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Why would you buy this and not the Air? Same max RAM, same CPU, just slightly more battery. The Touch Bar is the only thing and I personally never found it that useful. I guess this has more ports too?

Or am I missing something? If this chip had more cores or was a variant with all 8 performance cores that would be a thing.

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The better battery, the touchbar and a fan. The pro will sustain full loads longer. So most people will be better off with the Air, some will prefer the pro.