So macbook air or Retina for photography work / editing

[jetlitheone]

Need a good laptop for photoshop mostly light room. Thinking either the 13" air or the 13" retina macbook pro

Want something to travel and such to show clients the pictures I took of a recent shoot.


Any ideas?

I have to save a few hundred more for the retina and that's fine but I hear they're announcing a new one most likely in October...

Advice?

 

[Macman45]

I'd say the rMBp would be a better choice if you use PS for a lot of heavy duty work...If you are just re-sizng and doing light edits, the Air is fine..It then comes down to storage...I have the 13" rMBP with the 3GHZ CPU and the 500GB SSD...it's a great machine, and I use it heavily in Aperture and Logic X...never misses a beat...I'd consider adding more RAM though, as you have to do it at time of purchase these days.

 

[jetlitheone]

Yeah that's the only thing that stinks dang pci based ram or whatever they put in those things, yeah I sold my beast of a windows machine for this ... just can't go wrong with the retina screen the calibration and colors are amazing

 

[Krazy Bill]

LR ad PS are mainstays for me. A perfect combo.

MBP recommended just for the CPU bump that will help with some intense PhotoShop filters. But note I did not say "retina". I think it's overrated since I only edit on an external calibrated monitor.