What should I do?

[KeegM480]

So I love my 15" MacBook Pro...
But its too heavy. I want a light laptop i dont really need the specs I have on my MacBook Pro.

Should I get an Air? Or the 13" Retina? or Keep mine?
I really like how thin the retina macbook pro, and the macbook air are. Agh.

Help me haha

 

[triptolemus]

Agh.

Help me haha

Are you high??

 

[KylePowers]

So I love my 15" MacBook Pro...
But its too heavy. I want a light laptop i dont really need the specs I have on my MacBook Pro.

Should I get an Air? Or the 13" Retina? or Keep mine?
I really like how thin the retina macbook pro, and the macbook air are. Agh.

Help me haha

What do you do with your laptop? What is your budget? What year in your MacBook Pro? What are the specs are your MacBook Pro?

 

[COrocket]

Well, in lbs, the:

15 Retina weighs 4.46
13 Retina weighs 3.46
13 Air weighs 2.96
11 Air weighs 2.38

So choose how low you want to go. Personally I think the 13 Air is a good compromise between weight and size.

 

[KeegM480]

Are you high??

No.

What do you do with your laptop? What is your budget? What year in your MacBook Pro? What are the specs are your MacBook Pro?

Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom/After Effects, Final Cut Pro, School, Music/Web. Budget is my MacBook Pro ($1,000 - $1,300) Late 2011, 2.2GHz Quad Core i7, 16GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, dual graphics cards.

Well, in lbs, the:

15 Retina weighs 4.46
13 Retina weighs 3.46
13 Air weighs 2.96
11 Air weighs 2.38

So choose how low you want to go. Personally I think the 13 Air is a good compromise between weight and size.

Hmm ok. It's a tough choice... What about getting an iPad instead?

 

[KylePowers]

Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom/After Effects, Final Cut Pro, School, Music/Web. Budget is my MacBook Pro ($1,000 - $1,300) Late 2011, 2.2GHz Quad Core i7, 16GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, dual graphics cards.

Hrmm, well you use some pretty advanced apps. Surely the 13in Air could handle them, but I'm going to go ahead and recommend the 13in rMBP. If you qualify for the education discount (you mentioned school, so I assume so), then I'd suggest the base model with 8GB of RAM, which brings the cost to $1289.

I suggest the rMBP over the Air for a few reasons:

• Better screen / color gamut
• You can scale the resolution to higher than the MBA's if need be
• Faster CPU
• Faster GPU
• HDMI Port
• Additional Thunderbolt port

Sure, it may cost $150 more or so, weigh half a pound more, and get a couple hours less battery life, but I think the advantages are worth it and could suit your needs quite nicely.

 

[KeegM480]

Hrmm, well you use some pretty advanced apps. Surely the 13in Air could handle them, but I'm going to go ahead and recommend the 13in rMBP. If you qualify for the education discount (you mentioned school, so I assume so), then I'd suggest the base model with 8GB of RAM, which brings the cost to $1289.

I suggest the rMBP over the Air for a few reasons:

• Better screen / color gamut
• You can scale the resolution to higher than the MBA's if need be
• Faster CPU
• Faster GPU
• HDMI Port
• Additional Thunderbolt port

Sure, it may cost $150 more or so, weigh half a pound more, and get a couple hours less battery life, but I think the advantages are worth it and could suit your needs quite nicely.

Ok, I just got offered an even trade for a 13" rMBP!! 128GB, 8Gb RAM, 2.5 i5, 40 cycles on the battery