Hi, I recently received my 2nd 2013 MBA, i5, 8g, 256g. This second machine has the volume fluctuation and photoshop problems just like the first one did. I do however really love the form factor of the machine and can live with the screen.
At Best Buy yesterday they had an open box 15" 2.4g retina w/ 8g, 256g for $1626 which I bought on the spot. The 15" is definitely larger, but doesn't feel much heavier.
So, which one do you all think is the better deal? To get the retina with quad core, retina screen and discrete video card for a little over $200 more seems like a pretty good deal. Battery had 7 cycles on it. It also has the Samsung panel which I guess is supposed to be the better one.
Oddly enough, for many operations in just using the two machines, the Air feels faster! I did load windows 8 on both and Fary Cry 3 and that does play a lot better on the retina though...as would be expected. I'm still not getting super high frame rates or anything though.
Anyway, just thought I'd see if anyone had opinions on what they would do for the cost difference in these two machines.
Thanks
At Best Buy yesterday they had an open box 15" 2.4g retina w/ 8g, 256g for $1626 which I bought on the spot. The 15" is definitely larger, but doesn't feel much heavier.
So, which one do you all think is the better deal? To get the retina with quad core, retina screen and discrete video card for a little over $200 more seems like a pretty good deal. Battery had 7 cycles on it. It also has the Samsung panel which I guess is supposed to be the better one.
Oddly enough, for many operations in just using the two machines, the Air feels faster! I did load windows 8 on both and Fary Cry 3 and that does play a lot better on the retina though...as would be expected. I'm still not getting super high frame rates or anything though.
Anyway, just thought I'd see if anyone had opinions on what they would do for the cost difference in these two machines.
Thanks