macbook air 2014 vs macbook pro 2012

[cktai]

Hi,

I need a macbook for web development and I am under tight budget for web development(wordpress, adobe creative suite...etc). would you prefer macbook air 13" 8GB RAM 128GB hardisk or macbook pro 2012 8GB RAM and 500GB hard disk? thanks.

 

[fenderbass146]

Hi,

I need a macbook for web development and I am under tight budget for web development(wordpress, adobe creative suite...etc). would you prefer macbook air 13" 8GB RAM 128GB hardisk or macbook pro 2012 8GB RAM and 500GB hard disk? thanks.

Non Retina? If it's a non Retina model I'd take the Air anyday. Retina I'd probably go the Macbook Pro

 

[RedTomato]

FYI the MBP will 'feel' much slower than the MBA because it has a HDD - modern OSX hates running on a HDD and will bog down.

2013 MBA has a very very fast SSD (faster than many modern 2.5" SSDs), and will feel a lot faster. However the 128GB SSD on the MBA is very small for running Creative Suite.

I advise adding to your budget the cost of putting a SSD in the MBP, or for the MBA, buying either an external USB3 drive or a 128GB SDXC mini-flash drive.

(I have this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/PNY-StorEDGE-Expansion-MacBook-Display/dp/B00DC9U2Q8 and it works well with little impact on battery life. You can also get USB3 mini drives, but they stick out a few mm more and use much more battery.)