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Future-proofing thoughts

throAU said:
You can bet your life that apple will bump ram to 8gb in the air in the not too distant future.

4 gb isn't really enough to be future proof at all - and RAM is about 50 bucks for 8 gb. Buying a current air with 4 gb today is not looking very far ahead, imho.

An MBA is fine for media consumption, but then, so is an ipad.

The MBA is just better at facebook...
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What a load of rubbish. Sorry, but thats uneducated nonsense.
 
You can't future-proof, but a 15" MBP with the hi-res screen, 8GB RAM, and 256GB SSD drive will be usable for quite a long time. It'll also cost about $2500!

You could buy an Air this year and an Air in 2-3 more years for that kind of money.
 
robvas said:
You can't future-proof, but a 15" MBP with the hi-res screen, 8GB RAM, and 256GB SSD drive will be usable for quite a long time. It'll also cost about $2500!

You could buy an Air this year and an Air in 2-3 more years for that kind of money.
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Not if you upgrade the memory and SSD yourself. But your point is not lost on me. Which is why I bought the 13" MBP last year. I spent $1200 and will be selling it for $900 later this year. I already have a buyer. That means I spent $20 a mo to run a MBP. I've seriously considered just buying the base Pro or Air every year. I'm still not sure what I'm doing this year.
 
summitRun said:
I’m not a spec hound…(just sayin), but once you rock a 2.2 pound MBA-11 around town I can guarantee that you will not be interested in a MBP. And if you buy a MBP you will spend 3 years wondering if you should have bought a MBA. Now that’s future-proofing :cool:
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I could not agree more! The 11" Macbook Air just looks SO incredible!

reckless2k2 said:
I appreciate the feedback from everyone. I won't be buying until the refresh for sure.

It's going to be light duty in general I would think but will have the hold possibly large iTunes libraries and photos.

I currently have an iMac and a large volume Linux server in the home along with a few iOS devices.

Maybe a future proofing shouldn't matter but I get worried as OS upgrades roll out and software wanting more RAM.
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As people have said already in this thread. Sell whatever you buy in 2 years and buy the newest version, apple products hold their price very well.

Casual use = Macbook Air
Pro Use = Macbook Pro

That's my 2 cents :)
 
Skoopman said:
Define Pro Use. I am a pro in my field and don't need the horsepower of the MBP. That's why I will get the MBA soon.
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I also don't understand this statement. I am a professional visual fx artist for major motion pictures and television, and I have actually used my MBA for work...and not just paperwork. I did several shots last year on it for a Playstation campaign.

I don't think people really understand the term pro. The only thing the MBA can't do is play every game on the market at the highest settings...and I don't really know too many professional gamers....that would fall under casual.
 
Sort of bumfuzzled myself by all this too. I guess as a 20 year IT guy, I made a horrible flub by buying this MBA a year ago, and have just been confused by the fact that this isn't a pro computer. Therefore all the Pro work I have done over the last year (on a 2010 Core2Duo MBA) doesn't count and I will have to redo it, plus throw away the Air, and do it the right way on a MBP. Ah, I get it now.
gentlefury said:
I also don't understand this statement. I am a professional visual fx artist for major motion pictures and television, and I have actually used my MBA for work...and not just paperwork. I did several shots last year on it for a Playstation campaign.

I don't think people really understand the term pro. The only thing the MBA can't do is play every game on the market at the highest settings...and I don't really know too many professional gamers....that would fall under casual.
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I think the confusion is caused by the moniker "Pro". When really it's just a marketing term that in this case indicates limited parts upgrades and a few extra options.
 
I just meant that for casual use the Macbook Air is great and those users are never going to need a Macbook Pro
 
reckless2k2 said:
I'm going to buy either a 11" MBA or a 13" MBP in the near future and I'm looking for future proofing thoughts.

I plan on holding onto the device for some time (3+ years) and wondering if the MBP is more of a logical investment since I can upgrade RAM for instance.

Thanks for any opinions.
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MBP or wait to see what the next update will be
 
JHUFrank said:
Sort of bumfuzzled myself by all this too. I guess as a 20 year IT guy, I made a horrible flub by buying this MBA a year ago, and have just been confused by the fact that this isn't a pro computer. Therefore all the Pro work I have done over the last year (on a 2010 Core2Duo MBA) doesn't count and I will have to redo it, plus throw away the Air, and do it the right way on a MBP. Ah, I get it now.
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Same here, I should jump off a bridge now. My MS Visio's load 5x faster on my MB Air than they did on my MB Pro, but hey, guess that's not as "pro" as those "pros" playing war craft, haha
 
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