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Macbook Pro 8th gen i5 or Air 10th gen i5 - Advice

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Hi,
I need to buy a new macbook as mine is now finally beyond worth repairing.

In my budget is the Macbook Pro 13 8th gen i5 and the Air 10th Gen i5.

I cannot decide between the two, as they look similar to my non technical eyes.

Portability isn't a consideration for my as its used at home 99% of the time.

Is the 10th gen i5 Air likely to be supported longer with updates, as its a newer cpu. I'd there much difference in performance between the two?

Any advice greatly received.

Thanks
 
Simply put, save the extra to get a MacBook Pro 13 10th Gen i5. None of what you have listed will give you longevity. As for power, both of these will leave you wanting if you want to do anything other that browse and watch movies.
 
Madonepro said:
Simply put, save the extra to get a MacBook Pro 13 10th Gen i5. None of what you have listed will give you longevity. As for power, both of these will leave you wanting if you want to do anything other that browse and watch movies.
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Great, thanks. So the Macbook Pro 10th Gen 16gb RAM, is the minimum one to go for. That makes the choice simple, I'll go for that.
 
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Depends on your use-case. I'm using the base MBA 2020 for my needs (development, remotely working, etc.). However, one thing that bugs me about the Air is that while there is a heat-sink on the CPU, the heat pipe doesn't sit on it for the fan (there is no heat pipe going from the block to the fan). So I feel like when I'm doing something heavy, the fan kicks on for.... well I don't really know why it kicks on its not doing a whole lot with cooling.
 
slooksterPSV said:
Depends on your use-case. I'm using the base MBA 2020 for my needs (development, remotely working, etc.). However, one thing that bugs me about the Air is that while there is a heat-sink on the CPU, the heat pipe doesn't sit on it for the fan (there is no heat pipe going from the block to the fan). So I feel like when I'm doing something heavy, the fan kicks on for.... well I don't really know why it kicks on its not doing a whole lot with cooling.
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This Air has been made for Apple Silicon in mind, not Intel's chip. I perfectly see an Apple Silicon with the same heatsink as now but with much lower power consumption, thus reduced thermals, and the fan only there to cool down the internals.
 
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Beware the MacBook Pro production line has displays that have rubber-light bleed issues. You will notice it if you have a totally black screen on in a dark room with light shining through between the aluminum and bezel (the rubber gasket part). A lot of 2020 MacBook Pros are affected by this. I have gone through 3 of these.
 
pldelisle said:
This Air has been made for Apple Silicon in mind, not Intel's chip. I perfectly see an Apple Silicon with the same heatsink as now but with much lower power consumption, thus reduced thermals, and the fan only there to cool down the internals.
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This is my hope. I mean, yeah my phone or iPad get hot if I'm doing something intensive on them, but... not as hot as my MBA so, the Apple Silicon should greatly help with that. Also, I'm curious if the iMac/Mac mini portions will be able to use more power for performance since it does have those advantages. Has anyone done a thermal temp difference between Apple Silicon and Intel chips?

StraightHit said:
Beware the MacBook Pro production line has displays that have rubber-light bleed issues. You will notice it if you have a totally black screen on in a dark room with light shining through between the aluminum and bezel (the rubber gasket part). A lot of 2020 MacBook Pros are affected by this. I have gone through 3 of these.
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I saw this on a new MBP in Costco a week or two ago. It was like the "stage-light" effect but more pronounced around the edges. I think that's one of the reasons I didn't choose MBP. Now I've heard the new Air's may have that issue, but luckily I don't see that on mine.
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slooksterPSV said:
This is my hope. I mean, yeah my phone or iPad get hot if I'm doing something intensive on them, but... not as hot as my MBA so, the Apple Silicon should greatly help with that. Also, I'm curious if the iMac/Mac mini portions will be able to use more power for performance since it does have those advantages. Has anyone done a thermal temp difference between Apple Silicon and Intel chips?



I saw this on a new MBP in Costco a week or two ago. It was like the "stage-light" effect but more pronounced around the edges. I think that's one of the reasons I didn't choose MBP. Now I've heard the new Air's may have that issue, but luckily I don't see that on mine.
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Go google a "dead pixel test website", put on a black screen fullscreen, take it in a dark room and see if you have it.

Then you know you have it or if you don't. It mainly appears with black screens like Netflix browser, etc.
 

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