaking of the keyboard and trackpad, the 12-inch MacBook looks much better with 2 new technologies used. That is a wider Butterfly Keyboard and guarantees precision emphasis and Force Touch trackpad that supports force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawings and Multi Touch Gestures.
The MacBook Air device does not have the new keyboard and trackpad technology I mentioned above. You will only enjoy the regular keyboard which certainly supports the backlit keyboard and Multi Touch trackpad only.
Choose a MacBook Air 13 inch or MacBook 12 inch?
If your consideration is a more affordable price and also a more complete input-output port, the 13-inch MacBook Air is the right choice. But it must be noted, there are several technologies that you will not find on the 13-inch MacBook Air, namely the Retina Display, Butterfly Keyboard and also the USB-C port.
Whereas if you choose a 12-inch MacBook, some of the best things you will get are the Retina Display, extra thin and light design and new keyboard technology and also a larger SSD. As an additional note, MacBook 12-inch users also need to think about additional expenses that may be needed, namely the USB-C adapter because there is no ordinary USB-A port that you use for Flash Drive.
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