Lub 15-Inch MacBook Cua yog Apple tus nqi sib tw tshaj plaws hauv lub xyoo

Thaum lub sijhawm nws cov lus tseem ceeb ntawm WWDC 2023, Apple tau cuam tshuam rau lub ntiaj teb lub laptop nrog 15-nti MacBook Cua. Vim li cas muab qhov no rau hauv cov ntsiab lus ua yeeb yam? Nws yog vim tus nqi: tsuas yog $ 1,299 rau tus qauv qauv. Okay, qhov ntawd zoo li txhua lwm yam khoom kim heev-nqi Apple laptop, txoj cai? Tsis yog.

Qhov no $ 1,299 tus nqi muab tso rau 15-nti MacBook Cua txoj cai nyob rau hauv txoj kab nrog ntau tus thawj coj Windows laptops-nrog 15-nti cov ntxaij vab tshaus, lossis lwm yam. Feem ntau hais lus, mus txog rau lub sijhawm no, nws tau siv sijhawm ntau lub hlis ntawm lub rhawv ua ntej qhov tseeb Apple laptops poob rau hauv nqe ze rau qhov sib tw Windows laptops. Yog li, dab tsi muab, thiab qhov no tshwm sim li cas?

Sizing Up Tus Tshiab MacBook Cua

Apple's 15-nti MacBook Air tshiab los ntawm plaub xim, suav nrog txhua qhov kev xaiv dub, thiab ntawm tus nqi pib, koj tau txais Apple lub pov thawj M2 processor thaub qab los ntawm 8GB ntawm lub cim xeeb thiab 256GB SSD. Qhov ntawd yog txhua yam nkag tau los ntawm 15.3-nti Liquid Retina IPS zaub ( haiv neeg daws teeb meem 2,880 los ntawm 1,864 pixels, thiab ntsuas txog li 500 nits ntawm qhov ci, raws li Apple thov).

Lub 15-nti MacBook Cua hauv ntau theem ntawm quav… rau qee yam
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Raws li Apple, 15-nti laptop tshiab yuav kav ntev txog 15 teev ntawm kev siv internet wireless, uas yog sib npaug nrog feem ntau Windows-based laptops ntawm nws qhov loj me. Tam sim no, koj tsis nco qab txog kev txhawb nqa rau Wi-Fi 6E, tsuas yog Wi-Fi 6 muaj, tab sis koj tau txais 1080p FaceTime webcam thiab ob lub Thunderbolt 4 ports (zoo ib yam li 13-nti qauv).

Thaum kawg, nrog lub vaj huam sib luag xim feem ntau pom ntawm MacBook cov lus, koj tab tom saib ntawm lub peev xwm multimedia editing cuab yeej nrog lub vijtsam loj me me, tsis tas yuav ua rau tus nqi loj leap rau MacBook Pro kab ntawm qhov txheeb ze loj no.

Cia peb saib ntawm Windows Kev Sib Tw

Raws li qhov koj tuaj yeem pom ntawm cov khoos phis tawj tseem ceeb uas khiav ntawm Windows 11, tus neeg sib tw muaj zog yog qhov tseeb $ 1,299 Dell XPS 15 los ntawm ib lub npe loj hauv Windows laptops. Ntawm tus nqi pib ntawd, koj tau txais 13th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU nrog Intel Arc 370M cov duab, zoo tshaj 16GB ntawm RAM, thiab loj dua 512GB SSD. Txawm li cas los xij, nws los nrog tsuas yog 1,920-by-1,200-pixel 15.6-nti zaub thiab paltry 720p webcam los ntawm kev sib piv. (Ib 15-nti MacBook Cua nrog 512GB SSD tus nqi $ 1,499, ua txhua yam ncaj ncees.)

Ib yam li ntawd, Lenovo Yoga 9i pib ntawm qhov siab dua me ntsis $ 1,399, uas nets koj lub nti zoo sib xws rau Dell nrog rau qhov sib npaug ntawm RAM thiab SSD qhov chaw. Txawm li cas los xij, Lenovo tau los ze zog rau qhov zoo nrog nws 14-nti 2,880-los-1,800-pixel touch screen thiab Apple-matching 1080p webcam, thiab koj tau txais hom 2-hauv-1 hloov pauv tsis muaj MacBook puas tau muaj.

