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over the past year I have made a few recommendations on my channel for people not to purchase a MacBook either for pricing or thermal issues or keyboard issues and if you're someone who can swing either way like you can get a Windows laptop and be happy or a MacBook right now and be happy I'd still recommend for you to get a Windows Device instead of a MacBook but if you are someone who requires a MacBook either for work or school or you just really want a MacBook right now then that's what this video is for it's kind of like a guide to make a purchase decision for the 2019 lineup of Mac books now as for the reason why I'm doing this now like why I'm making this video now it's for two reasons number one at this point of the year we've seen all the laptops that they have to offer so with the exception of the 12-inch MacBook it's unlikely that they'll update any of these for the rest of the year and the second reason is that Apple's refurb store now has stock of all the devices I would recommend earlier on this year some of the devices were still missing but at this point in time they're all available and the reason why I recommend the refurb option instead of the brand new stuff is that you're just getting a way better value you still get AppleCare you still get their warranty you get their return policy you get new batteries and components that can wear out so it's a much better value than buying new so I'm gonna start this video off with the 13-inch MacBook Air this is a device that goes for just over a thousand dollars in the refurb store if you need more storage it's $1,200 but this is unfortunately the least expensive of the MacBook options in the store right now now it's a two core CPU it's not super powerful I think most people will be able to use this as their kind of everyday machine if you need something that's more capable like if you plan on doing photo or video editing you'll might have to look at one of the more powerful options but for a lot of people this is a good fit even if you're a developer like I think a lot of development can be done on just the two core CPU now when this thing launched it was not available in the refurb store so it was priced around 250 $300 more than it is right now and at the time it was difficult to recommend this because you could get the base model 13-inch device for a little bit cheaper but at this point because it is available in a refurb store I think it's a good option if you want something a little bit smaller and lighter there is the 12-inch MacBook it's a device that came out in 2017 like the last time they refreshed it was two years ago so it's a little bit dated but it is a kind of unique device and how thin and light it is while still having a very usable full-size keyboard the one issue I have with it is the single port if you ever want to plug anything into that computer you have to unplug the power and then plug up your adapter or dongle or whatever it is point being it's an inconvenience that you just have to live with if you want that reduction in weight it starts at around eleven hundred dollars and if you don't have a particularly heavy workflow if like the majority of the stuff you do is just typing documents then it's viable but really its main advantage is that it's super small ok last two we have the two Mac books we have the 13 inch and the 15 inch now these devices used to run two and four core CPUs so in 2016 and 2017 two core CPUs four core CPUs for the 13 and 15 inch model and then in 2018 they had four core CPUs and six core CPUs and that year the 2018 model is the sweet spot and you can save around four or five hundred dollars if you get the 2018 models in the refurb store but you only want to consider these kind of pro models if your workflow can actually benefit from cork head and a lot of people just don't recognize whether or not it can like if you're doing development then yeah if you're doing video and some photo editing yeah you can benefit from higher core can't but for everyone else like if you're just typing stuff doing emails and just doing regular computer work then I wouldn't really recommend these because you're paying more for them they're bigger they're heavier and really the only advantage that these have over the 13-inch MacBook Air or even the 12-inch MacBook is just cour can't okay so that's basically the current laptop lineup I will mention this device the iPad pro because of the new iPad OS this is now a much more viable alternative to laptops than it has been in the past it's not perfect it's never going to be perfect but I think it's like it's easier to recommend now than it has been in the past if you want to use this as a laptop alternative there's still a lot of disadvantages to it like the file system is limited and if you're looking for a particular app that you need for work there's a good chance it won't exist for iPad OS and they're not particularly cheap right these are quite expensive systems but if you're that person that really wants to try this it is more viable now than it has been in the past so that's the current lineup I also want to talk about a couple other things the first is kind of an alternate purchasing route to a MacBook and that is to purchase their really old stuff or the 2014-2015 era MacBooks now I think there are a lot of people that remembered the 2014 and 2015 Mac books as having like the best of everything like they were upgradable they were repairable they had very reliable keyboards the thing is if you're buying those devices now in 2019 they are quite old they're like four maybe five years old at this point and you'd have to buy them used on eBay or Craigslist at this point they're a lot cheaper so if you're on a really tight budget it makes sense and also if you've just someone that needs something for iOS development it also makes sense because it's so inexpensive but for the average user because of the age of those machines you're gonna have to replace stuff like at the very least the battery is gonna have to be swapped out relatively soon those things have like a thousand cycle lifespan and they're not super easy or cheap to replace I think just for most people that are interested in getting into that MacBook ecosystem the newer like refurb models are just a safer option right now than the cheaper like much older units just because of how old those units are getting okay there's one last thing I want kind of leave you with just kind of food for thought traditionally one of the characteristics that Mac books have had is really good resale value if you saw earlier the resale market of the 2014-2015 models is quite active but with the 2016 and onwards devices because these are so difficult and expensive and in some cases impossible to repair or upgrade the resale value of these might be affected by that because if someone buys one of these secondhand and the RAM or the drive goes down it's not like a hundred or $200 replacement of that component it's the replacement of the entire motherboard it's expensive it's like seven eight hundred bucks at the base so that's what we have here with apples current laptop lineup but if you really want one well now you know okay hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs would be liked it subs if you loved it see you guys next time