It's a testament to just how far ahead of the curve this laptop was that it's only now started to look dated, as the best Windows laptops finally catch up. Meanwhile, the 13-inch MacBook Air soldiers on, relatively unchanged year after year.
Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display (13-inch, 2015).It's also expensive, and costs just as much as the much more powerful 13-inch MacBook Pro (although the same $1,299 initial investment gets you a 256GB solid-state drive in the MacBook, but only a 128GB SSD in the MacBook Pro). The new 12-inch MacBook is a design and engineering marvel, but is also missing features some might find irreplaceable, such as nearly all the common ports and connections, or a mainstream Core i5 processor.
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It comes down to a combination of budget, required features, and just how portable you need to be. Unfortunately, there's not one single perfect MacBook recommendation for everyone, and each model has its strengths and weaknesses.