MacBook Pro or MacBook Air 13?

Hi funny you should ask, I have a 2006 MBP and just jumped on the refurb 2012
13" MBA at $899.00 free ship with the same 1 yr warranty. Its on ebay.

I like the 15" MBP very much, bought it used and has served me very well.
I have an 11" 2011 MBA for another location, and I really like the Air, especially for typing, and my needs are not vast, but I do download a lot of pics, not been a problem. The Air is sleek, fast, and plenty of oomph for me at $899.00
a complete no brainer, but they are going quickly.

Why not buy the 2012 13 MBP and swap your SSD drive into that one so you save some dough? You can also do the data-doubler and swap the superdrive with your 500gb HD.

infernoguy said:

Hello all,

I'm trying to decide if I should keep my 2007 MBP 15 (4GB Ram, 128GB SSD) or get a 2012 MBA 13.

I mainly use my current MBP for daily tasks (e-mail, web, facebook, etc.) and remote support (I'm a IT hardware tech who needs to occasionally remote into PC/Macs). I'm leaning towards the Air for battery life and portability but $1199 is a bit of change since I already have a functional Mac that works great (sans battery life.

Decisions, Decisions!

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there are a million threads like this one so you should do a search and see what other people have to say but i would definitely encourage you to go to an apple store and play with them!

i was in a similar situation as you and all set on the MBA 13" until i went to the fruitstand and actually tried them out.

The MBA13" is awesome - but for my purposes I decided that the 11" is the one for me.

ultimately the debate for was between the 11" MBA and the 15" RMBP

there isn't a huge weight difference between the 13" MBA and the 13" RMBP (which is about .5 lbs heavier) and the 13" RMBP actually has a slightly smaller footprint than than the 13" MBA believe it or not.

While the 13" RMBP is obviously a "better" (read more powerful) computer than the 13" MBA, i don't think it's as good a deal in terms of what you get for what you pay. So that made the 13" MBA the one i was leaning towards...until i played with the 11"

I avoid EBay like the plague. Far too much like gambling. Look at apple.com refurbs. Full warranty, pretty good discount and you usually cannot tell from brand new.

Also, take a look at Apple's own store on EBay, that has proven reliable and may offer a better price than their own apple.com store. Same Apple, same warranty.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13...re-undercuts-companys-own-refurb-store-by-100

It's funny a few who go for the 13'MBA end up with the 11" me now I am ending up with both. The 13" at the $899.00 is just stinging with value, remember the very 1st Air ?, wasn't it like $1799.00

I just wonder what the price of the retina is going to do, my guess go down, and the newer Airs will probably have it.