Following Apple’s Spring Loaded event , you might be thinking about an upgrade or new purchase and wondering if the 13-inch MacBook Air or 24-inch …
Following Apple’s Spring Loaded event, you might be thinking about an upgrade or new purchase and wondering if the 13-inch MacBook Air or 24-inch iMac is better for you. After all, for many years we called the old Intel-powered smaller iMac “a MacBook on a stand.” They were both entry-level devices that cut features and sometimes had much slower processors. I can see work-from-home types torn between investing in either a bigger-screen desktop or choosing a similar but portable system with a smaller screen, for when the coffee shops and coworking spaces of the world reopen. Read more: Apple’s colorful new iMac looks back to go forward We’re in a strange situation now, where nearly every Mac computer (as well as the new iPad Pro) has the same M1 processor. There are a few variants where the 8-core central processing unit is paired with either 7 or 8 graphics processing unit cores, but other than that, the MacBook Air,13-inch MacBook Pro, Mac Mini and new 24-inch iMac essentially have the same computer brain. Our previous benchmark testing of the Air, Pro and Mini shows the performance differences between the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro (13-inch) and Mac Mini are minimal.
