Hi guys! I came to this forum about two weeks ago for some help, and since my first post I have both learned quite a bit and had a lot more to think about. I am still not sure I have all the information I need to make a decision, so I'm coming to this MBA board for your recommendations.
to summarize my original post, I am a college majoring in advertising and a part time wedding photographer for my own business. I work with Lightroom4, Illustrator, and Safari daily. My current MBP is a mid 2009 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo with 4GB memory and a 320GB HDD. I am looking for something faster/better, and not absolutely the best. My first two options were a MBA 13" 2.0i7/8GB/256GB and a MBP 13" 2.9i7/8GB/256GB SSD. I, and others, have since come to the conclusion that the MBP isn't the answer for me. So here's what I am at now.
13" MBA (2012 Ultimate)
2.0GHz Intel Dual-Core i7
8GB SDRAM
512GB Flash Storage
vs.
15" rMBP
2.6GHz Quad-Core i7
8GB SDRAM
256GB Flash Storage
vs.
15" rMBP
2.3GHz Quad-Core i7
16GB SDRAM
256GB Flash Storage
My main concern, and reason for over looking the rMBP option originally, is that as a photographer/designer for both digital and physical works (think web, photos, and marketing advert) the retina pixel doubling aspect gives me a headache... and not in the sense that the screen is that bright or hypnotizing, but more in the sense that its a graphical nightmare; i.e. designing for web in 1:1 scale but having my own computer display it at 1:2 scale. I could be completely wrong about that stuff, but hey I don't mind learning something here.
Anyway, thank you!
My Original Post: Here (for additional reference)
to summarize my original post, I am a college majoring in advertising and a part time wedding photographer for my own business. I work with Lightroom4, Illustrator, and Safari daily. My current MBP is a mid 2009 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo with 4GB memory and a 320GB HDD. I am looking for something faster/better, and not absolutely the best. My first two options were a MBA 13" 2.0i7/8GB/256GB and a MBP 13" 2.9i7/8GB/256GB SSD. I, and others, have since come to the conclusion that the MBP isn't the answer for me. So here's what I am at now.
13" MBA (2012 Ultimate)
2.0GHz Intel Dual-Core i7
8GB SDRAM
512GB Flash Storage
vs.
15" rMBP
2.6GHz Quad-Core i7
8GB SDRAM
256GB Flash Storage
vs.
15" rMBP
2.3GHz Quad-Core i7
16GB SDRAM
256GB Flash Storage
My main concern, and reason for over looking the rMBP option originally, is that as a photographer/designer for both digital and physical works (think web, photos, and marketing advert) the retina pixel doubling aspect gives me a headache... and not in the sense that the screen is that bright or hypnotizing, but more in the sense that its a graphical nightmare; i.e. designing for web in 1:1 scale but having my own computer display it at 1:2 scale. I could be completely wrong about that stuff, but hey I don't mind learning something here.
Anyway, thank you!
My Original Post: Here (for additional reference)