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- Apple's new 2018 MacBook Air is a great laptop, but it's only $100 less than the cheapest 13-inch MacBook Pro.
- For an extra $100, the cheapest 13-inch MacBook Pro gives you a little extra over the 2018 MacBook Air.
Apple's latest 2018 MacBook Air is a welcome update over the original and severly aging MacBook Air - but you might be better off getting the cheapest 13-inch MacBook Pro instead.
It's not because the 2018 MacBook Air is a bad laptop. Rather, it's because it'll only cost you an extra $100 to buy the base model of the 2017 13-inch MacBook Pro. Indeed, the 2018 MacBook Air costs $1,200 and the cheapest 13-inch MacBook Pro costs $1,300.
For $100 extra, you get a slightly better laptop overall in the cheapest MacBook Pro than the 2018 MacBook Air. The 2018 MacBook Air would have been a no-brainer for a lot of people had it cost $1,000 like the original, but that's not the case.
Here's why you should consider the cheapest 13-inch MacBook Pro over the 2018 MacBook Air: