It is the best trackpad you will find on any laptop, Apple or otherwise.Īs mentioned earlier, there is one key difference between the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13 that is immediately noticeable: The Touch Bar (or lack thereof). Both laptops also come with Apple’s oversized trackpad, which gives plenty of room for MacOS gestures.
We have found the Magic Keyboard to be comfortable and consistent, and much more like the popular Apple keyboards of old. And there is no need to worry about shallow key presses and sticky keys - both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13 now come with Apple’s Magic Keyboard rather than the divisive butterfly keyboard. While the device’s displays mark a separation point, you will get the same keyboard with either. For everyone else, the MacBook Air will do just fine. That means if getting a bright, color-accurate display is important to you and your work, the MacBook Pro is the better choice. The MacBook Pro also performs better when it comes to color accuracy, with its 91% AdobeRGB compared to the MacBook Air’s 79%. While our testing showed the MacBook Pro topping out at 485 nits of brightness, the MacBook Air only managed 389 nits. Apple makes some of the best laptop displays in the business, so you will be getting a great screen no matter which laptop you pick, but there are key differences to be aware of in terms of brightness and color gamut. You will get a Retina display with 2560 x 1600 resolution and 227 pixels per inch regardless of which model you choose. Other than that, the main design differentiator is the Touch Bar - more on that later. Both boast classy all-aluminum finishes, with silver and space gray color options for each (the MacBook Air also has a gold option). Designīoth the MacBook Pro 13 and the MacBook Air 13 look very similar at first glance. Interested in buying either of these MacBooks? Check out our guide to the latest MacBook deals on Apple’s flagship devices. In this guide, we pit the MacBook Air against the 13-inch MacBook Pro to see which is best.
In summary, it seems that if the processor on your 13" MacBook Pro is a Core i5 or Core i7, then you should be able to upgrade to 16GB, if it's the Core 2 Duo, then according to Crucial your maximum should be 8GB. If instead you're mistaken about the "early" designation, you might have the 2.4GHz Core i5 Late-2011, which according to Crucial also supports 16GB. On the other hand, Crucial states that the early 2011 13 inch model does support 16GB of RAM.but its CPU speed is 2.3GHz, not the 2.4GHz you specify: 2.3 GHz Core i7 Early-2011. If that's not your problem, I'm also a bit confused about which 13" MacBook Pro you have: the information you give is a bit contradictory, as I don't find one labelled "early 2011" that has a 2.4GHz processor.Īccording to Crucial, the 2.4 GHz 13" Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro MC374LL/A (presumably from before 2011 when the "early/late year" designation started being used) only supports 8 GB of RAM.
Try booting with each of the new RAM modules by itself, if it boots with one but not with the other, then you should return the faulty module to your supplier and get a replacement. The first thought that comes into my mind when you state that when you put in both modules it won't boot, and it only sometimes boots when you put in one of the new modules by itself is that you may have one good and one bad RAM module. Have you tried each of the two 8GB modules by itself?