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13" isn't even a "Pro". Apple just slapped that name on the MacBooks to trick people into thinking they were getting a "high end" product. It's just a Macbook with a different design.

It is a "pro" because thats what Apple call it, or do you have some trademark rights that allow you to re-name Apple's products that we're not aware of?
 
It is a "pro" because thats what Apple call it, or do you have some trademark rights that allow you to re-name Apple's products that we're not aware of?

Apple never slapped the "Pro" on a 13 inch before. Most of the tech-people who have Pros don't even consider a 13" a "Pro". Doesn't the 13" Air have a higher resolution anyway?

At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 8, 2009, it was announced that the 13-inch unibody MacBook would be upgraded and re-branded as a MacBook Pro,[38] leaving only the white polycarbonate MacBook in the MacBook line.

Ain't a Pro. Just a switcheroo. Hopefully Apple dumps the 13" "Pro" and leaves that market to the Air.
 
Yes. But why have a MBA if you can have the MBP? It's more powerful, isn't it?

a lot of people doesnt need 'power' but 'portability'

the MBA (i dont have) reached an excellent level of power for MOST of the people out there, and is lovely to carry around.

the question you make confuses yourself because you are setted on POWER rather than PORTABILITY, but portability ain't stupidity or useless.
 
Yes. But why have a MBA if you can have the MBP?

I spent awhile agonizing over the decision between the 13" MBA and 13" MBP. The MBP is a little faster (probably not noticeable in most applications) and it has firewire which would have been nice. The screen is lower resolution, but some people prefer the appearance to the MBA screen. The MBP also has the DVD drive, but I almost never use that anyway.

I still hadn't made a final decision until I arrived at the store where they had them both side by side on display. I shut both down and restarted at the same time. When I saw how much faster the MBA booted, that sealed the deal and I decided I HAD to have a SSD. The stock 13" MBA was something like $70 cheaper than the MBA. But if I wanted to upgrade the MBP to a 256GB SSD, it would have cost much, much more.

I am completely happy with my choice and the MBA does everything I need. Most of the time it's connected to my 23" Cinema Display and external keyboard/mouse at home. It's the fastest Mac I've ever owned.

If I need more horsepower in the future I will look at one of the high end MBP's, like the 17" or maybe a desktop machine. But that gets into something completely different and costs a lot more.
 
In the age of affordable cloud storage and server builds, i no longer need a 750GB hard drive in my laptop. Just give me an internet connection either via free wifi or tethering to my iPhone and I can access all of my information including movies. Keeping it centrally located also eliminates the need to sync revisions, etc.

1) Crash Plan for off-site backups of my primary computer (and separated file access from backup sets via the app on my iPhone and iPad)
2) Pogoplug - live media server for WD TV Live and remote movie streaming via app on my iPhone and iPad
3) Windows Home Server (WHS 2011) for client computer backups and on-site redundant storage and backup of everything

With that said, the Macbook Air would be my perfect machine. I just have not been able to convince myself to purchase it as I would need to get the $1,500 model. I am on-the-go constantly and not having to worry about being close to an outlet is relieving. I was in the Apple store the other day and while on paper the Macbook Pro 13" is not "that" much heavier than the Macbook Air 13", you can certainly feel the difference and I would feel the difference considerably hauling my bag around from site to site. The Macbook Air is so thin and light, and the battery life so fantastic that I could just slide it into the internal side pocket of my bag (not even the laptop compartment) and I wouldn't even know it's there since I wouldn't need to bring the power cord.

I use handbrake 4-6 times a week, and I know the Macbook Air isn't ideal for that. However my current Acer laptop with an intel i3-2310m isn't ideal either, yet it encodes a 720p mp4 movie in about an hour. I'm perfectly content with that performance, and I'm sure the Macbook Air would do better than that since I would be getting the i7 model.

Once Ivy Bridge comes out to the Macbook Air line, I will swoop in and buy an i7 Sandy Bridge Macbook Air refurb like I did with the iPad 2 16GB wifi refurb when the "new" iPad came out
 
I got an Air just over 3 months ago, and I don't know how I lived without it. It's incredibly fast, and ultra portable.

Yes, you'll need lots of cloud storage or at the least an external HD and optical drive if you use it as your main computer (I have an iMac as well, so this isn't an issue for me), but man it's a great computer for portability.

If my iMac died tomorrow, I think I'd be just fine with the Air, with a few adjustments to various work habits.
 
Useless???

So I've heard that MacBook Airs are useless. You could buy a MacBook Pro for just a bit more $$$. But why did Apple make the MacBook Air?


/* Not Trolling. Seriously. */

Hardly, amazing yes, still using 3 C2D 11" MBA's with 480GB OWC SSD's, anything but useless, running my business with 2 of them, never, ever let me down!
You say you aren't trolling, but to make that statement about :apple: hottest selling laptop, is, definitely trolling!:cool:
 
13" isn't even a "Pro". Apple just slapped that name on the MacBooks to trick people into thinking they were getting a "high end" product. It's just a Macbook with a different design.

And I thought my old laptop was a Pro. I should have gotten the 15".
 
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