Getting a MacBook. Any recommendation for me? Just for common use.

If it's for common use, then you may not need the Touch Bar.

What's touch bar?

where the finger is pointing

Thanks bro.

That seems useless feature.
Let me guess, it add few hundred bucks more just for that.

Are you bounded by a specific budget? For common use, could you be specific?

The cheapest solution for a Macbook which is brand new would be to get the Macbook Air which currently starts at RM4,199 for the most basic model. The screen isn't as sharp and clear as its older brothers because it isn't a "Retina screen" which is apple lingo for a high resolution screen.

Otherwise, you can opt for the 12" Macbook which costs more but is super sleek and portable. One of the nicest and sleekest looking ultra portables around. Not very powerful but enough to cater for web surfing, office work and light photo editing.

A powerhouse would be the Macbook Pro series but since you say it is for common use, it may be overkill.

If you are ok with second hand Macs or laptops in general, you can also opt to see secondhand Macbook Pros in the garage section here in the forums. Some of them have great value.

Well, no, I wouldn't say it's a useless feature. It's aesthetically pretty to look at with vibrant colours and touch functionality to control a host of stuff. Stuff that those MacBooks without the Touch Bar would resort to shortcut key strokes to do the same.

However many Mac old timers would call the Touch Bar gimmicky and unnecessary.

Depend if you are light user or do task , state your budget

Why MacBook ...

I keep mine for not using in a corner ... just occasional during trips only ...

Thinking of getting window o/s lappy ...

If you hv bigger capacity, then just installl windows on your Mac with boot camp ..
You can hv 2 worlds in on laptop...
Switch to windows when gaming and Mac when photo or video editing

This post has been edited by stevenlee: Aug 22 2017, 11:36 AM

I got parallel install in to .. Some online game not able to run in win in Mac

Parallel wont be able to run games smoothly. Bootcamp does

Actually, the motive of getting one is ... doing ntg .. literally for web surfing when on vacation ... maybe doing some excel recording expenses ..

Waaa orang kaya hahaha

No la .. Just that wanted to get a Mac for sake of getting one .. Then I'm able to do so .. I do know what to do with it ..

Also because it is troublesome as I always put away the laptop after using .. Currently using custom made desktop too

Web surfing, word processing, video editing etc etc all in mac

Gaming in PC

Depending on ur needs actually, if u are Using the macbook for normal usage.
The non-touchbar is good enough.

But if u like the following, no harm to spend a little more for the touch bar too,
1) Touch ID - certainly a good and convenient feature for anyone, especially MacBook Pro one is 2nd gen, the same as iphone 7, fast and accurate for payment, unlocking your macbook or installing of apps or changing settings for your macbook.
2) 4 thunderbolt 3 ports - now maybe overkilled, but one cannot deny that it will make the machine more future proof.
3) 28W vs 15W Processor - The touchbar version can technically run at full speed much longer than the non-touchbar version, due to the throttling by the heat. For normal tasks, one may not be able to tell the difference this is true, but it is also something to consider. The base clock rate is higher for touchbar version explains this.
4) Touchbar - yes, it may not be perceived as essential now, but with the software upgrade and better support for third party app, this may not a bad thing to have. At least for touchbar version, one possess the full potential of the MacBook Pro comparing to the non-touchbar version, no matter u really use the touchbar or not, at least you have a choice anytime later. And the extra of touchbar is just a fraction of the total price of the macbook.

Wow that's certainly more extra perks for touchbar version. Thanks a lot

yup, bootcamp is better. i prefer to use either Mac or Bootcamp (Windows) and not both at the same time.

if got budget just get the TB version

because using parallel cannot fully utilised memory. graphics etc. shared with mac.

bootcamp different story.

i use parallel just to use IE for my company website. yes my company a bit oldskool........must use IE lol