Apple Macbook Air or Macbook Pro

[Cassady]

Would love to know which one you went for? I just got the new 13" mbp and I'm enjoying it.

Will be sure to pop something up here when I've bought it.

Were you thinking of getting the MBA? What made you go for the Pro?

[Sensorei]

I sold my quad core 15" i7 MBP and got a 13" Air with 256GB SSD. Very happy with my decision. The Air's display is better quality than the standard 15" MBP and although smaller it has the same resolution.

On paper the Air might seem underpowered but it's 'real world' performance is impressive unless you are doing work that requires maximum oomph. I also buy and sell macs so I have compared pretty much every model there is. Haven't had the pleasure of using a retina MBP though. I'm sure that would change my mind.

[macboer]

Will be sure to pop something up here when I've bought it.

Were you thinking of getting the MBA? What made you go for the Pro?

Mostly HDD space and Upgradeability. Will be upgrading to 8gb of RAM and SSD a bit later. Also FW and Ethernet is nice to have.

[Cassady]

Incredible Corruption has a special on Office (Student ed) for Mac - R200 off. Bought it this morning.

First time I've ever bought the software before the hardware...

[Sensorei]

Mostly HDD space and Upgradeability. Will be upgrading to 8gb of RAM and SSD a bit later. Also FW and Ethernet is nice to have.

There is a thunderbolt ethernet and firewire adapter for the Macbook Air now.

[macboer]

There is a thunderbolt ethernet and firewire adapter for the Macbook Air now.

Adapters suck. mostly.

[genetic]

The new Macbook Pro's are really awesome. I got the 15" Quad-Core i7. Head-to-head with my Desktop PC (3.2GHz Core2 Quad), doing identical render tests in Media Encoder - My MBP was on average 40% faster!!

[Cassady]

Just played around with both. FML. MBA is making things very difficult.

It's screen is amazing - and (cannot believe I'm saying this), so friggin' light...

[edit]: Having calmed down a bit - I know which decision makes more sense. So it should be a no-brainer. I will keep telling myself that.

[Cassady]

Typing this on my new Macbook Pro 13"...

Still getting used to everything Mac - but a few hours in and I'm starting to make sense of it...

[macboer]

Typing this on my new Macbook Pro 13"...

Still getting used to everything Mac - but a few hours in and I'm starting to make sense of it...

The better choice. I think.

ENJOY!

[Cassady]

The better choice. I think.

ENJOY!

Thanks - thinking so myself

Coming from a old laptop that saw 1,75 hours of battery life before needing to be plugged in - I am in heaven... Finding my way around smartly - but still much to learn... Spending equal amounts of time on the web, seeking out websites and advice forums to explain those tiny little things that are not covered in the quick guides etc... But smiling all the way...

[noxibox]

Thanks - thinking so myself

Coming from a old laptop that saw 1,75 hours of battery life before needing to be plugged in - I am in heaven... Finding my way around smartly - but still much to learn... Spending equal amounts of time on the web, seeking out websites and advice forums to explain those tiny little things that are not covered in the quick guides etc... But smiling all the way...

It's well worth learning a bunch of keyboard shortcuts in OS X.

[macboer]

It's well worth learning a bunch of keyboard shortcuts in OS X.

+1

[vinodh]

Thanks - thinking so myself

Coming from a old laptop that saw 1,75 hours of battery life before needing to be plugged in - I am in heaven... Finding my way around smartly - but still much to learn... Spending equal amounts of time on the web, seeking out websites and advice forums to explain those tiny little things that are not covered in the quick guides etc... But smiling all the way...

Visit the forums at iphoneza.co.za for lots of Mac tips and advice. Myself and quite a few others have posted truckloads of Mac info there.

[Eyenstyn]

Thanks - thinking so myself

Coming from a old laptop that saw 1,75 hours of battery life before needing to be plugged in - I am in heaven... Finding my way around smartly - but still much to learn... Spending equal amounts of time on the web, seeking out websites and advice forums to explain those tiny little things that are not covered in the quick guides etc... But smiling all the way...

MacBook Pro 13 inch Retina display has been developed. It was tested using Geekbench. It might be released end of this year.