Deciding between with/without touchbar. Is there a real difference between both? I'm really bad comparing hardware. Here the main difference I've notice:
Non-touchbar:
• Up to 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i7, with 64MB of eDRAM
• 2 USB-c ports
• Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
With-touchbar:
• Up to 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 with 128MB of eDRAM
• Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
• 4 USB-c ports
As a developer point of view, it looks like the non-touch bar is a good option, and there is not a big gap between both?
13” inch non touch bar is last year model, no upgrade to keyboard and with 7th gen CPU. This refresh updates only the touchbar models with new keyboard design and 8th quad core CPU, which could means significant CPU performance improvement.
Adding to what others here have said, non-touchbar has one fan instead of two and runs hotter even at idle. Apple really doesn't want anyone to buy it.
Non-touchbar:
• Up to 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i7, with 64MB of eDRAM
• 2 USB-c ports
• Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
With-touchbar:
• Up to 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 with 128MB of eDRAM
• Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
• 4 USB-c ports
As a developer point of view, it looks like the non-touch bar is a good option, and there is not a big gap between both?