Best Apple Notebook

By Krishna Pérmi . Last updated Aug 2, 2013.

Since 2006, Apple has been manufacturing and selling the Macintosh series of laptops under the brand name: MacBook. Along with their unique performance features like advanced graphics, powerful processing and faster memory, MacBooks are known for their light weight and unibody aluminium construction.

MacBooks work on OS X Mountain Lion and have LED backlit displays; and the OS is known for providing intuitive and user friendly experience with the use of multi-touch trackpad. Tasks are made easier with the accessibility to thousands of applications with regular updates, available from Apple's Mac App store. Since 91% of the PC market runs on Windows, many web applications are typically configured for Windows and some of these applications might not perform on OS X. To bridge such shortcomings in their OS, these best Apple notebooks allows you to run Windows on your MacBook.

Currently, the prominent and best Apple notebook models in the market are MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, both which are detailed below.

MacBook Pro:

The MacBook Pro line of laptops introduces high end models which are designed for professional use. There are two models under MacBook Pro having 13-inch and 15-inch displays. The latest 15 inch third generation MacBook has also been released with Retina Display. Retina Display is the brand name used for their most advanced LCD screens, giving you vibrant, detailed and sharp HD pictures. Retina Display on MacBook Pro's is said to be the world's highest-resolution notebook display of 2880x1800.

In addition, MacBook Pro models utilize dual Intel Core i7 processors and have 1GB of dedicated video memory from the NVIDIA (GeForce GT 650M) graphics card, to process faster and smoother advanced graphics. Making use of this graphics processor, playing 3D games and HD videos could be a realistic experience. Some of the new changes in the latest generation MacBook Pro are the elimination of the optical drive and the replacement of the hard disk drive with a solid state drive.

MacBook Air:

MacBook Air models come with only two display sizes, 11 and 13 inch, which are smaller than MacBook Pro models. These laptops are very thin, light, flexible and durable. With the implementation of the latest technology, MacBook Air models are designed for ultra portability, ultra-fast and powerful performance. The beginning of the sub-notebook trend marked by MacBook Air, inspired the creation of Ultrabooks.

Moreover, for processing graphics, MacBook Air uses an Intel HD graphics 4000, inbuilt graphics processor. Hence It also accommodates a faster processor and an internal memory of 8GB. Furthermore, built around flash storage, these laptops have instant start up and provide long lasting battery life up to 7 hours.