Jobs: Better Graphics and Battery Life Beat 10-20% CPU Increase in New 13-Inch MacBook Pros
It’s Friday and we’re all a little tired. Luckily, a surprisingly vociferous Steve Jobs has been taking to his iPad email client a lot lately to entertain us.
His latest missive? Explaining the rationale behind leaving the 13-inch MacBook Pros behind the Core i3i5 15 and 17-inchers with comparatively wimpy Core 2 Duo processors.
9to5Mac Reader DJ wrote this letter to Steve Jobs:
Hey Steve,
I was really looking forward to a Core i3 or i5 13’ MacBook Pro. Any chance you can explain why you stuck with the Core 2 Duo?
Jobs’ response:
Far faster graphics and 10 hour battery life trump 10-20% CPU
I’d tend to agree, but I think the problem here is the choice of classifying the 13-inchers as MacBook Pros. People expect maximum performance in MacBook Pros, not maximum battery life. I know a few people who been disappointed by the 13-inchers small speed bump, and I think it has a lot to do with how they are branded, not their actual specs.
What about you? Are you disappointed with the new 13-inch MBPs? Tell usin the comments.
John Brownlee is Cult of Mac's Deputy Editor. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his girlfriend and two parakeets. You can follow him 
