{"id":10495,"date":"2017-01-24T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southjerseytechies.net\/blog\/?p=10495"},"modified":"2022-05-11T15:42:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T19:42:24","slug":"surface-book-i7-vs-macbook-pro-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southjerseytechies.net\/blog\/surface-book-i7-vs-macbook-pro-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface Book i7 vs. MacBook Pro: Fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that Apple\u2019s introduced the first major update to its MacBook Pro lineup in years, it\u2019s time to square off the best of the best in Mac and PC laptops to see who currently prevails in this age-old rivalry.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The contenders<\/h3>\n

The newest Surface Book is\u00a0a top-of-the-line model with a Core i7-6600U, a GeForce GTX 965M, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD.\u00a0The updated product line varies from $2,400 to $3,300 (our model) in price. All three net you a 6th-gen Skylake dual-core Core i7 chip, and all three get you the same Performance Base with a GeForce GTX 965M. The only differences are in the size of the SSD and how much RAM you get.\u00a0Only the SSD would affect performance significantly.<\/p>\n

On the Apple side, the contender is a $2,400 MacBook Pro 15 with a quad-core Core i7-6700HQ, 16GB of LPDDR\/2133, and a 256GB SSD. I also had partial access to two MacBook Pro 13\u2019s. The first was the non-touch bar model with a Core i5-6360U, 8GB of LPDDR\/1866, and a 256GB SSD ($1,500). The second was the Touch Bar version with a Core i5-6267U, 8GB of LPDDR\/2133, and a 256GB SSD ($1,800).<\/p>\n

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Why this contest isn\u2019t rigged<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s make it clear from the outset: This isn\u2019t a direct comparison of the laptops based on cost, but an attempt to compare the performance of the new MacBook Pros to that of similar PC laptops.<\/p>\n