Dell qhov tseeb XPS 15 muaj tus nqi pib zoo ib yam, thiab nws tsis muaj ntau npaum li cas.
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Thaum kawg, peb muaj lub laptop sib piv los ntawm Apple tus neeg sib tw nto moo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb xov tooj, Samsung, hauv daim ntawv ntawm Galaxy Book3 Pro. Nws pib ntawm $ 1,449. Thaum nws zoo li pib tawm tsam Apple's MacBook Pro, 15-nti MacBook Cua tshiab hloov pauv uas suav. Lub 14-nti Galaxy Book3 Pro-tus qauv 16-nti yog muag rau $ 1,749 los pib-siv cov txheej txheem zoo sib xws thiab sib npaug ntawm RAM thiab SSD muaj peev xwm raws li cov lus hais hauv lub laptop nrog cov zaub zoo sib xws hauv qhov loj me, ntse, thiab muaj peev xwm rau Lenovo's Yoga npo. (Koj tseem tuaj yeem pov qhov tsis ntev los no $ 1,499 Acer Swift Edge 16 rau hauv qhov kev sib piv no, tab sis kuv yuav tsis xav txog lub ntsiab lus.)

Txhua tus tau hais, tsis muaj dab tsi uas kuv tuaj yeem nrhiav tau los ntawm cov tuam txhab ua lag luam ntawm 15-nti Windows laptops (lossis txawm tias 14-inch flagship qauv, kom meej) zoo tshaj plaws ntawm txhua sab pem hauv ntej dab tsi Apple tam sim no muag rau $ 1,300. Thaum lub 15-nti MacBook Cua muaj ib nrab ntawm ntau lub cim xeeb thiab cia pib, piv txwv li, nco ntsoov tias Apple txoj kev nco txog kev sib koom ua ke ncaj qha rau kev siv nrog macOS, txhua yam ntawm nws tswj. Yog tias koj xav tau 16GB / 512GB RAM / SSD combo, ces tus nqi $ 1,499 tseem muaj kev sib tw nrog txhua lwm yam kev xav.

Ib qho 'Apple Tax Break?' Qhov no tshwm sim li cas?

Nrog Apple's MacBooks ntev li ntev tau suav tias yog qhov kev xaiv zoo tshaj plaws rau cov khoos phis tawj, 15-nti Cua dheev ua li cas ncaj qha piv nrog nws cov neeg sib tw? (Lub "Apple Tax" yog meme vim li cas.)

Txawm hais tias nws nyuaj rau hais nrog 100% tseeb, qhov no zoo nkaus li zoo li qhov tshwm sim ntawm Apple nqa tsuas yog txog txhua daim ntawm nws Mac txoj kev loj hlob thiab tsim cov pawg hauv tsev lossis cov ntawv sau dawb, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov chaw muab kev pabcuam ntawm nws cov khoom siv sab hauv. Apple tsuas yog muaj li ntawm 100% ntawm nws Apple Silicon processors thiab nco, txuag rau lawv cov khoom siv tiag tiag. Qhov no txhais tau hais tias Apple tsis tas yuav yuav nws cov processors los ntawm tus neeg muab kev pabcuam hauv kev sib tw nrog lwm tus OEMs, tab sis theej them tus neeg tsim khoom los tsim lawv rau nws tus kheej spec, uas ua rau muaj qhov sib txawv loj ntawm kev sib tw thaum sib tham tus nqi. Thaum Apple yuav tsum them Intel rau nws cov Core chips, xav txog txoj haujlwm uas Apple nyob hauv lub rooj sib tham, paub tias tsis muaj lwm txoj hauv kev uas muaj, rau txhua lub sijhawm.

Qhov no 15-nti MacBook Cua tuaj yeem cuam tshuam kev lag luam ntawm tus nqi ib leeg.
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Yog li, tsis muaj cov nuj nqis no rau Intel, thiab txoj haujlwm zoo dua los ntawm kev muab nws cov khoos phis tawj Mac nrog cov txheej txheem, nws zoo li Apple tuaj yeem muag nws cov khoos phis tawj Mac tsawg dua ua ntej thiab tuav nws cov nyiaj tau los. Piv txwv li, tib lub pa uas nws tshaj tawm 15-nti MacBook Cua, Apple txiav $ 100 tawm qhov tseeb 13-nti MacBook Air, rau $ 1,099. Ib lub tuam txhab tsis ua li ntawd tshwj tsis yog nws muaj peev xwm them taus thiab tsis poob nyiaj.

Lub caij no, cov neeg tsim khoom ntawm Windows-based laptops tseem yuav tsum tau yuav lawv cov khoom siv silicon tseem ceeb los ntawm cov chaw zov me nyuam xws li Intel thiab AMD, yog li nws yuav nyuaj zuj zus rau lawv los sib tw ntawm tus nqi tawm tsam Apple. Qhov ntawd yog ib nov! Qhov kev sib cav ntawm Mac-piv rau-PC tuaj yeem tau txais kev nthuav dav hauv ob peb xyoos tom ntej no.