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need help with configurations of air vs pro
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I need storage mostly I guess
The attached is the specs of the pro
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This is my MacBook Air
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are the insides the same?
the reason I am thinking about switching to the pro are for the screen and the new trackpad...the reason im thinking of staying with the air is the storage and battery...
All you can do is make a choice, the screen is worth it my opinion but don't stint on storage if you need it, how about a refurb pro then you can get the storage you want and the screen you want. The trackpad makes no difference from my experience.
What do you do that you need the "better screen" and new trackpad? Have you tried the retina pro at a store.
I'm asking because for most tasks, the retina pro will used a scaled display (so your fonts aren't teeny-tiny and unreadable), and the scaling will be 1280x768. In effect for text and stuff, you will wind up with less screen real-estate than with the MBA.
Your photos will look more brilliant though...
I'm asking because for most tasks, the retina pro will used a scaled display (so your fonts aren't teeny-tiny and unreadable), and the scaling will be 1280x768. In effect for text and stuff, you will wind up with less screen real-estate than with the MBA.
Your photos will look more brilliant though...
Just to give you an idea of what I'm planning on doing - Purchasing the MBA for portability and using it for work. When I get back home, I'd plug it into a 4K monitor and use it alongside my external mouse and keyboard, as well as a magic trackpad on the side for scrolling and force touch.
In that case, it makes no sense to buy a machine with only half the storage of your MBA. Seems like a pretty simple matter (unless you were not serious when you said storage with your priority).
I was just asking if it would be a good idea to get the pro, and just use external storage to make up for the difference
Yeah, I tried doing this with my Air. I had an idea to store most of my unused samples on an external drive... I tried that for a day and I'll never do that again. Your computer becomes this weird dongle monster with the hard drive getting in the way. You always have to deal with files not being found. And you get the eject warning when you don't remember to eject it before packing up your laptop. And it becomes much less portable when you do some work on it on your actual lap.
So I just keep everything on the built in drive. I have about 80GB of the 256 to spare, and have diligent management of the storage. I might use an external drive for some steam games or something... but I don't plan to game on this machine much.
Going with a 128GB Pro vs a 256GB air is a very hard choice. It seems like you are getting a lot more with the Pro, but storage space is one of those things that makes a computer usable. None of the Pro features will help you when you are always shuffling files trying to deal with the small space. It's sucks that Apple makes it a $200 upgrade, but if you need that space you can't really compromise on it.
And if you can live with only 128GB, then the value of the Air becomes better compared to the Pro.