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There is also a subtle difference between the $999 MacBook Air and $1,299 MacBook Pro that could have an impact on performance. Another difference between is that the Pro's battery is estimated to last two hours longer than the up to 18-hour battery included with the Air. The MacBook Pro has a 25-percent brighter screen, though the lesser model’s 400 nits is still plenty good. For reference, the Pro had P3 color since 2016. The screens are each 13.3 inches and both now feature a wide color gamut, called P3, that shows 25-percent more colors than the previous generation MacBook Air’s sRGB display could. Not quite as nice as having a touch-screen display, but it is still very useful. In other words, it’s a row of function keys that can change appearance. The MacBook Pro has the Touch Bar, a touch-sensitive OLED strip at the top of the keyboard that's available to app developers to customize with helpful functions. Since the M1 chip used in the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro is pretty much the same, some may wonder what makes the Pro model worth $300 more? The answer is a bit complicated, but some of the additions are apparent. While it remains unclear why exactly there are seven and eight-core versions, this appears to be the only difference listed between the SoCs, which include the CPU, GPU, and Neural core. The MacBook Air with the least storage lists a seven-core GPU, while the same machine with more storage shows the same eight-core GPU as the MacBook Pro. It appears that there are only two varieties of M1 in the new computers. The M1 system on a chip (SoC) is the reason for the great similarity between the new Apple laptops. With these new MacBook systems, the changes are more subtle and choosing between them a bit more difficult.
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In the past, the distinction between the Air and the Pro levels was quite clear, with higher clock rates, as well as improved graphics and display quality. Apple has announced two laptops powered by the new M1 chip, the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro.