Sorry, another MBP vs MBA thread

[Longdrive]

Also note that the battery on the Pro lasts substantially longer. Probably not a huge deal for you if it's going to sit on a desk, but worth noting.

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What?
The battery on both the 13" MBA and the 13" MBP are both rated up to 7hrs.

 

[GordonGekko]

its easy if you use the quote box. and have you made a decision on a mba or mbp?

i wish everyone thought like the last two posts on this thread. but in a week there will be another one just like this.

I decided on the mbp...makes more sense for what ill use it for. Hoping I can save for the 15 but it will pry be the 13.

 

[Freyqq]

Windows office is better, but both work fine. Personally, I really like onenote, so I boot into windows 7 a lot. Onenote is windows only.

 

[v2kea412]

I am in the same spot... Just bought a base 13" MBA and an early 2011 13" MBP that was on clearance at Best Bizzle... Both cost my $1200 roughly. Most of my work will be done in Eclipse and on a bootcamp partition for Win7 and Visual Studio 2010 for my .NET development... I am torn between the real estate the Air gives me over the MBP, but not entirely sure it is worth the lack of upgradability i get with MBA. Hard Drive really isnt an issue since most of my music will stream from my iMac. For me it was the amount of code I could see at one time on the screen. If you suggest that the upcoming refresh will perhaps at least get to 1366 x 768 minimum, I could be sold on returning each and waiting a couple of months... but how irritated would I be if not much changed...

 

[Naimfan]

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What?
The battery on both the 13" MBA and the 13" MBP are both rated up to 7hrs.

Look at real world results - the battery in the Pro lasts a lot longer.

 

[marclondon]

I'm back in the market for a 13 inch machine as my wife has 'borrowed' my Macbook Pro 13 2009 model and she won't give it back. But as others say the screen res hasn't changed on the new models, which surprises me - the screen is the only weak part of the older model for me.

I don't really want the Air as I prefer a sturdier build. I can wait a few weeks but is there much hope for a better screen in the next refresh?