| Model |
Base Price |
Ports |
Keyboard |
SSD replace-able? |
Battery glued? |
MagSafe 2 |
Other |
| MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) |
$999 |
Two USB 3 ports
One Thunderbolt 2 port
MagSafe 2 port
SDXC card slot
3.5 mm headphone jack
|
In retrospect, the best MacBook keyboard ever |
Yes
Standard NVMe SSDs work
beautifully
via Sintech ST-NGFF2013C.
|
No |
Yes |
Going back to my Macbook Air
MacBook Air. Apple’s best product ever
|
| MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018) |
$1199 |
Two Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports
3.5 mm headphone jack
|
Worst. Keyboard.
Ever.:
The
New MacBook Keyboard is Ruining My Life
Unreliable
MacBook Pro Keyboards
The
2018 MacBook Keyboards Have the Same Old Problems
Apple
Engineers Its Own Downfall With the Macbook Pro Keyboard
An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard
Appl Still Hasn’t Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm
|
No |
No, but must remove logic board to replace |
No:
Apple
is killing off MagSafe, one of the MacBook's best
features
Please
Apple, don't kill MagSafe
Why
oh why did Apple kill MagSafe?
Apple
removed its safest, smartest invention ever from the new MacBook Pros
Will your new MacBook crash to the ground without MagSafe? (Yes.)
The one serious MacBook Pro security flaw that nobody is talking about
|
5 things we wish we could change with the new MacBook Air
I've got some bad news.
|
| MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017) |
$1299 |
One USB-C port
3.5 mm headphone jack
|
No |
Yes |
Charge or
plug in a peripheral! |
| MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports) |
$1299 |
Two Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports
3.5 mm headphone jack
|
Only with a proprietary SSD |
Yes |
Don't buy the MacBook Pros even on sale, in my opinion
MacBook Pro? No
MacBook Pro board design flaw
MacBook Pro flexgate shows Apple might be losing its touch
|
| MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) |
$1799 |
Four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports
3.5 mm headphone jack
|
No |
Yes |