Choose an external drive or high capacity thumb drive to go with a macbook.
256 vs 512 flash storage macbook pro.
Nearly a decade later in 2020 the entry level macbook pro still only includes 256gb of storage unless you upgrade it.
Choose an imac for the heavy lifting at home and get a macbook air or ipad for on the go computing.
Choose a macbook pro or macbook air with 512gb of storage about a 300 upgrade choose an imac which comes with a 500gb hard drive or more.
Meanwhile in 2012 the iphone 5 shipped in 16gb 32gb and 64gb variants.
The choice apple offers the 13 inch macbook air 2020 with 256gb 512gb 1tb or 2tb of flash storage.
Couple this with how apple makes it impossible to swap out flash storage on macbooks post purchase your choice of storage is a permanent one that you ll have to live with for a long time.
Back to the macbook pro apple offers the 13 inch macbook pro 2020 with 256gb 512gb 1tb 2tb and 4tb where the 16 inch model comes with 512gb 1tb 2tb 4tb or 8tb.
Instead it offers 256gb which is likely overkill for many.
1 4ghz quad core processor 512gb storage 1 499 dan baker digital trends the 1 299 baseline 13 inch macbook pro has a 256gb ssd which may be too small for long term storage.
I don t believe 256gb is nearly enough for most users and that minimal amount of storage should be avoided.